Leadership and Management Skills

 

Key skills programme for your managers.

 

At Elan Valley Lodge we use highly effective experiential learning techniques to explore and develop a range of key management skills which have real, tangible results.The process: Exploration of a range of key skills, trialled in a realistic practice scenario, consolidation of the learning and then supporting delegates through a process of doing things differently.

The key skills can include:

  • Proactive leadership

  • Planning, time management and prioritisation

  • Developing and leading a high performing team

  • Communication skills

  • Support and challenge as a management tool

  • Creating innovation and change

The “practice ground”

 

It’s fun and it provides a real opportunity for delegates to try new ways of doing things. There is a complex mystery to solve, leadership, planning, time management and effective communication will be vital. It is a very complex exercise that has proved itself time and time again to challenge delegates on many different levels:

  • Intellectually

  • Logistically

  • Physically (optional)

  • Organisationally

  • Applying the learning

     

We use the EVL planning tool to record delegates learning and plan how it is going to be applied and further developed back at work.

  • What can I do to improve my effectiveness?

  • What support will I need?

  • When will it be done?

  • What will other people see as a result?

 

Post course

Three months later the delegates meet to share their experiences since the programme. What have they achieved as a result of the course and what difficulties have they encountered? What further development does each delegate feel that they can achieve?

 

At the post course review Lisa Griffiths recorded her progress since the programme:-

“I feel that I am more confident in dealing with matters arising in work, and have started to set clear, challenging goals. I have improved my communication, which in turn has led to greater results. I now seek the different opinions of colleagues when looking to change something, and take it all on board before finalising my decision.

This is not your average training course! It’s delivered in a professional and practical manner by experienced and approachable trainers. It gives you the opportunity to put all the theory into practice before going back to work! I would highly recommend it as a must for anyone looking to be in a managerial position.”
 

At the end of her course Lisa Griffiths, a manager with Ceredigion County Council said:-

“Excellent course content which was delivered in a very clever way. Plenty of interaction which makes it very real. I feel that I have gained valuable tools to use at work and I have a clear plan of how to approach it.”

 

As with all of our work the programme can be tailor made. It is suitable for people already in management positions or those with management potential.