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Management Essentials

Two days, £395 + VAT

Course overview

This two day management programme examines the key skills and knowledge required for successful entry into the world of management and leadership and to give first time managers the foundation skills needed to lead and manage their team effectively.

It focuses on the application of the learning into everyday activity and on completion of the programme individuals will have developed a personal action plan for further development.

Who is it for?

This programme is suitable for newcomers to leadership and management, as well as those who wish to explore this area as part of their career development. It is also suitable for directors/senior managers in small to medium sized organisations.

What will you get out of it?

use communication skills confidently and assertively
use coaching and effective feedback to improve performance
lead your team using a variety of management styles
identify and act effectively within your areas of authority, responsibility and accountability
be able to lead and motivate your team towards organisational success

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Day 1

09.00 - 9.30 Coffee and Networking

09.30 - 09.45 Welcome and Objectives

09.45 - 10.15 Management vs Leadership
This session focuses on the argument about the differences between leadership and management and in this session we will examine whether it is possible to be a leader without managing and vice versa, as well as exploring the impact this has on the teams we lead.

10.15 - 11.00 The Six Key Skills of Leadership
What makes leaders successful? How can we replicate this success and ensure that we achieve the results that we want? This highly interactive session looks in depth at the skills that are guaranteed to bring leadership success

11.00 - 11.15 Break
A chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

11.15 - 12.30 Communication Skills
This is a fascinating session exploring how we communicate. Why is it some of our messages are misheard or ignored? How can we ensure that we are sending the right message and not sabotaging our communications before we start? We will be looking at developing your listening and speaking skills for greater effect as well as exploring the impact of body language

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Another chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

13.30 - 13.45 Energiser
A short activity to demonstrate the power of body language in communication.

13.45 - 15.00 What is my role?
Many first time managers do not understand the role of management, so this session looks at the role of the manager in today's organisations, with all it's stresses and strains. During the session we will look at responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities as well as the manager's role in managing performance

15.00 - 15.15 Break
One last chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

15.15 - 16.00 What's my style?
Many new managers develop a management style based on what they have seen work (or not work) in the workplace. Everyone can choose their behaviour and leadership / management is no different, so this session is designed to show you the choices you can make and how they will affect the outcome

16.00 - 16.30 A gift
An opportunity to reflect and develop an action plan before we summarise and take feedback.

Day 2

09.00 - 9.30 Coffee and Networking

09.30 - 09.45 Welcome and Objectives

09.45 - 11.00 The Rules of Motivation
What makes leaders successful? Understanding human motivation is an important aspect of effective leadership and management and this session looks at a number of motivational theories and allows you to put them to the test, developing a set of 10 golden rules to enhance motivation. By the end of this session you will also have found out what truly motivates you

11.00 - 11.15 Break
A chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

11.15 - 12.30 Planning and Organising Work
How is work allocated out to individuals fairly and equitably, what tools exist to help us as managers manage this process? Why is this different from delegation and how should managers effectively delegate to others? These questions and many others are looked at in this session

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Another chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

13.30 - 13.45 Energiser
A short activity to demonstrate the power of coaching in management

13.45 - 14.30 What is coaching and why use it?
This introduction to coaching starts by examining the business case for coaching and defining what coaching is comparing it with training, mentoring and counselling. We explore the benefits of coaching the team and how it can be practically applied and how it rapidly gets improved results

14.30 - 14.45 Break
One last chance to network or catch up on those phone calls / emails!

14.45 - 16.00 Coaching
This fast paced session introduces the concept of GROW and provides space for individuals to practice the skills of coaching using the skills developed over the two day programme

16.00 - 16.30 A gift
An opportunity to reflect and develop an action plan before we summarise and take feedback

How to sign up?

We currently do not have any dates scheduled for an open programme, however if you would like to be informed when dates do become available or you would like to discuss an in-house programme, please contact us here.

How can I access this topic?

You and your team can join one of our open courses or if you have more than 5 team members who would like to attend this course, you might want to consider running it in-house with one of our trainers at your location of choice. To discuss an in-house programme, please contact us here.

Questions?

If you would like to learn more about this programme or any of our leadership and management solutions, please send us a message here, email info@people-development-team.com or call us on 01920 485569.