Management Development

"Our managers all achieved the Level 3 Award in First Line Management, and have contributed to the growth and success of our business. Many of them have shown their capability to take on bigger and wider responsibility since the training"

Craig Thomson, Contract Director, Serco Civil Government

Good managers are the difference between a well run company that achieves its objectives and a poor one that doesn’t. Effective management of a company, department or project requires a complete toolkit of skills. Summerhill Consulting can design tailor-made Management Development programmes specifically to meet your needs and give your managers the tools they need.

We offer the much sought after management qualifications from the Institute of Leadership and Management:

The level 3 Award in First Line Management in the form of 10 modules selected to meet the needs of your business over 5 one day events.
Workplace coaching at level 3 over 3 days which we can deliver to suit your needs. Click to download more information.

We design and run a range of Management Skills courses which provide the basic skills underlying management competence. These include:

Time Management which can be run as a day or half day event.
Enhancing Personal Effectiveness, which can include influencing skills, conflict resolution, team behaviours, and Transactional Analysis (TA) in addition to standard management competences. Click to download more information

We also have accredited trainers who can deliver Positive Power & Influence, the world renowned successful Influencing Skills programme.

We support Business Managers and HR professionals with consulting in management development such as:

Talent management.
Management development strategy.
Succession planning.
Training needs analysis.
Advice on performance issues.

With Summerhill’s Management training you and your managers gain:

Knowledge of management tools, techniques and skills.
The ability to be an effective manager of tasks, teams and individuals.
Better performance for themselves and their team through improved time and people management skills.

We offer a free consultation on the management requirements in your business in which we advise on options for management development.

In this work we use some well established tools and techniques to help our clients gain insight and self awareness. These include:

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