Managing & Motivating People: What Tools do I need? How do I … Find my Style? Motivate people? Set Objectives? Manage Myself?

Who is it For? Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and other Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).
Why this Workshop?
I’m an SLT who wanted to move from being a specialist therapist to leading a team. I did a ‘management course’ and learned about leadership. Eventually I managed Integrated Teams of children’s healthcare professionals and the administrators supporting those teams.
These days we hear about Leadership (and we should!), but it became obvious when talking to colleagues attending ARC Study Days on Supervision and Leadership that there was a big gap in courses about ‘being a manager’. Management isn’t a word which is ‘in vogue,’ but many AHP’s are managing others and need to know what the Management Toolkit includes.
It is a little ambitious to offer you a whistlestop tour of management ‘know-how’. However you will ‘know more than you think’ and, after being introduced to the Tools, you can do further independent study.
What are the Themes?
You might be a first line manager of a colleague or a team leader or leading your own independent enterprise. What you will be doing is providing Management Support in the workplace. The skillset overlaps, but it is distinct from Leadership.
So I thought back to what I needed when I was managing a team of 6, then a team of 25 and then a service of 46 people. What mistakes did I make? What training and development helped? What did I need to be able to support people delivering therapy in a complex environment?
So, here it is. A Workshop about Being an Effective Manager
This event is designed to provide insights and strategies for those who manage other people. The emphasis is on motivating and supporting the individual people in a team. This Workshop is not about strategic management.
- You and your management style
- Developing and motivating people
- Managing by Objectives
- Change Management
- Managing Yourself
- Team Direction and Success Factors
See below for the full Agenda
The Workshop draws on evidence based management, my own knowledge, and experience, offering strategies that are practically useful.
Whether you are a team leader, supervisor, or manager, this event is an opportunity to spend a day reflecting on your skillset, learning new knowledge and networking with other professionals.
Workshop Outline
Themes of the Day include:
What is Management?
– Exploring management versus leadership.
– Your Management Style
Managing by Objectives (MBO)
– Developing People
– Setting Objectives and making PDRs real and relevant
– Delegation
– The 121 : Structuring your management supervision meetings.
Team/Business Direction
– Team Success Factors
– Individual/Whole Team Performance.
– Innovation /Managing Change
Emotional Resources
– Emotional Intelligence at Work
– Motivation De-Mystified
– Managing People who are difficult to manage
– Coping as a manager – self care & resilience
Supporting Performance
– Knowing about HR Processes e.g. sickness, performance,
– Flexible working
– When the going gets tough – recognizing Burnout in others
– Supporting time/ workload management/meeting expectations,
– Performance Plans (underperformance)
A little bit about Culture
– What makes a Good Day at Work?
– Fostering a positive work environment.
– Enhancing Team Communication – leading meetings (face to face, online, Teams Channels, emails etc)
Compassionate Leadership
Learning Outcomes:
– Know your first line management toolkit
– Know about motivating others
– Be able to apply principle centred objective setting
– Know about emotional intelligence at work
– Aware of culture and how to keep that positive mindset
– Know the different HR processes
– Know what communication style to use in meetings and others communications
Cost
£150 per attendee
When
Tuesday 21st May, it will start at 9:30am and finish at 4:00pm
Additional Mentoring Supervision Option
A package which includes 2 mentoring supervision sessions with me, alongside the Workshop is available for an additional £130.
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