Influencing skills – Learn the Power of Persuasion
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This is one of our most popular programmes through which you will discover the secrets of increasing your personal power and how to use advanced communication techniques to build your control and influence.
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Management Skills – Achieve Results Through People
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A highly practical and enjoyable introduction to management, this is one of our most popular courses. It represents manager training with a difference and delivers all the key foundation management skills for new managers who need to hit targets.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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Personal Impact – Develop Your Personal Brand
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This is a high impact programme perfect for those who need to develop individual credibility and influence. Learn how to build a strong personal brand that supports your identity, targets, and ambitions. This programme delivers greater personal impact and authority in leadership.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme has been crafted to meet the needs of those who want to be perceived as thought leaders and high achievers. Designed to encourage positive behaviours, it is ideal for aspiring managers and those in senior positions who need to develop their personal power and give their impact a bit more potency.
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Project Management Skills – Deliver Quality Results
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This course is a fantastic introduction to the disciplines and methods used in effective project management, the principles of which can be applied across many other business functions. This programme delivers practical project control skills and isn’t related to any formal software or paper-based project management system.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This course is ideal for managers who are not formal ‘project managers’ but who would benefit from the disciplines and controls that project management methodologies can bring. The programme is equally suitable for both those that work alone and those that manage teams.
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Managing Performance – Develop your Appraisal Skills & Feedback Techniques
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This highly practical and participative programme shares leading edge performance management techniques to help you get the most from your people. Here you will learn how to maximise individual efficiency, manage performance and deliver ever-increasing levels of achievement and satisfaction. This programme is all about delivering positive organisational development without the ‘pain’ of appraisal.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for anyone responsible for delivering targets through others. Content is geared towards leaders and managers who work in ‘cost down, profit up’ business environments whose challenge is to get more for less whilst simultaneously increasing employee motivation and satisfaction.
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Problem Solving & Decision Making Skills – Create New Opportunities
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This enjoyable and innovative programme introduces you to a mix of tried & tested and leading edge problem solving skills & decision-making tools and techniques. Here you will creatively explore how great decisions are made, learning about how basing decisions on well researched facts can lead to superb business performance. This programme delivers exceptional results by improving your thinking and reasoning abilities.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is ideal for both managers and non-managers working across a range of disciplines. The programme is equally suitable for both those that work alone and those that manage or work within teams.
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Effective Communication Skills – Make a Real Impact
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This highly engaging and informative programme will equip you with an essential toolkit of interpersonal communication skills. This communication course provides a fun and stimulating experience that is guaranteed to deliver positive results in terms of personal effectiveness.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is ideal for both managers and non-managers that need to develop more effective communication, increase morale, and generate better interpersonal results. The programme is suitable whether you manage or work within teams.
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Coaching & Mentoring Skills for Managers – Bring out the Best In Your People
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This course is designed to develop the coaching skills of managers in an engaging and practical way, enabling them to get the very best from their teams through the application of leading edge coaching techniques and performance coaching. This programme demonstrates how coaching can be adopted as a highly effective management tool.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is intended for those in mentorship positions where they have responsibility for developing and coaching others. This programme will deliver benefits to new or existing line managers, team leaders, supervisors, or anyone interested in using coaching as a management tool.
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Presentation Techniques – Learn the Art of Audience Engagement
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If you want to be free from the tyranny presentation software, this course is for you. Here we share interpersonal presentation techniques that will help you to engage and charm your audience for maximum impact. Packed with practical tips, delegates also benefit from safe opportunities to practice and obtain constructive feedback. Giving presentations will never be the same again.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is perfect for anyone looking to improve their presentation skills and competence. This programme is equally suitable for directors, managers and others who deliver presentations and want to inspire and make a lasting impression.
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Delegation Skills – Pass The Baton Confidently
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Effective delegation and empowerment of employees is one of the most if not the most important skill for management today. This is a practical workshop covering all aspects of delegation. Here you will be shown the key delegation techniques involved in delivering targets and results though others.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for managers, team leaders and supervisors who want to learn how to delegate and move away from a hands on approach to achieve results through others.
