Trigon Hotels team members complete leadership programme

Developing individual mental toughness and managing equality and diversity in the workplace are among the issues studied by the latest graduates from the Aspire Complete Leader Programme.

The programme is designed to develop supervisory and leadership skills in each of the participants. It is run by the Cork College of Further Education and Training (FET) - Bishopstown Campus - under the Skills to Advance initiative for Trigon Hotels.

A graduation ceremony was held at Cork ETB for five team members who have been accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), an internationally recognised qualification.

The five Complete Leader Programme graduates are: Kathleen Linehan, Strategic Director Of Human Resources, Trigon Hotels; Eoghan Murphy, General Manager, Cork International Hotel; Roger Russell, General Manager, Metropole Hotel; Jared Warner General Manager, Cork Airport Hotel, and Pierce Lowney, Director of Food and Beverage, Trigon Hotels.

The seven-month course is delivered by Anne Pettit, a human resource consultant with more than 25 years of experience in managing teams, functions, and businesses of various sizes. She has worked on numerous HR Projects and Assignments for both SMEs and National and multinational organisations.

Other modules included in the Complete Leader Programme are Developing Your Leadership Styles, Managing and Implementing Change in the Workplace, and Management Communications.

Speaking on the day, Denis Leamy, Chief Executive of Cork ETB praised Trigon Hotels for the vision they have shown in developing the leadership programme.

He said: “The model you have co-designed with Cork College of FET is an excellent example of how FET and industry can work together to upskill and reskill team members.”

Managing Director of Trigon Hotels, Aaron Mansworth said; “It is important that our team members know that we are supportive of every opportunity to help develop their skills, especially when it comes to leadership and management roles. We are proud of the five graduates who completed the recent programme.”