Delivery Mechanisms

Although there are a wide range of generic skills relating to this area of development, we believe that it is still crucial to take a bespoke approach with each client and create a delivery solution which is completely appropriate to their needs.

The following is therefore a guide to the kind of areas covered by recent training programmes designed and delivered for other clients. The aim is to provide you with a flavour of the range of activity available.

Management Development

  • Effective management styles
  • Managing for optimum performance
  • Successful communication for managers
  • Talent management
  • Recruitment, retention and staff motivation
  • Leadership behaviours
  • Chairing Meetings

Presentation Skills

  • Structuring presentations
  • Understanding the audience
  • Voice techniques
  • Body language
  • Taking questions
  • Effective advocacy
  • Appreciative listening

Negotiation Skills

  • Preparing for negotiation
  • Appreciating the opposing argument
  • Creating a win-win situation
  • Retaining control
  • Dealing with conflict

Conflict Resolution

  • Identifying the issues
  • Systems thinking techniques
  • Relieving the pain
  • Understanding patterns, structures and mental models
  • Vision creation

Relationship Building / Customer Service

  • Effective client handling
  • Taking a positive approach
  • Confronting fears
  • Consultative selling
  • Objective setting and achievement

Finance for Non Financial Managers

  • Understanding profitability
  • Turnover/income/margin
  • Basic spreadsheets
  • Analysing what makes profit

Effective Communication

  • Staff engagement
  • Communicating with different personality types
  • Rich versus Lean communication tools
  • Investigating the communication toolkit
  • Verbal and non verbal techniques
  • Understanding the pros and cons of e-mail
  • Face to face communication

Time and Priority Management

  • Learning to prioritise
  • Organisation skills
  • Understanding the thieves of time
  • Tools and techniques
  • The 'To Do' list
  • Setting personal goals
  • Dealing with people
  • Learning to 'Say No' effectively

Confidence Building for Women in Management

  • Developing your personal brand
  • Assertive communication
  • Celebrating your management style
  • Contributing in meetings
  • Chairing meetings

Leading and Managing Change

  • Understanding current reality
  • Framing and creating choices
  • Effective behaviours for leading and managing change
  • Creating a change journey map
  • The commitment curve
  • Learning, evaluation and review

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Case Study

Supporting the leadership and management of change in a large UK university