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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Network engineers and technicians that are working in the enterprise sector. Overview - Describe the factors that led to the development of IPv6 and possible uses of this new IP structure - Describe the structure of the IPv6 address format, how IPv6 interacts with data link layer technologies, and how IPv6 is supported in Cisco IOS Software - Implement IPv6 services and applications - Understand the updates to IPv4 routing protocols needed to support IPv6 topologies - Understand multicast concepts and IPv6 multicast specifics - Evaluate the scenario and desired outcome and identify the best transition mechanism for the situation - Describe security issues, how security for IPv6 is different than for IPv4, and emerging practices for IPv6-enabled networks - Describe the standards bodies that define IPv6 address allocation, in addition to one of the leading IPv6 deployment issuesâ€'multihoming - Describe the deployment strategies that service providers might consider when deploying IPv6 - Describe case studies for enterprise, service provider, and branch networks This course is a five-day course aimed at providing network engineers and technicians that are working in the enterprise sector with the knowledge and skills that are needed to study and configure Cisco IOS Software IPv6 features. Introduction to IPv6 Explaining the Rationale for IPv6 Evaluating IPv6 Features and Benefits Understanding Market Drivers IPv6 Operations Understanding the IPv6 Addressing Architecture Describing the IPv6 Header Format Enabling IPv6 on Hosts Enabling IPv6 on Cisco Routers Using ICMPv6 and Neighbor Discovery IPv6 Services IPv6 Mobility Describing DNS in an IPv6 Environment Understanding DHCPv6 Operations Understanding QoS Support in an IPv6 Environment Using Cisco IOS Software Features IPv6-Enabled Routing Protocols Routing with RIPng Examining OSPFv3 Examining Integrated IS-IS Examining EIGRP for IPv6 Understanding MP-BGP Configuring IPv6 Policy-Based Routing Configuring FHRP for IPv6 Configuring Route Redistribution IPv6 Multicast Services Implementing Multicast in an IPv6 Network Using IPv6 MLD IPv6 Transition Mechanisms Implementing Dual-Stack Describing IPv6 Tunneling Mechanisms IPv6 Security Configuring IPv6 ACLs Using IPsec, IKE, and VPNs Discussing Security Issues in an IPv6 Transition Environment Understanding IPv6 Security Practices Configuring Cisco IOS Firewall for IPv6 Deploying IPv6 Examining IPv6 Address Allocation Understanding the IPv6 Multihoming Issue Identifying IPv6 Enterprise Deployment Strategies IPv6 and Service Providers Identifying IPv6 Service Provider Deployment Understanding Support for IPv6 in MPLS Understanding 6VPE Understanding IPv6 Broadband Access Services IPv6 Case Studies Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Enterprise Networks Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Service Provider Networks Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Branch Networks Lab Exercises Lab 2-1: Enabling IPv6 on Hosts Lab 2-2: Using Neighbor Discovery Lab 3-1: Using Prefix Delegation Lab 4-1: Routing with OSPFv3 Lab 4-2: Routing with IS-IS Lab 4-3: Routing with EIGRP Lab 4-4: Routing with BGP and MP-BGP Lab 5-1: Multicasting Lab 6-1: Implementing Tunnels for IPv6 Lab 7-1: Configuring Advanced ACLs Lab 7-2: Implementing IPsec and IKE Lab 7-3: Configuring Cisco IOS Firewall Lab 9-1: Configuring 6PE and 6VPE Configuration Files Summary Lab Activity Solutions Teardown and Restoration Additional course details: Nexus Humans Cisco IPv6 Fundamentals, Design and Deployment 3.0 (IP6FD) 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 Cisco IPv6 Fundamentals, Design and Deployment 3.0 (IP6FD) 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.

