Workshop: Creating and Leading an Effective Team

October 26, 2011

This workshop discusses the ingredients and make-up of a high-performing team. The workshop then gives delegates the opportunity to compare their existing team with the ideal and develop strategies for fine-tuning their team’s performance.

Target audience: Experienced Managers

Audience size: 6

Duration: Two days

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England


Workshop: Stepping into Management – Presenting with Impact

October 20, 2011

Our two-day workshop is the eighth in the series of bespoke management development modules for aspiring managers or those identified with potential for management.

The Workshop cover all the essentials of making formal business presentations and gives delegates three opportunities to present live and build on the structured feedback they receive on the day.

Audience size: 5

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive


Workshop: Prioritising your Day

October 11, 2011

The Workshop covers the following topics: Identifying key result areas; analysis of activity-logs; prioritising your workload (two models), assertiveness and overcoming procrastination.

Target audience: Experienced managers

Audience size: 6

Duration: One day


Workshop: Presentation Skills

October 6, 2011

This workshop is geared towards experienced managers who already carry out business presentations, but have had little or no formal coaching.

Target audience: Experienced Managers

Audience size: 4

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive


Workshop: Coaching for Performance (experienced Managers)

September 29, 2011

Our workshop asks experienced managers to reflect on their role as a Coach and assess themselves against the key skills and behaviours required for a successful coaching session.

Target audience: Managers-to-be/those new to management

Audience size: 5

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive


Workshop: Stepping into Management – Coaching for Performance

September 21, 2011

This workshop is part of our ‘Stepping into Management’ series and discusses the role of the manager as a coach and the skills needed to be successful in this role.

Target audience: Managers-to-be/those new to management

Audience size: 6

Duration: One and a half days

Client: Automotive


Workshop: Essential Learning Theory (Part 1)

September 14, 2011

Target Audience: Product Specialists

Audience size: 7

Duration: Two days

Client: Construction Equipment

Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden

This is part-one of a two-part series of modules designed to take product experts and presenters and ‘move them’ towards becoming a professional trainer.

Part-two will be held in December 2011, also in Eskilstuna, Sweden


Coaching: 1 to 1 – Leadership and Motivation

September 9, 2011

I worked with an experienced NHS Nurse today discussing leadership and motivation skills.

We covered:

LEADERSHIP

¨ Defining ‘Management’ and ‘Leadership’

¨ Behavioural Traits of Leaders and Managers

¨ Why We Need Managers and Leaders

¨ Major Influences on our Management and Leadership Style

¨ A Short History of Measuring Management Style

¨ Measuring your Style as a Leader

¨ The Benefits of your Individual Style(s)

¨ The ‘Dark Side’ of your Style(s)

MOTIVATION

¨ What Motivates You?

¨ Three Effective Models for Motivation

¨ Recent Research into Management and Staff’s perception of Motivation

¨ Motivation Audit

¨ Motivation Tips


Workshop: Management and Leadership

September 7, 2011

Target audience: Experienced managers looking to further refresh and enhance their management and leadership skills

Audience size: 9

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop discusses the differences in behaviour between managers and leaders. The Workshop is designed to allow frequent self-assessment culminating in a personal action plan.


Preparation: Performance Coaching

August 26, 2011

I spent today, revising and updating our Performance Coaching Workshop due to run in September. I’ve added some extra detail to the session covering the ‘GROW model’ and taken some of the detail out of the body language session (as the attendees will have already covered this on previous development workshops).


Preparation: Train the Trainer

August 22, 2011

We’re putting the finishing touches to the first module (of two) Train-the-Trainer events running in September.

It’s for an international audience from around Europe and the venue will be Eskilstuna, Sweden.


Coaching: 1 to 1 – Leadership and Motivation

August 16, 2011

I’m preparing materials today for a forthcoming 1-to-1 session covering leadership and motivation with an experienced NHS Nurse

LEADERSHIP

¨ Defining ‘Management’ and ‘Leadership’

¨ Behavioural Traits of Leaders and Managers

¨ Why We Need Managers and Leaders

¨ Major Influences on our Management and Leadership Style

¨ A Short History of Measuring Management Style

¨ Measuring your Style as a Leader

¨ The Benefits of your Individual Style(s)

¨ The ‘Dark Side’ of your Style(s)

MOTIVATION

¨ What Motivates You?

¨ Three Effective Models for Motivation

¨ Recent Research into Management and Staff’s perception of Motivation

¨ Motivation Audit

¨ Motivation Tips


Presentation Skills

July 13, 2011

Target audience: Graduate trainee managers, as part of their structured development programme

Audience size: 6

Duration: Two days

Client: Civil Engineering

Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Working on behalf of Rapport Training, a long-standing, locally based management development consultancy, the Workshop covers topics such as: getting ready for the event; the components of effective presentation; the importance of structure; using your voice effectively; using visual aids; hooks and bangs; the benefits of ‘prompt cards’; and handling questions.


Workshop: Management and Leadership

June 24, 2011

Target audience: Experienced managers looking to further refresh and enhance their management and leadership skills

Audience size: 10

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop discusses the differences in behaviour between managers and leaders. The Workshop is designed to allow frequent self-assessment culminating in a personal action plan.


Workshop: Stepping into Management – Developing your Staff

June 22, 2011

This workshop is part of our ‘Stepping into Management’ series and discusses the role of the manager-as-a-trainer’ and the measuring of personal leadership style.

Target audience: Managers-to-be/those new to management

Audience size: 6

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England


Workshop: Executive Presentation Skills

June 17, 2011

Target audience: Existing managers who are looking to build on their existing skills when making formal business presentations to others

Audience size: 5

Duration: Two days

Client: Dealership management and Field Support teams

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop covers topics such as: getting ready for the event; the components of effective presentation; the importance of structure; using your voice effectively; using visual aids; hooks and bangs; the benefits of ‘prompt cards’; handling questions.


Workshop: Creating and Leading an Effective Team

June 15, 2011

This workshop looks at the ingredients and make-up of a high-performing team. The workshop then gives delegates the opportunity to compare their existing team with the ideal and develop strategies for fine-tuning their team’s performance.

Target audience: Experienced Managers

Audience size: 6

Duration: Two days

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England


Workshop: Stepping into Management – Effective Business Writing

May 18, 2011

Target audience: Managers-to-be or new managers where writing formally is now a more significant part of their role

Audience size: 7

Duration: One day

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop covers topics such as: the components of effective writing; structure; readability and writing style; preparation techniques; spelling, grammar, punctuation refresher and an analysis of the effectiveness of a range of business documents vs newspapers.


Workshop: Stepping into Management – Organisational Skills

May 17, 2011

Target audience: managers-to-be or new managers who are looking to analyse their working week and identify ways to make better use of their time.

Audience size: 7

Duration: One day

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop covers topics such as: identifying key result areas; analysis of activity-logs; prioritising your workload (two models) and managing time stealers.


Workshop: Delivering Effective Training

May 12, 2011

Target Audience: Product Specialists

Audience size: 4

Duration: Three days

Client: Construction Equipment

Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden

This is part-two of a two-part series of modules designed to take product experts and presenters and ‘move them’ towards becoming a professional trainer.

Part One was held in March 2011, also in Eskilstuna.


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