Leading Teams Training.

We often hear ‘people management would be easier if it wasn’t for the people’.

Rather than talk about managing a team in big picture terms, we’ll look specifically at where the issues usually lie for managers. We cover the practicalities of setting expectations, knowing when to act, how to be fair and thorough, and how to handle reactions.  We’ll take you through our 5-step plan for handling challenging employees and finally touch on making sure that you don’t have a negative impact on your high performers in the process.

Managing a hybrid team is not just a shift in the way in which you manage your team or the day to day operations, it is also a shift in your mindset.

This session will look at benefits and challenges of hybrid teams, the leadership qualities needed, management tips and building positive team dynamics.

Traditional leadership training typically focuses on ‘big picture’ goals, but often what you need is managers who get the day-to-day stuff right – things like planning, problem solving, record keeping, checking in with staff.

We’ll cover how to create good leadership habits so managers know what is going on in their team, what they need to achieve and whether they are achieving it, how to take care of issues at the team level and when to make sure they are reporting up. The workshop will provide practical tools for prioritising and planning the day-to-day.

Leave, whether it is sick leave, carer’s leave, compassionate leave or annual leave, is something that all managers have to deal with, but few understand what they can and can’t do.

This session takes a detailed and practical look at the different types of leave, employee rights, employer rights and record keeping with the aim of building confidence to respond when leave questions and issues arise. We cover the most frequently asked questions that managers face when managing leave.

Meetings can often be a ‘we’ll do this because we have to’ race-through or a drawn-out time waster for everyone involved. Both options are expensive for the business.

This session will look at when to have meetings, types of meetings, how to have meetings (format and structure) and what to record. We’ll also focus on setting ground rules for the meeting to ensure they add value and encouraging different perspectives to get the best from participants.  Deliverables from the workshop include a guide to the perfect meeting and meeting agenda templates.

Getting change management right is critical for businesses, and managers play a pivotal role in this process.

This session will look at planning change, communicating effectively, identifying potential hurdles before they arise, gauging and responding to their team member’s reactions to change and, as the change process draws to a close, moving on to managing the new ‘business as usual’.

The workshop is aimed at the practical elements of change implementation at an operational level and provides practical models for managers.

Communication is a huge topic, so we focus on a few key areas that deliver great results for teams and businesses. We’ll talk about communication styles and channels and how to adapt to get the best results, communicating both success and failure effectively, and communicating with the right people at the right time. And because it is so often a stumbling block for managers, we’ll cover in more depth how to broach difficult conversations with team members, peers and their own managers.

Effective time management allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time, lowers stress, and increases focus, which leads to increased results and career success.

Imagine the impact on your business if your managers knew exactly where they needed to direct their attention every day; had self-awareness of what habits made them most productive; and had the right tools and models to make time work for them.  This workshop covers all this and more making it a must-do session for managers seeking to get more out of their day.