The Institute of Commercial Management continually strives to provide members with the very best resources from the world of business and with this in mind, ICM is delighted to announce its partnership with Rhema.

Access to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) materials is essential in today’s business world and ICM has established a powerful strategic partnership with global training and development provider, Rhema, to equip members with the resources necessary to further their personal development in a way suited directly to their needs.

ICM members will benefit from access to a vast range of CPD materials, all downloadable, available via the online Rhema Resource Centre (www.rhemaresourcecentre.com ^[1]) at a special discounted price on all products. Topics covered include Leadership, Management, Change Management, Performance Management, Talent Development, Sales and Account Management Skills and Personal Development Skills.

In addition, Rhema will provide local coaching and training support to ICM members around the world, free access to short videos on CPD-related subjects and e-learning programmes can also be made available to members if required.

Dr Alistair Somerville Ford, ICM Chairman, commented: “We strongly believe that ICM members need access to flexible, cost effective CPD solutions, which will enable them to invest in their personal development in a way which suits their own learning style. We also know that time away from work on training programmes needs to be time well spent in terms of relevant content and delivery by an experienced local trainer or coach.

“Some members might want to tackle certain training issues using e-learning to further enable skills development in the individual’s own time and at their own pace. Rhema provides the perfect solution to all these needs and we are delighted at the prospect of our strategic partnership growing and flourishing to our members’ long term benefit.”

Jeremy Francis, CEO of the Rhema Group, commented: “This is an exciting and innovative initiative for both ICM and Rhema. The way it will work is that ICM members can access Personal Development Resources (checklists, process guides, questionnaires, surveys, articles and other CPD materials), Training Resources (entire courses including Instructor Guides) and Management Resources (Employee Management Best Practices, Policies and Procedures) via the Rhema Resource Centre. They will then be able to acquire these downloadable practical resources by placing an order direct with Rhema at a special discount of 50% on all quoted prices.

“Through the use of different personal development activities we aim to offer global blended solutions to meet the specific needs of each member.”

For more information, please visit: http://members.icm.ac.uk/partners/rhema-cpd-resources/ ^[2] or email: membership@icm.ac.uk ^[3]