Professional Development for Managers

Your managers are vital to your business, effectively developing their leadership skills can boost their own and their team’s productivity exponentially. Our ‘Professional Development for Managers’ courses are designed to take managers to a new level of leadership and motivation. They are proven to embed real and lasting change in behaviour.

…employee engagement is often linked to the effectiveness and performance of senior managers

– Director Magazine, 2009

Run within the framework of the Business Learning Laboratory© and the context of your business needs and issues POD professional development will enable your managers to:

Develop a clear needs and development plan;
Develop an ability to align the team vision with that of the organisation;
Develop an understanding of how to build self motivation and in turn team motivation;
Develop a methodology for handling difficult issues;
Develop an ability to have direct and honest conversations with both the team and senior managers;
Develop an understanding of what leadership is really about;
Feel energised and enthusiastic about dealing with the challenges that face them.

POD in Action

A major player in the service sector asked POD to design a pan-European management development programme for its location managers. The pilot workshops were deemed to be fun, practical and to have immediate impact. The POD team then trained a team of in-house trainers and supported them to deliver the programme across Europe within a period of less than six months.

A client in the investment-banking sector consulted POD about shifting the framework of its management development programmes towards the Leadership Pipeline model. POD consultants reviewed existing material, adapted this where possible and introduced new material where it was necessary. We then launched the new programmes as a blend of diagnostic tools, workshop sessions, group and individual coaching.

Online Training Support

In addition to global face-to-face delivery, we reinforce course benefits through our online learning management system which enables delegates to download relevant PODcasts, articles and case studies.
They can also communicate with the trainer and other participants online, as well as store their development action plans in one place, accessible wherever they may be.

Our integrated course structure allows the onsite training sessions to focus more specifically on face-to-face work aimed at practising skills and changing attitudes.

Talk to Our Consultants

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Programmes and Courses

This is just a sample of the wide range of Management Development courses we deliver to organisations around the world.

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