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.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Workspace ONE UEM operators and administrators, account managers, solutions architects, solutions engineers, sales engineers, and consultants Workspace ONE Access operators and administrators, account managers, solutions architects, solutions engineers, sales engineers, and consultants Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Identify key benefits of Workspace ONE Access to address your specific use case Describe the different identity sources supported by Workspace ONE Access and apply the most appropriate to your organization's use case Differentiate common authentication methods in Workspace ONE Access and select the most suitable method to fit your business needs Illustrate how to use access policies and implement best practices within your organization Outline various authentication methods and workflows that can be implemented to ensure a robust end-user experience, while meeting your security requirements Summarize the capabilities and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub and Hub Services and learn how to effectively implement both Discuss how to implement Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub and Hub Services effectively Describe features of VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence™ and how to use it to support daily administration and maintenance Explain how to use the Workspace ONE UEM and Workspace ONE Access APIs to perform administration and maintenance Outline Workspace ONE design methodology and how it can apply to your organization In this five-day course, you build on the foundations learned in VMWare Workspace ONE: Deploy & Manage to accelerate the advancement of your deployment and management systems with VMware Workspace ONE© UEM and VMware Workspace ONE© Access?.Through a series of hands-on labs, simulations, and interactive lectures, you effectively evaluate your organization?s current practices and discover opportunities to target improvements in identity, authentication, and access management. Additionally, you learn the strategies and techniques necessary to construct an integrated management strategy, utilizing a comprehensive set of VMware Workspace ONE© services, including Hub Services, the Unified Catalog, Intelligence, and the API. Course Introduction Introduction and course logistics Course objectives Workspace ONE Platform List the high-level components of the Workspace ONE platform Identify benefits of integrating Workspace ONE Access with other Workspace ONE products Explain what services Workspace ONE Access offers Outline the use cases for Workspace ONE Access Connector Identity Sources Identify different directory types in Workspace ONE Access based on identity sources Explain supported web standards for identity Explain Workspace ONE Access workflows of an Active Directory and an LDAP directory Identify features and use cases of third-party identity sources Identify the features and use cases of the VMware AirWatch© Provisioning app Authentication Identify the benefits of modern identity and access management Explain the workflows of connector-based authentication methods, such as Kerberos, RADIUS, and RSA SecureID Explain the workflows of cloud-based authentication methods, such as mobile SSO for iOS, mobile SSO for Android, and Workspace ONE Verify Access Policies Explain access policies and their importance Describe how identity providers (IdPs) and authentication methods work with access policies Explain how to create policy rules following best practice Catalog Define the types of resources in the Workspace ONE Access catalog Outline the common SAML authentication initiation methods for web applications in Workspace ONE Access Describe the high-level integration steps of a Horizon Cloud integration with Workspace ONE Access Hub Services Describe the relationship between Hub Services, Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub, Workspace ONE UEM, and Workspace ONE Access Illustrate the primary components of Hub Services Describe the features and use cases of Workspace ONE Verify Explain how to deploy mobile flows according to a use case Workspace ONE Intelligence Describe how Workspace ONE Intelligence supports your deployment and management strategy Explain how the Digital Employee Experience Management Solution helps improve employees' Anywhere Workspace journey Explain how you can use Dashboards to access different data for your device management use cases Explain how integration works to connect and share data with third parties Workspace ONE Application Programming Interface Outline the use cases for using the Workspace ONE API Explain how to perform Workspace ONE UEM administration and maintenance through the API Explain how to perform Workspace ONE Access administration and maintenance through the API Design Methodology Explain the Workspace ONE business drivers and use case definition Define Workspace ONE services Discuss how to make architectural design decisions Explain how to create component designs Discuss which third-party components are required for infrastructure design Discuss the process of platform integration Explain the required services for service integration Explain how to design user experience

