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Steps/IIE
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Steps to Excellence for Personal Success (STEPS) is a personal development programme which has earned a reputation as a powerful tool for individual and community regeneration.  It gives people an opportunity to take a fresh look at their lives and see how much they are capable of achieving, together with the tools to make it happen.

In just six half-day sessions, the programme is delivered using video-based learning, group discussion and activities in a relaxed, safe and fun environment.

STEPS is accredited through the Open College Network.

Investment In Excellence (IIE) is a Personal and Organisational Development Programme and works well when teams from the same organisation are able to participate.

IIE is delivered in two phases over a total of five days and engages individuals professionally and personally, giving a new perspective to both their jobs and lives.

It challenges them to re-shape the unproductive habits, attitudes, beliefs and expectations that adversely affect performance.  This builds strong internal capacity in individuals and teams to use the tools to confront the key issues they face in an ongoing and measurable way.

Outcomes include:     

  • higher levels of motivation                              
  • more commitment to organisational goals                              
  • measurable improvements against targets                        
  • increased accountability at all levels                                
  • better team functioning                                 
  • improved problem solving and innovation

“The personal growth and organisational impact resulting from participation in Investment In Excellence signifies the potency of the techniques transmitted through the programme.  These are as useful to organisational leaders as to people starting out in their careers.  They are as relevant to community and voluntary organisations as they are to private and public sector agencies.  Investment In Excellence taps into the under used potential of individuals, teams and communities – it is a positive force for change.”

Joe Montgomery, Director General, Neighbourhood Renewal Unit

“Investment In Excellence offers our community and the variety of social groups and organisations therein a tool kit which allows them to make lasting changes and use more of their potential.  Such sustainable changes in attitudes, beliefs, expectations and aspirations are an essential element to local regeneration.”

Damien Yeates, Chief Executive, Govan Initiative Ltd

Both STEPS and IIE have been developed by The Pacific Institute

Comments from participants:

"I feel like a new woman and can't wait for the rest of my life"

"It has made a real, and I'm sure, far reaching difference to my attitudes"

"I've been able to share my feelings and be understood"

"I've gained an understanding of how negativity affects my life and how it can be altered"

"I now feel like a worthwhile person"

"It helped set goals for my future"

"Very useful for getting back into a more normal routine to enable people to have a more rewarding life"

"It helped me gain interview skills and decide to return to college"