Who is it for?
School secretaries will understand the importance of their role in the management of the school and supporting the Head.

What is it about?
Secretaries will share good practise in time management and communication skills. They will have the chance to review their systems and drills. They will discuss the changes taking place within education and come away from the course understanding how they affect the professional image of the school.

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Who is it for?
This workshop is suitable for all managers who have to deal with absence management within their department. Keeping records, carrying out back to work interviews and dealing with attendance issues within the workplace.

What is it about?
The workshop helps managers manage and improve attendance, they will gain an understanding of how to manage short and long term sick, look at the reasons for absenteeism, factors that can influence the causes, how you can take steps to improve those factors, how to implement and follow a absenteeism procedure. How investigation helps you decide capability or misconduct.

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Who is it for?

This workshop is suitable for delegates who wish to minimise the cost of expensive recruitment and get it right first time having a positive impact on the organisation.

What is it about?
Delegates will learn all aspects of recruitment and selection from analysing the position through to sending out the offer letter.

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Who is it for?
This workshop is designed to any employee up to line manager who has difficulty in getting their message across clearly directly and with confidence.

What is it about?
At the end of this workshop delegates will have the confidence to communicate positively and with conviction.  We will look at written and oral communication (to include the advantages and disadvantages), listening skills and body language.

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Who is it for?
All line managers carrying out appraisals, maybe for the first time, have had not formal training in appraisals or who need a refresher.

What is it about?
This workshop will give all delegates an appreciation of what a performance appraisal is.  Identify the benefits of appraisals, how by handling appraisals correctly you can influence you employee’s productivity, moral, motivation and empowerment.  We will explore the appraisal process –preparation, discussion and follow up.

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Who is it for?

All levels of management who have to deal with disciplinary and grievance issues within the workplace.

What is it about?
Employers and employees have different aims expectations and standards, inevitably there is conflict, which can in some situations lead to disciplinary or grievance issues.  During this workshop we will look at the Code of Practice to incorporate the changes in April 2009. What the manager’s role is and how you can work through these issues in a positive way.

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Who is it for?

Anyone in management who has to go through a redundancy consultation process

What is it about?
In today’s economic climate redundancy is becoming more and more frequent. This course takes you through the procedure getting it right first time which will lessen the impact on those that are leaving and those who are staying.

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Who is it for?
The course is suitable for anyone with a work-related need or a personal need for setting goals and achieving them.

What is it about?
Using various exercises and tools, delegates will be able to imagine, identify, focus, determine and plan to achieve their goals. They will learn how to take control of their lives, focus on what is important, ensure their actions match their plans, define what success means to them and be successful in their own eyes. Common difficulties faced by people when setting and achieving goals and ways to deal with them are also discussed.

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Who is it for?
This course is suitable for anyone wishing to be more confident or wanting to handle situations in a more assertive way.

What is it about?
It will give delegates tips on how to be more confident and teach them how to best handle awkward people and situations, both at home and at work. It helps delegates to learn how to improve confidence in terms of speech, image, mannerisms and body language, and provides tools to assist them to cope better in situations where they feel uncomfortable.

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Who is it for?

This course is suitable for delegates if they deal with customers in their job, are new to the job market, have been employed for some time or feel their person-to-person skills and professionalism can be reinforced and updated.

What is it about?
The course aims to help delegates understand the importance placed on customer service, know how to evaluate and develop their own customer service strengths, listen and communicate better, handle complaints and difficult customers effectively and measure success.

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Who is it for?

Delegates will benefit from attending this course if their job requires them to produce documents, they feel they know what they want to say but cannot always put it on paper, they lack confidence in their ability to deal with spellings, apostrophes and grammar or they need guidance on producing business correspondence.

What is it about?
The course will help delegates build on current English usage skills and develop an awareness of the power and impact of the written word in business. It will provide them will the information to produce professionally laid out documents, write effectively, using the correct grammar and use punctuation and capitalisation correctly, carry out proof-reading and document checking skills.

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Who is it for?
This course is designed for anyone who might be asked to organise an event, either in-house or external to their organisation.

What is it about?
This course provides guidelines on what should be considered and done before, during and after the event, with useful hints and tips to take into account along the way.

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Who is it for?
The course is aimed at start-up businesses, established businesses looking to take their Internet marketing seriously, businesses who do not understand Internet marketing, businesses looking to drive more sales through their online channel, companies deciding on whether they should have a website.

What is it about?
This one-day programme aims to build awareness of the possibilities when using the Internet as a Marketing tool for business and illustrate real examples of what can be achieved. It will describe the most effective methods of gaining business from the Internet. You will be shown ‘best practice’ marketing techniques and how to identify strategically what is working online for you or your business.

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Who is it for?
The course is aimed at start-up businesses, established businesses looking to take their marketing seriously, businesses who do not understand marketing and those looking to drive more sales through its sales channels.

What is it about?
This course will enable delegates to identify the best strategy for growing their businesses, visit where they are now and explore new markets through debate and interaction, learn proven new techniques that will maximise the opportunities that they have to 'say what they do'. They will also strengthen their communication skills and how they deliver their message and understand what is involved when writing a Marketing Plan.

