HPD News
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- 11/08/08 Second leadership seminar running on 11th September
- 28/05/08 HPD teambuilding ropes course at Branksome
- 20/03/08 High demand calls for a second leadership seminar, 15th May 2008
- 20/03/08 Branksome becomes our dedicated centre for high performance development
- 03/03/08 New senior management consultant joins HPD
- 03/03/08 HPD moves to bigger offices
- 02/03/08 Business leaders to the South Pole
- 02/03/08 Training venue with a difference
- 02/02/08 HPD rises to the Government's corporate health and wellbeing initiative
- 30/01/08 Leadership seminar on 6th of March
- 30/01/08 The Ice Man joins HPD
- 14/12/07 We'd like to say a massive thankyou!
- 12/12/07 HPD to run GBR Yacht race selection for 2008.
- 28/11/07 HPD are honoured to be working with the Ellen MacArthur Trust into 2008.
- 23/11/07 Double Olympic Gold medalist joins team.
- 10/09/07 HPD are delighted to announce a new business partnership with the innovation and change agency ENTHEO.
- 03/08/07 You are invited to the HPD Awareness Day 6th of Semptember!
- 28/05/07 High Performance Development are very pleased to announce that two new consultants have joined our team.
- 25/04/07 Yacht Racing Academy selection and development is a huge success.
- 25/04/07 High Performance Development chosen to work with The Ellen MacArthur Trust.
- 25/04/07 High Performance Development joins forces with The Arrows Experience .
- 15/03/07 HPD create new partnership with Sailing Logic.
- 07/03/07 Partnership with Community Service Volunteers confirmed.
- 20/02/07 HPD announce conference and event management opportunities.
- 16/02/07 Paternership with University of Bath's Sports Development Department, Team Bath, is forged.
- 14/02/07 HPD slelected to run selection and development training of the UKSA's Yacht Racing Academy.
Second leadership seminar running on 11th September, book your free place now
After the success of the first leadership seminar HPD and Branksome
Place are running a second leadership seminar on the 11th Sept in
Haslemere, with guest speakers Polar explorer Sean Chapple and change
management specialist Ruth Benson. Please contact us for more
information and to book your free place.
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HPD teambuilding ropes course at Branksome
We are very pleased to announce that we have recently completed building a fantastic new teambuilding ropes course in and around the grounds of Branksome Place Conference Centre.
Ropes courses are a great way of demonstrating many aspects of teamwork, as well as being an enjoyable activity they also draw out many crucial lessons for working effectively as a team. Our course at Branksome has many challenging elements to it that ensure teams work and learn together in a safe, fun and relevant way.
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High demand calls for a second leadership seminar, 15th May 2008
Due to the great success and high demand for places on our last leadership seminar we are running a second one on the 15th of May for those who couldn't attend and you're invited. Please contact us for further details.
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Branksome becomes our dedicated centre for high performance development
As our partnership with Devere Venues grows we have now established Branksome Place as our dedicated centre for high performance development. Branksome's suite of user friendly training rooms, newly refurbished bedrooms and friendly customer focussed staff make it an ideal venue for all our training needs. Around the 32 acres of beautiful grounds are our purpose built team problem solving tasks where we implement the classroom based theory into practice. It is located in easy reach from London and the M25 it is also close to our more unique team challenges such as The Royal Navy's Sinking Ship simulator and the yacht marinas for our waterborne activities.
If you would like to come and see these superb facilities please contact us, we would be delighted to show you around.
For further details about Branksome Place please click here
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New senior management consultant joins HPD
High Performance are pleased to be working again with senior
management consultant Bernard Clarke. Bernard is re-joining the team
after spending the last year living out his dream of circumnavigating
the world on his yacht.
Bernard brings with him a vast experience of designing and delivering
a wide range of management skills programmes from entry level
graduates to board level teams.
To read more about Bernard click here.
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HPD moves to bigger offices
HPD's rapid growth and continuing business expansion means that we are
moving to bigger offices. As from Monday the 3rd of March we will be
located at Branksome Place Conference Centre in Haslemere, Surrey.
