Manager Development
Your managers have the biggest influence on the performance of your people and therefore on the performance of your business. But… often managers have been promoted to a people manager position because they are good at their day jobs. They may be great at what they do but that doesn’t necessarily make them a great people manager.
Employers who give their managers the skills to bring out the best in their people, reap the benefits of an engaged and productive workforce.
We help managers of all levels develop their people skills. We also offer a range of programmes, adapted to meet the specific needs of your workplace.
Here are some of our Manager Development Programmes suitable for the development of managers (or potential managers) within your organisation:
Scaleup Manager
Developing highly engaged and effective people managers who bring their best selves to work. Not just after a training day, every single day.
Scaleup Manager
Scaleup Manager is a different way to approach manager development. It’s a six-month, online management programme with CPD certification designed to create more effective people managers in high growth businesses.
People are one of the major factors a growing company must get right. Scaling a great culture with highly engaged employees is critical to business success, and managers play a vital role in that.
Scaleup Manager is synchronous, with regular virtual workshops, groups discussions, coaching and real-life assignments. It is entirely based online, using our dedicated digital workspace and Zoom.
Open Enrolment
Your managers learn with a squad of managers from other high growth businesses. They relish the opportunity to share challenges and tips with a cohort of people experiencing the same pain as them.
This programme costs £1900 + VAT, per participant.
Bring In-House
Scaleup Manager can be tailored for your business and run in-house. Both open enrolment and in-house have advantages which we will be happy to discuss with your specific business in mind.
Book Now for February 2023
Limited places available.
Call 01235 814057
Email info@willowandpuddifoot.com
Manage People for Peak Performance
The perfect introduction to people management. This 1-day experiential workshop gives managers the tools and techniques they need to effectively motivate and engage their teams to achieve peak performance.
What Do Participants Learn?
Managers gain a clear view of their role as a manager:
- Understanding their people and what’s important to them
- Setting expectations and goals
- Coaching, listening and questioning skills
- Providing effective feedback
- The performance management cycle
- Recognition, celebration and reward
- Prioritisation, what and how to delegate
Who Should Attend?
- Managers who are new to managing people
- Managers who have not previously received any formal management training
- Associates who will soon take on people management responsibility
Format
- 1-day in-person or two 3-hour sessions virtually
- Experiential workshop
- Instructor-led
Coach for Growth
Coaching drives performance and engagement. This 2-day experiential workshop gives managers the coaching skills they need to help their associates approach challenges and acquire new skills.
What Do Participants Learn?
Managers practice a range of coaching skills:
- Being open, listening to understand and suspending judgement
- Skilful questioning
- Understanding motivations, strengths and aspirations
- Challenging thinking and assumptions
- Helping others find their own solutions
- Knowing when to coach vs. when to direct
- Delivering constructive feedback
Who Should Attend?
- People managers of any level
- Anyone who develops and coaches others
Format
- 2-days in-person or four 3-hour sessions virtually
- Experiential workshop
- Instructor-led
Lead Through Change
This experiential workshop prepares participants with the skills to apply best practice change techniques and successfully drive change initiatives.
What Do Participants Learn?
Participants gain an understanding of how people experience change and what they need to change successfully:
- Understanding how people react to change
- Navigating people successfully through change
- Applying an easy to use model for individual change
- Building a change plan for their own change project
Who Should Attend?
- People leaders
- Change managers
Format
- 1-day in-person or two 3-hour sessions virtually
- Experiential workshop
- Instructor-led
Influence for Impact
In today’s workplace, we need to make things happen, without authority. This 2-day experiential workshop gives participants the skills they need to influence people both inside and outside the organisation.
What Do Participants Learn?
Participants will learn how to have an impact and get things done in complex working environments:
- Understanding and connecting with people
- Practicing influencing skills
- Understanding individual styles
- Dealing with conflict
- Presenting their ideas
Who Should Attend?
- Those who need to influence people over whom they have no direct authority, either within the organisation or externally
Format
- 2-days in person or four 3-hour sessions virtually
- Experiential workshop
- Instructor-led
Manage Thriving Teams
Managers make or break employee wellbeing. Equip your leaders with the skills needed to generate a culture of wellbeing, and the ability to recognise signs of poor mental health when they arise.
What Do Participants Learn?
Managers gain the knowledge, skills and key behaviours needed to lead thriving teams, aligned with the Thriving at Work core standards:
- Understanding mental wellbeing and the link with performance
- Creating a culture of wellbeing
- The impact of coronavirus on wellbeing (updated on an on-going basis)
- An overview of the most common mental health issues
- Recognising signs of poor mental wellbeing
- Reducing burnout
- Conversational skills
- Knowing what to do when a member of your team is suffering from poor mental health
Who Should Attend?
- People leaders
- HR
Format
- 1-day in-person or two 3-hour sessions virtually
- Experiential workshop
- Instructor-led