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Essential selling skills (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

Increasing sales is the core of objective for all salespeople and it is vital they are given the tools and techniques to thrive in this highly competitive environment. The landscape within which salespeople operate is ever shifting, and now more than ever it is recognised that the key to successful selling is understanding the customer's needs and working collaboratively with them to achieve their objectives. This highly practical programme has been developed to support salespeople to develop their all-round sales skills using a customer-focused approach. The course will be fun and informal, using practical exercises to help new and experienced salespeople ensure they are equipped to deal with the challenges of selling. This course will help participants: Develop core sales skills such as building rapport, questioning and presenting benefits Identify the roles and goals of key contacts and recognize the importance of consultative selling Understand how to achieve sales by uncovering needs, matching benefits and promoting value Understand how to structure and control a customer interaction and set clear objectives for each account Develop techniques for handling objections, questions and staying positive Master the art of closing a sale and gaining agreement Understand tactical selling and how to build multiple contacts and relationships Develop skill and confidence in selling to both new prospects and existing customers 1 Consultative selling - key principles for success Recognise the importance of consultative selling and being client-focused Build the right processes to achieving sales targets - questions before features Assess your core sales skills; building rapport, asking questions, presenting features and benefits, closing 2 Consultative sales call skills How best to structure and control a customer meeting or call to be client-centric: Four Cs The importance of setting clear objectives for each call and account Setting the agenda and pre-call preparation Planning sessions 3 Your mission, message and meaning - comparative advantage Defining sales messages and USPs; positioning value and quality not price Knowing your target product and services and their value to the customer Understanding your customers buying role and qualifying the opportunity 4 An effective sales meeting - part 1 Opening the sales interview - and building rapport Gaining and retaining the full attention of the customer Probing and identifying real needs using effective sales questions Planning and practice sessions for consultative selling 5 An effective sales meeting - part 2 Matching customer needs and wants to products and services available Presenting your product or service using features, advantages, and benefits Recognising and responding to buying signals and other sales opportunities Planning and practice sessions 6 Closing the sale successfully Anticipating objections and seeing them as positives, including price objections Handling objections using proven methods and models How and when to ask for the sale professionally Follow up and follow-through Planning and practice sessions

Essential selling skills (In-House)
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Decision Making for Vulnerable People Webinar

5.0(1)

By Born at the Right Time

leading expert Philip Warford will talk about the options available to protect a disabled person using specialist Wills and Trusts

Decision Making for Vulnerable People Webinar
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Email Marketing Training Event

5.0(20)

By RESULTS Mastery Limited - Steve Mills Business Advisor

In this week’s RESULTS Mastery Live, we are going to discuss how to use email marketing to increase sales.

Email Marketing Training Event
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Successfully managing smaller projects (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the principles and practice for leading and managing a portfolio of smaller projects in a multi-project / multi-task environment. It presents a range of practical methods and techniques relevant to the smaller project scenario, using exercises and case studies to show how these can be applied. The scope of the programme includes: The course also emphasises the importance of the leadership and team-working skills needed by project managers and team members in carrying out their roles. The principal training objectives for this programme are to: Explain and demonstrate the key principles of successful project management Demonstrate a range of useful project management tools and techniques Define the role, and help participants understand the skills required by, the project leader Provide a structured framework to help participants manage multiple projects Identify opportunities to improve project management within the organisation DAY ONE 1 Introduction (Course sponsor) Why this programme has been developed Review of participants' needs and objectives 2 Managing smaller projects Projects and project management Lessons from past projects; the essential requirements for success Differences between projects; characteristic project life cycles Key issues and challenges of smaller projects The multi-project world; project portfolio management 3 Project exercise Syndicate teams plan and manage a small project Review of the project exercise: What are the keys to successful management of small projects? 4 Setting up the project Getting organised Managing the definition process Identifying and managing project stakeholders Working with the customer to define the scope and agree deliverables 5 Case study 1 Defining the project scope and deliverables Syndicate teams define the scope and deliverables for a typical project 6 Project planning The importance and cost benefit of effective planning Planning the plan; deciding how detailed a plan to create Packaging the work and estimating timescales and costs Developing project / resource schedules; setting milestones for control v Identifying and managing critical path activities 7 Case study 2 Creating the project plan Syndicate teams develop and analyse the project plan DAY TWO 8 Managing project risks Identifying risks to the project outcome, timescale and cost Evaluating risks and adopting an appropriate risk strategy Defining risk ownership; keeping a simple risk log Keeping risk management up to date; staying pro-active Integrating planning and risk management 9 Project control Managing change, minimising scope creep Selecting the data needed to provide early warning of problems Monitoring performance easily with 'S' curves and slip charts Using trend forecasting to assess true project status Running project review meetings 10 Managing a multi-project portfolio Understanding the world of multiple projects Establishing ownership of project / programme management Classifying projects and creating the 'master schedule' Defining and applying project lifecycle management Resource management: essential pre-requisites and mechanisms Project prioritisation criteria and techniques; pain / gain analysis 11 Managing the multi-project team Characteristics of small project teams / part-time team membership Clarifying line and project management responsibilities Implementing effective manpower planning Establishing professional working practices in the team Developing project management competences in the team Establishing team roles and integrating team members 12 Course review and transfer planning (Course sponsor present) Identify actions to be implemented individually Identify corporate opportunities for improving project management Sponsor-led review and discussion of proposals Conclusion

