Which management style are you using today? Which did you use yesterday? Not sure? OK how about trying these questions 1. Have you undertaken any people management activities today – or yesterday? 2. Have you found yourself frustrated today – or yesterday – by your staff, and have you shown that frustration by either shouting… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Using the 10MMT
Manager Training: Developing Management Confidence – The Business Case
Most of the HR, Training and Learning and Development professionals I know agree that one of the purposes of manager training is to help the manager develop their ‘management confidence’ Recently when I was talking to someone about management confidence they asked What difference does management confidence make to business performance? Good question. Let me… Continue Reading
Manager Training: The Newly Promoted Manager
Manager Training: The Waiting Game I still meet managers, team leaders and supervisors who, having just been promoted, are left waiting (and waiting) for some manager training. It’s not really uncommon is it? And, believe me, I feel their pain! I remember well my first promotion to manager. Here’s how it went The story of… Continue Reading
Manager Training: Great Questions to Ask At The End of Your Training
We always want to gain some sort of commitment from attendees at manager training sessions to applying their learning into the workplace (including managers who ‘attend’ my online video management workshops). Sometimes we have limited time to explore how they are going to do this. Here are a number of questions you can use to… Continue Reading
Training for management: For free!
Training for Management: Some free resources Are you looking for management training resources? Do you want training for management that’s flexible, cost effective, time effective and really works? And do you want some of that for free? You can access some great sessions from my 10 Minute Management Toolkit management training sessions – right here right now! Here’s… Continue Reading
Management training courses: A blended learning solution
Management Training Courses: Have you thought of a blended learning solution? I’ve recently been asked by a HR Manager to design a different style of management training courses. She specifically wanted her managers to be trained in how to give constructive criticism. She wanted to use a video from my 10 Minute Management Toolkit series ‘Motivating Your Staff to Improve… Continue Reading
Training videos – Using videos in your in-house management courses
Training Videos – Why use them in your in-house managment courses? Short answer? Using a training video such as the 10 Minute Management Toolkit saves you time. As a learning or training professional I feel sure you could research, design and deliver any number of management training workshops – if you had time. And of course… Continue Reading
Training Videos – Using video in your management coaching
Why Use Training Videos in Your Management Coaching? Using training videos in managment coaching? Why would you do that? OK, here’s a scenario. You’ve been asked by a manager to help them work out how to deal with a ‘difficult staff member’ – a staff member who’s been upsetting clients. You’re glad to help. In the… Continue Reading
Why use training videos for self managed learning?
What’s the purpose of self managed learning? Training videos are tailore made for self managed learning. But what’s the purpose of self managed learning? It’s all about meeting the immediate training and development needs of, for example, managers, supervisors and team leaders. Needs that might be expressed as; I’ve just been promoted to team leader.… Continue Reading