Set in beautiful Surrey countryside Branksome is an ideal venue for
our training programmes, with easy access to and from London, 32 acres
of stunning grounds, 60 newly refurbished bedrooms, friendly and
helpful staff and fully equipped training rooms, all contribute to
enhancing your training experience with us.
Our new Address
High Performance Develop Ltd.
Branksome Place Conference Centre
Hindhead road
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 3PN
For further details about Branksome Place please click here
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Business leaders to the South Pole
The Beyond 89 South Programme is for you to experience the serious challenge of Antarctic exploration. During this incredible journey you will discover first hand leadership and team working challenges that faced the likes of Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton - lessons still relevant today. With personal development learning along the way you will travel by ski the last 60 nautical miles to the most southerly point on earth - the geographic South Pole.
For more information on joining the programme please contact us at info@highperformancedevelopment.co.uk
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Training venue with a difference
High Performance Development are excited to announce a new partnership with Red Sky Sailing. Red Sky Sailing specialises in tall ship and classic boat charters for maritime events, corporate hospitality, team building, incentives and public sailings in the UK and around Europe.
A tall ship provides a complete venue for the training programmes offering accommodation on board in the ship's comfortable cabins, classroom and presentation facilities in the saloon and an exciting, challenging environment to put the theory into practice on deck. By working together with Red Sky Sailing High Performance Development run memorable team development programmes with a difference.
For more information about Red Sky Sailing please click on Red Sky Sailing
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HPD rises to the Government's corporate health and wellbeing initiative
High Performance Development are rising to the Government's new incentive to increase health and vitality in the workplace and have formed a dedicated team of industry specialists to help companies and their employees to improve corporate health and wellbeing.
For many companies, the wellbeing of their employees is rising up the business agenda. The cost of ill health for UK companies is estimated at £600 per employee per year. By investing in employee health and wellbeing our clients experience many benefits including; reduced absence rates, lower staff turnover, improved staff morale, increased productivity and enhanced reputation. These all have a positive impact on the bottom line. Many employers are finding that fit and healthy employees are vital to a successful future.
Understanding the challenges of trying to balance a hectic lifestyle and the unique nature of the health problems that can occur in day to day working are key to our approach. We provide carefully selected health and fitness services to enable companies of any size to maximise employee potential and therefore an improved return on the investment is made.
We like to make this an interactive and fun experience for your employees through our combination of on-site and web based services.
HPD consultants Alyssa Abbey, Mark Green and Tim Tavendar form our industry specialist team, alongside the HPD management team.
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Leadership seminar on 6th of March
we would like to invite you to a free leadership
seminar on the 6th of March
The Ice Man joins HPD
HPD Consultant, Sean Chapple combines over 20 years of practical experience of leadership in challenging situations as both an Officer in the Royal Marines and an expedition leader to the North and South Poles. The valuable insights he has gained into how individuals and teams function from a lifetime at the edge of human endurance provide a powerful dimension to our development programmes.
Read more about Sean on his Bio Page, here.
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Thank you everybody!
2007 has seen us deliver large scale graduate development programmes for BT GLobal Services and Mouchel Parkman.
It also saw us continuing our ongoing relationships, running inspirational programmes at all levels for Credit Suisse, Wolseley, The UK Sailing Academy and Tesco.
This year we were delighted to run programmes for several new clients including, The Tussauds Group, KBR, Mouchel Parkman, Legal and General, The GBR Yacht Racing Academy and the Scottish Rugby Team.
And finally, a very rewarding project this year has been working with our nominated charity; The Ellen MacArthur Trust.
2008 is looking like a very exciting year for us and we are looking forward to working with everyone again.
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HPD to run the 2008 GBR Yacht Racing Academy selection programmes
HPD have once again been asked to run the selection programme for the GBR Yacht Racing Academy in 2008. The rigorous selection procedure includes fitness testing, teamworking and leadership skills as well as aptitude and attitude. Successful candidates go on to race in major regattas throughout the year.
