Managing People on Projects course

Course Overview

Effective people management, delegation skills, motivation skills, team management, influencing and communication skills, enable project managers to gain commitment from the project team to achieve the performance needed to successfully deliver against objectives. People are one of the most important parts of a project, but people management skills are often overlooked in favour of technical skills.This 1-day course enables project leaders to develop these skills to maximise the success and delivery of any project.

This Managing People on Projects course is available throughout the UK.

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

Course Locations

Managing People on Projects London
Managing People on Projects Manchester
Managing People on Projects Nottingham
Managing People on Projects Birmingham
Managing People on Projects Bristol
Managing People on Projects Edinburgh
Managing People on Projects Leeds

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This course qualifies for Continuous Professional Development hours. Learn more about CPD

Timetable

09:30 Coffee, introductions and course objectives

10:00 The three fundamentals for managing a project

10.15 Questionnaire to identify how delegates currently communicate

11:00 Effective influencing
(Delegates choose a real person who they need to influence post course and prepare to do it)

11:45 Understanding people
(Techniques are covered which quickly increase our understanding of others)

13:15 Team exercise
(Opportunity to receive personal feedback )

14:00 Delegation
(Barriers to delegation are explored and guidelines for effective delegation given)

14:30 Managing difficult conversations
(Delegates work on their own situation using a useful framework)

15:15 Improving individual commitment
(A simple method of assessing lack of commitment in others)

15:30 Delegates work to resolve their own "people issue"
(This activity is done in small confidential groups)

16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

Testimonials

Very very useful course and I'm very pleased I have attended.

Marie Bailey, Mayer Brown International LLP

A very valuable course and well presented.

Dan Crafter, Mayer Brown International LLP

Fantastic open environment. Exceeded expectation.

Vicky Whitehouse, Artform

Benefits

Overview of their role on Projects
Greater awareness of their style of working with others
Techniques for really understanding people
Improvements in how they delegate
Opportunity to consider how to handle a real "difficult conversation"
Key questions to ask when people are not committed.
Opportunity to work on real issues and receive guidance.