Successfully managing smaller projects (In-House)
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Commercial awareness for project staff and engineers (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

Nowadays not only do we rely on our commercial and sales staff to hit that bottom line but we expect our engineers and project teams to play their part too - not only through their engineering and management skills but by behaving in a commercially minded way in their dealings with their counterparts in customer or supplier organisations. This means understanding, amongst other things, the issues surrounding the commencement of work ahead of contract, having a clear contract baseline, recognising the broader implications of contract change, the need for timeliness and the consequences of failing to meet the contracted timetable. This practical one-day programme has been designed specifically to give engineers, project staff and others just that understanding. The course is designed principally to provide engineers and project staff with an appreciation of contractual obligations, liabilities, rights and remedies so that they understand the implications of their actions. It is also suitable for business development staff who are negotiating contracts on behalf of the business. The main focus of the day is on creating an awareness of when a situation may have commercial implications that would harm an organisation's business interests if not recognised and handled appropriately and how taking a positive but more commercial approach to those situations can lead to a more positive outcome for the business. As well as providing an understanding of the commercial imperatives the day also focuses on specific areas affecting engineers and project staff, such as the recognition and management of change, the risks when working outside the contract and managing delays in contracts. The course identifies the different remedies that may apply according to the reasons for the delay and provides some thoughts on pushing back should such situations arise. On completion of this programme the participants will: appreciate the need for contractual controls and will have a better understanding of their relevance and how they can be applied, particularly the issues of starting work ahead of contract, implementing changes and inadvertently creating a binding contract by their behaviour; have gained an understanding of the terminology and procedural issues pertaining to contracting within a programme; and be more commercially aware and better equipped for their roles. 1 Basic contract law - bidding and contract formation Purpose of a contract Contract formation - the key elements required to create a legally binding agreement Completeness and enforceability Express and implied terms Conditions v warranties The use of, and issues arising from, standard forms of sale and purchase Use of 'subject to contract' Letters of intent Authority to commit 2 Change management Recognising changes to a contracted requirement Pricing change Implementation and management of change 3 Key contracting terms and conditions By the end of this module participants will be able to identify the key principles associated with: Pricing Getting paid and retaining payment Cashflow Delivery and acceptance Programme delaysExamining some reasons for non-performance...Customer failureContractor's failureNo fault delays ... and the consequences of non-performance: Damages claimsLiquidated damagesForce majeureContinued performance Waiver clauses and recent case law Use of best/reasonable endeavours Contract termination 4 Warranties, indemnities and liability Express and implied warranties Limiting liability 5 Protection of information Forms of intellectual property Background/foreground intellectual property Marking intellectual property Intellectual property rights Copyright Software Confidentiality agreements Internet

Commercial awareness for project staff and engineers (In-House)
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Telephone sales - inbound (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

