Leading and Managing People, Projects and Performance

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Essential Management Skills

Maximum 10 participants 3-day interactive training and practice
London - 24-26 Mar 2010, 9-11 Jun 2010, 10-12 Aug 2010, 2-4 Nov 2010
London £1360 + VAT

Essential Management Skills in brief:

In establishing, developing or widening a team leadership role, successful managers must equip themselves with a toolkit of management skills and competencies. This training course provides participants with the competencies and self-awareness they need. From start to finish, this training course is interactive, practical and applied.

Benefit from our extensive experience to help you develop your skills in effectively managing and leading people and influencing others in the workplace.

Whether you are a new or experienced manager the course will enable you to extend the knowledge, confidence and skills you need to lead, engage and develop your staff to deliver their best work. The interactive and facilitative approach helps you explore your personal management style and develop a range of practical actions to manage your real workplace issues.

During this course you will:

  • Identify what ‘management’ really means and put it into practice
  • Understand your management style and how it affects others
  • Find out why teams succeed and fail
  • Learn how to create a high achievement environment
  • Review and improve your personal influencing style
  • Take part in group work to explore communication and problem solving
  • Learn the Dos and Don’ts of delegating
  • Explore practical approaches to appraising and developing staff
  • Discover how to manage change successfully

Designed for:

Essential Management Skills is designed for Team leaders, Managers, Executives, Supervisors, Project Managers, Anyone with staff responsibilities or those about to undertake them.

Training highlights:

  • Increase your confidence and credibility as a leader and communicator
  • Learn how to make effective decisions by harnessing your own and your team's abilities
  • Get results by planning and prioritising team tasks and projects
  • Support your team by applying practical tools to inspire and encourage high performance
  • Understand what managing people is all about by working on your personal challenges

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This event is CPD accredited.

 

 
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An excellent introduction to management skills

— Martin Coard, Planning and Industrial Engineering Manager,
Howden UK

I really enjoyed the course. It has made me look over my working practices and understand what areas I can develop and perform better in.

— Rose Hircock, Supported Housing Manager,
Shepherds Bush Housing Association

Superb experience and good to network with other new managers. I have the key management skills to build on.

— Lee Pickering, Sales Development Manager,
Arco