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A black and white photo of MiraGold founder, Kathryn Sullivan, who is wearing a floral print dress, leaning against a windowsill, holding a coffee cup in her left hand

Training and Development

It's what we do best. 

After 5 years of delivering a range of services, MiraGold decided to focus on bringing new insights and concepts to your people - whatever their background. 

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We have themed the topics for you to browse from, but this is the tip of the iceberg. If there's something specific you want and can't see - get in touch and it's likely in our back catalogue! 

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All programmes are independently priced, determined by the value added to your organisation, but as a guide, MiraGold has an overall pricing model of £600 - £800 per day for charities and £700 - £900 for private companies

Board Training - bespoke to your board's context:

Our training builds based on your needs, but can include any of the following elements, plus many more on request!

  • Compliance

  • Good Governance

  • Strategy versus Tactical management

  • Decision-making

  • Stakeholder mapping and management

  • Appraising Senior Staff

  • Crisis prevention and management

  • Trustee Recruitment

  • The Advanced Board - moving beyond compliance

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TRUSTEE FOUNDATIONS

A unique foundation course for trustees of students' unions, you purchase it once and your whole board has individual access

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Senior Staff Support

  • Reporting to boards - how to secure good governance

  • Making your case for Funding

  • Managing through Managers - (includes delegation)

  • Communication with the board

  • Training your boss - how to create excellent board development

  • Risk Registers - how to monitor the unknown without panic

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Governance Professionals Support

  • Ideal for staff servicing boards

  • Provides context for logistics

  • Encourages autonomy and proactive working

  • Offers confidence for both governance professional and the board

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Board Specific Consultancy

MiraGold can work on bespoke projects as per the need of your board on elements such as:

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Trustee recruitment

Ongoing Board Development

Goal Setting

CEO Management

Stakeholder Management

People "Management"
Stakeholder Mapping and Management
How to establish a workable stakeholder map, understand the needs of key stakeholders and engage in a way that works for them - and you​
Expectations and Appraisals
How to set and manage reasonable expectations with direct reports - and foster that culture when leading through managers. Appraising performance across values, behaviours and objectives​
Delegation
The art of leading through delegation is explored through models and frameworks that are adaptable to your industry
Managing absence
A deep dive into how to approach all types of absence in your team. From Maternity Leave to secondments, from sickness to study leave, we explore how you can increase both performance and wellbeing through strong planning, ongoing management and closing processes â€‹
Initiating challenging conversations
No one enjoys unpicking a messy situation, but tackling sensitive topics is the key to unlocking organisational strength. We explore barriers to successfully navigating this area and develop go to solutions that are tailored to your style and context​
 
Conflict Resolution
 
Linked to the above topic, conflict can destroy workplaces if not handled with sensitivity and skill. This bespoke session will explore the common types of conflict in your organisation and develop approaches based on academically sound theories​

Neurodiversity

As Kathryn is neurodivergent herself, MiraGold has devoted time to researching how best to support organisations looking to take their first steps into understand how neurodiversity affects them. We offer:

  • Introduction to Neurodiversity

  • Managing for Neurodiversity

  • Training for Neurodiversity

  • Recruiting for Neurodiversity

  • Exploring your own neurodivergence (1:1 sessions)

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Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion have never been more important. All organisations need to do more to ensure their staff and volunteers are recognised for their skills and contribution, and feel valued. 

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MiraGold's diversity and inclusion programmes span HR, people and culture, development, induction, activity delivery and the handling of issues when they arise. 

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They are linked to all our other programmes, but can be taken as a stand-alone package of support and bespoke development through:

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  • #MakeDiversityCount issue handling and reporting

  • Activity evaluation

  • Staff and volunteer training

  • Diverse recruitment practice support

  • Beneficiary consultation

  • Stakeholder analysis

  • Bespoke support

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