This highly practical one-day workshop has been designed specifically to help maximise sales where customers make contact by telephone. When customers contact us direct they have clearly already considered the possibility that they might buy from us, but we're still only half-way to making a sale. Unless we fully understand their needs and make it easy for them to buy, we may not secure the business. This workshop concentrates on the telephone skills and techniques needed to achieve the most positive outcome in any inbound customer call. A combination of excellent customer service skills and savvy sales awareness techniques will increase our chances of a successful outcome for both parties. The programme features the unique INBOUND model, to help remember the key principles for effective inbound telephone sales: Initial impressions Needs of the customer Bring them with you Open up the conversation Understand the triggers Narrow down the solutions Decision time! The programme also covers how to deal with difficult calls and challenging people - after all, every complaint is a sales opportunity! This programme will help participants: Create the perfect interaction with any customer making contact by telephone Make every call count Build rapport quickly in any situation Handle difficult calls and challenging people Create sustainable and profitable relationships Increase your sales conversions 1 The inbound sales process Each customer who contacts us will be at a different stage of the sales process. Some might be making general enquiries whilst others will be ready to commit, having made most of their decisions already. Sales and customer service people need to be ready to find out the stage the customer has reached before helping them to make the right decision for them 2 Engaging with the customer Having clarified where the customer is on their journey to making a purchasing decision, our next responsibility is to create and build a trusting relationship on both sides. This involves establishing rapport quickly to ease the communication process, thus enabling smooth transactions, both now and in the future 3 Questioning and listening skills for gathering information Developing these skills requires practice so that the communication becomes natural for the customer. This helps the customer to feel comfortable with us and work with us towards an effective solution. We discuss different types of question and how to use high-gain questions to uncover key information. Active listening will ensure that we can really help customers get what they need 4 Overcoming objections and excuses If we have followed the process properly and really understood the customer, then there should no further objections or barriers to completing the transaction. The reality is that there will still be the occasional issue that needs clarifying, so we need to prepare for possible objections and questions that customers might have. This includes probing objections so that we fully understand the customer's perspective before constructing suitable responses or solutions 5 Gaining commitment and ending the call Customers want to gain a solution to the issue they are facing and the sooner we can help them achieve that the better. Guiding the customer and helping them to believe in their own decision is part of our role. This section is dedicated to getting commitment all the way along the process, not just at the close 6 Dealing with difficult and challenging situations The realisation that everybody is different, with different personality types, different ways of looking at the world and different goals, is key to understanding sales. With this is mind we discuss these differences and how we adapt our approach to ease communication and maintain trust and understanding 7 Action plans Course summary and presentation of action plans

Telephone sales - inbound (In-House)
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The Principles of Asset Management

By EnergyEdge - Training for a Sustainable Energy Future

About this Training Course Asset maintenance and equipment reliability teams play a significant role to ensure that there is no room for downtime and losses in production. They are often recognised for their contribution and ability to keep assets running productively in today's organisations. This 4 full-day Certificate in Asset Management course will provide those involved in Asset Management with a full explanation of the key processes to manage assets across their lifecycle. This course has been designed to equip participants with practical skills to take back to work. This course enables participants to ensure their organisation's assets are realising their full value in support of the organisation's objectives. Accredited by the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), this course will prepare participants to sit for the IAM Asset Management Certificate qualification. The IAM exam is offered as an option for participants of this course. Training Objectives Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to: Understand the key principles, tools and terminology of Asset Management, and demonstrate how it will benefit their organisation Gain familiarity in the application of ISO 55000 in practice Access a range of models that will support the implementation of asset management in their organisation Have their understanding of Asset Management tools and concepts assessed Learn new Asset Management skills and models that will enhance their current performance Be better prepared for the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Certificate Examination Target Audience This course will benefit maintenance managers, operations managers, asset managers and reliability professionals, planners and functional specialists. It will also be useful for facilities engineers, supervisors/managers and structural engineers/supervisors/ and managers. Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods Other than world-class visuals and slides, this course will include a high level of interaction between the facilitator and participants and group discussion among the participants themselves. There will be a number of exercises & quizzes to demonstrate key points and to give participants the chance to apply learning and appreciate key aspects of best practice. Participants will also have the chance to share examples from their own experience, discuss real problems they are facing and develop actions for improvement when they return to work. Trainer Your expert course leader is a is a highly experienced in maintenance and turnaround specialist. He is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, having spent 19 years working for BP in engineering, maintenance and turnaround management roles. During this time, he worked on plants at all ages in the lifecycle, from construction, commissioning and operating new assets to maintaining aging assets and decommissioning. He has taken roles in Projects, Human Resources and Integrity Management which give real breadth to his approach. He also specialized in Continuous Improvement, gaining the award of International Petrochemical Coach of the year. He stays up to date with the latest industrial developments through his consulting support for major clients. He is also the Asset Management lead and a VILT specialist, having delivered over 70 days of VILT training in the last year. He has an engaging style and will bring his current industrial experience, proficiency of VILT techniques and diverse content, gathered from a comprehensive training portfolio, to deliver a distinctive training experience. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner (DevOps Institute)

