Management Training

As a manager, you will have a lot to deal with in your day-to-day working lives; balancing your team, your responsibilities to the business and your own workload is not always easy, but with the right training it can become a lot more straightforward…

If you currently hold a management position but haven’t received any formal training, have a look at our Essential Management Skills catalogue. The courses here will expand and improve your existing skill set and cover all areas under a manager’s remit including HR responsibilities, influencing and negotiation, communication skills, how to keep business costs down and much more!

If you are already in a management position but want to formalise your skills and experience with an officially-recognised qualification, then choose from one of our ILM or CMI accredited Management Qualifications. This will give you a certification to put on your CV, as well as also teaching you new techniques and skills.

Fed up with being out-negotiated and not getting what you want from decision-making meetings, come and learn all the tricks of the trade with our Negotiation Skills for Managers courses. Whether a beginner or advanced, there are new techniques to learn and practice with your peers.

Moving into a management role for the first time? Need to find out what management is all about and what is expected of you by both those above and below you? Then try our Newly Appointed Managers courses – you are not alone! These programmes will teach you the basics and prepare you for all your new responsibilities.

For those of you who have some years under your belt but are now stepping up to the senior ranks of management, you have new challenges to face such as developing strategy, setting goals, managing managers and all is covered in Stepping Up To Senior Management courses.

Common Training Needs

As a manager, how can I effectively delegate work?

Whilst delegation often sounds like the answer to a busy manager’s prayers, it seems that many managers are reluctant to hand over the baton to a team member, but why? A fear of losing control maybe, a reluctance to “dump” work on a team member, or perhaps a lack of confidence in knowing how to? READ MORE »

How do we retain the most talented people?

Retaining your very best people is critical to the long term success of your business, directly impacting customer satisfaction, productivity, morale, succession planning and organisational knowledge and skill levels. The cost involved in losing such people is also significant, more so as you go further up the managerial ladder. READ MORE »

Why am I not getting the best out of my meetings?

A wise man once said “a meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours are wasted”. That man was James T. Kirk, and that statement probably held true for him, given that meetings are possibly not the best way for Starfleet captains to defend their ships against enemies. However, for most businesses, meetings are a common feature of the average working day, and there’s no way of getting round them. READ MORE »

What is the difference between being a leader and being a manager?

In his famous book, Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, Warren Bennis shared a strong perspective that… There is a profound difference between management and leadership, and both are important. READ MORE »

How can I apply synergy to achieve transformational change?

We hear many people use the word 'synergy' and still more talk about the ambition of achieving these kind of outcomes for their business. The real issue then in achieving this either at an executive level or further throughout a business is knowing 'how' to do it, and the elements above provide strong framework for getting started. READ MORE »