The New Engineering Manager: Moving from Technical Professional to Manager

Training

In Westminster

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Location

    Westminster

  • Duration

    2 Days

Students will learn: The critical skills that any manager may need regardless of level through being provided with simple, direct solutions to the most common problems managers face: how do I motivate people? What are the steps to coaching? How do I handle non-performance? How do I give people a strong message? How do I develop people? The programme distils the most useful items in the behavioural sciences into a basic approach to managing and leading people and teams. Suitable for: Current and aspiring supervisors, managers, team leaders and technical professionals who seek a solid foundation in management skills and techniques.

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Start date

Westminster (London)
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1 Birdcage Walk, SW1H 9JJ

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Course programme

Description:
As you move ahead in your organisation, your effectiveness as a manager will depend increasingly on your ability to manage people. The key to effectively managing people is leadership. Leadership is any attempt to influence the behaviour of an individual or a group. This challenging two-day workshop focuses on the movement from the technical professional and/or engineer to supervisor or team leader.

What you will learn:
The critical skills that any manager may need regardless of level through being provided with simple, direct solutions to the most common problems managers face: how do I motivate people? What are the steps to coaching? How do I handle non-performance? How do I give people a strong message? How do I develop people? The programme distils the most useful items in the behavioural sciences into a basic approach to managing and leading people and teams.

The course is designed to increase your value to your organisation and enhance your own career.

  • Supervisory skills: organising, delegating, training, coaching and counselling
  • Performance management, motivation techniques, performance feedback
  • How to write career development plans
  • Team processes: team dynamics selection of team leaders and team members; selection and management of cross-functional engineering teams; evaluation of team performance
  • Conflict resolution techniques
  • Negotiation strategies and techniques to ensure win-win results
  • Representing management to direct reports – corporate expectations regarding representing management to direct reports, ‘linking pin’ role between upper management and direct reports, communication of company policies, changes, and requirements to direct reports

Additional information

Payment options: Members £1095 +VAT Non-Members £1215 +VAT

The New Engineering Manager: Moving from Technical Professional to Manager

Price on request