By Nexus Human

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The target audience for the SRE Practitioner course are professionals including: Anyone focused on large-scale service scalability and reliability Anyone interested in modern IT leadership and organizational change approaches Business Managers Business Stakeholders Change Agents Consultants DevOps Practitioners IT Directors IT Managers IT Team Leaders Product Owners Scrum Masters Software Engineers Site Reliability Engineers System Integrators Tool Providers Overview After completing this course, students will have learned: Practical view of how to successfully implement a flourishing SRE culture in your organization. The underlying principles of SRE and an understanding of what it is not in terms of anti-patterns, and how you become aware of them to avoid them. The organizational impact of introducing SRE. Acing the art of SLIs and SLOs in a distributed ecosystem and extending the usage of Error Budgets beyond the normal to innovate and avoid risks. Building security and resilience by design in a distributed, zero-trust environment. How do you implement full stack observability, distributed tracing and bring about an Observability-driven development culture? Curating data using AI to move from reactive to proactive and predictive incident management. Also, how you use DataOps to build clean data lineage. Why is Platform Engineering so important in building consistency and predictability of SRE culture? Implementing practical Chaos Engineering. Major incident response responsibilities for a SRE based on incident command framework, and examples of anatomy of unmanaged incidents. Perspective of why SRE can be considered as the purest implementation of DevOps SRE Execution model Understanding the SRE role and understanding why reliability is everyone's problem. SRE success story learnings This course introduces a range of practices for advancing service reliability engineering through a mixture of automation, organizational ways of working and business alignment. Tailored for those focused on large-scale service scalability and reliability. SRE Anti-patterns Rebranding Ops or DevOps or Dev as SRE Users notice an issue before you do Measuring until my Edge False positives are worse than no alerts Configuration management trap for snowflakes The Dogpile: Mob incident response Point fixing Production Readiness Gatekeeper Fail-Safe really? SLO is a Proxy for Customer Happiness Define SLIs that meaningfully measure the reliability of a service from a user?s perspective Defining System boundaries in a distributed ecosystem for defining correct SLIs Use error budgets to help your team have better discussions and make better data-driven decisions Overall, Reliability is only as good as the weakest link on your service graph Error thresholds when 3rd party services are used Building Secure and Reliable Systems SRE and their role in Building Secure and Reliable systems Design for Changing Architecture Fault tolerant Design Design for Security Design for Resiliency Design for Scalability Design for Performance Design for Reliability Ensuring Data Security and Privacy Full-Stack Observability Modern Apps are Complex & Unpredictable Slow is the new down Pillars of Observability Implementing Synthetic and End user monitoring Observability driven development Distributed Tracing What happens to Monitoring? Instrumenting using Libraries an Agents Platform Engineering and AIOPs Taking a Platform Centric View solves Organizational scalability challenges such as fragmentation, inconsistency and unpredictability. How do you use AIOps to improve Resiliency How can DataOps help you in the journey A simple recipe to implement AIOps Indicative measurement of AIOps SRE & Incident Response Management SRE Key Responsibilities towards incident response DevOps & SRE and ITIL OODA and SRE Incident Response Closed Loop Remediation and the Advantages Swarming ? Food for Thought AI/ML for better incident management Chaos Engineering Navigating Complexity Chaos Engineering Defined Quick Facts about Chaos Engineering Chaos Monkey Origin Story Who is adopting Chaos Engineering Myths of Chaos Chaos Engineering Experiments GameDay Exercises Security Chaos Engineering Chaos Engineering Resources SRE is the Purest form of DevOps Key Principles of SRE SREs help increase Reliability across the product spectrum Metrics for Success Selection of Target areas SRE Execution Model Culture and Behavioral Skills are key SRE Case study Post-class assignments/exercises Non-abstract Large Scale Design (after Day 1) Engineering Instrumentation- Instrumenting Gremlin (after Day 2)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner (DevOps Institute)
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Business Transformation with Google Cloud

