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Optimum Results pride ourselves in establishing long-term partnerships with our Clients. We work with each individual business to get to know them and get a firm understanding of their unique processes and challenges. Each programme is then specifically designed to meet those specific challenges.

 

Throughout the programmes being delivered, Optimum Results remain flexible to adapt to any changes/shift of focus you might require. As a result of our partnership approach, our Clients are fully satisfied with the outcomes of the training programmes we deliver.

 

We guarantee results for our Clients!

CASE STUDY 1

International Development Ireland

As part of a wider programme commissioned across the Middle East region including UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar,  there was a requirement to build the management competencies of its SME sector and the skills of local SME Trainers and Consultants.

 

Through our partners IDI, Optimum Results were commissioned to design and deliver three initial programmes in two locations, Riyadh and Jeddah. These programmes were;

 

(i) a Growth Programme for Small Business Managers.

(ii) A Leadership Programme for established SMEs.

(iii) A programme to build the skills of local trainers.

 

The pilot phase saw 60 Companies and 30 Trainers go through the programme to be followed by 500 in the 2020/ 2023 period.

Client Testimonial

“Optimum Results and their online training / LMS division, SeamsCloud, has partnered extensively with International Development Ireland (www.idi.ie) on the successful design and implementation of customised training programs directly to and also on behalf of Government and Public Sector Agencies across the middle east region including, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.  In this highly competitive and demanding market the high standards of both content and trainers provided by Optimum Results was instrumental in the success of the programs, the overwhelmingly positive feedback received from program organizers and attendees and our ability to win new business opportunities from satisfied clients.   The level of competence and service we received were excellent and we confidently recommend them to any large private or public sector organisation.”    

 

Gerry O’Brien, Director of Capability Building & Knowledge Transfer at International Development Ireland

CASE STUDY 2

Louth, Monaghan and Cavan LEO – SME Retail Programme 2020

Louth, Monaghan and Cavan Local Enterprise Offices secured funding under the Irish Governments Border Region Brexit Stimulus Package to tender for a programme to help retailers improve their business performance and adaptability during the Brexit implementation period.

 

This “SME Retail Programme 2020” was specifically designed to provide a practical management skills development and business improvement programme for SME Retailers under the Irish Government’s “Border Region Brexit Stimulus Package”.

 

The programme was delivered to 70 participant SME companies and included a detailed training programme with eight workshops, three Masterclasses and a number of Guest Speakers. Each Participant also received four mentoring sessions to support the production of a strategic plan.

 

The workshops were delivered online through Zoom using the style of participative workshop webinars. The online classes were extremely engaging.

Participant Testimonial

“The Optimum Results team have been amazing for myself and my business, “my life line”. The knowledge, support and confidence they have given me to drive my business forward has been wonderful. They are the best!!”

 

Linda Stewart, Director, Mizu Hair and Beauty

 

CASE STUDY 3

Enterprise Ireland/LEO – Professional Business Advisors Programme

This was a 7-day programme delivered over 6 months for Ireland’s LEO Business Advisers. This project was commissioned by Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Office network. The Professional Business Advisory Programme (PBA) is an “International Best Practice” training programme which will equip your staff with the competencies to bring real added value to your SME clients.

 

The modules delivered in this programme included:

~ Building of SME Management, Strategy, Leadership.

~ Business Performance Assessment

~ Marketing eMarketing, Export Development

~ Financial Analysis, Financial Performance monitoring & management and Financial Planning.

~ People Management & Development (HRD)

~ Operations & Systems (Elements of Lean),

~ Innovation, Creativity and Change.

 

On completion of the training participants will complete a workbook assignment/Client Case Study to the standard required to be awarded the “Advanced Certificate in Client Business Development”.

Client Testimonial

“Optimum Results has delivered their unique, best practice, accredited Professional Business Advisor Programme three times to Local Enterprise Office staff. This programme is superb! It is highly engaging, practical and interactive. The highly skilled trainers share their vast experience of working with SME’s, which is hugely beneficial to participants and adds significant value to the learning experience. The feedback from participants is always extremely positive. I would highly recommend Optimum Results as a professional training provider. It has been a pleasure working with their team.”

