One Day Courses

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.

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.

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

“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.

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