Expression of Interest - Managing People for Growth

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONLY AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM AND ALSO THIS IS PAID FOR EVENT OF £550 PLUS VAT.

What you'll learn

Our workshops cover several key areas that can help you develop the skills of your people managers. You'll learn how to:

Identify the skills and approaches managers require to perform their roles successfully both now and in the future

Implement fair and progressive work practices through an understanding of key drivers that can develop new ways of working (for example, the Fair Work framework, productivity, and the benefits of employee engagement)

Understand the importance of effectively maximising and improving existing staff skills, while identifying the style and attributes of an effective manager

Areas our workshops will focus on

1.The role of a manager

As a manager, this workshop will help you understand the key drivers for developing new ways of working (such as the Fair Work framework, productivity, and benefits of employee engagement). It will also cover:

• The roles and responsibilities of a people manager
• How to identify the skills, style, and attributes of an effective manager
• Understanding why it's important to maximise and improve your staff's existing skills
• Key responsibilities and leadership types

2.Empowering teams and individuals

This is your introduction to managing the needs of diverse groups, which can help you build and maintain an engaged, high-performing team that delivers business goals. We’ll help you:

• Identify the characteristics of a good, diverse team and how it can have a positive impact on the workplace
• Understand unconscious biases, demographic changes and the needs of a diverse group
• Maximise your team’s existing skills and encourage collaboration, improving and aligning skills to boost the productivity and strategic direction of your business
• Understand the benefits of a working environment in which people are empowered, productive and happy

3.Communication, influencing, and collaboration

You’ll be given the tools to identify the main principles and techniques for effective influencing and assertiveness. We’ll also teach techniques for encouraging creativity and problem solving within your teams by cementing the basics, such as:

• Embracing employee voice and employee representation, to ensure your communication style is effective for everyone in the team
• Understanding the issues employees may have with communication and the potential barriers this can cause in achieving a shared understanding
• Managing emotions and understanding body language for successful interpersonal communication
• Understanding the effect employee voice can have on a team or business and how to encourage this

4.Coaching and delegation

Get an introduction to the principles of effective coaching and delegation with the aim of improving productivity and making the most of existing staff skills. This includes:

• Examining the link between coaching and delegation
• Learning skills to identify when coaching versus delegation will be most effective
• Key techniques in coaching to maximise existing employee skills

5.Managing individual performance

Gain knowledge, skills, and the confidence to conduct performance reviews that will identify areas of improvement and the motivation of your staff. This will encourage resonance and help you understand the skills required to set engaging goals. You’ll learn how to motivate individuals through positive performance management practices by:

• Implementing strategies to provide recognition beyond pay
• Preventing unnecessary conflict and constructively resolving existing conflict
• Understanding what resilience means and why it matters to managers and individuals

6.Creating a culture of innovation

By articulating your organisational culture, you’ll gain insights into how to encourage creativity, problem solving, and innovation within your team or organisation. It will also help you create a culture where it's understood that leaders and managers won't always have the answers. This will:

• Increase mutual accountability, open communication, trust, and shared ownership, which can foster a collaborative environment
• Encourage employee voice
• Boost creativity and problem solving

Workshop dates and details:

• 29 September 2025: The role of a manager (Park Inn by Radisson Aberdeen, 1 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen AB11 6EQ)
• 6 October 2025: Empowering teams and individuals (online)
• 27 October 2025: Communication, influencing and collaboration (online)
• 3 November 2025: Coaching and delegation (Park Inn by Radisson Aberdeen, 1 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen AB11 6EQ)
• 17 November 2025: Managing individual performance (online)
• 24 November 2025: Creating a culture of innovation (Park Inn by Radisson Aberdeen, 1 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen AB11 6EQ)

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