SDN are a team of workforce development specialists.
We help you to attract, coach and retain young talent in your organisation.
Our training, consultancy and resources help you to:
- Understand the education system and how to attract young talent into your organisation
- Explore how apprenticeships, T Levels and other initiatives can support your workforce and CSR plans
- Establish relationships with quality training providers
- Prepare your staff to manage and coach young people in your organisation
- Improve and maximise your current government-funded training
- Set-up as an approved ‘employer-provider’ so you can self-deliver training
Coaching & Mentoring Sessions
Are you and your teams confident in managing and coaching early career starters in your organisation?
Join International Coach and Leadership Specialist, Simon Shaw, on these powerful and practical CPD sessions…
Coaching Summit: Developing Your Managers to Overcome Workforce Challenges
Monday 9 December, 12.00-1.30pm
Strong coaching skills for managers are crucial to tackle today’s workforce challenges. Join us to hear from leading organisations on how they equip their managers with coaching skills, the challenges they overcome, and what impact they are seeing.
Join our exciting (free!) online Summit to hear from:
- Amazon – developing coaching skills to train up the next generation of managers.
- NHS Morecambe Bay – using coaching skills to better support apprentices and young people in the workplace.
- Employees supported by coaching-trained managers – how coaching has positively impacted their experience in the workplace.
Conscious Coaching – Using Effective Coaching and Mentoring Skills to Kickstart Your Career
Thursday 30 January 2025, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Sign up your new and aspiring managers to this essential early careers course. Invest in talent and gain future leaders who feel confident and equipped to apply key coaching and mentoring skills and help them get their careers off to a flying start.
This online session will cover:
- Coach and mentor – how to be both
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Becoming the best
- Interactive, useful and fun short activities
“We recently won the T Level Employer of the Year Award for the North West at the prestigious Department for Education Apprenticeship & Skills Awards. I believe that the Mentoring Training package that we received from SDN and then implemented with our colleagues, played a crucial role in this achievement. I am delighted to be participating in SDN’s Mini Coaching and Mentoring Summit to share best practice.”
Iain Hook, Careers Lead, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT
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What you’ll recieve:
- Blogs & insights
- Free Masterclass updates
- Fortnightly coaching & mentoring tips
- Information on government-funded support
- CPD opportunities & more!
Why work with us?
Impartial
We’re trusted by employers because of the impartial expertise of our team. We bring together the right people to make sure you’re supported by the best.
Experienced
We’ve work with thousands of employers, and government, to help attract and support young talent.
Practical
Our focus is on helping you act. We give you the knowledge and clarity you need, whilst providing you with the tools to make real progress.
Our partners and clients
Meet our team of workforce specialists
Simon Shaw
Coaching, management & leadership
Alison Sumpter
Coaching, management & leadership
Louise Doyle
SME workforce development
Erica Farmer
Large business workforce development
Anna Sutton
Apprenticeships & T Levels
Karen Kelly
Apprenticeships & T Levels
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