Gecko has a proven track record of delivering successful training within the logistics and supply chain sector, having designed and delivered management and communication training programmes for some of the UK's most well known companies.

Having worked closely with people at all levels within these companies, we are very conscious of the way logistics businesses work, so all our training sessions have been designed to be short and hi-impact. We also understand the nature of a 24/7 business and we are therefore flexible about the times that we can carry out training sessions.

We pride ourselves in listening to our clients' needs and delivering training with those needs specifically in mind rather than pushing a one size fits all product. Our experience tells us that the more training is tailored to be directly relevant to the participants, the more likely it is that the learning will be applied, leading to improvements at both a financial and a cultural level within an organisation.

We understand that every company is different and will therefore have differing training needs, however, our depth of experience within this sector does mean that we can both anticipate and understand common challenges that managers face. Not only does this mean that our training feels directly relevant to our participants but this allows us to establish great rapport with our participants from the off, meaning that they get the most out of our creative and lively training sessions. As a result, our facilitators' style of delivery has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the participants that have attended our training courses.

We are able to provide training in all soft skill areas; however, we've set out below details of the sorts of training we've been pleasing our clients with so far....

Our training focuses on building communication skills to help managers to engage with their teams. We've listed below some key areas that experience tells us are pertinent to managers within this sector:

How to make financial information and KPIs more palatable, interesting and meaningful so that the workforce is able to feel part of the company's direction.

How to deliver difficult news and handle effectively the different reactions to such news that people may have. We look at how information or feedback can be framed more positively so as to be motivating rather than de-motivating.

How to paint a compelling and meaningful picture for the workforce to gain buy-in for decisions and impact warehouse culture positively.

How the delivery of shift briefings can lead to open or covert challenges from the audience. We examine the different ways in which these challenges may arise and how they can be managed.

How some challenging aspects of the physical environment in which warehouse communications are delivered can be influenced.

How to use the shift briefing as an opportunity to set the tone for the rest of that shift and how a briefing, delivered well can impact the shift's mood.

How to share the wealth of internal experience within a depot to minimise accidents, improve absence figures and motivation to meet targets, amongst other areas.

How to develop the facilitation skills required to make the brief interactive and much more than just a one way presentation.

We understand that the logistics arm of a company can be viewed as a cost to the overall business and we can help to up-skill and drive managers to run a smooth and efficient operation.

We have created training tailored for managers in this sector, which focuses on how to get maximum value of performance development reviews and one to ones, to both enhance individual performance as well as using them as a relationship building tool.

Gecko also specialises in training which encourages managers to utilise coaching and storytelling skills to develop people on the job and share the wealth of internal experience within and across large depots.

Our experience of working in partnership with logistics managers mean that we understand the motivational challenges at work that both managers and the warehouse workforce can face. Our training is specifically designed to address and help managers overcome these motivational issues so that they and their teams can more easily bring the best of themselves to work.