People Management
Effective people management requires more than simply allocating work and monitoring results. Managers must understand their people, adapt their leadership approach and create the conditions in which individuals and teams can perform at their best. This one-day course helps managers develop a flexible, people-focused approach to leadership. It explores how managers can motivate individuals and influence others.
Description
What the course covers
The programme explores the essential behaviours and techniques needed to manage people successfully, including:
- Understanding the difference between leadership and management
- Creating direction through vision, inspiration and momentum
- Recognising different leadership styles
- Adapting leadership behaviour to an individual’s development level
- Balancing directive and supportive behaviours
- Diagnosing the needs of individuals before selecting an approach
- Understanding what motivates different people
- Building trust and maintaining productive working relationships
- Influencing and gaining commitment from others
- Recognising what can be controlled or influenced in the workplace
What delegates will gain
By the end of the course, delegates will be better equipped to:
- Use leadership styles more flexibly
- Recognise different levels of competence and commitment
- Adapt their management approach to individual and situational needs
- Apply practical techniques to motivate themselves and others
- Communicate a clear direction for their team
- Build stronger and more effective working relationships
- Influence people positively and gain support and commitment
- Create and maintain effective teams
- Focus their efforts on areas they can control or influence
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for:
- Newly appointed managers and supervisors
- Team leaders who are taking on greater responsibility for people
- Existing managers who want to strengthen or refresh their leadership skills
- Anyone responsible for motivating, influencing or developing others
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