Need to convince managers of the benefits of investing time in developing their people? Want some proven ideas to get managers practising the key skills required? Use these activities to help managers view 'developing people' in the context of their own objectives and results.

Get them to see the benefits and how their own management skills can be enhanced. And encourage the kind of commitment which makes everyday learning and development a reality, not just a concept.

20 practical workshop sessions covering:

• learning styles
• learning need analysis
• learning logs
• coaching
• delegation
• mentoring
• motivation
• feedback
• performance review
• personal development planning

List of Activities:

1. Introductions and expectations
Creating a learning climate.

2. The manager's role
Developing people in context.

3. The learning cycle and learning styles
How we learn.

4. Managing difficult situations
Working with difficult behaviour and overcoming resistance.

5. The development cycle
A process for staff development.

6. Identifying individual learning and development needs.
The starting point for development

7. Identifying learning opportunities
Development is more than just going on training courses.

8. Challenging and feedback skills
Core skills for promoting development.

9. Approaches to learning and learning logs
Are we reactive or proactive learners and how we can encourage staff to be proactive?

10. Learning and taking risks
Fostering a learning climate in the workplace.

11. Setting objectives
What is it we are setting out to achieve?

12. Coaching
A core skill for developing staff.

13. Mentoring
What it it? Is it for us?

14. Motivating and developing staff
How managers can motivate staff.

15. Managing delegation
Processes and skills for effective delegation.

16. Reviewing performance
Listening and probing skills to review the past and plan for the future.

17. Management interventions
A range of interventions to use, appropriate to the needs of staff.

18. Managing change
Plan it, do it and review it.

19. Personal support networks
Identifying and using available support networks.

20. Personal development planning
Implementing learning from the programme.
 

328 pages, with 163 OK to copy pages.