Day 1: The Role of the First Line Manager
- Understanding the First Line Manager Role
- Key Behaviours, Characteristics and Competence
- Understanding leadership preference style
- Maximising your personal Power Bases
- Applying Emotional Intelligence for order
- Managing change in the workplace
Day 2: Operational Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills
- Risk analysis and identification of problems
- Essential work-based problem-solving models and techniques
- Harnessing the power of Creativity and Innovation
- Group Think: Application and Analysis
- Critical and Systems Thinking in work
- Maximising key decision-making processes
Day 3: Influencing Others for Success
- Influence or Persuasion?
- Defining key personalities in the workplace
- Mastering powerful Interpersonal techniques
- Overcoming issues using the Golden Phrase of communication
- Developing personal authenticity, credibility and trust
- Managing meetings and handover briefings
Day 4: Organising and Managing Your Team Resources
- Time management: ‘Killers and Liberators’
- Essential Project Planning and Organising skills
- Allocating resources effectively and efficiently
- Motivation - defining need to lead others
- Effective delegation & Job Enrichment
- Team dynamics and structure for high performance
Day 5: Managing Others Performance for Operational Excellence
- Unlocking people performance and potential
- Setting goals and objectives for increased performance
- Work place Coaching for maximum results
- Continuous improvement through individual feedback
- Practical: Performance Exercise
- Review and Next Steps