Course Description
Failing to plan is planning to fail – the process of developing plans, whereby we envisage possible futures helps to create a shared view of the future. The most successful people are those with life plans and similarly the most successful businesses are those that clarify what they are trying to achieve. However, any plan must be adaptable, as plans encountering reality are forced to adjust.
By attending this highly interactive training course, delegates will learn organisational, team and personal techniques to help them plan and adapt according to circumstances. They will develop leadership skills which are invaluable in coping with change. By learning new methodologies, they will be better able to plan and implement with colleagues back in the workplace.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Link business, team and individual objectives
- Apply the cycle of improvement to planning practices
- Recognize the impact of positive thinking on staff motivation
- Identify key elements needed to enable high performing teams
- Understand the impact of change and how to manage employees
Who Should Attend?
- Professionals wanting to learn practical management techniques for good planning, organizing themselves and others and delegate effectively
- Individuals who are responsible for managing any type of group or team
- Professionals who want a refresher in planning techniques
- Professionals who wish to overcome resistance to change
- Professionals wishing to enhance their ability to manage people
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section One: Creating Positive Attitudes to Change
- Planning for Change
- Challenging our base assumptions
- The cycle of improvement
- Positive thinking techniques
- Competences: actions & behaviours
- Delivering high standards of performance
Section Two: Business Planning
- Defining business scope
- Setting clear objectives
- Reviewing organisational capabilities
- Business v project planning
- Identifying Keys to Successful outcomes
- Managing & mitigating risks
Section Three: Skills for Successful Implementation
- Leaders’ role in employee attitudes
- Delivering clarity of purpose
- Motivating ourselves and others
- Managing and leading teams
- Managing oneself in time
- Delegating & empowering people
Section Four: Effective Team Planning
- Teams or work groups?
- Characteristics of high performing teams
- Team objectives v business objectives
- Team Roles v Individual Roles
- Developing team spirit
- Team behaviours
Section Five: Success Depends on Individual Performance
- How people respond to change
- Overcoming resistance to change
- Why change is a constant
- Setting team goals
- Linking team and individual goals
- Personal action planning