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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231205
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SUMMARY:Identify and Manage Stress
DESCRIPTION:Ask yourself the following questions: \nDo I find I am constantly tense and worried about things? \nDo I have a general feeling of uneasiness? \nAre my colleagues and friends avoiding me – perhaps because they know I will easily lose my cool? \nAm I becoming less productive\, finding it difficult to remember things or make simple decisions? \nOBJECTIVES: \nUnderstand what stress is\, where it comes from and how it can affect you and those around you. As well as what you can do about it. \nYOU WILL LEARN: \n\nUnderstand what stress means to you\, and how your body reacts to stress\nIdentify your own pressure and stress points at work\, college and other areasin your life\nBecome aware of your body’s warning signs\nUnderstand how stress can become a useful tool for you to use to your benefit\nIntroduce practical tools and techniques to reduce and manage your stress\nDevelop a personal and practical plan of action to minimise and manageyour stress.\nDuration: 1 Day \nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 2 half day sessions.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/identify-and-manage-stress-2-2/2023-12-04/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Identify and Manage Stress,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231207
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Skills
DESCRIPTION:Supervisory Skills – Tutor Led \n\n\n\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. \nDuration: 2 Days \nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 4 half day sessions. \n\n\n\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. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nHow to become a credible supervisor\nHow to communicate successfully\, using verbal and non-verbal modes of\ncommunication: 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 members and work situations\nDuration: 2 Days \nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 4 half day sessions. \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/supervisory-skills-6-2/2023-12-05/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Seminar Courses,Supervisory Skills
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231208
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Excel Introduction
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who have never used the Excel spreadsheet package before or have only used Excel for limited tasks. At the end of the day you will be able to create professional looking spreadsheets. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \nExcel Introduction \nViewing Screen Layout – Ribbon Bar Enter\, Move & Clear Data\nSelecting Excel Data Areas\nSaving Excel \nCreating New Workbooks\nCut\, Copy & Paste\nNaming\, Deleting & Working with Sheets \n\n\n\n\nData Manipulation \nWiden Rows & Columns Inserting Rows & Columns Moving Data\nDeleting Information Sorting Options \nFormatting \nFormatting Numbers \nFormatting Text Borders & Shading Align Data \n\n\nFormulas \nIntroduction\nOrder of Operations\nAdd\, Subtract\, Multiply\, Divide Auto Sum & Auto Average Percentages\nAbsolute Cell Referencing \nPrinting \nPrint Preview\nPage Layout\nHeaders & Footers & Print Areas \nUtilities \nIntroduction to Charts\nFreeze Panes\nIntro to Conditional Formatting Auto Fill Options \nDuration: 1 Day \n\n\n\n\nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 2 half day sessions.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/excel-introduction-7-2-2/2023-12-07/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Excel Introduction,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231212
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Management Skills
DESCRIPTION:As you develop as a manager you are even less involved in the day to day delivery of the work. Your success depends on your ability to manage your team\, manage others who supervise and manage technical specialists. Your role is less about your technical skills and will demand even higher levels of people skills. Your coaching skills will need more finesse as you may find yourself coaching supervisors and junior managers who act as coaches at their own level. \nThis workshop will help you develop the right people skills and keep you developing for future management roles. Ideal for those with some management experience\, this course will help you benchmark your skills\, trouble shoot pinch points and set the scene for middle levels of management. \nObjectives \nTo share methodologies and techniques that will enable you to: \n\nDevelop your team\nUse different management approaches\nPlan and attend productive meetings\nDeal with disciplinary situations with confidence\nManage absence\nDevelop and conduct competency based interviews\nStructure inspiring coaching sessionsDuration: 1 Day\nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 2 half day sessions.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/management-skills-3-2/2023-12-11/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Management Skills,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231214
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Excel Advanced
DESCRIPTION:The Microsoft Excel Advanced training course is available at the Edinburgh Pitman Training Centre. \nFor individuals who are already using Excel to an advanced level. This course will teach you how to use excel to analyse\, collaborate and validate data. These tools are extremely useful for auditing and streamlining your workflow. \n\n\n\n\nIn this course you will learn how to create\, convert and share documents through the universal Acrobat PDF format to produce interactive\, media rich and secure publications for Print or Web. \nThis course is designed for people who are collating documents with multiple contributors or publishing to a variety of mediums.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/excel-advanced-7-2/2023-12-13/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Excel Advanced,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231214
