Introduction
10 Tools for Highly Effective Managers
It is a Five-days program that aims to help managers and business owners to use a holistic approach to attend matters and improve their area of weaknesses, using an activity-oriented and experiential learning environment. The simulated management activities provide a perfect setting to encourage participation and active learning, Among the highlights of the workshop, was the boardroom experience using famous TV live series: ‘The Apprentice’ and ‘You are Fired’ to understand more on the strengths and weaknesses of each member of their team including themselves in a given project management scenario.
10 Tools for Highly Effective Managers
- How to Lead Your People
- How to Think Strategically
- How to Solve Problems & Make Effective Decisions
- How to Manage Time
- How to Stay Stressfree & Well
- How to Build Great Teams
- How to Communicate & Interpersonalise
- How to Delegate & Empower
- How to Encourage Innovation & Creativity
- How to Focus on Results through Your People
Course Objectives of 10 Tools for Highly Effective Managers
- Understand and develop skills necessary for new managers/supervisors
- Learn the importance of managing strategic thinking
- Learn how to set goals and plan effectively and efficiently
- Develop an ability to establish a customer focus in management
- Develop positive interpersonal techniques for better people relationships
- Improve their ability to make higher quality decisions
- Apply concepts of team building, team performance, and motivation
- Learn how to establish and maintain time management techniques
- Understand the role of stakeholders and learn techniques of stakeholder management
- Understand how to develop productive communication techniques
- Understand the importance of performance standards, goals and objectives
- Develop improvement plans to accomplish work and improve performance
Course Outlines of 10 Tools for Highly Effective Managers
Course Content of 10 Tools for Highly Effective Managers
Day 1
How To Lead Your People
- Definition of a Leader
- Definition of a Manager
- Difference between a Leader and a Manager
- •Tomorrow's Company versus Yesterday's Company
- The Leader of a Tomorrow's Company
- 6 Leadership Styles
- Attributes of Leaders
- Leadership Tension
How To Think Strategically
- Strategic Thinking Defined
- 4 Levels of Strategic Thinking
- The Strategy/Operations Relationship
- Strategic Thinking Leading to Strategic Management
- 3 Ws and 2 Hs
Day 2
How to Solve Problems & Make Effective Decisions
- 5 Key Steps in decision-making
- The ADADA Model
- Barriers to Effective Decision-Making
- The "Ishikawa" Model in Problem-Solving
- Man-Method-Material-Machine
- Basic Steps & Rules in Problem-Solving
How to Manage Time
- Recording Time
- Analyzing Time
- Planning Time
- Managing your Roles and not your Time
- The Yearly Planner
- The Weekly Worksheet
- The Daily Work Plan
- Checklist for effective use of time
How to Stay Stressfree & Well
- Two Types of Stress
- Signs & Symptoms of Stress
- How to Manage Stress
- Type 'A' and Type 'B' Personality
- Managing Your Health
Day 3
How to Build Great Teams
- Actively Building Relationships
- Encouraging and Stimulating Others
- Wide Range of Incentives
- Evaluating and Enhancing People's Capabilities
- Respect for views and actions of others
- Sensitively to the needs and feelings
- Using power and authority
- Setting objectives which are both achievable and challenging
- Commitment to a specific course of action
- Using a variety of techniques to promote morale and productivity
- Communicating a Vision
How to Communicate & Interpersonalise
- How should I communicate?
- Types of Non-Verbal Communication
- Communication Skills
- Presentation Skills: 6 Key Steps
- Do's and Dont's on Delivery
Day 4
How to Delegate & Empower
- The Difference between Delegation and Empowerment
- Why Delegation?
- Benefits of Delegation
- Reasons why people fail to delegate
- Activities included in Delegation
- A Process for Effective Delegation
- Why is Empowerment Important?
- Benefits of Empowerment
- How to empower employees?
- Guidelines for implementing and improving Empowerment
- Specific Techniques that can be used to Empower a Workforce
Day 5
How to Encourage Innovation & Creativity
- Can Creativity be Taught?
- Right Brain and Left Brain Thinking
- How Creative Are You?
- 8 Steps to Developing Creative Thinking Skills
- 10 Barriers to Creativity
- 12 Questions to Spur the Imagination
- 8 Steps towards stimulating a creative environment
How to Focus on Result through Your People
- Planning and Prioritizing
- Focus on Objectives
- Tackle Problems and Take Advantage of Opportunities
- Set Objectives in Uncertain and Complex Situations
- Focus Personal Attention on Specific Details
- Striving for Excellence
- Actively seek to do things better
- Use change as an opportunity for improvement
- Establish and Communicate High Expectations
- Set Goals that are demanding of self and others
- Benchmarking
About London
The UK capital of London is a city that combines the old and the new. It is as equally famous for the latest fashion and innovation as it is for its impressive heritage. London's attractions range from the Royal Palace to the DIY atmosphere of its markets. It is also a picturesque city of parks and of course, the majestic Thames River. The city extends for miles beyond its ancient core and each neighborhood has its own charming atmosphere for visitors to explore. London also wears its status as a world city proudly and the influence of different cultures is plain to see in the food and fashion of the capital.
Things to do and places to visit in London
With so many attractions in London, anyone can find something to delight them. Art lovers will enjoy the world-renowned museums and galleries, most of which are free. Sports fans are spoilt for choice by the city's array of football clubs. Theatre and music fans have a vast list of venues to visit, whilst shopaholics have Harrods, Oxford Street, Camden and much more to look forward to after arranging flights to London.
Some unmissable London attractions include:
- Seeing priceless masterpieces in the Tate Britain or the National Gallery.
- Watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
- Visiting Trafalgar Square's famous monument.
- Marveling at the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
- Getting a bird's eye view of the city from the London Eye.
- Tasting one of Brick Lane's famous curries.
- Browsing the exclusive shops of Knightsbridge.
- Visiting a market – Spitalfields for antiques, Camden for clothes or Borough Market for street food.
- Admiring design from around the world in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Looking for clues at the home of fiction's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
- Strolling through one of the lovely parks, including Hyde Park, St James' Park or Kew Gardens.
- Eating Britain's most famous dish, fish and chips.
- Watching the street performers in Covent Garden.
- Enjoying the views at a South Bank cafe.