Course description
Leadership & People Management Skills - 5-day Training Course (also available live Online)
As international companies move towards a flatter, team-based structure, supervisors and team leaders need to learn to combine full-time operational responsibilities with leadership roles. This practical activity-based course is aimed at developing essential leadership and people management skills in people who are relatively new to this demanding role.
What you will learn:
- Prepare and make the adjustments necessary for a smooth transition into leadership
- Assess your own leadership capabilities, challenges and potential growth areas
- Manage yourself and your time more effectively to achieve your goals
- Develop SMARTer goals and Action Plans
- Apply effective communication techniques and conduct productive business meetings
- Motivate and encourage ‘team spirit’ among your staff
- Develop delegation skills and assignment Action Plans
- Develop coaching skills and use effective coaching techniques to improve staff performance
- Use a systematic problem-solving and decision making approach
- Manage conflict and stress constructively
Training method:
The majority of this course involves group activities, exercises, case studies and simulations designed to give you practice and build your confidence in managing yourself and your people.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This workshop is for relatively new leaders and supervisors and those preparing for management.
The focus on essential 'need to know' leadership skills and we recommend that people attend this workshop before attending the Advanced Leadership and People Management Skills course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Participants on this course are eligible for 35 hours of CPD accreditation on completion.
Training Course Content
Managing Yourself and Your Time
Managing yourself
Reactive and proactive management
Four quadrants of time management
Your time challenges
Putting it into practice: Managing your In-Tray
Moving up to leadership and supervision
Characteristics of successful leaders/supervisors
Leadership styles – matching your leadership style to the person and the situation
Putting it into practice : Leadership case studies
The ABC of planning
What, why, and when do we plan?
SMARTer planning tools – mind-mapping, SWOT, SMART goals and Action Plans
Putting it into practice: Developing your SMART goal and Action Plan
Communicating internationally
What is effective communication?
International communication barriers and how to overcome them
Keys to effective international communication – active listening, questioning and responding techniques
Guidelines for productive business meetings
Putting it into practice: Difficult meeting situations
Motivating your team
What motivates people to work?
What the research tells us about motivation and employee engagement
The Q12 Index: Motivation and Productivity
Putting it into practice: Motivating your team and engaging individuals
Delegation: learning to let go
Benefits of delegation Under delegation/ over delegation
How to delegate the workload effectively
How to develop people through delegation
Putting it into practice: Developing a delegation plan for your staff
Coaching for staff development What is coaching?
Developmental and corrective coaching
Coaching guidelines
Putting it into practice: Coaching role-plays and case studies
Problem-solving and decision-making (PSDM)
Practical skills for Problem-Solving and Decision Making (PSDM)
A practical Problem-solving and Decision-making(PSDM) model
Putting it into practice: Applying the PSDM model to your own problem
Managing conflict and stress at work
Conflict management styles
A conflict resolution model
Managing stress at work
The Stress Chain
How to relieve negative stress
Developing Yourself
Ten Tips for developing yourself as a manager
Putting it into practice: Management Lessons Learned.
Team meetings and mini-presentations on what you have learned and can apply back on the job.
Course delivery details
Our online courses are delivered live via Microsoft Teams and consist of two x 2-hour sessions per day.
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Reviews
Average rating 4.9
Instructor and course are very satisfying and sharpening our management skills
Great course! Delivered in a way that directly helps us from day 1 after the curse. Helpful tips and tricks that enable us to get the most out of our teams, improve productivity...
Expenses
Course Fee: £2750.00 + VAT.
(Fees include your attendance at the relevant training course dates and the provision of a comprehensive training course manual, course completion certificate, plus lunch and refreshments during the training day. Fees do not include accommodation and living costs.)
Online Course Fee: £1990 (+ VAT for UK based participants). Fees include attendance and provision of a comprehensive training course manual plus course completion certificate. Live online training via MS Teams.
This course can also be conducted in-house, please submit enquiry if you wish to discuss this option.
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