When it comes to Management Training some of you may read Moneycorp’s daily blog for inspiration.

It recently reported that a retired lady, Mrs Wright, went with her grandson to school one day to help with a ‘healthy eating’ class. They made sandwiches together – it is reported that they were very nice. Some time later Mrs Wright received in the post an envelope from Newcastle College, Staffordshire. It contained a certificate in ‘Adult Numeracy’ with her name on it. Believe it or not, the two events were connected. The college is reported to say that; ‘Mrs Wright was enrolled on a family learning course with her grandson as part of a cooking class that had an embedded numeracy qualification.’

Clearly those who have set up this subtle way of hitting targets must have had some management training. Possibly from people no longer employed in creating astounding ways for the NHS to hit, or appear to hit targets. Others in the management training industry are now hastily seeking ways of outstripping this new competitive edge. One idea suggested by Moneycorp, that is reputed to come from Mrs Wright, is that if she had cut the sandwiches into triangles she could have received an A-level in Applied Maths.

Of course most of us know that certificates are only pieces of paper, and they often do not prove competence in the slightest. At least it seems this management training, that showed participants how to turn the ideas into practical results, cannot be all bad?

By Mike Cooney | Righttrack’s Commercial and Financial Director