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators and system integrators Consultants responsible for designing, implementing, and customizing vRealize Operations Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: List the vRealize Operations use cases Identify features and benefits of vRealize Operations Determine the vRealize Operations cluster that meets your monitoring requirements Deploy and configure a vRealize Operations cluster Use interface features to assess and troubleshoot operational problems Describe vRealize Operations certificates Create policies to meet the operational needs of your environment Recognize effective ways to optimize performance, capacity, and cost in data centers Troubleshoot and manage problems using workbench, alerts, and predefined dashboards Manage configurations Configure application monitoring using VMware vRealize Operations Cloud Appliance™ Create custom symptoms and alert definitions, reports, and views Create various custom dashboards using the dashboard creation canvas Configure widgets and widget interactions for dashboards Create super metrics Set up users and user groups for controlled access to your environment Extend the capabilities of vRealize Operations by adding management packs and configuring solutions Monitor the health of the vRealize Operations cluster by using self-monitoring dashboards This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to deploy a VMware vRealize Operations cluster that meets the monitoring requirements of your environment.This course includes advanced capabilities such as customizing alerts, views, reports, and dashboards and explains the deployment and architecture in vRealize Operations. This course explains application monitoring, certificates, policies, capacity and cost concepts, and workload optimization with real-world use cases. This course covers troubleshooting using the workbench, alerts, and predefined dashboards, and how to manage compliance and configurations. This course also covers several management packs. Course Introduction Introduction and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to vRealize Operations List the vRealize Operations use cases Access the vRealize Operations User Interface (UI) vRealize Operations Architecture Identify the functions of components in a vRealize Operations node Identify the types of nodes and their role in a vRealize Operations cluster Outline how high availability is achieved in vRealize Operations List the components required to enable Continuous Availability (CA) Deploying vRealize Operations Design and size a vRealize Operations cluster Deploy a vRealize Operations node Install a vRealize Operations instance Describe different vRealize Operations deployment scenarios vRealize Operations Concepts Identify product UI components Create and use tags to group objects Use a custom group to group objects vRealize Operations Policies and Certificate Management Describe vRealize Operations certificates Create policies for various types of workloads Explain how policy inheritance works Capacity Optimization Define capacity planning terms Explain capacity planning models Assess the overall capacity of a data center and identify optimization recommendations What-If Scenarios and Costing in vRealize Operations Run what-if scenarios for adding workloads to a data center Discuss the types of cost drivers in vRealize Operations Assess the cost of your data center inventory Performance Optimization Introduction to performance optimization Define the business and operational intentions for a data center Automate the process of optimizing and balancing workloads in data centers Report the results of optimization potential Troubleshooting and Managing Configurations Describe the troubleshooting workbench Recognize how to troubleshoot problems by monitoring alerts Use step-by-step workflows to troubleshoot different vSphere objects Assess your environment?s compliance to standards View the configurations of vSphere objects in your environment Operating System and Application Monitoring Describe native service discovery and application monitoring features Configure application monitoring Monitor operating systems and applications by using VMware vRealize© Operations Cloud Appliance? Custom Alerts Create symptom definitions Create recommendations, actions, and notifications Create alert definitions that monitor resource demand in hosts and VMs Build and use custom views in your environment Custom Views and Reports Build and use custom views in your environment Create custom reports for presenting data about your environment Custom Dashboards Create dashboards that use predefined and custom widgets Configure widgets to interact with other widgets and other dashboards Configure the Scoreboard widget to use a metric configuration file Manage dashboards by grouping dashboards and sharing dashboards with users Super Metrics Recognize different types of super metrics Create super metrics and associate them with objects Enable super metrics in policies User Access Control Recognize how users are authorized to access objects Determine privilege priorities when a user has multiple privileges Import users and user groups from an LDAP source Extending and managing a vRealize Operations Deployment Identify available management packs in the VMware Marketplace? Monitor the health of a vRealize Operations cluster Generate a support bundle View vRealize Operations logs and audit reports Perform vRealize Operations cluster management tasks Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6] 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 VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6] 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.

