The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Content of An Introduction to Management

DAY 1


The role of manager


  • what do managers actually do?
  • roles, responsibilities and challenges
  • characteristics of an effective manager

The management process in action

  • setting goals and action planning
  • involving the team and allocating work
  • supporting and monitoring results

Managing yourself and your time

  • time stealers
  • prioritising tasks and focusing on results

DAY 2

 

Developing your management style 

  • the relationship between personal style and achieving results
  • my style personality profile, strengths and blind spots

Managing for results

  • achieving stretching performance levels
  • the links between effectiveness and efficiency
  • managing change

Delegation and motivation

  • getting the best out of people
  • developing and ‘stretching’ people

DAY 3

 

Managing people and performance

  • motivating people
  • strategies for managing difficult people and situations
  • coaching for performance
  • the performance management process

Leading the way

  • how flexible is my leadership style?
  • teams and teamworking
  • balancing teams and team roles
  • developing the team

Action planning.