Managing people – for managers who need to get the best from staff

Managing people is for middle and senior managers who have to delegate tasks and give feedback that encourages staff to develop their skills and motivates teams. This management training is ideal for managers who have recently taken up line management responsibilities or are in charge of new teams.

Course content

Our managing people training will explore the skills that managers require in order to effectively run their teams. The training is underpinned with the behavioural competencies.

  • To understand and practise techniques for delegating work to staff effectively
  • To ensure that the managers can use their people management skills to lead teams. Part of this involves being self aware of their own skills and competencies
  • To give them a broad understanding of leadership styles (consultative, participative, benevolent) and which styles can be applied to their teams
  • To understand how they can involve and motivate staff to work together and to set challenging targets whilst providing support
  • How to give feedback that is relevant useful and encourages professional development of all staff.
Outcomes

Participants should have reflected on the aspects of team working that affect their work. They should be able to identify the things that they are doing right and areas where they need to work on. The aim is to encourage all staff to work with teams more often and value and measure the benefits. 

Active learning

People learn best by doing, not by listening. The management training sessions will include a variety of learning activities which include brainstorming, simulations, problem solving, group and individual presentations, video recorded interviews with feedback.

Format – In-person and online

In-person: We bring people together in groups at your office or training centre in line with social distancing rules.
Webinars and online coaching: We run webinars for groups and online follow up coaching for individuals.
Online learning: We provide learners with online reading materials, tasks and cheat sheets.

Follow up training

We can tailor a programme to include Presentation Skills or Media Training. Our clients often ask for follow up training in Advanced Writing skills so that staff are well practised in developing both spoken and written messages.

For more details and a quote please contact us

Tel: +32 (0)473 39 18 90 or at info@formativecoms.com