Meetings and Minutes

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Objectives: To understand what meetings are and why we have them. To understand the importance of an agenda. To identify the key elements of an agenda. To introduce different styles of note taking. To understand what minutes are and why we need them. To learn how to produce appropriate minutes of a meeting.  What you...

Assertiveness

Glasgow 3rd Floor, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Have you ever been in a situation, perhaps at a business meeting, where you wanted to say something but didn’t or couldn’t? Or perhaps you have lost your temper or got upset and regretted it afterwards? These are a couple of examples of where assertive communication would have helped. Assertion involves standing up for personal...

Meetings and Minutes

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Objectives: To understand what meetings are and why we have them. To understand the importance of an agenda. To identify the key elements of an agenda. To introduce different styles of note taking. To understand what minutes are and why we need them. To learn how to produce appropriate minutes of a meeting.  What you...

Better Business Writing

Glasgow 3rd Floor, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Most 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...

Time Management

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Are you frequently interrupted by your colleagues with questions about the job or requests for advice or decisions? Do you sometimes find yourself doing the job of one of your colleagues when they really ought to be doing it themselves? Do you work longer hours than those you work with or those you manage? Do...

Better Business Writing

Glasgow 3rd Floor, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Most 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...

Time Management

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Are you frequently interrupted by your colleagues with questions about the job or requests for advice or decisions? Do you sometimes find yourself doing the job of one of your colleagues when they really ought to be doing it themselves? Do you work longer hours than those you work with or those you manage? Do...

Pivot Tables Deep Dive Workshop

Glasgow 3rd Floor, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pivot Table in Excel is one of the most powerful features of the software. It allows you to analyse hundreds of rows with just a few clicks. In this ‘Deep Dive’ into the topic, we will devote the full day to exploring Pivot Tables and how they can be used for Data Analysis. We recommend...

Influencing Skills

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The aim of this course is to learn how to develop and apply the skills of influential communication. Objectives: To understand how we are influenced How to tailor your communications for different people and situations To communicate confidently and with purpose How to put across complex ideas in simple, understandable ways How to use non-verbal...

Pivot Tables Deep Dive Workshop

Glasgow 3rd Floor, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pivot Table in Excel is one of the most powerful features of the software. It allows you to analyse hundreds of rows with just a few clicks. In this ‘Deep Dive’ into the topic, we will devote the full day to exploring Pivot Tables and how they can be used for Data Analysis. We recommend...

Influencing Skills

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The aim of this course is to learn how to develop and apply the skills of influential communication. Objectives: To understand how we are influenced How to tailor your communications for different people and situations To communicate confidently and with purpose How to put across complex ideas in simple, understandable ways How to use non-verbal...

Leadership Skills

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

As you develop as a senior manager you need to start to think and handle yourself very differently. You are even less involved in the day to day delivery of the work. Your success depends on your ability to manage your managers as well as mentor and inspire others. Your people skills need more finesse...

Leadership Skills

Edinburgh 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

As you develop as a senior manager you need to start to think and handle yourself very differently. You are even less involved in the day to day delivery of the work. Your success depends on your ability to manage your managers as well as mentor and inspire others. Your people skills need more finesse...