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Who is it for?
This course is beneficial to delegates who deal with customers in their job, either face-to-face or over the telephone, are new to the job market or have been employed for some time in a customer service role, believe their person-to-person skills and professionalism can be reinforced and updated, and may have to deal with upset, angry or aggressive customers.

What is it about?
Delegates will learn what constitutes good customer service – both face-to-face and over the telephone, how to best handle customer complaints and issues and how to manage others in a customer care environment.

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Who is it for?
This course is suitable for anyone who has to plan, organise and manage meetings, as well as take the minutes.

What is it about?
This course will give delegates a good understanding of planning, organising and managing a meeting, the roles involved, and enable them demonstrate an understanding of the function of agendas and minutes and take effective notes.

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Who is it for?
This course will benefit anyone who is responsible for organising and/or running meetings of any size and type.

What is it about?
Delegates will learn the processes they need to go through when dealing with meetings and the actions required to ensure that they run smoothly and are an efficient and effective use of participants’ time.

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Who is it for?
This course is useful for delegates wanting to learn how to make presentations to groups of people.

What is it about?
Delegates will learn invaluable hints and tips on presenting and be given the opportunity to develop their skills and confidence by making several short presentations to other members of their training group. Constructive feedback and coaching will be given throughout the course to help delegates develop and hone their skills.

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Who is it for?
This intensive, introductory course is useful to those who are new to the process of recruitment and reviewing of staff.

What is it about?
The course will enable delegates to learn the best ways to carry out the various stages of the recruitment process and how to handle interviews. They will also learn how to best handle the sensitive subject of staff appraisals for those already employed.

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Who is it for?
This course is suitable for anyone who is feeling stressed at work and/or at home.

What is it about?
Designed to help delegates recognise the symptoms of stress and to learn how to deal with them in a positive manner, this course helps delegates understand symptoms and how to take appropriate action to lessen the risk of stress affecting their general health and well-being. They will be encouraged to make an action plan to achieve a better work/life balance and work towards their goals.

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Who is it for?
This course is aimed at anyone with responsibility for managing work-related stress in the organisation, for example Human Resource managers, Health and Safety officers, Trade Union representatives, managers, supervisors and team leaders.

What is it about?
The information given on this course can help delegates meet their legal duties in relation to stress management and will provide them with practical information, advice and tools on how to assess the risks from work-related stress in the organisation. The management of stress on an individual level is also looked at, with the aim of heightening awareness of delegates’ personal stressors and affording them the potential to recognise it in their team members. They will also gain ideas on how to handle this stress.

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Who is it for?
This course is designed for those new to the leadership role or those wishing to improve their basic management skills.

What is it about?
This course will help delegates to develop the skills and techniques of effective supervision and team leadership, teaching delegates about team and individual goal-setting, motivation, communication, assertiveness, listening skills, performance measurement, coaching and feedback.

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Who is it for?
This course is suitable for anyone who works as part of a team.

What is it about?
Delegates will look at the various aspects needed for an effective team. Combining theory with practical exercises, they will understand the importance of working as part of a team and learn how their effectiveness can have impact on the favourable outcome of a project or business.

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Who is it for?
This course is suitable for those who are new to using telephones in business and those who have experience in handling phone calls but wish to improve their techniques and learn how to handle more sensitive situations.

What is it about?
The course introduces delegates to the concept of the telephone being a crucial communication tool in business, where its misuse can lead to misunderstandings, wastage of time and effort, and even loss of valuable customers. Delegates learn about listening skills, tone of voice, body language, image projection, message taking and leaving, problem solving and handling of difficult callers.

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Who is it for?
The course is aimed at virgin networkers, those looking to understand more about networking, those who hate standing up in front of an audience, those who have tried many ways of growing their business including an advert in the paper and have not tried networking and those who thought networking was for men in suits and bowler hats with copy of the Times!

What is it about?
This course will give delegates an insight into networking - removing the mis-conceptions and revealing the truth. If people do not network they will not grow their business! Delegates will learn how to maximise their potential when networking and gain the business they deserve.

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Who is it for?
This course is for administrators wishing to enhance their personal effectiveness and working practices, improve their skills contribute more effectively to their team.

What is it about?
Delegates will learn to plan and prioritise workloads, identify areas for improvement in their current working practices, and manage effective goal-setting. They will also learn about meetings, communication, customer care and telephone skills. They will also develop their confidence and interpersonal skills.

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Who is it for?
This course is designed for secretaries and administrators moving into the role of personal assistant or those already in these positions wishing to improve their skills.

What is it about?
Delegates will look at a variety of ways in which they can enhance their position in the organisation and become a valuable “right hand person” for their line manager, as well as achieving and maintaining their own professionalism and identity. The course will provide them with skills needed by today’s personal assistants, including problem solving, report-writing, organising events and making presentations.

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Who is it for?
This course will benefit anyone who wishes to learn how to improve their techniques in time management and who wishes to learn how to prioritise tasks.

What is it about?
Time management is a massive issue for most employees nowadays. Organisations are often requiring more work with fewer people and this leads to a need to work smarter rather than harder. This training day involves both individual and group activities to help identify problem areas and potential solutions.

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"I found the venue easy to find, reception staff very friendly, the trainer very knowledgeable and the course was at a pace which I could keep up and I felt that I could ask as many questions as I liked."

Jacqui Wain, Bournville Village Trust