Awards
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Potential Squared wins "Outstanding Partnership" Award from Barclays Finance - December 2008
Potential Squared is proud to announce that it has been awarded an "Outstanding Partnership Award" from Barclays Finance for its ongoing successful relationship with Barclays Bank. In addition, Potential Squared consultant, Paul Whitman, was shortlisted by his delegates for the "Best Trainer" category. Group Managing Director at Potential Squared, Colin Hunter, commented: "This is a huge testament to the great results that Potential Squared can achieve when working in genuine partnership with its clients."
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Potential Squared and Barclays Finance Academy win Most Innovative Training Initiative / Program at the UK Finance Innovation Awards 2006
Potential Squared and Barclays Finance Academy were awarded the Most Innovative Training Initiative / Program at the Finance Innovation Awards 2006. The awards are the highlight of the financial services calendar and were established to celebrate initiatives that bring exceptional results to financial services organizations and deliver quantifiable benefits to customers.
Potential Squared has a six year relationship with Barclays Finance Academy and its interventions have included:
- functionally-based development workshops aimed at upgrading role-specific skills and behaviors;
- leadership workshops aimed at instilling a commercially driven coaching focus to the business;
- support for a high potential program running annually to provide accelerated development for individuals at all management and leadership levels.
Employee comments, on experiencing Potential Squared’s programs, have included: “Best development we’ve had”; “This has formed a significant part of my career development.”
Bob Giffords, Industry Advisor and Judge of the Finance Innovation Awards, commented: “Investment in human capital is becoming a key driver of business success in the 21st century. The Finance Academy has taken a real lead in demonstrating how a wide range of technologies, external partnerships and best management practices can be orchestrated into an effective educational experience for professional finance staff to really increase employee engagement in the business. The variety of knowledge tools deployed, the creative use of partners, and the documented results really impressed the judges.”