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SUMMARY:Executive PA/ Secretary- 2-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duration: 2 days \nWe can deliver training onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred. \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow. \nOverview: \nThe role of the Exec PA is constantly evolving. Many managers and their colleagues see PA’s and Executive Assistants as an essential functional part of their organisation\, they don’t always realise or acknowledge what they do or realise the critical role they play towards the success and profitability of a company. \nWhether your role involves organising events\, managing your manager’s diary\, providing administration support or managing the office; it is essential tat you can priorities\, manage your time well and effectively communicate. \nThis course will help you to excel in whatever PA role you find yourself in. \nIt will facilitate real change in the way you communicate\, by helping you develop your role and understand how it relates to the pressures on a manager and the business. \nThis workshop is perfect for PA’s\, Secretaries and Executive Assistants and you will find plenty of opportunities to share experiences and explore skills in a motivating and non-threatening environment\, with lots of hints and tips thrown in along the way. \n  \nObjectives – At the end of the course you will be able to: \n\nTo properly understand the role of the Executive Secretary/ Personal Assistant\nTo learn to communicate effectively at all levels\nTo organize your time and your boss’s time more efficiently\nTo understand how to set priorities and stick to them\nTo acquire basic management skills\n\nWhat you will learn: \n\nTo identify the key areas for your development in this job role.\nTo manage your boss successfully: making relationships work\, developing your network\, communication\, and the importance of feedback.\nTo communicate effectively: questioning and listening techniques\, learn how to be assertive and stay in control.\nTo deal with difficult people.\nTo manage your time effectively: setting objectives\, planning and prioritising tasks.\nTo develop personal management skills: delegating successfully\, problem solving and decision making.\n\n  \nWho should attend? \nPA’s who wish to increase the contribution they make to their organisation. It is also aimed at Secretaries who wish to develop and move up to the role of a PA. \n  \nDuration: 2 days \nWe can deliver training onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred. \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/executive-pa-secretary-2-day-workshop-2/2025-01-20/
LOCATION:Glasgow\, 3rd Floor\, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street\, Glasgow\, G1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Executive PA,Glasgow,Personal Development Workshops,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Glasgow":MAILTO:glasgow@pitman-training.com
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SUMMARY:Train the Trainer – 3-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Tutor led training\, delivered in person – available on our schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow. \nCan be delivered via virtual classrooms or onsite at your workplace. \nCPD Accredited \nTutor led training\, delivered in person – available on our schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow. \nCan be delivered via virtual classrooms or onsite at your workplace. \nAim: \nThis course will introduce participants to the issues\, methodologies and techniques of training design and delivery. \nObjectives: \nBy the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify training needs.\nDefine and create aims and objectives that fit within an organisational perspective.\nDesign training sessions.\nDeliver training sessions that incorporate the trainer’s personality – metaphors\, stories. and humour.\nEvaluate training interventions.\nDealing with difficult delegates.\n\nThe training systematically points to everything you need to know about being a trainer. Each day consists of practical experience as well as hundreds of useful tips and techniques. \nWhile the first part of the course concentrates on the design and structure of training as a learning tool; it then moves on to presentation\, delivery and facilitation so each day builds up to complete a full training methodology. \n  \nDuration: 3 days \n  \nThe information shown below is the structure of the course – timings and emphasis will vary depending on participants’ needs. \nIntroduction: \n\nLogistics and participant introductions\nAims and objectives\n\nAiming for successful training: \n\nExploring the varying factors that can impact on successful training\nPersonal preferences in training experiences\nScope of training within organisations\nHow these fit together\n\nTraining needs: \n\nIssues in defining and managing training needs\nLevels of needs and methods of identifying them\n\nTraining as a ‘Change Intervention’: \n\nIdentifying thpes of learning and changes possible\nPlanning for and organizing change through training\n\nCreating and using training aims and objectives: \n\nDifferences and uses of ‘Aims and Objectives’\nCriteria of ‘Aims and Objectives’\nBenefits and limitations of ‘Aims and Objectives’\n\nTraining planning and design: \n\nStructuring the training\nPriorities for inclusion in the training\nThe set up for learning\nTesting the learning\nResponsibility of how you leave the participants\n\nTraining delivery: \n\nProcesses of communication\nDissolving nerves\, extending and working the presentation area\nDevleoping congruence\, charisma and presence of the trainer\nVerbal and non-verbal communication\nGetting the message across\nEvaluation successful communication\nAccelerating and embedding learning\n\nUsing language strategically: \n\nUsing metaphors and stories to communicate complex ideas\nOther language skills\n\nUsing the environment to support learning: \n\nRoom layout\nUsing equipment\nThe psychological impact of the training environment\n\nFacilitating learning: \n\nAdvance use of questioning\nDealing with challenges\nUtilising challenges as part of the learning\nFlexibility of training approach\n\nPresentation tips: \n\nTips for pulling the whole thing together\n\nSelf-management: \n\nDissolving common fears\nHow to do what experienced presenters do\n\nTraining evaluations: \n\nLevels of evaluation\nEvaluating within and beyond the training\n\n  \nTutor led training\, delivered in person – available on our schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow. \nCan be delivered via virtual classrooms or onsite at your workplace.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/train-the-trainer-3-day-workshop-3/2025-01-21/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Personal Development Workshops,Seminar Courses,Train the Trainer
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