The role of a manager is complex and often varied. As well as managing projects and hitting targets, they have to juggle the different personalities on their team and ensure everyone is performing at the peak of their capabilities.
Mastering this complex task can be a real challenge, and managers often need a little help, support and guidance if they’re going to excel. This is where management skills training comes in. Designed to equip managers with the skills they need to fully fulfil their role, this targeted training can turn a good manager into a great one.
Management skills training covers any training that helps people who are in a management position become better at what they do. In general, it refers to soft skills - like managing people - and doesn’t cover the more technical aspects of management. As these soft skills are relevant to people working in all sectors and across all industries, this type of training can benefit any organisation.
The exact skills that you’ll take away from management training will depend on the nature of your management role and on your starting point. However, there are some key skills that most participants will learn during the training.
Self-awareness is a key aspect of management skills training. It’s only by becoming self-aware that you can understand how your behaviour impacts others. This is important as the way you react to situations, speak to colleagues and approach your daily tasks will have a huge impact on those around you. Becoming more self-aware should make it easier to adjust your behaviour to get the best out of both yourself, and your team members.
If you are confident in yourself and your role within the organisation, your team will sense it, and you’ll come across as more authentic and more convincing. If you’re feeling self-assured, your team is more likely to have confidence in you and your decision-making. This can make it a lot easier to lead a team, hit your targets and keep everyone working towards the same end goal.
Confidence and motivation are closely linked. If you feel confident that you can do your job well, you’re more likely to be motivated to go that step further and push even harder. And, if you’re motivated, your team is likely to be influenced by you and feel energised as well.
One of the objectives of management skills training is to make you a more effective manager so that you, and your team, can be more productive. This increase in productivity is likely to come about as a natural result of the overall improvement in your approach and management style. The people skills and self-awareness you learn in training will help you avoid unproductive and unnecessary behaviours and focus on the task at hand.
Good management training programmes will usually start by looking at the self, before turning to external applications such as projects, team members or customers. Through 360˚ feedback, role-play, discussions and multimedia presentations, you’ll learn to identify the areas of your approach that need adjustment and learn the tools and techniques necessary to make the changes that are required.
If you think you, or your organisation, could benefit from management skills training, we can help. Get in touch with a member of our team today to learn more.
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