OUR TRAINING

DEVELOPING PEOPLE

We know that continuing to develop yourself is just as important as helping to develop others. Our series of Developing People courses will help you to flourish both professionally and personally, whether it be helping you to present with confidence, or bringing you up to speed on the evolving digital world.

Take inspiration from the list of courses below and then call us to find out how we can create a course tailored entirely to your needs.

Presenting with impact

Making a presentation in a business environment strikes fear in most people. These fears can be overcome with confidence, but whilst confidence comes naturally to some, it doesn’t for others. That’s why we use coaching skills to pinpoint barriers to confidence, along with exploring ways to create more presence and identify each person’s strengths. It also includes a ‘surgery session’ – giving you the opportunity to examine nerves, voice and body language, or whatever you want to talk about!

Who should come?

Anyone who has some experience of presenting either to small or large groups and which they’d like to build on. Those who need to pitch, present or speak to audiences.

What will you learn?

• Building a strategy and a structure for your presentation
• Enhancing your presenting style and building your confidence
• Dealing with questions and objections
• Presentation delivery skills

Time management

Ways to better organise your time. It will enable you to identify where your time goes and how to claw some back. The session provides a forum to discuss how you prioritise and what is stopping you from being more organised.

Who should come?

Anyone who needs some support in managing their time and prioritising their tasks.

What will you learn?

• How to prioritise
• Identifying what the ‘time-wasters’ are in your day
• What you can realistically do in a day
• The benefits of putting a plan together

Emotional intelligence

Maximize collaborative effort within a team by exploring the concept of emotional intelligence (EI). You’ll explore why it is important to become ‘EI savvy’ in the workplace and how to use it to the best effect. It also covers self-awareness and self-motivation, along with how to understand and manage our relationships with others in the workplace, and beyond.

Who should come?

Anyone who is responsible for managing and/or developing staff.

What will you learn?

• An understanding of EI and how to use it in the workplace
• How to better read your team and work with their emotional strengths and vulnerabilities
• Methods of resolving differences, solving problems, building motivation (for self and team) and effective communication

Impact with clients

Building strong and successful client relationships. It focuses on understanding what a client’s needs are and how best to meet them to the highest standard. You’ll cover successful influencing, strategic questioning, developing rapport, understanding your client type and your own personal style.

Who should come?

Anyone who wants to develop and hone their client skills, or just wants to consider some new methods for tackling certain clients or situations.

What will you learn?

• How to improve your client relationships through heightened understanding
• Strategies for driving your client relationship forward
• Questioning techniques, methods for building rapport
• Identifying client opportunities and potential pitfalls

Storytelling in pitches

A different angle on how you can present to clients. Using a blend of story-structure and improvisational acting techniques you’ll learn how to make your presentations more immediate, enjoyable, memorable, and relevant.

Who should come?

Anyone who presents to clients and would like to learn how to make their presentation structure and style more engaging and compelling.

What will you learn?

• An understanding of how and why stories work
• Identifying opportunities for using stories in your presentations
• Tools and techniques to create presentations that are bespoke to specific clients and scenarios

The successful working parent

Helping parents assess what changes need to happen, what their priorities are and strategies to manage expectations from their boss, team and family. You’ll come away with some practical tips and tools to help achieve a harmonious work/life balance.

Who should come?

Parents returning to work following maternity leave and working parents.

What will you learn?

• How balanced your work vs home life feels and where you need to focus your attention
• The right expectations for yourself as a parent and as a professional
• Setting meaningful goals that match your priorities and expectations
• Communication styles to manage and influence key stakeholders

How to have great ideas

Ideas are the high octane fuel which successful businesses run on to keep ahead of their competitors. It’s what helps us identify and develop new revenue streams or orchestrate a compelling creative pitch to win new business. This one-day course will give you the skills to boost your everyday creativity and ensure those ‘eureka moments’ keep flowing.

Who should come?

Employees of all levels.

What will you learn?

• The principles of the Innovation Toolkit, to take away and use
• Tips for ‘everyday creativity’
• Changing everyday behaviour, so that you are more able to access your inner creative genius

Keeping up with the digital revolution

Bringing you up to speed with the key trends and innovations in the digital world. We’ll make specific reference to the industries and subject areas that are important to you – ensuring you are fully informed on future trends and how you can apply these to your business.

Who should come?

Senior personnel active in the digital space, whether it be client, agency or sales side.

What will you learn?

• An overview of the key developments in social, search, mobile, content creation, the data revolution and creative thinking in the digital world
• Practical tips on how you can keep up to speed with the digital world in order to benefit you both commercially and individually