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Leadership Skills for Managers

Effectively Communicate and Manage Your Team

Chaired by
Marie Thake

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Overview

Being a great leader is a rewarding yet challenging role that often requires managing multiple responsibilities, sometimes without adequate support or training. There are simple techniques and skills that can help you navigate your responsibilities.

Our Effective Leadership Skills for Managers course, run by Marie Thake, is designed to help you enhance your leadership skills, motivate your team, handle difficult conversations, provide constructive feedback, and manage performance effectively.

Through interactive group workshops, personal assessments, and reflective learning, you’ll explore various leadership styles, key aspects of team management, and identify the leadership model that best fits you and your team.

This course offers a valuable opportunity for managers to deepen their understanding of effective team leadership skills, empowering them to lead with confidence and insight.

Who Should Attend?

Whether you’re new to people management or have been managing a team for many years, this training course will give you the skills to become a more influential and empowering leader whilst offering simple techniques and skills to be a better manager.

What Have Previous Delegates Said About the Course?

  • ''This is a very important topic. The training was empowering, insightful and challenging. I have learnt so much about the topic and myself as well as self-awareness and helpful techniques for managing situations.'' - Legal Compliance Manager

  • "When I signed up for this course I didn't realise that I would learn so much about myself, and think about the needs of my team and organisation. I am inspired to go and review the type of manager I need to be to keep my team motivated and performing. The delivery was great, and the course materials are invaluable" - Finance Team Manager, Connected Voice

  • "Excellent content and interactive which keeps you engaged and interested" - Head of ICT, Poplar Harca

  • "Marie was a great facilitator, she made the content engaging and provided some really useful tools for me to take forward" - Senior Advocacy & Government Relations Officer, Cats Protection

  • "The whole course was of real benefit, delivered in a professional and structured way" - Deputy Head of Building Control, London Borough of Waltham Forest

  • "As a first time manager, this course gave me the tools and skills to be a leader, not just a manager" - Finance Manager, Sudith Leigh


People Development Consultant

Marie is a dedicated, passionate professional people development specialist, who runs her own Coaching and training business. She partners with organisations to make a difference to employees as individuals and enables them to feel engaged with the organisations they work for, leading them to achieve their own and their organisations’ vision.

Marie is passionate about having the ability to enthuse others to learn, through engagement, building trust and understanding what motivates people to perform. She has held her role of Director and People Development Consultant for over 10 years following her roles for companies such as Prudential, HBOS

Marie Thake

Learning Outcomes

  • Explore various management styles and identify the one that best aligns with your strengths

  • Build your confidence to lead and guide your team toward achieving collective goals

  • Understand the importance of motivation and learn how to foster a high-performance culture

  • Master challenging aspects of management, including delivering feedback and effective delegation

  • Develop a collaborative leadership approach that encourages teamwork and inclusivity

  • Strengthen team resilience to handle challenges and adapt to change





All the Understanding ModernGov courses are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certified, with signed certificates available upon request for event.

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Agenda

09:00- 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 10:00 Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives

10:00 - 10:45 Understanding Different Leadership Techniques

  • Learn how a collaborative manager can achieve results through their team

  • Know how to cement your role as a manager and be perceived positively

  • Learn how to adapt your style depending on who you are communicating with

  • Understand how to lead your team to achieve the vision

  • Identify your strengths, limitations and what leadership style suits you and your team best

10:45 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:00 Building a Resilient Team

  • Use Tuckman to understand how to prioritise management activities at certain team stages

  • Learn the importance of trust and credibility to managing a team

  • Explore how to build effective and motivated teams through communication with different people on an individual level, including how to focus on personal wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 Setting Realistic Goals, Managing Results and Achieving Effective Delegation

  • How to monitor staff performance and maintain motivation

  • Set expectations which are tangible, accountable and manageable

  • Explore coaching techniques and develop the skills to get the most out of people

  • Learn how to plan effectively to ensure the priorities of your organisation are met

  • Learn how to use coaching as a management style

13:15 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 Managing Difficult Conversations and Giving Feedback

  • Takeaway tips for managing poor performance in a constructive way

  • Practice managing difficult conversations and actioning tough decisions

  • Develop an effective and assertive leadership style to cope with challenging situations

  • Learn how to have developmental conversations and give feedback which empowers your team

  • Find the balance between maintaining control and instilling a culture of trust and inclusivity

14:45 - 15:00 Afternoon Break

15:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Leadership in Action

Participate in interactive workshop activities led by the trainer to put the skills you’ve learned from the day into practice.

  • Conduct self-analysis based on what you have been discussing throughout the day

  • Build your personal leadership development plan for implementation back at work to become a confident manager

16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Evaluation and Close

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