Start date: 11 March 2025
Duration: 6 Days: 11th - 12th March, 8th - 9th April and 13th - 14th May 2025, 9.00am - 5.00pm each day
Location: TBC, possibly 2 days in-person + 4 online
Certificate: IMI Certificate
Cost: Members € 1000, Non-Members €1500
Course code: N/A
Programme overview
This highly interactive six-day programme is designed to enhance your existing management skills.
We will help you develop new competencies within a framework of identified essential skills. It is comprised of 6 full days divided into 3 modules of 2 consecutive days each:
1. Excel: Learn a variety of management tools and techniques,
2. Perform: Discover how to design strategies for increased employee performance and
3. Deliver: Find out how to foster an environment of creativity and innovation.
The Essential Skills of Management programme is one of the IMI’s most popular executive development programmes.
Learning outcomes
Module 1 Learning outcomes
• Define the role of the Manager
• Apply listening techniques
• Diagnose business environment
• Develop Stakeholder maps
• Apply planning techniques
• Set effective goals
• Solve problems effectively
• Manage through conflict
Module 2 Learning outcomes
• Understand influencing styles
• Align resources
• Delegate tasks effectively
• Empower team members
• Build trust
• Enhance motivation
• Develop teams
• Manage team dynamics
Module 3 Learning outcomes
• Deliver effective feedback
• Identify leadership styles
• Understand personal behaviour
• Diagnose behaviour of others
• Apply a PMDS
• Coach for performance
• Manage performance
• Deliver appraisals
Who is the course for?
This programme is ideal for developing managers who have 6 months or more experience and who would like to enhance their key management skills. It is being particularly targeted at middle management in SMEs.
Schedule
Module 1 (2 days): Understanding your Role and Context
• Remote working and leading
• The role of the manager
• Listening skills
• Your development planning
• Management behaviours
• Essential steps of planning
• Goal and objective setting
• Problem solving
• Responses to Conflict
Module 2 (2 days): Aligning Goals & Resources
• Influencing
• Delegation
• Flexible Management
• Introduction to Belbin
• Belbin Team roles
• Motivation
• Building blocks of successful teams
• Building trust
• Team stages & high performing teams
Module 3 (2 days): Building an enabling culture
• DiSC Profile – understanding self
• DiSC Profile – understanding others
• Performance management & effective feedback
• Coaching skills for managers
• Managing different performance conversations
• Pulling it all together
Trainer Profile
Dymphna Ormonde has spent the past 12 years as an executive coach and trainer across both the public and private sectors designing and delivering training and coaching programmes at all levels in organisations including business owners and management teams and has built a reputation for developing and delivering training that engages, challenges and stimulates the thinking of participants to bring about change in behaviours. In addition to coaching and training, Dymphna has lectured on Leadership and Change, Human Resource Development and Communications in Organisations in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business, NUI, Galway and on Front Line Management for the National College of Ireland. Dymphna was awarded a diploma in Life and Business Coaching, accredited by the European Coach Institute.
In 2024 this training program was held twice on 18th – 19th April, 16th – 17th May & 13th – 14th June and also on 22-23 May,19-20 Jun, & 31Aug-1Sep 2024. It was held twice in 2023: In person in Lapps Quay, Cork on 12th – 13th Oct and remaining four days online: 9th – 10th Nov and 14th – 15th Dec and a previous rerun in person at IMI Sandyford, Dublin on 22-23 May and online for the remaining 4 days, 19-20 June and 31 Aug – 1 Sept.
Email training@midasireland.ie for full details
