3 Day Management Skills Training Course

Overview: Management Skills Training For Seriously Excellent Managers

Promotion to a managerial position is a significant step in your career, but the transition from team member to manager can be tough. Very often, you will find that you are expected to continue your day job and manage others in addition, while being given little or no help in how to do the latter.

In this intensive and highly practical three-day management development programme, you will learn all the essential skills of good management. All theories about management discussed in this course are immediately grounded in day-to-day practice and we'll use a variety of accelerated learning techniques to embed new strategies into your management style. As a result, you’ll feel confident to put everything you learn into practice as soon as you return to your workplace.

What you'll learn

DAY 1

We’ll introduce the course objectives and help you identify your personal objectives for the three days.

The transition to management

What's expected of you as a manager
Management and leadership and the differences between the two

Discovering yourself

Who do you think you are?
Developing your self-awareness
Emotionally intelligent management
Understanding your own management style

Communication skills for better people management

The impression you create
Being assertive
Understanding and working with others' communication styles
Influencing verbally and non-verbally
What drives people's behaviours and what to do about it

Adapting your Management style(s)

Understanding your naturally preferred management style(s)
Focussing on the task, people or bigger picture
Knowing which style(s) to take in different situations

DAY 2

Time management for you and your team

Your use of time – the ‘work map'
Work-life balance – the ‘wheel of life'
Allowable and disallowable interruptions
Taking back control of your time - learning to say ‘no'
Helping others to manage their time more effectively

Motivation

Understanding your own and others' motivations
Creating a motivating environment

Delegation

Helpers and barriers
A framework for effective delegation
Follow-up

Thinking skills for management

Critical thinking
Reflective thinking
Logical thinking
Lateral thinking
Creativity, problem solving and decision making

Leadership principles

Recognising common leadership principles
Exploring the associated behaviours
Linking principles and behaviours to core business values

DAY 3

Managing teams

Team dynamics and team management
Managing virtual (geographically scattered) teams

Managing change

What drives change at work
Reactions to change
Tools for managing change

Giving feedback

An end to the ‘positive sandwich'!
Two powerful models for structured feedback
Feedback practice

Coaching

What is coaching?
The coaching relationship
A framework for coaching
Coaching practice

Managing difficult behaviours and conflict

Recognising the pros and cons of different approaches to managing conflict
Conflict management within your team and wider organisation

Action planning and next steps

Where do you go from here?

Who is it for?

This management training course is designed for new managers, those making the transition from team member to manager and managers with some experience who want to consolidate their experience and improve their skills. The course will suit you regardless of the sector in which you work.

Your facilitator

James Perryman

James has built up his experience over 20+ years working with organisations across many sectors including telecommunications, travel, insurance, banking and FMCG. His work spans the range and diversity of a typical business, running leadership and talent development programmes, providing 1:1 coaching and business consultancy. He is passionate about bringing clarity, direction and a sense of purpose to individuals, teams and organisations – all aimed at helping people and organisations grow and become better for themselves and their customers.

He is regularly invited to guest speak at events, often asked to share his expertise on people's natural behavioural and communication styles, and provide valuable ways in which people can adapt their own style to engage audiences when presenting, and win business when pitching.

James holds a number of qualifications in project management, emotional intelligence, behavioural and personality type tools, and is a professional member of the Professional Speakers Association.

Feedback

Absolutely not what I was expecting, in the best way possible. David was insightful, knowledgeable and in tune with what businesses need from good managers. I learnt so much that I didn't know I needed to know. This has helped me to understand people and get the best from them.

Technical Team Leader

Engrossing and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and presentation of it, will happily recommend to others. You will be interested from start to end and come away having learnt something.

Development Team Leader