 

 

Client Testimonial, Enterprise Ireland

Testimonials

The team at Optimum Results listen, understand and deliver. I cannot recommend them highly enough. They have been an outstanding support to our challenging and demanding “Brand Home Project”. They are a talented and a driven team, delivering quality results and they add excellent value to your investment.
Ray Dempsey - General Manager
Old Jameson Distillery
I just finished my Conflict Management Training with Margot Fox this afternoon. She is the most wonderful professional empathetic person I’ve ever met. I felt like I’ve know her all my life. She is so easy to engage with. I found her content extremely beneficial, worthwhile and extremely useful for life both inside and outside work. I mentioned to Margot that I would like to continue similar training perhaps at some point in 2021 and that I would go back through yourself to arrange this and get the detail of further modules now that Margot is familiar with where I’m at etc. Thanks also to Aine Crilly for a very different insight into the subject. Both girls came from different angles but very much complimented each other. I am very happy with the content and I applaud both of the facilitators. Thanks for organizing this for me Aidan. I wish you a very happy, peaceful and safe Christmas and perhaps we will talk again in 2021.
Siobhán Kenny - Executive Assistant
BD Enniscorthy (Formerly ClearStream)
The Optimum Results team has worked with our Company for the past three years and they have played a very significant role in both the development and the implementation of our strategic growth programme. We now have a more confident and competent team with a clear sense of direction for an exciting future.
Kevin O'Connor - Managing Director
Colortrend
Silver Hill Farm have engaged Optimum Results for several years to deliver tailor-made training programme both our senior and front-line managers. This training has been a tremendous success and exceeded all our expectations. One of the most significant impacts is the remarkably increased levels of employee engagement with all participants eager to improve themselves and their performance. The Optimum Results’ style of delivery ensured that we also enjoyed the experience along the way.
Micheal Briody - Managing Director
Silver Hill Foods
As part of a growth & development strategy in our Company, we embarked on a programme of upskilling our Line and Divisional Supervisors and Managers. In this light, we engage with Optimum Results in 2019 with whom we had worked previously. We have now very satisfactorily completed the first phase and commencing a more complex Phase II which integrates Line and Senior Management Training. We are hugely pleased with the Optimum Results team who put a special effort into understanding our Company needs and achieving the desired outcomes.
Peter G McCaughey - Managing Director
IJM Timber Engineering Ltd
These were two excellent training programmes for over 60 entrepreneur managers representing 46 Macedonian small businesses with strong growth and export potential. The three-man delivery team from Optimum Results in Ireland (Aidan, Frank and Graham) brought their great knowledge, skill and enthusiasm to the programme which combined training workshops delivered in Skopje and 84 days of online mentoring delivered from Ireland. These programmes were excellent with exemplary administration and, subject to the availability of funding, we very much look forward to working with Optimum Results again later this year.
Jasminka Janakieva, Danijela Maneva and Igor Krstevski
Ministry of Education and Science Macedonia - High Growth Potential/Hi Tech Small Business Developing Export Business
Skillnet Ireland Tipperary organised the tendering process for the design and delivery of a tailored Supervisor & Line Management Development programme for Pinewood in 2018. Pinewood employs staff from many countries, is owned by an Indian firm (Wockhardt) and exports to the UK continental Europe, the Middle East and west Africa. In this light, we wished to build the leadership and general competencies of our Line / Middle Management but with a very positive emphasis on our internal and external multi-cultural relationships. Optimum Results did an excellent job with unanimously positive feedback from both participants and senior managers.
Fiona Bourke - Supply Chain Manager
Pinewood Healthcare
Following discussions and a Training Needs Analysis (TNA), Optimum Results were requested to design and develop a “Line Management Training Programme” which focused on the development of fundamental management competencies for the participants. This programme ran from October 2018 until March 2019 and was followed by two additional days one-to-one Mentoring and Personality Profiling sessions with each of the participants. Small teams of participants also completed and presented very valuable ‘Work Based Assignments’. Overall, the feedback was extremely positive, and the CG Global management team advised they were impressed with the results.
Andrea Flanagan - HR Manager
CG Global / Avantha Group Company CG