By Nexus Human

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Business decision-makers: directors (managers of managers), managers of individual contributors (ICs) or ICs working in non-IT functions/divisions (such as finance, marketing, sales, HR, product design) interested in understanding the applications of Google?s cloud technology for business improvement opportunities and transformational project(s). Through this interactive training, you?ll learn about core cloud business drivers?specifically Google?s cloud?and gain the knowledge/skills to determine if business transformation is right for you and your team, and build short and long-term projects using the ?superpowers? of cloud accordingly. You?ll also find several templates, guides, and resource links through the supplementary student workbook to help you build a custom briefing document to share with your leadership, technical teams or partners. Why cloud technology is revolutionizing business This module introduces cloud technology as a paradigm shift and explains how it?s irrevocably transforming business globally. It defines the fundamental building blocks of cloud technology?compute power and data?and what they mean for you and your business. And finally, it reveals how these building blocks help to create five superpowers using concrete use cases of their transformative abilities for business, education, and government sectors. Foster an innovation culture Cloud is not just about a technological transformation; it's a business and cultural transformation, too. This module explores how the superpowers of the cloud are brought to life through people. It looks specifically at how to organically create and scale innovation through culture and business practices. It offers key principles, drawing examples from Google?s success and real world scenarios, that you can apply in your day-to-day operations. Define the ideal business transformation challenge Previous modules describe the journey with cloud technology to include business and cultural changes as well. This module sets the groundwork to build a transformational solution using cloud technology for your role or your business. This process starts with distinguishing between scaled improvements and transformations. Next, the module demonstrates how to write an ideal challenge question and use insights generated from a data ecosystem to address the challenge. Finally, it introduces a framework that you can use to assess and refine your challenge ideas, preparing you to build a business case in a later module. Build trust with availability, security, and compliance This module addresses common concerns about data privacy and security when migrating to the cloud. It defines key terms - privacy, security, compliance, and reliability - and reveals today?s top cybersecurity challenges and threats. It discusses how data security and compliance can be maintained when data is in the cloud, as illustrated by the Shared Responsibility Model. And finally, it uses a concrete example to explain how learners can build a high-level security program in their own organization. Build a business case for your transformation challenge This module explains how to identify the most transformative solution for your business challenge. It then breaks down steps to achieve the transformational solution through creating smaller projects and plotting them onto a transformation roadmap. It describes how to use the data ecosystem you mapped in a previous module to support your overall project. Finally, it explains step by step how to build a business case and gives tips to help you pitch your project idea to gain buy-in from leadership, teams, and technical partners. Additional course details: Nexus Humans Business Transformation with Google Cloud training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Business Transformation with Google Cloud course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Business Transformation with Google Cloud
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Safe Handling of Medicines

By NextGen Learning

Safe Handling of Medicines Course Overview: The "Safe Handling of Medicines" course provides learners with a comprehensive understanding of the legal, professional, and safety considerations involved in handling medications. This course covers essential topics such as legislation, safe administration practices, patient involvement, and the safe handling of hazardous drugs. By the end of the course, learners will gain the knowledge required to manage medication in a safe and efficient manner while ensuring compliance with UK regulations. The course is designed to equip learners with the skills necessary to contribute to safer healthcare practices and improve medication management in various settings. Course Description: This course dives into the core aspects of safe medicine handling, exploring key principles such as medication management, storage, disposal, and the importance of communication in ensuring safety. Learners will explore legislation and licensing requirements, alongside strategies for administering medications safely, including the handling of hazardous substances. They will also gain insights into the role of patient involvement in medication safety and learn about the audit process and record-keeping. Additionally, learners will review how medication use was managed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon completion, participants will be well-prepared to implement safe medication practices in a variety of healthcare environments while ensuring regulatory compliance. Safe Handling of Medicines Curriculum: Module 01: Introduction to Medicines Module 02: Legislation and Licensing Module 03: Key Principles of Medication Management Module 04: Professional Communication and Medication Safety Module 05: Safe Administration of Medicines Module 06: Patient Involvement in Medication Safety Module 07: Storage, Supply and Disposal of Medication Module 08: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Module 09: Record-Keeping and Audit Process Module 10: The Safe Use of Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to enhance their knowledge in medication safety. Professionals aiming to advance in healthcare settings or roles. Beginners with an interest in healthcare and medication management. Healthcare workers responsible for medication administration. Career Path: Healthcare Assistant Pharmacy Technician Medication Safety Officer Clinical Pharmacist Healthcare Administrator Medical Records Specialist

Safe Handling of Medicines
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