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SUMMARY:Supervisory Skills – 2-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duration: 2 days \nWe can deliver this course onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred. \n  \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. \nOverview: \nGet better results from your team. \nWould enhanced supervisory skills be of benefit to you or any other of your employees? \nAre you a supervisor or team leader who would like to get better results from your team? \nAre you interested in working with an experienced provider of innovative\, effective\, and enjoyable training solutions? \nCompetent and confident supervisors are critical to the success of all organisations – in terms of how they manage their teams\, tasks\, and change. \nThis course develops core supervisory competencies and provides a range of techniques that supervisors can immediately use to enhance the results they get. \nThe course has been designed for new supervisors/ team leaders/ managers or those in these roles who have not received any formal supervisory skills training. \nIt is delivered in a format to engage all learning styles and to stimulate changes in behaviour after the course. Typically\, this involves a mix of trainer-led insight\, delegate participation\, team activity\, practical exercises and learning views. \nOur trainers are experienced in creating positive learning environments where participants feel comfortable in sharing experiences and practicing skills. \nAim: \nThe aim of the course is to provide participants with a range of skills\, methodologies\, and techniques to enhance their ability to supervise people\, tasks and change effectively. \n  \nWhat you will learn: \n\nHow to become a credible supervisor\nHow to communicate successfully\, using verbal and non-verbal modes of communication: asking specific questions and active listening\nHow to prioritise tasks and manage their time more effectively\nHow to delegate appropriate tasks productively\nHow to make well informed decisions\nHow to motivate team members to deliver desired results\nHow to build a positive working environment\nHow to deal with challenging team member and work solutions\n\n  \nDuration: 2 days \nWe can deliver this course onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/supervisory-skills-2-day-workshop-3/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Personal Development Workshops,Seminar Courses,Supervisory Skills
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SUMMARY:Better Business Writing - 1-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duration: 1 day \nWe can deliver training onsite at your workplace. We can also deliver this course virtually via Teams if preferred. \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow. \nOverview: \nMost people\, even if they are not involved in business\, have probably written some form of business communication at one time. This may have been a letter of complaint to a company\, or a letter to the bank manager asking for an overdraft. Whatever the reason\, or type of communication\, business writing is something that we are all involved in at some point in our lives. It is therefore important that we know what it is\, how to do it and how to do it well. \nFor some people\, it is a vital skill; according to a survey of employer’s world-wide\, writing correctly and persuasively comes top of the list of skills needed for professional success. \nAlthough business writing can seem a little overwhelming to begin with\, it can be relatively easy to learn – one you understand the basics of what is required. \n  \n  \nThere are several benefits to learning how to write good business documents: \n\nYou can make a good impression on others if your writing is well prepared and produced.\nYou will save time when writing documents\, if you know how to plan and prepare them.\nYoui will save other people time if your documents are clearly written and easy to read.\nYou will create a good impression of yourself to those around you.\nYou will create a good impression of your organization.\n\n  \nCourse program:  NB all timings are approximate. \n9:30am – 10:45am:       Introduction \nWhy it is important? \nThe benefits of good business writing \nGetting back to basics \nGrammar and punctuation \nSpelling \nBREAK \n11:00am – 12:45am:     Writing with impact \nBe clear \nWrite less \nActive verbs \nSetting the tone \nUsing positive v negative language \nCondescension \nCliches and jargon \nWriting with your reader in mind \nNon-sexist language \nLUNCH \n1:30pm – 2:45pm:         Structure ad style \nKnow your audience and know your purpose \nBREAK \n3:00pm – 4:15pm:        Practice \n4:15pm – 4:30pm:        Summary and close \n  \nDuration: 1 day \nWe can deliver training onsite at your workplace. We can also deliver this course virtually via Teams if preferred. \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/better-business-writing-1-day-workshop-2/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:Glasgow\, 3rd Floor\, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street\, Glasgow\, G1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Better Business Writing,Glasgow,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Glasgow":MAILTO:glasgow@pitman-training.com
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