“Martin's work at the SMART Centre [for excluded pupils] has been an integral part of the development of Pastoral Support for staff members, students, families and schools. He has been the linchpin in improving links between CAHMS, the SMART Centre and families. He has facilitated staff development and provided methods of support for moving the Centre forward. His work was acknowledged and recognised in our OFSTED inspection January 2007.”

Sandy Waugh, Headteacher, SMART Centre, Merton

For maximum strategic success, businesses need:

• to know what their goals are
• to identify the obstacles in the way of achieving those goals
• to take practical steps to overcome the obstacles and achieve the goals

All of which is much harder than it sounds, mostly because the obstacles businesses face are complex and often difficult to identify. In addition, many of the obvious, ‘quick fix’ solutions are fragmented, incomplete, and inadequate for today's multi-dimensional, multi-layered, ever changing organisational challenges.

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