Train to Gain Government Grants

In 2010, hjs|people, supported by regional Train to Gain offices, are arranging a series of eleven practical Management & Leadership workshops for CEOs, Managing Directors and Business Owners in the South West and South East regions, to help them with their personal development.

Option 1: £500 grant

• You select to attend two hjs|people Management & Leadership workshops worth £250 each and the government will give you a £500 grant to cover the full cost to your business. 

Option 2: £1000 grant

• You buy two hjs|people Management & Leadership workshops worth £250 each and the government will match-fund a further two workshops (£500) and give you an additional £500 to attend two more.
• You therefore attend six workshops, but pay for only two.
• In addition, if you attend six workshops, hjs|people will offer you a FREE HR Audit which includes site visit and written report (normally worth £500), giving you £2000 worth of training and support for only £500.
• In Option 2, the MD/CEO can elect to delegate up to four of the six workshops to other managers within the business, but must attend at least two personally to qualify for the grant.

Workshops last half a day and will be running for approximately 12 weeks beginning in April 2010.  For more information on eligibility and how to claim your grant, please call on 023 8023 4222 and ask to speak to a member of the hjs|people team.  

WORKSHOPS

1.  Balancing Commercial Decisions with Employment Legislation 

A comprehensive introduction to the most important aspects of employment legislation with emphasis on how business leaders can manage sensibly without falling foul of the law.  The session includes: the six fair reaons for dismissal, pros and cons of commercial settlements, basic discrimation law and disciplinaries.  The session includes:

• Assessing your risk: how much things are likely to cost if it goes wrong
• Spotting when something is likely to go pear shaped
• Red herrings exposed: standing your ground
• Protecting the business I. a handful of tips to keep you safe
• Protecting the business II. the importance of paper trail
• Commercial settlements -v- the price of a principle - weighing up the options
• Knowing your fall back position - "wet weather plan"

2.  Effective Communication Skills - verbal, written and listening

The session includes:

• Being able to recognise the major causes of poor communication and how to overcome these
• Understanding your own preferred communication style and how to modify it to bring out the best in others
• Recognising how poor communications can damage business efficiency and team morale and motivation
• Having the opportunity to practice your communication skills in a range of challenging everyday management scenarios
• Developing your own personal communications action plan
• Understanding basic body language

3.  Maximising Business and Individual Performance

Arguably, true performance is demonstrated through being able to outperform the competition consistently, over time and irrespective of economic downturn, restructuring programmes or any other business disruption.  Achieving and maintaining high performance amongst those you manage is one of the key challenges for business leaders today.  This workshop therefore seeks to equip you with the skills you need to maximise the output of your staff in a focused and sustainable manner.  The session includes:

• What do we mean by organisation and individual performance and what influences it?
• Leading for success: the role of the manager in effecting high performance
• Developing a strategy for high performance and aligning individual skills with business aims and objectives
• Identifying key value areas
• Setting/agreeing goals that drive performance and focus on measurable outcomes (SMART)
• The importance of fostering a sense of engagement and commitment to high performance
• Keeping performance high in the current climate
• Recognising that a good target is one that is achievable with effort

4.  Effective Leadership Skills

Effective leadership that "takes people with you" is essential to enable individuals and teams to perform effectively together to meet and achieve business objectives.  These skills are all the more important during times of change and uncertainty.  This workshop will provide an assessment of your current leadership style and will examine the impact of different approaches to business and the role of value driven leadership in building trust and commitment in others to help drive your business forward.  The session includes:

• What is leadership and how does it differ from management?
• What makes leadership work or fail?
• Understanding the value of different leadership models
• Understanding the impact your leadership style may have on others and on the business
• Developing a healthy aversion to the status quo
• Creating synergy and focus amongst your people
• Identifying values which build trust and commitment in others
• Developing your personal leadership action plan