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:PowerPoint Intermediate/ Advanced
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are already using PowerPoint to an introductory level. This course will streamline and perfect their PowerPoint skills by teaching the more advanced features available in the package. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \nMaster Slides \n\nCreating Master Slides\nFormatting Masters\nHand-Out Masters\nHeaders & Footers\nPage Numbering\n\nCustom & Auto Timings \n\nCreate Custom Shows\nInk Annotations when running slides\nSet Options for Custom Shows\nRunning Custom Shows\nCreate an Agenda Slide\nRehearse Timings\nLoop Continuously\nSetting up Presenters View\nUsing Online Video\n\n\n\nInsert Data \n\nInsert Sound Files\nInsert Video Clips\nWorking with Sound & Video\nCreating Hyperlinks\nEmbed Objects\n\nOther \n\nAdd Multiple Effects\nMotion Paths\nRe-Using Slides Screenshots\nInsert Objects\nNew Animation\nNew Transition\nReading View\n\n\n\n\n\nDuration: 1 Day \nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 2 half day sessions.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/powerpoint-intermediate-advanced-2-2/2023-12-13/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Powerpoint Advanced,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231215
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Word Advanced
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are already using Word to an Intermediate level. This course will streamline and perfect your Word skills by teaching the advanced features available in the Word package. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \nMail Merge \n\nCreating Mail Merge\nMerge Envelopes & Labels\nCreating Data Sources\nEditing Data Sources\n\nTracking \n\nTracking Changes\nAccept/Reject Options\nViewing Track Changes\nCompare Document Versions\n\nForms \n\nCreating User Forms\nSave and Protect Forms\nEditing Forms\nCreate Drop Lists\n\n\n\nUtilities \n\nCreating Foot & Endnotes\nCreating Front Cover Pages\nCreate an Index\nCaptions\nCollaborating with other Documents\nCross-reference\nRecording Macros\nEdit and Remove Macros\nEmbedding Objects\nOnline Video\nDesign Themes\nBackstage Features\n\nDuration: 1 Day \n\n\n\n\nWe now deliver this workshop in shorter sessions over a virtual classroom – delivered live from our tutor in 2 half day sessions.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/word-advanced-7-2/2023-12-14/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Seminar Courses,Word Advanced
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231220
DTSTAMP:20261027T105525
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SUMMARY:Project Management Principles
DESCRIPTION:Project Management is a discipline that has evolved in order to coordinate and control resources and activities to achieve specific goals and objectives. It involves decision making\, common sense\, organisation\, time management and assertiveness to deliver these goals and objectives within constraints – the primary ones being scope\, time and budget. \nCourse Overview: \nThis 2 day course is aimed at individuals who manage small projects\, along with their other everyday tasks and need a broad understanding of the principles of project management. The course provides an overview of project management and introduces areas where other\, more specific training may be beneficial. \nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nBy the end of the course you will be able to: \n\n\n\nIdentify the various stages of the Project Lifecycle\nUnderstand how projects start – the Business Case\nSet Objectives\nWrite a ‘Terms of Reference’ for a project\nRecognise the roles and responsibilities within a project\nUnderstand the role of the Project Manager when managing individuals and teams\nUnderstand the importance of a communication plan for a project\nPlan a project using project management techniques: Work Breakdown Structures\, Estimating\, Resource Loading\, Budgeting\nIdentify the critical path through a project\nUnderstand basic elements of risk analysis and management as well as change management\nUnderstand the importance of tracking project progress and project review\n\nDuration: 2 Day \n\n\n\nCourse Program:\nDay 1:\nCourse Introduction & Overview Project Management Overview: Definition of Project Management\nThe Project Lifecycle\nThe Devil’s Triangle\nHow Project’s Start – The Business Case Terms of Reference and the PID Setting SMART Objectives \nProject Teams:\nMatrix Management\nThe role of the Project Manager \nProject Manager – Skills & Attributes Team Selection & Team Building Project Communication:\nOral & Verbal Communication Project Meetings \nCommunication Plans and Projects Case Study – Part 1 \n\n\nDay 2: \nWork Breakdown Structure Estimating Task Durations\nThe Project Planning Process: Scheduling – PERT Charts Identifying the critical path Assigning Resources Calculating the Budget Gantt Chart Overview \nCase Study Part 2 \nRisk Analysis and Management: \nIdentification\, Assessment\, Tolerance and management \nTracking Progress Change Management Post Completion Review Course Summary & Close
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/project-management-principles-8-2/2023-12-18/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Project Management Principles,Seminar Courses
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