This course will start by explaining in detail what team working is and cover some of the basic principles for putting together a group of people who will work well together. It then goes on to cover conflict within teams, explaining some of the reasons conflict occurs and some strategies for managing conflict. It finishes off by exploring some of the different styles of management behaviour and how to develop a resilient team.
This course is intended to provide you with the information you needed to understand and spot the signs of drug and alcohol misuse. It covers the legal and social implications for the individual and for your company if you find out an employee is misusing drugs. This course discusses the law, different types of drugs, and policies that can be put in place to protect yourself, your business and your employees.
Giving a successful presentation can be one of the hardest parts of many people’s jobs. This course covers the common mistakes people make when preparing for and giving a presentation so you can avoid these, as well as going over good practice and providing some practical advice that you can put to good use the next time you have a big presentation to make.
This course aims to help you write effective objectives that deliver results. It covers the importance of goals and objectives and why we need them, the barriers to you achieving your objectives and how to overcome them, what SMART objectives are and how to write and identify them and concludes with some tips for successful objective setting.
This course will start with the essentials – defining exactly what we mean by delegation and why it’s so important. It then goes into details about the elements of delegation, overcoming the barriers to delegation, how you can choose which tasks to delegate and who to, the process of delegation and much more.
This course will start by defining sexual harassment and explaining how protection comes from both employment law and criminal law. You’ll see from workplace statistics how widespread and serious the problem is, and how the management response to concerns raised is often poor or non-existent. It also addresses how allegations should be handled, explains the importance of having clear and robust policies and the role line managers tend to take when it comes to dealing with these situations.
This course is aimed at anyone that works on licensed premises and gives them an overview of key topics relating to UK licencing law, responsibilities and penalties for breaching these. It also looks in detail at the issue of age verification including an interactive element to support learning in this area.
Stress is a real problem for both organisations and their employees. It accounts for a significant proportion of work related illness each year. Being aware of the signs of stress, some of the triggers and how to manage them can make a real difference to your wellbeing and that of people around you. This course will cover an introduction to stress and why it’s a problem, some of the causes of stress and some ways to minimise the risk of stress.
An Uncommon Blend: BRM, Lean & Project Management There are many process frameworks and methodologies that can help generate value. The challenge is not about selecting the 'right one' but with establishing logical points of integration between complementary bodies of knowledge that can lead to the value creation. When thoughtfully combined, Business Relationship Management (BRM), Lean and Project Management frameworks can be used to manage complex situations. From guiding corporate transformation initiatives to the identification/ resolution of challenging problems which effect day-to-day business operations, this uncommon blend can produce impressive results.Learning Objectives In this session, a brief overview of BRM and Lean best-practices will be provided. Create clarity around the greater vision and mission of transformation generating programs Increase relationship maturity between Business Partner & IT Provider that prevented the production of 'waste' Identification of unrecorded work activity that was acknowledged by the means of updated job descriptions or was retired due to unnecessary, non-value-added status Application of BRM techniques that resulted in the creation of performance measurements that matter and continuity between business processes and their enabling IT capabilities