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Facilitation Techniques – Be A Creative Catalyst
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This highly practical programme is particularly useful in supporting engagement and change programmes. Here we share facilitation techniques that are designed to promote a non-directive leadership style to involve, empower, and facilitate both team and individual contribution.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for team coaches, team leaders, HR professionals, and anyone involved in facilitating meetings, learning & development or change management.
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High Performing Teams – Accelerate Employee Productivity
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This programme enables you to ensure business objectives are achieved through developing high performance teams. In today’s rapidly changing business environment, a motivated and empowered workforce is the key to delivering optimum performance and ultimately business success. Our leading edge engagement and empowerment approaches will equip you with the skills to motivate and deliver.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for managers, team leaders, supervisors, and key team members who want to develop high levels of engagement and an empowered team with a “can do” attitude.
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Change Management Skills – Pave The Way For Growth
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Organisations need to adapt in order to survive and achieve growth, and this programme has been designed with this in mind. Highly engaging and practical, this programme will equip you with the skills and confidence to lead and deliver change initiatives successfully.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is specifically designed for managers, consultants and specialists who need to develop change management skills and introduce change successfully. It is particularly relevant to those who have to introduce new technology, new systems, new performance standards, products or services.
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Recruitment & Interview Skills – Find The Perfect Fit
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Finding the perfect fit in the recruitment process can do more to improve your business than any other factor. This programme will share the secrets of progressive recruitment methods that are both practical and effective.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for HR professionals and managers responsible for hiring new staff. The content is ideal for those looking to improve their recruitment skills and interview techniques in order to match the right person to the right role in the right way, every time.
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Conflict Management Skills – Master The Art Of Mediation
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Effective conflict management requires a unique blend of interpersonal skills. This popular programme is designed to develop your skills if you want to understand how to manage and reduce conflict between individuals and teams.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is ideal for anyone in a leadership role that faces dealing with conflict. This programme is equally suitable for directors, managers and anyone else with direct or in-direct responsibility for other people.
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Developing Inspirational & Charismatic Leadership
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Our flagship program presents an opportunity to learn the alchemy to alter your personality by lifting your head from the ordinary and moving to a charismatic leadership style that is worthy of being followed.
Here is the voodoo broken down into human relation technologies; the mystical know-how that is sought after to really inspire and motivate others. Hear from one of the countries most inspiring leaders – Terry Hodgkinson CBE – on the alchemy of how to make lasting change in your organisation.
View some recent video testimonials for this course here…
It is our contention that leaders either strive to grow in character as a fundamental part of their existence or they are not leaders. Life for them is a quest for personal excellence. Inspirational and charismatic leadership is for people who desire to have a grand purpose in life. What purpose is grander than the quest for personal excellence?
Inspirational and charismatic leadership is an agenda for personal excellence emerging from this executive programme. We take you a journey of self-discovery and personal commitment to change using proven methodologies for achievement of personal excellence that meet the needs of busy, professional people.
An Agenda For Personal Excellence – The Model
The qualities and traits we have identified as those that define an Inspirational and Charismatic character are shown in following diagram:
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Consulting Skills – Become A Trusted Advisor
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This highly practical programme is designed for the internal consultant looking to become more effective in their role. The emphasis here is on the consulting process as well as the interpersonal consultancy skills required to be a successful internal consultant. This programme elevates the internal consultant to the status of trusted advisor.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is crafted for anyone who is required to deliver internal consultancy services within their organisation looking to develop their consulting skills.
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Stress Management Techniques – Handle Pressure Effectively
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This programme is perfect for anyone working in a high-pressured environment looking to find the work-life balance. Here we will share the secrets and practical stress management techniques that will enable you to take responsibility for the delivery of personal and team objectives without burning out.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for managers, team leaders and individuals in a high-pressured work environment looking to develop techniques for stress management in the workplace.
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Time Management Skills – Take Control & Accomplish More
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This programme will show you how to take control of your time. Here you will learn time management skills that will enable you to accomplish more in less time whilst simultaneously improving relationships and all-round quality.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for busy managers, leaders, supervisors, team members, and anyone who wants to learn life-changing time management techniques, take control of their workload and relationships.
