Do you dread carrying out interviews? Does the whole selection process largely depend on luck? How can you select the best person from a mass of applications?  Getting the right person in the right role can make all the difference for your business.  People who can identify what needs to be done and do it, freeing up others to focus on their own roles.  This workshop will give you practical techniques to help you select the right people for your business and practical tools to help you manage the process.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers, office managers

How do you motivate people when they are uncertain about the future, worried about their jobs or upset because some of their colleagues have been made redundant?  More than ever, during the current climate companies need people to be focussed on the things that will make the difference to business success: managing costs and generating ideas for better ways to do things.  This workshop will help you to develop techniques and practices for building and maintaining commitment during difficult economic times.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers

Has your organisational structure changed recently or does it need to change to reflect a different marketplace?  Is there confusion in your organisation about who is responsible for which tasks?  Is there a lack of accountability? Do people sometimes fail to take ownership and responsibility? This one day workshop provides you with a practical toolkit to help you develop the right structure for your business, one that will allow you to plan ahead for growth in your people and your organisation.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers

15/06/09

Are the managers and supervisors in your organisation equipped to manage other people effectively?  Do they enable others to perform to their best even in uncertain times?  This workshop is designed to show participants how to manage and motivate others, to show each individual how what they do contributes to business success, assisting participants to convert concepts into their real life situation.  With strong challenges, and a 2-week break between sessions to allow for implementation, this workshop is for people striving to be better managers.

Target attendees:
First line managers, team leaders, supervisors

29/04/09

13/05/09

27/05/09

04/06/09

20/05/09

03/06/09

17/06/09

25/06/09

Park Plaza Hotel

Corrs Corner Hotel

Park Plaza Hotel

Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown

Are the people working in your company committed to its success?  Are they doing the right things in the right way to make your business successful?  Can you trust them to deliver, even when you are not around?  During challenging times the leader has a vital role in keeping people focussed on what really matters.  This workshop will provide you with an insight into the role of the leader within the business, enabling you to link your leadership style to the overall achievement of business, team and individual objectives.

The workshop will explore key tools and techniques used by a leader to effectively grow and develop a business and its key asset - People.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers

Do you believe that you have sound structures and procedures in place but want to further develop your organisation?  Are you facing major changes?  This workshop will help you to understand the connection between effective leadership and continued business growth even in tough market conditions; it will help you evaluate where you are now, determine where you want to be and plan how to get there.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers and senior managers seeking to innovate and fully develop their leadership skills

Are the people in your organisation performing to the best of their ability?  Are they contributing fully to the company goals?  The really successful organisations are the ones who know how to get the best from their people.  This workshop addresses how to do that – by explaining effective processes for managing performance, as well as helping you plan and prepare for setting objectives, giving feedbackand identifying development needs effectively in order to ensure that people are directing their efforts at work towards the right things.  This workshop is all about improving your performance in improving the performance of others.  It is closely linked with the workshop enabling your people to perform - which addresses actual learning and development.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers

12/05/09

16/06/09

Do people in your organisation have the skills they need to do their jobs effectively?  Improving the way people do their jobs is difficult – you need to work with people so that not only do they want to change, but they also learn new knowledge and behaviours that improve their performance.  This workshop focuses on the learning and development aspect of management. It builds on the workshop Getting the Best from your People and gives you practical direction about training and developing people in a cost effective manner, to deliver business results.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers of small businesses, senior managers,

Running any Business can be challenging. Running a family business has its own particular challenges. These include issues of succession planning, reporting structures, management skills.  This interactive workshop will offer a helpful insight into the techniques and strategies which will help families balance the ambitions and needs of the business with those of the family, leading to the application of best practice in family firms.

Target attendees:
Owner/managers and family members of family businesses