This course offers engineers and technical staff who are making the transition to managerial and supervisory positions an excellent opportunity to understand the differences in mindset between technical and functional thinking. Such transitions are not always successful and many engineers end up leaving their posts or the company altogether because they cannot cope with the new job requirements. This course gives engineers and technical teams the opportunity to make a successful transition from their technical comfort zone to an area that is quite different on many fronts.

Course Methodology

This course utilizes a number of assessments to give participants an opportunity to leverage their strong points and improve their weaknesses in order to ensure a successful transition to new functional and people responsibilities. The course also leverages open discussions around thorny issues to encourage analytical thinking and foster healthy communication. Participants will also get the chance to work in teams as they tackle multiple case studies and exercises revolving around project management and business problems.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

Technical managers, supervisors, and engineers who need to develop their managerial skills.

Target Competencies

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In order to succeed in their field, industrial managers must acquire the right balance of knowledge and skills from both a technical and a managerial perspective.

Indeed, their duties do not stop at overseeing the operation and maintenance of their industrial site. In today’s world, they are also expected to effectively manage teams, to ensure the safety of their team members, to improve the quality of the organization’s processes and to stay up to date with environmental standards while complying with budget constraints.

This course provides industrial managers with the knowledge and skills required in six core subject areas to succeed in their role. It includes green sustainability, maintenance management, organization-based maintenance systems, personal effectiveness, quality and process improvement, and workforce training.

Course Methodology

This course is highly interactive with hands-on group exercises. It also uses multimedia and computer-based quality tools for group discussions and presentations. Participants actively take part in the development of various process flow diagrams to enhance their skills as industrial managers.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

This course is designed for mid and senior-level managers in industrial facilities. This includes. But is not limited to, facilities such as refineries, distribution centers, construction sites, and manufacturing plants.

Target Competencies

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In this course, participants will understand the differences between communication styles and develop a Win-Win mindset to make them effective in any circumstance. Using the four pillars of communication, participants will learn to determine what outcome they would like from any situation by influencing and persuading; they will build rapport with others, monitor their success, and be flexible to change. They will also understand the common reasons for failures in communication and know what to do to resolve them.

As part of being an effective communicator and influencer, it is essential to be able to present with confidence and professionalism. Through this course, participants will be given live coaching around their presentation style. They will be shown best practice on how to use their voice, body movements, and choice of wording. Through repetition, they will grow in confidence as one by one, the skills are layered. They will also be shown how to create a well-structured presentation and how to interact professionally with their visual aids, including PowerPoint.

This course has been designed by a leading female trainer specifically to benefit female professionals, it covers key topics to enable female professionals to thrive in their organizations and become confident and effective communicators.

Course Methodology

Various training methods will be used throughout the course: trainer input, group discussion, small group exercises, experiential learning, individual presentations, and self-reflection. A highly interactive approach is used to encourage engagement.

Throughout the course, participants will make a number of presentations to the rest of the group which will be filmed (for personal use only) and used for self-evaluation.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

This course will benefit women who are in supervisory, managerial or leadership positions, or who work in teams, and would like to become more influential in the workplace through improving their communication skills. This course is a necessity for women who make presentations to colleagues and/ or clients as part of their professional role.

Target Competencies

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The roles of office professionals have evolved over recent years to include additional responsibilities and require advanced skills, such as the ability to tackle complex tasks, build relationships, deal with conflict and make difficult decisions. Office professionals must be emotionally intelligent leaders, be prepared to take risks, be creative, be team players, represent their managers and departments, and communicate effectively.

This interactive, discussion-based course will give participants the opportunity to learn and develop these skills. Participants will return to their workplaces empowered and able to contribute even more effectively to the success of their organization.

This course, facilitated by a leading female trainer, has been developed specifically to benefit female office professionals and covers key topics to enable female professionals to thrive in their organizations.

Course Methodology

This highly interactive course includes trainer presentations, group activities, working in pairs, individual exercises, discussions, videos, games, reflection, quizzes and case studies. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own challenges and share good practice with each other.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

This course is beneficial for female professionals in an administrative or supporting role. This includes, but is not limited to administrative assistants, office managers, executive PAs, executive secretaries, personal assistants, executive assistants, confidential secretaries, senior and junior secretaries, and other administration-related office professionals.

Target Competencies

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Women in Leadership: Impact through Self Awareness will take participants on a journey of self-discovery and self-mastery. It will enable participants to understand and leverage their core strengths to become authentic, fearless leaders and role models who empower everyone around them.

Participants will develop leadership and coaching skills, confidence, self-awareness, and an understanding of core competencies and strengths. They will identify what they want for their organization’s futures, and the next steps to make it happen.

Through inspirational inputs and unique methodologies, Women In Leadership provides an opportunity for participants to understand that there are no glass ceilings in leadership except the ones created by our own fears and that if we change, everything else will effortlessly change around us.

“Real leaders are authentic, they touch our emotions, gain our trust and help us to feel good about who we are and what we do. They are able to tap into both their feminine and masculine leadership energies and bring their whole selves to work in a way that inspires and empowers their people to do the same.” Tiffany Kelly

Course Methodology

The course is completely experiential and immersive and will be delivered through a mixture of inputs, discussions, group projects, individual activities, and reflection.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

The Women in Leadership: Impact through Self Awareness course is for women who are either already leading others or would like to step up into a leadership role. It is for women who would like to increase confidence and overcome self-limiting beliefs and those who would like to embark on a transforming and motivating path.

Target Competencies

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