Are you trying to be a better leader? Running a business is tough, with a never-ending to-do list to make your way through. Finding time to improve yourself as a manager and leader is a real challenge, but an upcoming series of events is designed especially for you to focus on those skills to ensure you are giving the best of yourself.

Focus on Management Skills – Tuesday 31st October 2017

At this half day workshop, you will focus on your management skills and discover how you can get the most out of the investment you have already made, or plan to make, in employees.

This workshop will focus on:

• Time management and resource planning skills that convert time into money
• Effective delegation skills that give clear responsibility and expectations
• Handling challenging and developmental feedback, developing skills and motivation

Time Management Skills – Wednesday 15th November 2017

Maximising your return on your two most precious resources - time and people - is the core to your business success.

At this workshop you will:

• Learn the personal effectiveness skills that convert time into productivity and profit
• Avoid the "urgency addiction" trap and prioritise tasks for maximum output
• Explore how to plan your most urgent and important tasks across your team

Delegation & Feedback – Friday 8th December 2017

Most small business owners are hands-on and too time-poor to grow their business. Effective delegation of tasks and giving difficult or positive feedback develops the skills and improves the productivity of your staff - releasing more of your time to grow your business.

At this workshop you will:

• Understand the benefits of - and how to overcome the obstacles from - effective delegation
• Learn and practice a proven technique for the effective delegation of tasks
• Explore how to give positive or difficult feedback - putting the new skills into practice with real-time challenges

Focus on Leadership Skills – Thursday 8th February 2018

A business owner often wears many hats during the start-up phase of their business, performing most of the tasks associated with it. Now that your business has grown and you have taken on employees, it is time to focus on your vision and strategy.

The most common mistake made by people trying to grow their business is spending too much time working in their business and not on it. This highly interactive workshop will look at how you can:

• Successfully transition from hands-on management to leading and directing your business forward
• Develop the leadership skills that empower your managers to successfully take on responsibility

Motivating Team Performance – Tuesday 27th February 2018

As a business owner, you are self-motivated and are usually working flat out. But what would motivate others in your business to perform at your level? Who inspires them to offer that extra effort and commitment? 

At this workshop you will:

Understand what motivates and de-motivates us and explore how our personalities impact on our performance as much as on others’
Learn a pragmatic and practical way to quickly identify your personality type and those around you - adopting the skills required to motivate and influence them
Practice new motivational skills with real-time challenges that give you new insights into how millennials behave, as well as your "lifers"

Difficult Decisions in the Workplace – Thursday 8th March 2018

This event will help give you the tools to tackle difficult conversations and decisions in the workplace, including:

• Managing upwards
• Personnel issues e.g. grievances - harassment, bullying, inconsistency, victimisation
• Sickness and absence
• Having the great idea and positioning it so you will be heard
• Disciplinary

You will leave with increased confidence and the ability to identify causal issues rather than the superficial and obvious moments of concern.

Coaching for Performance Skills – Tuesday 13th March 2018

Discover how by 'coaching' rather than 'instructing' you can improve the performance of your team. When a small business wants to grow, the culture of a leader 'pushing and telling' everyone what to do and when must change. It is recognised that the highest performing culture is a 'coaching culture' that encourages individuals and teams to take responsibility and feel empowered to make decisions.

In this workshop you will:

• Understand what coaching is and is not, and when it works for your business
• Learn the industries’ proven coaching model, and how to adopt it to get results
• Practice a coaching approach for your real-time challenges with a qualified coach 
• Explore how coaching can keep the "monkey off your back" by encouraging individuals to think for themselves and take responsibility