Talking Skills is the new name for the podcast that examines the research, findings and insights emerging from the Chamber's work on the Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan (GM LSIP).

Our latest guest is Beau Ormrod, owner of FocalPoint Coaching. Beau is not only an executive coach, but he's also an advocate of the Positive Intelligence programme, which focuses on mental fitness and wellbeing.

Business training has been a prominent area of research for the GM LSIP, as the team has been working to understand how many businesses train their teams, and what types of training are lacking or missing the mark.

Beau sheds some light on how businesses need to tackle training to ensure that employees get the most out of it, and provides some invaluable tips on how to improve engagement and retention amongst staff.

You can find out more about Beau and FocalPoint Coaching here: https://beauormrod.focalpointcoaching.com/ and contact him via the links here: https://miitap.me/profile/zLgiB3hpp.

And you can learn more about the GM LSIP via https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/. To contact the GM LSIP team, email gmlsip@gmchamber.co.uk.