Practical Steps to Transform You and Your Team Training outline – 5 x 2.5 hour sessions plus one-to-one time with each delegate for more focused individual development and implementation. All content is delivered through group discussion, sharing experiences, exercises, case studies and a reference folder to use back in the office. Course Objectives: Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Enhance working relationships and communication Deal with conflict more effectively Improve your leadership, management and delegation skills Learn better problem solving strategies Carry out an evaluation of your own competencies Produce an individual development plan Developing Your Management Style: what makes an effective manager? o Managing task/team/individual o Managing diversity – male/female, young/mature o Managing ‘problem’ people o Managing performance by managing behaviour Managing Effectively: getting stuff done. o Managing time – effective versus efficient o Urgent and Important o How to create more time to do the right job, not the job right! o Effective delegation Motivating Others: the beatings will continue until morale improves. o What motivates you? o What motivates others? o Models, tools and techniques o Recognition – linkage to the job Communication: why don’t they do as I say? o Barriers to effective communication o The Johari Window – a key to personal effectiveness o The way communication works in organisations o Developing effective communication mechanisms Managing Performance: rewards are for training the family pet only o Managing through SMART goal setting o The Management control cycle o Performance reviews o Using the coaching model to improve performance