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Readiness or Reluctance? Insights on Gender, Progression and Performance in the Fire Service

Our latest insights explore why many women in the fire service delay promotion despite strong performance. Drawing on CPG data and candidate feedback, we highlight how confidence, mindset, and timely support can shape more inclusive progression.

Readiness or Reluctance? Insights on Gender, Progression and Performance in the Fire ServiceHannah Vallance2025-07-30T17:08:21+00:00

What We Learn from Listening: Insights from This Month’s Feedback Sessions

This month’s feedback sessions offered powerful insights into strengths, collaboration, performance, and motivation, showing how focused conversations can drive meaningful development and positive impact at work.

What We Learn from Listening: Insights from This Month’s Feedback SessionsHannah Vallance2025-07-30T17:06:03+00:00

Key Insights from Recent Virtual Training Sessions for KFRS

Our virtual training with KFRS line managers focused on delivering effective feedback, leveraging strengths, and fostering collaborative development, building a stronger, growth-focused leadership culture.

Key Insights from Recent Virtual Training Sessions for KFRSHannah Vallance2025-07-30T17:03:38+00:00

Promotions and Pre-Assessment Support – Is Yours Up to Standard?

Learn how to support team development after a promotion process using the Career Progression Gateway (CPG) assessments. Discover practical tips for managers to guide team members, whether successful or not, through feedback and growth.

Promotions and Pre-Assessment Support – Is Yours Up to Standard?Hannah Vallance2025-03-31T12:08:05+00:00

Supporting Team Development After a Promotion Process

Supporting Team Development After a Promotion ProcessHannah Vallance2025-03-11T14:56:30+00:00

Why isn’t there more time to do the exercises?

After completing VCA’s Career Progression Gateway (CPG) leadership assessments, many candidates ask why the timeframes are so tight. So why isn’t more time given?

Why isn’t there more time to do the exercises?Hannah Vallance2025-02-24T12:50:01+00:00

AI and the CPG – An Update

With the scope of the application of AI forever growing, and in response to client queries about how this impacts the CPG, we thought it would be useful to share how VCA currently address this and what we have in development to adapt to this evolving trend.

AI and the CPG – An UpdateHannah Vallance2024-12-10T09:03:23+00:00

7 Organisational Impacts of Using the Career Progression Gateway

There are the obvious ways a standardised, fair, reliable, evidence-based and objective system for assessing for promotion benefits an organisation. But what about the more subtle advantages?

7 Organisational Impacts of Using the Career Progression GatewayHannah Vallance2024-11-15T11:10:32+00:00

A cost effective, time-saving and valid new approach for Firefighter Transferee Assessment

There’s been a definite up-turn in opportunities for firefighters to make a move to a new Fire & Rescue Service. This is great news for firefighters to enjoy increased flexibility for making big life choices, and convenient for FRS’ to boost their numbers whilst...

A cost effective, time-saving and valid new approach for Firefighter Transferee AssessmentHannah Vallance2024-10-03T14:04:14+00:00

When Fire Service Assessment and Development work in harmony – A best practice example

When we designed the Career Progression Gateway (CPG) model to support and facilitate FRS promotional activity, the vision was that it would not only assess leadership behaviours, it would also be an effective tool to support development. In all honesty...

When Fire Service Assessment and Development work in harmony – A best practice exampleHannah Vallance2024-09-09T11:39:14+00:00