Our Courses

MAKING CHANGE EASIER,
FOR PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS

What

Topics are you focusing on?

Whether you would like to develop individuals or teams, to bring about results or inspire change, we have a module to suit your needs.
For convenience, we split them in 4 sets

Our

Courses

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Collaboration
Results
Change
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How to be an effective manager
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How to be a situational leader
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How to develop people (& yourself)
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How to energize people (& yourself)
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How to build and maintain teams
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How to manage conflict & difficult situations
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How to build great customer relationships
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How to influence & engage your stakeholders
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How to solve problems, creatively
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How to manage performance
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How to make effective decisions
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How to negotiate effectively
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How to manage change
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How to build your leadership agility
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How to be a mindful leader
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How to be resilient
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How to be an

Effective manager

Suitable for new managers with some experience or those with little formal management
training who are seeking an introduction to management techniques

What will I learn?

What to expect during your transition from individual contributor to new manager

What are the differences between an individual contributor and a manager

How to manage the dynamics behind power & influence

How to adjust your managerial style to meet your team's or department's performance needs

How to build well-functioning teams

How to cope with the stresses and emotions of becoming a manager

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to be a

Situational Leader

Are you aware of the impact that your leadership style has on others?
Is your style the most appropriate to motivate and enable your staff to work effectively?

What will I learn?

What is your “natural” leadership style

How to diagnose the development level of your team members

How to match your leadership style to the situation

How to direct

How to coach

How to support

How to delegate

What is the Authenticity Paradox

How to practice

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

DEVELOP PEOPLE (& YOURSELF)

If you manage others and are responsible for their development in the workplace
, this course will help you unlock their potential

What will I learn?

What is your dominant learning style

What are your career anchors

What is your psychometric profile

What is your Johari window & how to use it

How to understand and and make good use of the learning cycle

How to use the D.E.V.E.L.O.P.M.E.N..T. model

When to coach, when to mentor, when to counsel, when to train

How to receive and give feedback

How to coach using O.R.A.C.L.E.

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

ENERGIZE PEOPLE (& YOURSELF)

Suitable for people managers who wish to manage their team’s motivation
to ensure high morale and high quality performance

What will I learn?

What motivates people

How to adapt your approach and harness the motivation profiles of your team members

When and how to use extrinsic and intrinsic motivational tools

How to make sense of the various motivation models and put them in practical use

What is your boredom profile

How to energise yourself and the people around you

How engaging are you and how you can create a happy workplace

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

Build and maintain teams

Is this for me? Designed for people managers who are looking to provide
leadership to their team and ensure maximum effort, commitment and motivation in the achievement of their goals

What will I learn?

How to diagnose common problems that can impede team progress

How to take corrective actions to remove team problems

How to resolve team conflicts

How to promote interdependence in teams

How to Improve your team leadership skills

How to create the foundation to ensure success in working with a virtual team

How to build and coach a virtual community that promotes collaboration

How to use technology effectively

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

Manage conflict &
difficult situations

If you are looking to develop a more confident approach when dealing with conflict and difficult
situations, this course will give you the tools you need.

What will I learn?

How to decide which types of situations are worth investing time and energy to resolve

How to overcome barriers to action

How to identify the interpersonal differences that trigger difficult interactions

How to productively discuss the emotions that difficult interactions can raise

How to design solutions that satisfy your and the other party's key interests and concerns

How to coach your direct reports to help them learn to resolve difficult interactions

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

Build great customer relationships

This module discusses the tools that help us manage interactions throughout the customer lifecycle, with the
goal of increasing customer retention and driving growth

What will I learn?

How to engage the ‘professional brain’ instead of the emotional, reactive brain

How to manage difficult situations using a variety of frameworks

How to say no when you can’t say yes

How to give unwelcome news

How to handle criticism, put-downs, arrogance, persistence or patronizing behaviors

How to handle extreme and unacceptable behaviors

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

Influence and engage your stakeholders

This module is focused on using influence and persuasion and how to
use these effectively with stakeholders at all levels

What will I learn?

How to do your stakeholder mapping

What makes stakeholders tick

What are the personality preferences
Yours
Theirs

How to influence others. What influencing strategies to use and how

How to manage conversations with stakeholders

How to select communication channels to get your messages across

How to build the 3 networks you need

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

solve problems, creatively

If you are looking to find new and innovative ideas to problem solving,
this course will provide you the tools and techniques you need

What will I learn?

How not to solve the wrong problem

How to define desired outcomes

How to foster creativity and innovation

How to establish critical thinking

How to generate options for solving the problem.

How will ideas be developed

How to evaluate options and make choices

How to take action.

How to review success

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

manage performance

Suitable for people managers who have performance coach responsibilities (evaluating and managing others’ work) and
need to help people achieve their potential

What will I learn?

How to manage your high performers
70 questions to build high performance
4 demands of high performance coaching
Burnout & cultivating resilience

How to manage your solid contributors

How to manage your poor performers
Persistent problems
13 tools to deal with under-performance

How to manage team performance
Team resilience
Solution-focused teams

How to link with organizational performance

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

make effective decisions

Do we make effective decisions? The answer is usually no. Practicing the techniques of this module on a regular basis
will dramatically improve your decision-making ability

What will I learn?

How to create the context for making successful and ethical decisions.

How to mix advocacy/inquiry.

How to identify individual and collective biases.

How to assess the underlying issues. How to perform a root cause analysis.

How to generate alternatives. How to brainstorm.

How to evaluate alternatives

How to communicate and implement the final decision.

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

negotiate effectively

Is this for me? Suitable for those new to negotiating who are looking
to develop their skill and self-confidence for negotiations with customers, suppliers or colleagues

What will I learn?

What are the basic types of negotiation

What are the skills of a good negotiator

How to prepare to negotiate

How to present your position
Benefits of flexibility
Identifying behavioral styles
Responding to different styles

How to gain agreement
'Agreement' signals
Overcoming objections
Closing the negotiation

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

manage change

In this module, we outline the really important aspects of change and include many practical tools and tips to
help you lead and manage change successfully

What will I learn?

How to recognize the different types of change programs

How to prepare your unit or group to become change-ready

How to develop a systematic approach for creating and implementing change

How to adjust your communication throughout the phases of a change effort

How to understand and address people's reactions to change

How to take care of yourself during a change program

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

build your leadership agility

This module will help you respond quickly to constantly changing requirements and deliver benefits to the
business earlier and more efficiently

What will I learn?

How to make sense of the models of leadership style adaptation and put them in good practice

What is the outsight principle. How to act and think like a leader

How to redefine what you do, your network and yourself

How to avoid the usual traps: competency, narcissism, complacency, authenticity

How to break free from your ought-self

How to be be more playful with yourself

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

be a mindful leader

Is this for me? This module looks at the mindfulness of the leader as a role model and how this directly influences team behaviours
and in turn how they can boost their own mindfulness

What will I learn?

How to be present

How to be aware

How to be calm

How to be focused

How to be clear

How to be equanimous

How to be positive

How to be compassionate

How to be impeccable

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

How to

be resilient

Ideal for business professionals who would like to build their personal resilience and to manage and sustain
optimum levels of pressure at work

What will I learn?

How to understand your resilience personality profile and how to strengthen it

How to be mindful of you mind’s behavior

How to avoid your thinking traps

How to challenge your rate-limiting beliefs

How to silence your inner critic

How to reframe difficult situations

How to strengthen your adversity quotient and your positivity ratio

How to develop a positive outlook

How to stay the course

How to move on and grow stronger

Including

Self-assessments, reflection area

Quizzes, Scenarios, Assignments

Tales for Leaders

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