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 Management Training
Seminars
By introducing our
Management
Training workshops to your staff we help ease the negative effect of change on both managerial and supervisory personnel. The change in job responsibilities, the change in personnel, job duties, and the rising challenge of developing subordinates are specific goals of our learning systems
courses. We are highly successful at helping Managers and Supervisors learn and adapt to the necessary skills and proper behaviors to be successful at work as well as in their personal lives.
For more information on our
management training classes please
contact us.
As a part of our management training
courses, Managers and Supervisors
will learn how to:
- Minimize the chance of miscommunication by understanding what
people are really saying, and why
- Deal with difficult people, manage tense situations, and resolve
conflict
- Make use of proven active listening skills to improve your
ability to gain helpful information
- Be able to facilitate, guide, and close discussions in
one-on-one or group settings
- Improve understanding and communication by giving and receiving
good feedback
- Use ideas submitted by a member of the team without causing
other members to be defensive
- Develop a comprehensive team building strategy that improves
productivity of the whole team
- Emphasize the value of working toward common goals without
devaluing individual accomplishment
- Define and set up a method to track staff activities
- Be able to manage time and work assignments effectively
- Conduct team meetings that capture and hold the audience’s
attention
- Interview and hire the right person for the right job
- Save time and work more effectively through the use of a clear
time management plan
- Understand and comply with proper hiring and managing
requirements
- Communicate effectively with both superiors, peers and
subordinates
- Become effective coaches for their work team
- Conduct accurate and difficult performance appraisals
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Project Management Training Tips:
Managing a Large Staff Effectively
Watching your company grow can be both exhilarating and
terrifying. You enjoy the revenue, but also worry about keeping up
with the demand. And what about your project management staff,
especially when it grows so large that you’re in danger of
forgetting people's names? How can you be certain your people are
getting what they need to do their jobs well?
Follow these surefire tips for effectively managing a large project
management staff:
• Pay attention. It’s easy to focus on your own work when you have a
large and able project management staff supporting you. But if you
neglect your people for too long, you could be in trouble. It’s
important to pay attention to how your people are doing. Are they
overtaxed — consistently working long hours and/or taking work home?
Are you articulating the company’s direction in a way they
understand?
• Learn how to tolerate growing pains. Before you can withstand the
pangs of growth, you must ask yourself questions like, “Is my
company ready for expansion?” “How can I prepare my project
management employees for growth?” “What kinds of problems do I
foresee, and do I have adequate resources to handle them properly?”
Accommodating growth doesn’t occur overnight; you must become
comfortable with the process of managing your growth.
• Implement a solid system for performance appraisals. No matter how
skillful your staff may be, you must always provide a mechanism for
employee evaluations. With a small project management staff it’s
easier to conduct informal reviews, but as you add more people, this
task becomes more challenging. Do yourself and your employees a
favor by putting into practice an appraisal system that’s right for
your company — one that truly facilitates understanding between you
and your employees. Consider adding peer reviews and self-reviews to
your mix.
• Match people with projects. With a large project management staff,
it’s easy (even tempting) to assume people are doing their
appropriate tasks adequately. Let’s face it: it’s not easy to keep
up with what’s on everyone’s plate. One way to avoid losing track is
to make sure you match people with the right projects. If someone is
mismatched with a particular task, that could slow down the whole
company. Effectively aligning your resources with the appropriate
function adds to the company’s efficiency, which ultimately affects
the bottom line. Division of labor becomes critical as your staff
grows.
• Commit to training and development. Identifying appropriate
educational opportunities, and making them available, lets your
people know that you’re interested and invested in their
professional development. Providing them with the tools to do their
best work will keep them motivated and increase their loyalty to the
company.
• Create a collaborative and friendly culture. It’s just a fact of
life: the more project management people you have, the greater the
chance of conflict. Create a workplace characterized by mutual trust
and respect. High ethical standards should be the norm, and those
who cannot abide by company rules should face the consequences. Be
consistent and firm but respectful, too. Communicate what's
expected, and demonstrate your commitment to that standard.
• Simulate a small staff environment when you can. Occasionally, you
might hear someone grumbling about the size of your project
management staff: “I don’t know anyone anymore” or “Who’s that?” You
can’t stop growth (well, you can, but you probably don’t want to),
but you can simulate a “small office” ambiance. Get everyone
together for a spontaneous ice cream social, distribute an e-mail
newsletter announcing all new hires (including some background on
them), and make sure you know everyone by name.
Source:
http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/workforce-management/11442-1.html
Subject: Project Management
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