One Day Courses

In today’s world we live in a multi-ethnic and diverse society where people from all background and ages form part of our workforce. This course is designed to raise your awareness of the topic and update you in line with current legislation.

We will cover:

• The Equality Act 2010
• The implications in the workplace
• Practical and safe discussions around some of the key protected characteristics.

We live in a world of change it is all around us and happens in all workplaces, innovation drives change, therefore we must be able to manage and accept change in our working lives. This course is designed to raise awareness on the importance of change and innovation and provide tools to manage change in the workplace

We will cover:

• The importance of change and innovation in our world today
• How and where change comes from
• The impact of change on people and how to recognise it and manage it
• Tips and techniques for change management

Leadership is a key aspect in today's world without Leadership how do we know where we are going and how we are going to get there. This course is designed to look at leadership and leadership skills, attributes, and characteristics of good leaders in line with current thinking.

We will cover:

• Leadership and Management and the differences
• Key skills and attributes of good leaders
• Leadership and Vision
• Communicating and setting clear focus and direction
• Motivation, Delegation, Empowerment and building Trust

Training is planned to provide an overview of Financial Reporting, including an awareness of its elements and framework. Basic financial statements will be explored together with a brief introduction to the underpinning concept of double entry bookkeeping. This will set the context for the remainder of the session.

Accounting terminology will be highlighted where relevant, including clarification of Capital and Revenue expenditure. This is then linked to the notion of responsibility accounting and how this is facilitated by the budgeting process and analysis of variances. Included within this section is an exploration of cost type and behaviour, which underpins the budgeting process.

Finally, a brief introduction to interpretation of financial statements will lay the foundation for how we can make financial comparisons over time and against standards, including how this links back to responsible accounting.

Reflective practice is the ability to reflect on one's actions to engage in a process of continuous learning. - (Donald Schon)

Reflective practice is a very personal thing and different people will use it in different ways. It is important to remember that there is no right wrong way to reflect. However, it can be a helpful tool when reflecting on a situation, applying for jobs, as part of a professional qualification or just as a way of thinking about your role.

This session is designed to help you understand:

• What reflective practice is and how to engage in this practice
• The benefits of reflective practice
• The models which are proven to aid your learning and development
• How you can incorporate this into your daily work life.

Coaching and mentoring can be effective approaches to developing employees. Both have grown in popularity, with many employers using them to enhance the skills, knowledge and performance of their people around specific skills and goals (CIPD, 2021).

This course is designed to help you understand coaching and mentoring within your organisation, what the difference is between the two and the benefits to using this approach for your learning and development. You will also learn how to use a coaching/mentoring model as well as a few tools and techniques to help yourself and others around you in their development.

“People are the greatest creators of organisational value, so effectively managing their performance is critical for success” CIPD, 2022.

Performance management is an essential skill for everyone in the organisation to understand and carry out; whether you are managing your own performance, a line manager supporting their team to perform at their best or a director empowering the organisation to strive and thrive. Regardless, we are all accountable to manage performance.

This session will support you in understanding the importance of performance management, the benefits you will gain from managing your performance as well as tools and techniques to optimise the way you can perform in your role.

The key to personal or professional success, is to identify your strengths and focus on improving what you are already good at for personal growth. This training course will help you to discover your unique strengths and use them to discover new ways of thinking and acting.

We will cover:

• What energises you?
• How to handle your weaknesses and identify ways to strengthen them
• How to unlock your greatest potential and be your best self

The goal of any leader should be to affect people in a positive way and connect with others to get the best out of your team. This training course will help you to better understand your impact on others, how you are perceived by others and how you can start building effective relationships.

Aims:

• Gain a greater understanding of your own behaviours and the impact you have on others
• Better understand your own behaviour style and how you can adapt this to benefit yourself, your colleagues, and the organisation
• Be able to create a positive impact and impression on others
• Exploring how to get the best out of your Development Plan

We will cover:

• What does personal impact mean?
• Why personal impact is important within the workplace
• How to change perceptions and enhance healthy relationships.

Are you looking to reach your full potential or gain new skills? Well professional development can provide you with many opportunities and is an important aspect of continuing your personal and career growth. This training course will help you to invest in your own professional development and focus on what you need to do to be more productive

We will cover:

• Understanding and Developing self
• Your professional development journey to date
• Where you are now – your strengths and resources
• Your goals and aspirations, and how to get there
• Supporting others and Building relationships

The session starts by exploring the issues associated with chairing a meeting and how this may be impacted by the type and purpose of the meeting, as this will define the characteristics of the meeting.

Focus will then be given to the agenda, identifying and exploring its characteristics and assessing its impact upon the meeting, including its importance as a source of control.

Finally, attention will be given to the different meeting roles and their associated responsibilities and how this can be used for accountability.

This session provides an overview of minute taking, expanding beyond the process of taking notes or writing notes.

The session explores the characteristics of meetings and how the agenda can provide structure to facilitate control. A range of skills, including active listening, are explored in order that they can support the process. A varied selection of methods for capturing meeting content, discussions and action points are offered and explored.

Training is planned to introduce foundation level knowledge and develop a range of basic skills in using Excel to record and process data. No previous knowledge is assumed, so this course is suitable for anyone with limited or no previous knowledge of Excel. It Is hoped that in addition to learning new skills, anyone attending this course will also leave with increased confidence to use and explore Excel. This course will provide the foundation to progress to the intermediate Excel course.

Training is planned to build upon foundation level knowledge and develop a range of intermediate skills in using Excel to manage more complex and non-routine tasks. Basic knowledge is assumed, so this course would not be suitable for anyone with limited or no previous knowledge of Excel. It Is hoped that in addition to learning new skills, anyone attending this course will also leave with increased confidence to use and explore Excel further.

Training is planned to build upon intermediate level knowledge and develop a range of advanced skills in using Excel to manage more complex and unusual tasks. Intermediate knowledge is assumed and will be developed further on this course. It Is hoped that in addition to learning new skills, anyone attending this course will also leave with elevated confidence to use and explore Excel further.

This session starts with some basic familiarisation of the features and functions of PowerPoint but progresses into more intermediate feature and functions. There is an opportunity to practice with these first before then creating an initial basic PowerPoint presentation. The initial PowerPoint is then revisited to include additional features including animations and transitions that will elevate the presentation to another level.

The session is designed to be very practical so that so that learning takes place through experience.

This session starts with some basic familiarisation of the features and functions of Word. There is an opportunity to practice with these by producing two documents, a letter and an invoice. This will involve managing fonts, positioning text, bullets and numbering and inserting and editing tables.

There is then an opportunity to edit a pre-existing document which additionally includes inserting graphics, headers and footers and watermarks.

The session is designed to be very practical so that so that learning takes place through experience.