It is important for Officers to understand the roles and responsibilities, processes and procedures involved when working with Elected Members. They also need to appreciate the significance of Elected Members as the decision-makers in local government. Officers have a responsibility to work and communicate with Elected Members effectively. This very successful course is designed to help Officers with this. Note: this is very much an indicative outline. The programme is tailored to the needs of each particular organisation. To provide managers with the knowledge and understanding they need to have productive working relationships with Elected Members and provide appropriate support. By the end of the course participants will: Understand the roles, responsibilities, processes and procedures in place for working with Elected Members Be able to identify the best way to approach potentially sensitive issues Understand the skills and behaviours required for working effectively with Members Be able to deploy their influencing skills more successfully Review their learning and have an action plan to take back and implement at work Note: this is very much an indicative outline. The programme is tailored to the needs of each particular organisation. 1 Introduction Welcome and introductions Objectives and programme overview 2 Working in a political environment What is political awareness? Contact and experience with Members Importance of the role of Members 3 Why be an Elected Member? Perceptions of what Elected Members are and do Values of Members and their motivations for doing what they do 4 Political decision-making in local government Current challenges and drivers affecting the organisation / the council Roles and responsibilities of Officers and Members Centrality of Members' strategic role 5 (Option) A day in the life of an Elected Member An Elected Member gives a talk about what they do 6 Having a beneficial relationship between Officers and Members 7 Member / Officer communication Discussion of the formal processes, service procedures, etc (whether enshrined in a protocol, Memorandum of Understanding, etc) Response times and requirements Procedures required by Heads of Service [if appropriate] 8 Influencing styles and strategies Different forms of power and how they impact Developing an appropriate 'influencing style' Exploring strategies for improving communication and influencing at work 9 Review and evaluation Review and evaluation of learning Personal action plans

In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills are not as difficult to learn as many people believe and in the hands of an experienced senior executive they can provide a formidable competitive advantage. After completing this course delegates will be able to: Understand fundamental business finance concepts; understand, analyse and interpret financial statements: Profit Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement Understand the vital difference between profit and cashflow; identify the key components of working capital and how they can be managed to generate strong cashflow Evaluate pricing decisions based on an understanding of the nature of business costs and their impact on gross margin and break-even sales; managing pricing, discounts and costs to generate strong business profits; understand how lean manufacturing methods improve profit Use powerful analytical tools to measure and improve the performance of their own company and assess the effectiveness of their competitors Apply and interpret techniques for assessing and comparing investment opportunities in capital projects, business acquisitions and other ventures; understand and apply common methods of business valuation Understand the role of business finance in formulating and implementing competitive business strategy; the role of budgeting as part of the planning process and the various approaches to budgeting and performance measurement 1 Basic principles Delivering value to key stakeholders Accounting concepts, GAAP, IFRS and common terms Understanding and using the balance sheet Understanding and using the profit statement Recognising the vital difference between profit and cashflow Understanding and using the cashflow statement What financial statements can and cannot tell us 2 Managing and improving cashflow Sources of finance and their advantages and disadvantages What is working capital and why is it so important? Managing stocks, debtors and creditors Understanding how working capital drives business growth Understanding and avoiding the over-trading trap Unlocking the funds tied up in fixed assets: asset backed loans and leasing 3 Managing and improving profit Understanding how profits generate cashflow The fundamental nature of costs: fixed and variable business costs Understanding gross margin and break-even How common pricing methods affect gross margin and profit Effective strategies to improve gross margin Using value chain analysis to reduce costs Lean manufacturing methodsUnderstanding Just-in-time, 6 Sigma and Kaizen methods Improving profitEffective and defective strategies 4 Measuring and managing business performance Measures of financial performance and strength Investor behaviour: the risk and reward relationship Return on investment (ROI): the ultimate measure of business performance How profit margin and net asset turnover drive return on net assets Why some companies are more profitable that others Understanding competitive advantage: cost and differentiation advantage Why great companies failWhat happened to Kodak? Using a 'Pyramid of Ratios' to improve business performance Using Critical Success Factors to develop Key Performance Indicators 5 Budgeting and forecasting methods Using budgets to support strategy Objectives and methods for effective budgets Using budgets to monitor and manage business performance Alternative approaches to budgeting Developing and implementing Balanced Scorecards Beyond Budgeting Forecasting methods and techniques Identifying key business drivers Using rolling forecasts and 'what-if' models to aid decision-making