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HPD are honoured to work with the Ellen MacArthur Trust into 2008
"The teambuilding days HPD have to run to help make our sailing trips so successful and such a wonderful experience for the kids has been really appreciated by everyone involved, thanks so much for your support" said Ellen MacArthur recently.
"We are very keen to involve HPD again next year to help develop confidence and bond the yacht crews into the big family atmosphere that we always try to achieve on the summer trips" said chief executive Frank Fletcher.
HPD are delighted to announce that the Ellen MacArthur Trust will be our nominated charity again for 2008 and really look forward to working with such a worthwhile and inspiring project.
Click here to visit the trusts site.
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Double Olympic Gold medalist joins team
HPD are excited to announce double Olympic gold medal winner Shirley Robertson OBE is joining the team. Shirley's inspirational presentations and motivational workshops add a fascinating angle to our programmes.
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HPD are delighted to announce a new business partnership with the innovation and change agency ENTHEO
ENTHEO™ is an innovation and change agency, focusing not just on the “what?” of innovation, but the “how?” helping companies create new ideas, unleash enthusiasm and build a business culture that will sustain innovation and fresh ways of thinking. Within ENTHEO™, the often conflicting worlds of marketing and organisational change meet. Their combination is the fuel that enables the sparks to create powerful and successful customer centred innovation.
The skills and experience that Entheo bring adds a new and innovative dimension to our programmes by unleashing the undiscovered potential within your organisation.
Further for information about ENTHEO their website is click here
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You are invited to the HPD Awareness Day 6th of September!
HPD is holding it's second awareness day at Lythe Hill with seminars including the research carried out with Ellen MacArthur during her recording breaking round the world race and how it can be applied to teams in business. Also "Fit for business - fit to lead" - how to improve energy levels, reduce stress and improve performance through developing a healthier lifestyle.
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High Performance Development are very pleased to announce that two new consultants have joined our team
HPD are proud to announce that consultants Clint Evans, and Mark Denton have joined our ever expanding team of industry leading professionals.
Over recent years Mark Denton has presented a number of inspirational seminars, often being used regularly by a wide variety of companies. While Clint Evans is a senior executive coach working with leaders, directors and managers to resolve personal and business challenges to aim for greater success.
If you'd like to read more on either Clint or Mark please click on either consultants name to view their full profile, or click HERE to view HPD's full list of consultants.
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Yacht Racing Academy selection and development is a huge success
High Performance Development and The UKSA ran an extremely successful and enjoyable selection and development programme over Easter, producing two highly competitive teams that will be competing in this year's major yacht racing regattas. Another selection weekend in the autumn along with a winter training programme is currently being developed.
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High Performance Development chosen
to work with The Ellen MacArthur Trust
High Performance Development is delighted to announce that The Ellen MacArthur Trust will be it's nominated charity.
The Ellen MacArthur Trust takes young people aged between 8-18 sailing to help them regain their confidence, on their way to recovery from cancer, leukaemia and other serious illness.
The Trust was launched by the internationally-renowned sailor Ellen MacArthur on 2nd January 2003. In Ellen’s words:
"These are really special kids. In many ways they are just they same as everyone else, they are interested in the same things as kids their age, they have the same goals in life, but the difference is that they do this with a huge challenge ahead of them.
I face challenges out on the water, but these are challenges that I choose to do. They on the other hand don't have this luxury. They battle against something harder than many of us could ever imagine and they do it with the biggest smiles on their faces. To me they are truly inspirational and if the EMT can help them in their battle in any way then that is a fantastic achievement."
HPD will be running teambuilding programmes for the children involved with the Trust to help build confidence and prepare them for their sailing adventures.
Click here to visit the trusts site.
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High Performance Development joins forces with The Arrows Experience
High Performance Development are very excited to announce their new partnership with former Red Arrows Pilots Rod Player, Al Hoy and Steve Johnson who run the unique Arrows Experience.
This new and exciting partnership enables HPD to link in the teamworking and leadership lessons with examples of working at the highest levels of performance. Flying with The Red Arrows demands excellent teamwork and leadership skills, HPD and The Arrows Experience link personal experiences and lessons into the daily issues business and sports teams face and discuss how to improve performance.
