Details
2-day course
CPD Credit: 12 hours (attendees can gain extra CPD hours by completing Learning Contracts post-course); Competence/s: 3
Course Delivery Options
Course Overview
Management is likely to play an increasingly important role in the life of an engineer as he/she progresses in their organisation and career. A range of recent studies on essential skills for 21st century workplaces indicate that technical expertise alone is no longer sufficient to meet individual, team, or organisation objectives.
Taking on new managerial responsibilities brings new challenges and demands. Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, knowing your business and industry, knowing how to communicate, knowing how to manage and motivate people to deliver their best as individuals and as teams are the essential characteristics of today’s high-performance engineering manager.
The aim of this two-day interactive workshop is to enable engineers with managerial responsibilities to develop the essential characteristics necessary to operate in an effective, impactful, and creative manner in their role.
Structure
This course will comprise two days of interactive workshops, complemented by pre-session reading and preparation. These days will be held a week apart, to ensure delegates have adequate reflection time and time to prepare in between. Delegates will have the opportunity to complete Learning Contracts after the course is complete in order to gain extra CPD credit.
Programme
Day 1 - Managing Yourself:
Understanding your role as manager underpins all other management functions. This session will look at raising self-awareness and will give delegates an insight into their own personalities and style of management. This session will also look at role expectations, along with managing stress and building resilience.
Managing how you communicate with team members is vital. Delegates will learn communication techniques, focusing on barriers and common pitfalls in communication and how to communicate with clarity and conciseness.
Day 2 - Managing Your Team:
Managing your team is more than just managing the workflow, it is about managing people. It is about understanding your team and their personalities to ensure that you can manage and motivate effectively and deliver results for the organisation. This session will look at developing the right culture in your team and creating a strong team dynamic, where trust is established, and everyone is comfortable to challenge for continuous improvement.
Setting clear expectations, monitoring effectiveness, delivering feedback, and developing talent are key skills for managers. This session will introduce the fundamentals and latest thinking in managing performance and developing your staff. There will be a strong emphasis on practical tips and practice in having meaningful 1:1 conversation on performance, development and expected behaviours.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to harness their management competencies to best meet their individual, team and organisation’s objectives and succeed as managers.
Who Should Attend?
This programme will benefit any engineer in a management position and particularly those who have taken on new managerial responsibilities or are in line to do so.
Trainer’s Profile
Tom O’ Connor’s career spans over 30 years. He has
focussed on improving the performance and personal development of experienced
and emerging managers, using best practices from world class organisations for
the past 15 years. He has worked across multiple sectors including,
multi-national and domestic corporations, small and medium enterprises,
non-profit, community and public sector bodies and has extensive experience in
delivering insights, advice and support to all levels within these
organisations. He acted as Wellbeing Lead throughout Ulster Bank Ireland’s exit
from the Irish banking market, supporting and coaching individuals and teams
through significant change, helping them navigate their present situation and
explore their future lives and careers. More recently, he has worked
independently with a number of high-profile businesses delivering leadership
training and coaching workshops for their teams. He is an associate lecturer
with Dublin Business School, lecturing local and international students in
Dynamic Leadership Development, Performance Management and Organisational
Behaviour for their MBA and Diploma courses. In addition to his individual and
team coaching qualifications, Tom holds an MBA from The Open University, a
professional diploma in Leading Cultural Change and Ethical Behaviour and a
professional marketing qualification. He is also certified in mental first aid
and qualified in EQI2.0 (Behavioural Diagnostics).
Testimonials
- "Excellent, interactive course. Thought provoking."
- "Very good. I have already recommended it to other managers."
- Claire Nugent, Dromone Engineering: "Very beneficial to anyone recently moving into a management role."
- Aisling Davis, H.S.A.: "Very worthwhile and informative course. Very engaging and interesting."
- John Heffernan, Dublin City Council: "Excellent, knowledgeable instructor with very good exercises and interesting examples."
Please contact the CPD Training Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options.