An insightful, enjoyable and experiential programme to help you analyse data and information and make a balanced decision based upon sound commercial reasoning. It will enable you to identify options, make decisions and take actions based on a thorough analysis combined with instinct and intuition to make a positive effect on profitability. This programme will help you: Identify ways to analyse data and sort relevant from irrelevant information Develop analytical and numerate thinking, and consider the financial implications of a decision Make decisions based on sound commercial reasoning - a mix of intuition and analysis Select from a range of tools to analyse a situation and apply these effectively Understand how costs and profits are calculated Use tried-and-tested techniques to manage and control your budgets Appreciate the fundamentals of financial analysis Focus on the bottom line Identify the basics of capital investment appraisal for your business Evaluate results and seek opportunities for improvement to your business 1 The commercial environment What do shareholders and investors want? What do managers want? Profit v non-profit organisations Investor expectations 2 Financial and non-financial information Risk and reward considerations Drivers of commercial decisions 3 Running a business A practical exercise to bring financial statements to life Different stakeholder interests in a business The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 4 Where do I make a difference to the organisation? How can I contribute to an improved business performance? Key performance indicators - measuring the right things A 'balanced scorecard' approach - it's not all about money! 5 A 'balanced scorecard' approach Analysing and reviewing my contribution to the business direction What is the current focus of my commercial decisions? Developing the business in the right way - getting the balance right! Where should/could it be in the future? Do my decisions support the overall vision and strategy? 6 Making commercial decisions Left-brain and right-brain thinking Convergent and divergent thinking Analysis and instinct Interactive case study exercise - emotional and rational decisions Reflection - what is my style of making decisions 7 Let's consider the customer! Identifying target markets Differentiating propositions and products Customer service considerations Marketing considerations and initiatives Pricing strategies and considerations 8 Strategic analysis The external environment The internal environment LEPEST analysis SWOT analysis Forecasting Group activity - analysing markets and the competition How do these improve your decisions? 9 Comparing performance Analysing key financial ratios Ways to compare performance and results Break-even analysis 10 Profit and loss accounts and budgeting Managing income and expenditure The budgeting process How does this link to the profit and loss account? Managing and controlling a cost centre/budget The role of the finance department Different ways of budgeting Incremental budgeting Zero-based budgeting 11 Understanding the balance sheet Purpose of balance sheets Understanding and navigating the content What does a balance sheet tell you? How do you affect your balance sheet? Links to the profit and loss account A practical team exercise that brings financial statements to life 12 Business decisions exercise How does this improve your decisions? A practical exercise to apply new knowledge and bring commercial thinking to to life The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 13 Working capital Why is this important? The importance of keeping cash flowing Business decisions that affect cash Calculating profit 14 Capital investment appraisal Capex v Opex Payback Return on investment The future value of money The concept of hurdle rate 15 Lessons learned and action planning So what? Recap and consolidation of learning The decisions that I need to consider Actions to achieve my plan

Wouldn't sales be a 'walk in the park' without challenging customers? Why is it that some customers are so difficult to please, so quick to call 'foul' at the slightest blip and so mean with their gratitude after we've bent over backwards to accommodate them? Whether we are looking at prospective or existing customers, there is a toolkit for dealing with the most challenging of them. This course will help participants: Use broad open questions to give the customer a platform for their opinions or issues Improve listening skills to really understand what's behind the customer's challenging style Probe specific phrases to show listening and earn deeper disclosure Use silence to let challenging customers 'blow off steam' Understand the negative impact of certain phrases on a challenging customer Summarise effectively and reassure the customer of our understanding of their needs Recognise the 'behaviour cycle' and avoid emotional escalation Understand 'transactional analysis' and how to bring people from 'child' to 'adult' state Create loyalty in customers who are slow to give trust 1 What makes a customer 'challenging'? Why customers challenge us - understanding their drivers 'Wearing their shoes' - seeing things from their perspective Understanding our own personality style How to flex with a style that is different from our own Ways to quickly recognise a customer's style The benefits of flexing with a challenging customer's style 2 Practical exercise - forum theatre Participants take it in turns to deal with the trainer (who plays the role of the challenging customer) Observers stop the action when