Welcome
Welcome to Allan McGregor & Associates (AMA). We specialise in recruiting and retaining the best managers in Europe.
With over 15 years’ experience, we have an impressive list of clients ranging in size, complexity, market sector and geographical location. Most of our business comes through recommendation and / or referral and we pride ourselves on the longevity of our relationships. We are based from offices in Oxfordshire and Somerset but travel extensively to wherever our clients are.
Our two main interrelated aims are:
- To help you in recruiting talented and highly effective managers.
- To help you in retaining and developing your managers and leaders.
We offer 4 services:
- Recruitment.
- Management / Leadership Training and Development.
- Team Development.
- Coaching.
Recruitment:
We believe that in order to find the highest calibre people, you need the highest calibre approach to attracting, and then recruiting, them. In our view, this includes:
- Being creative
- Being thorough
- Being determined
- Being honest
- Being knowledgeable
Our comprehensive, searching, screening, profiling and selection methods ensure only the very best people are recruited. Equally, our candidates enjoy the benefits of a personal approach as we understand great relationships come from being treated like an individual.
Training & Development:
We believe that Training & Development should be mutually advantageous to both the organisation and the individual. The organisation benefits from improved performance, the individual benefits from increased confidence and competence and the end result is a unified approach to helping the company grow and prosper. We can help you to identify your specific Training & Development needs and then plan, organise and develop ways of addressing these needs, using a mixture of well established, well received and innovative techniques.
Team Development:
We believe that for a team to be strong and effective, 4 main criteria have to be met. Team members need to have:
- A clear understanding of their own and others’ strengths
- Respect for others’ abilities and strengths
- Knowledge of how to communicate with other team members
- An understanding of the specific aims and objectives of the team as a whole
In a dynamic market place, team members and their roles are constantly changing. We help teams to understand these complex dynamics, to play to strengths and to achieve objectives.
Coaching:
We believe that, for certain individuals, a coaching approach is a very effective way of maximising potential. Once confidentiality has been assured, this personalised approach helps the individual to articulate aspirations, to assess his / her own performance, to identify specific areas for improvement / development, to develop relevant strategies and to agree a plan of action. In our experience, a few hours or a few sessions with a coach can produce remarkable clarity of thought and can be a very cost effective way of both an individual’s and a company’s performance. It is important to us that the individual being coached knows that we still welcome contact with him / her after the formal coaching sessions have finished.
The AMA philosophy:
Our philosophy is to provide a first class service, the first and every time you use us. We are proud of what we have achieved over the last 15 years and know that our success is based on a combination of our willingness to invest the time necessary to get to know your organisation and a commitment to the highest possible professional and ethical standards.