The New Engineering Manager: Moving from Technical Professional to Manager
Training
In Westminster
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Training
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Location
Westminster
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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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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
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The New Engineering Manager: Moving from Technical Professional to Manager