Essential Skills For Performance Excellence

Collaboration is essential to the new boundary less organizational structure.  Positively channeling the various archetypal influences and integrating effective cross-functional teamwork within the organization is a key role of the manager.

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the fundamental skills necessary for leading teams and achieving results through others. This course will include topics such as performance management and corrective action, team development, cross-functional coordination, change management, diversity in the workplace, and employee engagement.  The course will also focus on soft skills development in the areas of active listening, conflict resolution, communication, coaching, and feedback

Course Objectives

On completion of this course, participants will:

• Understand the differences between management and leadership, and identify the key performance indicators and competencies of successful managers;
• Gain basic skill sets of the necessary soft and hard skills to manage organizations and people more effectively;
• Discover the importance of building a trusting, positive, and respectful work environment;
• Apply basic communication techniques to manage performance and influence others in the organization;
• Gain tools to better align employee capabilities to organizational requirements;
• Develop techniques for addressing performance problems and articulating the potential impact to the organization and individual;
• Know how ethics and integrity are applied in the workplace;
• Consider ways to manage cultural diversity;
• Understand the concept of teams at work and their dynamics;
• Be able to use a framework for problem-solving and decision-making;
• Understand some of the challenges and tools for life/work balance.

Who Should Attend?

New managers, supervisors, employees with management potential and those interested in refreshing their core skills of managing people.

Course Outline

• How to develop the basis for trust and confidence with your employees
• How to use non-monetary motivating techniques
• How to work more effectively with different personality types
• How to create and maintain a consistent team vision
• How to better hold employees accountable and responsible for performance and results
• How to delegate effectively without overloading employees
• How to successfully coach and counsel employees for top performance
• How to effectively manage employees who are former peers
• How to manage employees with more seniority than you
• How to fairly and positively evaluate employee performance
• How to legally and safely criticize and discipline employees
• How to manage my time better
• How to manage meeting better
• My Action Plan

Course Methodology

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Course Fees

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Timings

Daily Course Timings
08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea
08:20 - 10:00       First Session
10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks
10:20 - 12:20       Second Session
12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break
13:30 - 15:00       Last Session