Summer Courses at Courtney Associates

Have you got some spare time this summer? Then Courtney Associates would like to offer potential clients a brilliant opportunity to widen their business skills in order to help them become more employable to employers. They offer business skills in areas such as marketing, sales, management and many other areas in order to make sure they offer skills that are transferable to any employee or field. Courtney's provide a wide range of  public courses which aim to progress individual learners both professionally and personally through the transferable skills that they aim to offer. Their public/open courses include a wide range of different subjects and topics so individual learners can choose a course that is best suited to them and their particular training needs. Based in various areas across the UK they aim to makes sure that they can offer their service in a wide range of areas as they are based in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham and London.

One of their most popular and bespoke courses is their Leading High Performance Team Courses where you will be taught how to manage a team effectively. If your role requires you to lead and manage high performing teams to achieve company objectives, targets and goals, they offer a two day leadership programme, in order to help you sharpen your management skills to ensure that you can run your business effectively. You will learn a range of leadership styles and techniques which will allow you to develop your motivation skills to lead high performing teams within your organisation. Also, you will also have the opportunity to complete a team behavioural profile which gives you an appreciation of the different behaviours within teams and the role of the leader. This course is perfect for personal development and allowing you to refine your management and leadership skills.


Here are the areas that the course will focus on:


Developing Effective Teams

• The characteristics of effective teams
• Understanding how teams grow over a period of time
• Understanding and utilising the mix of personalities and behaviours of team members to improve communication and team work
• Managing team dynamics to ensure that the team is working at peak performance

–  Leading and Managing Teams

• The characteristics of an effective leader
• The differences between leadership and management
• Styles of leadership and their appropriateness to different situations
• Identifying delegates preferred leadership style
• The leader as a motivator of individuals and teams
• Practical motivation techniques
• Influencing your team as a leader
• Establishing your credibility as a leader
• Develop effective decision making skills in order to lead your team effectively

–  Managing Team Conflict

• Symptoms and causes of conflict in the workplace
• Anticipating and preventing conflict in the workplace
• Available methods to address conflict

The course is available in the following areas on these dates:

10th - 11th June - Birmingham

17th - 18th June - Liverpool

23rd - 24th June - Manchester

29th - 30th June - Leeds

29th - 30th June - London

For any further information about the courses that Courtney Associates offer please click here to find out more.

Do you have the skills to become a successful supervisor or team leader?

There are many supervisors and team leaders I find who have been promoted to their role without having undergone the correct training. They are in a sense 'thrown in at the deep end' and asked to learn as they go but this can be a very risky approach as there are many skills and tools you need to know to become a successful manager or team leader.

You may not be a team leader or supervisor yet but you wish to apply for the role, however you have no experience in this area which could give you less of a chance at being a successful candidate, giving the competition who do have experience the better chance. If this is the case what can you do? Well you can take a training course which will give you all the essential skills required to be a successful supervisor or team leader within your organisation.

Courtney Associates offer a Essential Skills for Supervisors and Team Leaders course which is available in Leeds, London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. They will teach a vast range of different skills, methods and tools which will give you the confidence and knowledge you need for this challenging position.

You can find out more information on this course such as dates, discounts, course outline, content of the course and what you will have learned by the end of the course by visiting: www.courtney-associates.co.uk/public-course/essential-skills-for-supervisors-team-leaders

Courtney Associates can also offer a wide range of business courses and in-house company courses.