they hear or see something they deem wrong The participant in the seat gets a chance to use a suggested alternative line The participant who makes the suggestion has the chance to occupy the seat and deliver it themselves Frequent feedback from the trainer as to how the participant's words are making him feel Opportunities to rewind the action if an ill-advised line is suggested and delivered Flipchart for capturing what worked, what didn't work and why Mehrabian principle - the importance of body language and tone over words used 3 Questioning and listening skills How to use open questions to get the customer talking What questions to avoid and why The use of pauses and silence to reduce tension and build trust What listening is and what it isn't Question funnelling - how to earn deeper disclosure through probing The power of summary 4 Transactional analysis explained What is transactional analysis (TA)? Exploring the TA states and why people behave in that way under pressure How to bring challenging customers to 'adult' state to reduce tension How 'parent' or 'child' behaviours can be inadvertently triggered Understanding the 'behavioural cycle' and how to break it Mini-role play 'vignettes' to demonstrate real time impact of ill-chosen words 5 How to build trust with challenging customers Techniques for placating current challenging customers Methods that the participants have already used effectively - understanding why those methods worked and how other participants can model them Participants' experiences of trust having been lost - understanding why those experiences had that negative outcome How to 'go the extra mile' with challenging customers 6 Bringing a 'real' challenging customer to life Participants give the trainer a brief profile of a specific challenging customer of theirs 5-10 minute roleplay in which the trainer brings that individual to life Observing participants - without interrupting - make notes on what is and isn't working Trainer stops the action half-way through to give feedback on how he is feeling Participant goes back into the roleplay having recalibrated their approach based on feedback Observers give feedback on what did and didn't work Trainer comes out of character to explain the impact of the participant's words and behaviours 7 Wrap-up Key learnings from each participant Individual action planning - steps that can and will be implemented in the workplace

What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!' No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses. This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting. Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business. This course will help you: Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career 1 What do accountants do? The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used 2 The basic financial statements Balance sheets and income statements (P&L accounts) What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls 3 Why be in business - from a financial perspective The driving forces behind financial information Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure 4 Accounting rules - accounting standards Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities' Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards 5 Cash The importance of cash flow - working capital management Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal 6 Budgeting Why budget? - good and bad practice Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting 7 Costing The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant Issues with overhead allocation Accounting for R&D 8 Reading financial statements Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects 9 Performance measurement - analytical reviews and ratio analysis ROI/ROCE Profitability, margins and cost control Sales - asset turnover Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days) 'City' measures Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)

Learn how to use this innovative tool to analyse and validate your schedule, to add and model uncertainty and risk and to work with updated plans to compare project progress. Course overview Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) This course looks at the powerful features of Nodes and Links. It looks at analysing and validating your schedule, adding uncertainty and risk and working with updated plans to compare project progress. Hands on practice will be gained throughout the course to ensure you can confidentially put your new skills into practice back in the workplace. This course is designed for new users of Nodes and links, no previous experience is required. You should however be familiar with risk management processes and terminology. Objectives  By the end of the course you will be able to: Import and validate plans Analyse and review plans Add and model uncertainty Add and model risk Load updated schedules Re run analysis on updated schedules Content Validating your plan Importing a baseline plan Running a health check Analysing the results Reviewing the plan Analysing critical paths Reviewing activities Reviewing resources Adding Uncertainty Setting uncertainty templates Distributions Adding uncertainty Using Inherit Using AI Reviewing activity distributions Modelling Uncertainty Running the Analysis Reviewing the results Reviewing activity results Risk Drivers Filtering for activities Setting up the Risk Register Setting Risk Templates Adding Risks to the Risk Register Independent vs Dependant Events Setting Probability and Impact Modelling Uncertainty and Risk Mapping risks to activities Running the Analysis Reviewing the results Updated Plans Importing a new plan version Comparing plans Tracking progress Trend analysis Analysing Updated Plans Using updated plans Synchronising uncertainly and risk Rerunning analysis