News Archive
R.B.H. - Comments from the Management Coaching Masterclass
28 February 2011
'Coaching staff will provide better value for RBH than managers running to keep up with workload' 'Helping others to help themselves is far better than solving their problems for them' 'Feedback in coaching is very important - the 'feedback sandwich' ensures that staff feel valued... read more
Women on Boards - UPDATE
28 February 2011
Yesterday saw Lord Davies launch his long awaited review into Women on Boards along with his recommendations to enact change and encourage greater board diversity in the FTSE 100 and 350 companies. Big British companies have been warned to double the number of women in boardrooms within five... read more
Why is an Infrastruct client considering entering a top award?
14 December 2010
Six project groups from Infrastruct Middle Management Development Programme at Rochdale Borough Wide Housing are continuing to make an impact on the company, so much so that they’re putting themselves forward as a winning company. Cohorts from the programme have put in place; A... read more
Infrastruct secure NHS Bolton Equality Training Contract
12 November 2010
Following the successful delivery of equality training at Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Infrastruct has now won the contract to undertake an equality programme for NHS Bolton. Beginning in January 2011, Infrastruct are providing a programme aimed at managers within the PCT, across the provider... read more
Women and Work Task Force report is published!
4 November 2010
The North West Women and Work Task Force launched last year, recommends that women should make up at least 30% of all boards. There is a long way to go, as the current percentage of female business leaders in the region is only 9% . To achieve gender balance across all sectors in the North... read more
Online Mentoring Forum now open!
21 September 2010
Our online forum for the West Yorkshire Equality Mentoring Scheme is now open! Members, take a look and give your opinions on the topics posted. If you are not a member, follow this link to find out more about the scheme. ... read more
Leading Through Teams
9 July 2010
"One of the best leadership courses I have attended" The Leading Through Teams course, part of the Management Cycle series which is a joint initiative launched by Infrastruct and its sister company BikeRight!, was launched on Monday 10 May 2010. The course was extremely well received by... read more
Coalition Government Priorities
9 July 2010
Extracts relating to inequality The Government has recently published The Coalition: our Programme for Government which outlines the policies the government intends to pursue. We have extracted points from the Programme, that particularly relate to equality issues: Coalition Government... read more
Why women lead and thrive
9 July 2010
20 characteristics for a model organisation in which women lead and thrive Checklist for organisations to monitor women's involvement 20 characteristics for a model organisation in which women lead and thrive [PDF 23Kb] ... read more
The Management Cycle
9 July 2010
Joint venture with BikeRight! The first of our courses in the Management Cycle series, Leading Through Teams , took place in May 2010. This is a joint venture with our sister company, BikeRight! Further dates will be available from the winter, and will be followed by modules in Customer... read more
Women's Leadership Survey
9 July 2010
300 responses in the North West Over 300 people from across the North West responded to Infrastruct’s Women’s Leadership Survey, which was launched in Manchester on International Women’s Day. A better gender balance at the top of organisations would be more representative... read more
Funding Success
9 July 2010
Infrastruct to develop new website We have been awarded a ‘Creative Credit’ to help us develop a website with greater functionality. We have appointed Duo Design www.duodesign.co.uk to carry out this work for us, so watch this space for great changes from September. ... read more
North West Women & Work Taskforce
9 July 2010
Investigating women's participation, in leadership roles, in the regional economy The North West Women & Work Taskforce was launched at the 2nd Northwest Equality & Diversity Conference in November 2009. The Taskforce had three primary aims: To investigate and develop evidence-based... read more
Equality Mentoring Project
9 July 2010
16 pairs of mentors/mentees under went training and are now setting out on their mentoring journey. "I just wanted to say thank you for a very enjoyable and enlightening training day yesterday. I found it very beneficial and I thought that the way it was presented was very well done and enabled... read more
