In January 2007, Les Mills’ Agents will receive a new Group Fitness Management (GFM) resource called “Building a World Class Group Fitness Operation”. This presentation offers more flexible options for licensees to access learnings on the 8 Key Elements of GFM.
Succinct GFM content with flexible format options
Taking at least 90 minutes to deliver as a ‘formal’ presentation, “Building a World Class Group Fitness Operation” can also be adapted to incorporate interactive sessions on particular areas of interest for attendees, so that sessions can last up to 4 hours.
Consequently we anticipate that Agents may offer it as an add-on management feature at Quarterly Workshops, which Group Fitness Managers and instructors (if appropriate) can readily attend.
This flexible nature of this presentation also makes it a convenient format for in-club delivery. Licensees may choose to request an in-club presentation with the option to concentrate on areas of specific priority for their organization.
While each region worldwide will have different pricing structures for these services, we are delighted to have received positive feedback from licensees as to its effectiveness at facility level, during a trial in USA and Canada over the last few months.
Getting the most out of GFM training
“Building a World Class Group Fitness Operation” works efficiently alongside the well-established day-long GFM Workshop, which continues to operate with global success.
Day-long Workshops facilitate deeper analysis of the drivers of GF and provides more time to solve problems in class and absorb and apply learnings to each attendees’ GF results. This means new skills are more effectively used when attendees return to work.
We have also observed that some licensees attend the day-long Workshop once each year, as they find it beneficial to set aside a whole day outside their facility to work on their GF business without distraction. Each year, they have a variety of issues to manage and so take different learnings from each annual GFM attendance.
A definitive guide to GFM available online from February 2007
As of February 2007, Les Mills’ licensees will have free access to a rigorous and comprehensive manual on GFM at www.lesmills.com . The content is designed to provide GF Managers with support at their fingertips on all factors which affect efficient management of group exercise.
The online resource has a section on each of the 8 Key Elements of GFM and is structured to be a practical guide for all licensee GF Managers. Each section covers the following areas:
• How will this section help me
• The goal(s)
• Best practice
• Every day challenges
• Tools
Select GF Managers globally have reviewed the content for effectiveness with the unanimously positive feedback.
We are very excited to bring this resource to you and believe it will provide invaluable support for GF departments in the Les Mills’ family. February 2007 – watch this space!