The confident manager programme
This comprehensive five-week program is designed to equip you with essential skills for effective management, from understanding yourself to leading teams and communicating with impact.
Week 1: The Foundations – Managing Yourself
This initial week focuses on self-awareness and personal effectiveness, crucial for any leader. You'll explore:
Understanding Your Story: Delving into your personal and professional journey to recognize strengths and areas for development.
Creating Awareness: Developing a deeper understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
Perspective and Reframing: Learning to shift your viewpoint and reframe challenges into opportunities.
Building Good Habits: Strategies for cultivating positive routines that enhance productivity and well-being.
Week 2: The Key Skills – Enhancing Your Approach
Week two hones in on critical individual skills that underpin effective management. You'll cover:
Decision Making: Techniques for making sound, timely, and impactful decisions.
Perfectionism – Dealing with Fear of Failure: Strategies to overcome perfectionism and embrace learning from mistakes.
People Pleasing: Understanding and addressing the challenges of people-pleasing tendencies in a leadership role.
Managing Upwards: Developing skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with your superiors.
Week 3: Managing People – Leading Your Team
This week shifts focus to the crucial aspects of team leadership and development. You'll learn about:
Developing and Engaging the Team: Strategies for fostering team growth, motivation, and engagement.
Delegating: Mastering the art of effective delegation to empower your team and manage your workload.
Building the Right Environment: Creating a positive, productive, and supportive team culture.
Week 4: Managing Performance – Driving Results
Week four delves into the practicalities of performance management, ensuring your team achieves its goals. Topics include:
Feedback and Difficult Conversations: Techniques for delivering constructive feedback and navigating challenging discussions.
Performance Reviews: Best practices for conducting effective and impactful performance reviews.
Setting Objectives: How to set clear, measurable, and achievable objectives for individuals and the team.
Week 5: Communicating Effectively – Making Your Mark
The final week focuses on honing your communication skills to enhance your influence and presence. You'll explore:
Getting Your Point Across: Strategies for clear, concise, and persuasive communication.
Presenting: Developing strong presentation skills to engage and inform your audience.
Personal Brand and Gravitas: Cultivating a professional brand and presence that commands respect and influence.
You can get all this, plus:
a copy of the slide deck
a recording of the sessions
The cost for the 5 week programme is £250 per person.