//Essential Management Skills Programme


What is the Essential Management Skills Programme?

Essential Management Skills is a comprehensive, core training on how to be an effective manager.


Why would I want to do a management skills programme?

This programme is all about productivity and how to get the best possible results out of both you and your team. Whether you are just starting a supervisory role or have been in such a role for some time, this programme links together key modules to guide you through the concepts and skills needed to take on and be effective in your day to day role.

It can be done in bite size sections in a time frame that fits in to your schedule, without the need to book days out of the office and yet it covers the equivalent of a 21 day face to face training.


What will the management skills programme do for me?

The 9½ hours of audio tutorials, alongside the comprehensive manual will take you step by step through every important element of being a successful manager and leader. It works for people in all sizes of company, from one man bands to multi nationals. The skill set is the same and can be adapted to suit the circumstance.

We have also made it available in modules so you can pick and choose the bits you need most.

If you choose to undertake the full programme you will learn the different styles and approaches to management, including how to work with other managers and team members. You will understand the reasons behind procrastination and the impact of distractions on your business. You will build an in depth knowledge of people, what makes them tick and how to communicate effectively. You will discover how to make stress productive rather than destructive, how to resolve conflicts for a positive outcome and how to be a better negotiator. You will learn powerful new ways to set goals to ensure success and how to effectively lead change within your business with the buy in of your team.


How does the programme work?

This is a downloadable programme which is divided up in to 10 modules with plus a rather substantial manual. You have a choice: You can choose to purchase the full programme containing all 10 modules and a total of 9½ hours worth of audio tutorials, or you can pick and choose the modules you think would benefit you the most.


What essential management skills does it cover?

Full details of the contents of each module are available on the pdf accessible by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. However, here is an overview:

Leading The Team

This module is designed to teach the core thinking and behavioural skills needed for anyone wanting to use their personality and influence to create success in their business.

Managing

Learn the skills required for managing at all levels and how to manage group dynamics.

Time For Success

In this module you learn how to get more done in the same amount of time and to feel good while doing it but this is much, much more than how to fill in a diary!

Understanding People

This module focuses on understanding the differences in how people think and behave in order to increase the flexibility of management and working styles to enable productive interaction.

Communication & Influencing Skills

This module builds rapport skills to facilitate clear communication at all levels. It also covers a powerful yet simple feedback system that positively motivates whilst never avoiding the issues.

Setting & Achieving Goals

Discover the critical success factor in goal setting which, once you learn how to use it, will ensure 'buy in' success and increase motivation and productivity.

Productive Stress

The effect of stress on productivity and profitability is enormous so this module looks at what can be done to both minimise and prevent it in the workplace.

Conflict Resolution

This element of the programme explores the principles, strategies and techniques of resolving conflict, building productive relationships, constructing agreement and concluding deals.

Negotiation

This module provides simple, practical tools to be able to negotiate with confidence and ensure a win/win solution whether that be with clients, suppliers or staff.

Leading Change

This module addresses the crucial emotional needs of your staff to ensure that any investment in creating and managing change in your business is not wasted.


Enhance your management development even further

It is well known that training can significantly improve performance, but did you know that when you are coached alongside your training it can improve results by up to 88%?


The Essential Management Skills Programme comes with three options:

 

1) Essential Management Skills

Buy the programme and work through the audio tutorials and manual at your own pace, implementing what you learn as you go for fantastic results. .

 

2) Essential Sales Skills + One to One Coaching

Buy the programme and add 6 x ½ hour one to one telephone coaching sessions with Stephen over the course of 6 months to ramp up the results even further.

 

3) Individual Modules

Read through the details of the 10 modules in the pdf document and select which one(s) would be most useful and appropriate to your needs.

 

Any of the three options are going to give you great results, so it's just a matter of choice. The benefit of the added coaching is you get a ½ hour telephone coaching session with Stephen every month for 6 months during which you have free reign to ask as many questions as you want and be on the receiving end of a significant amount of additional advice, guidance, experience and support.

 

How much is the Essential Management Skills programme?

 

Option 1) Essential Management Skills £1,495 + VAT

 

Option 2) Essential Sales Skills + 6 months coaching £2,245 + VAT

 

Option 3) Individual Management Modules £179 + VAT per module


What happens next?

If you know the Essential Management Skills programme is for you simply click the button to make your selection of the three options and follow the payment process on our secure payment system.

 

Once you have completed your purchase you will receive links to download your workbook and audio files so you can start immediately. The audio files are large and may take some time to download, but you can log back in to your account at any time within a 30 day period to download files one at a time.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Purchase of this product is for individual use only. If you require more than one copy for team members please call us to discuss the licence options available.

 

If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the programme in memory stick and manual format please call the Certain Change office and we will be able to arrange that for you for a small additional charge. Our number is: 01494 790890. We would be happy to take payment over the phone or raise an invoice.


What if I want more details before buying the Essential Management Skills programme?

Audio Introduction to the Essential Management Skills programme

Click here to listen to a 14 minute audio introduction to the programme from Stephen Bates:
Audio Introduction to the Essential Management Skills Programme

PDF Document: Essential Management Skills Programme Information Sheet

Click here to open and download a more detailed pdf document:
Essential Management Skills Information Sheet

 

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