Experience it for yourself;
HPD and The Arrows Experience offer the opportunity to experience teamwork at a truly unique level. Delegates can fly with Rod, Al and Steve carrying out team aerobatic manoeuvres as performed by The Red Arrows in the dynamic Pitts stunt biplanes. This exciting experience allows delegates to understand the need for trust, communication and attention to detail when working in a team. The exercise is followed by a facilitated debrief linking lesson learnt back to their working environments.
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HPD Welcome Sailing Logic Onboard
HPD are excited to announce thier new partnership with Southampton based Sailing company Sailing Logic Racing. This new partnership enables HPD to run inspiring team and leadership programmes using the exciting Reflex 38 racing yachts.
HPD and Racing Sailing Logic also run programmes together developing racing teams in all areas of performance from on water high level race training to personal fitness, lifestyle management and teambuilding to give competitive crews a more holistic approach to their campaigns.
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Community Service Volunteers Partnership
At High Performance Development, we believe that the best way to learn is through practising new behaviours in the most realistic scenarios possible. We are also convinced by the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to our clients, particularly in light of the recognition that it is closely linked to business success.
Our experience shows that providing a team with a live community challenge not only offers substantial benefits to that particular community, it also results in a team that shares a real sense of achievement and fulfilment. But the most compelling reason for using such a challenge is that it provides a powerful and compelling tool for facilitating learning.
High Performance Development is proud to be working closely with Community Service Volunteers (CSV) to carefully design community projects (Team Challenges) that closely relate to the combined learning objectives and CSR objectives of our clients. These challenges will involve the team from the initial meeting with the community organisation and may include tasks such as fundraising for/sourcing equipment.
Please click here for more information.
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HPD Event Management
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to provide conference and event management, corporate hospitality and team fun days through our newly formed partnership with Countrywide Special Events.
By utilising the fabulous facilities at their 300 acre site in Surrey, we can offer top quality corporate events to suit your specified requirements. The team is also able to travel anywhere in the UK delivering the same quality service should you require an event somewhere more convenient for you.
For further information please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Click here to view the Countrywide Special Events webpage.
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Corporate Performance
HPD's ethos of developing individuals, teams and organisations is being lifted to another level by our newly formed partnership with The University of Bath's Sports Development Department, Team Bath.
In order to perform consistently at a high level, teams and individuals must be equipped with the relevant technical knowledge, management skills, a strong leadership and teamworking ability, emotional intelligence and lifestyle management.
Some executives thrive under pressure, others wilt. Sustained high achievement demands physical and emotional strength as well as a sharp intellect. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz authors of the Corporate Athlete say that to bring mind, body and spirit to peak condition, executives need to learn what world class athletes already know: recovering energy is as important as expending it.
By combining HPD's experience working with high performing corporate teams and individuals, with Team Bath's experience of developing world class athletes we can now offer programmes which draw upon valuable lessons learnt from both worlds enabling your people to perform at much higher levels.
Click here to view Team Bath's website.
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UK Yacht Racing Academy
We are very excited to announce that HPD has been chosen to run the selection process and development training for The UK Yacht Racing Academy. We will be assessing and developing all areas of the off-water elements including teambuilding, physical fitness, motivation and lifestyle management.
The new Yacht Racing Academy will provide young people with training, mentoring and inspiration to become the world class racing sailors of tomorrow. Peter Harrison and Kit Hobday have joined forces with the UK Sailing Academy and High Performance Development Ltd. to create an academy of yacht racing excellence.
The UKSA has a history of training round the world sailors, the most recent being Dee Caffari who is attempting to sail solo around the world against the prevailing winds and tides in a 72ft Challenge yacht. Also, the UKSA's youth racing scheme which ran in the late 90's was a great training ground for some of our Olympic medal winners and was a huge success. The Academy are now drawing upon this experience and combining the wealth of knowledge from both Peter Harrison and Kit Hobday to create a top level racing academy.
Click here to visit the Yacht Racing Academy's web site.
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