Mark Rose

Background

About Mark Rose

Building on an early career in fast-moving retail operational management, I first became passionate about unlocking the potential in people and all things learning and development in the late 80's. I firmly believe that to be effective and sustainable, any learning must be creative and focused, fun and engaging. but above all. practical! Many business management theories and models offer us great insights, however the vital tipping point is "how can I use this?" or "how does this solve that problem?". Without these answers, little of any real value will be taken away from a training session. Since forming Creativedge in 2001, I have continued in my belief to make learning more accessible, keep things simple (less is so often more) and offer people flexibility and choice in how they learn. Take the best, leave the rest! The success of our 90 Minute 'Bite-Sized' Training Toolkit is powerful evidence that I am not alone in this! And since 2016, our Virtual Training Academy has grown to take this even further forward. Some of my favourite personal maxims are: • Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it - so choose to work with like-minded people. • Be professional yes - but stop taking yourself so seriously. • Creativity always comes when you least expect it - or need it most. • Get out of the way and let your people perform. • As a leader, work on your business - not in it. • You can talk a good game all day - but others will judge you by what you DO. • Some people will simply copy what you do – sadly, not everyone has their own ideas