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Confidence Building Techniques – Find Your Inner Strength
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This programme will help you to become more confident and more professionally composed. Here we will share practical confidence building techniques to help you find the self-belief and confidence to step up to the mark when you most need to. We’ll show you how to adapt your behaviour whilst remaining true to yourself in order to get positive results from even the most challenging situations.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is ideal for business professionals who want to feel more self-assured and those who would like to build more confidence in their team members and organisation.
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Diversity in the Workplace – Create an Inclusive Culture
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This life-changing course will enable you to realise and overcome prejudice. Learn about managing diversity, creating an inclusive environment, and taking care of your legal obligations. The programme shares techniques to get the best out of everyone’s contribution and considers ways to overcome prejudice and embrace rather than condemn difference.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This programme is designed for individuals, leaders, managers and HR professionals employed in an organisation with workforce diversity. It is perfect for those who are responsible for promoting the way forward to harmonious and productive relationships in the diverse nature of the workplace today.
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Managing Challenging Behaviour – Get Positive Results from Difficult Situations
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All of us face situations involving difficult people or situations from time to time, and this programme has been skilfully crafted to help you to understand how different interpersonal approaches assist communication and reduce conflict. Intensely practical, this programme will equip you with the skills and confidence to deal effectively with challenge and conflict.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This course is ideal for anyone that needs to learn more about managing difficult people and behaviour. This programme is equally suitable for directors, managers and anyone else with direct or in-direct responsibility for other people.
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Assertiveness Skills – Affirm Yourself Confidently
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Being assertive is an essential life-skill. This course is designed to develop assertiveness in a positive and effective way. Here we share practical and highly effective techniques for dealing with aggressive behaviour, difficult people, and tricky situations.
Upon completion of this programme you will be able to
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This course is designed for people working across all disciplines who need to improve assertiveness skills. The programme content will benefit delegates who want to become more self-assured and to use assertion to their advantage. It will also particularly benefit those who are concerned about coming across as being to direct or dominant.
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New management training courses launched
We are delighted to announce the official launch of our Leadership & Management training course portfolio, containing 23 short transformational courses for managers and leaders.
All 23 training courses will run from 1st September 2011 across 3 UK locations – Leeds, London & Warwick. You can view details of the courses below.
So why choose our leadership & management courses?
Because they are are transformational learning experiences that are unlike any other course you’ve been on. Unlike traditional training courses, our acclaimed development approach permanently change behaviours and beliefs – out of which flows the unforced ability to improve.
Contact us for more information.
‘Leaders need to put away the desire to be liked’ [VIDEO]
‘Leaders need to put away the desire to be liked’ from Principle Practice on Vimeo.
How important are boundaries in business? Our July film is all about boundaries. This month Lee Chalmers, coach and facilitator, talks on camera about why boundaries are too easily overlooked in business, and why we can become better leaders by mimicking our behaviour as parents
‘Boundaries’ is one of ten principles that underpin everything we do at the Principle Practice, how we live our lives and constantly maintain the personal and professional boundaries of our business.
‘To enjoy work means that we bring so much more to it’ [VIDEO]
‘To enjoy work means that we bring so much more to it’ from Principle Practice on Vimeo.
Do you enjoy your work? Our July film is all about enjoyment. This month Jane Hirst talks on camera about why enjoying what we do means we give so much more, and tells us how we can achieve that all important work-life balance even when the boundaries between the two may be blurred.
‘Enjoyment’ is one of ten principles that underpin everything we do at the Principle Practice, how we live our lives and constantly maintain the personal and professional boundaries of our business.
‘It’s not always easy to maintain someones confidentiality’ [VIDEO]
‘It’s not always easy to maintain someones confidentiality’ from Principle Practice on Vimeo.
Do you have people you can trust implicitly to maintain your confidence? Ruth Denwood, Consultant and associate working with Principle Practice, talks on camera about why trust and confidentiality are critical in business, and why it’s important that we all understand where other people’s line of confidentiality lies.
‘Confidentiality’ is one of ten principles that underpin everything we do at the Principle Practice, how we live our lives and constantly maintain the personal and professional boundaries of our business.

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