How Dorothy McKinney Ltd can help housing associations with HR training

By Dorothy McKinney Ltd (DML)

Dorothy McKinney Ltd (DML) are a team of specialist HR & Organisational Development professionals. Our focus is on 'Creating Environments where People and Teams Thrive.'

“Resolve” We enable organisations to identify, resolve and recover from challenging situations via:

Workplace Investigations
Neutral Assessments – see What We Do - Dorothy McKinney Limited for more information
Service User Complaints
Disciplinary and Grievance Support
Mediation

“Improve” We also facilitate teams to improve organisational performance via:

Organisational design & Change Management
Training – People Managers
Coaching
Difficult Conversations
HR Business Partnering

History

Dorothy herself founded DML in January 2012 after 30 years working in senior HR positions. She has been quoted as saying “I started the business hoping it would be part-time and take me to my retirement”. However, her love of helping people, self-belief, recommendations, building a team of specialist associates and latterly employees and repeat clients helped her drive her business forward – and enjoy every minute of it. DML in turn celebrated its 10th birthday this year and continues to thrive.

Our clients

Over the years, DML have facilitated and led training programmes for various organisations and been chosen by countless organisations to support them through complex investigations, external customer complaints and mediations. To date, the business has supported a wide range of industries – including Education, Charities, Local government authorities, Manufacturers, Hospitality and Sports & Leisure. This year, DML designed and delivered Complex Investigation Training for Managers of a large public sector client, who have already booked another course for more of their managers. We are currently supporting clients with various Hybrid Working projects.

Values

Our values drive us every day. We care, we use clear down to earth language with clients, and very much believe in “Doing the Right Thing”. This means that we listen, support you and we give back where we can by running free taster workshops to our clients and individuals in important topics, some of which have included Domestic Abuse in the Workplace: Transforming Conversations and The Active Bystander.

Experience with housing associations

We have already been fortunate enough to work with some Housing Associations – including Abertay, Ark, Ayrshire, Bield, Blackwood, Dunedin Canmore, Forth, Hanover, Link, Muirhouse, Ore Valley, Viewpoint – for either “resolve” or “improve” projects. We thank all of them sincerely. We remain constantly impressed with how Housing Associations balance different priorities and by the commitment to quality affordable housing

Free for housing associations

To see us in action, we are running our most requested session (over 100 businesspeople attended recently) - FREE 1 HOUR, and specific for Housing Associations – “Transforming Conversations- How to Make Conflict Productive”. This webinar includes dealing with high maintenance, difficult characters and turning things round. We have had brilliant testimonials on this, and managers of all levels can relate. We will run this in November exclusively for Housing Associations and will post a link with the date shortly. To register your interest before this, simply email businesssupport@dorothymckinney.co.uk and we will reserve your place.

Finally, we would love to support any of you and are here as and if you need us. Many clients use us to support their HR Teams to help deliver time sensitive deadlines. We can do this as a one-off project or as an ongoing Pay as You Go service (no monthly commitment or retainers required).

Thank you for taking the time to read about us. We hope to speak with you soon.