The Centre for Corporate Connections at Strathclyde Business School is launching a complimentary Taster Session Series for Strathclyde alumni, designed to provide Strathclyde graduates with the opportunity to enhance and develop a range of managerial skills. The selection of topics offered is based on our research of CEOs who identified these areas as fundamental for successful leadership in business, but often lacking in many middle and senior managers.
The series, delivered by our range of experts in their fields, will equip you with valuable skills to apply in your own business, enable you to engage with the wider Strathclyde Alumni network and experience our tailor-made executive education facilities.
The sessions are:
Project Management Skills to Enhance Competitiveness Webinars
When: Session 1, 24th June 9.30-11am & Session 2, 29th July 9.30-11am
Where: Webinar delivery
Who: Nick Wake
Effective project management can be the source of competitive advantage for organisations in every sector of the economy. Despite this, project management practice is often left to chance with little in the way of formal standards or procedures in place. These taster sessions provide an introduction to project management, explaining the essentials of how to take a set of requirements from concept to delivery using a structured methodology. Using the perspective of the project lifecycle, the webinar based sessions look at some of the essential elements of project management including planning and control and risk and stakeholder management. You will come away with effective practical tools and skills to improve; project management practice in your organisation.
Leadership – 10 Commandments of Leadership Success
When: 30th July 2-5pm
Where: Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow
Who: Ros Taylor
Ros Taylor shares the results of her research with 80 top CEOs from the FTSE 200 to discover what made them successful. She will reveal their 10 commandments for success and the secrets that kept them at the top. You can compare your top ten leadership skills with these high fliers or indeed identify any gaps! This interactive session will have you practising these skills before you leave as well as:
Leadership + Confidence
When: 5th August 2pm-5pm
Where: Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow
Who: Ros Taylor
'Confidence or the lack of it has been at the heart of every challenge I have seen in corporate life. That abrasive boss, the reticent colleague, the palpitations before a presentation, the reluctance to hire people better than you – they are all intimately bound up with confidence. The good news is that confidence is a learnable skill.' Ros Taylor
The Confident Leader explores the skills of confidence with actions to transform. It will cover:
Maximising Your Managerial Effectiveness
When: 11th August 11am - 2pm
Where: Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow
Who: Phyl Johnson
Are you an effective manager? Learn how to become a more effective manager in this three hour introductory session dedicated to equipping participants with a personalised toolkit which will support them in both their personal development and their managerial roles. Activities designed to explore key insights into our thinking, feeling and behaviour at work are aligned to identifying your next steps toward greater effectiveness. Leave with an action plan for increased effectiveness.
Unleashing Your Entrepreneurial Potential
When: 26th August 2014 11-2pm
Where: Strathclyde Business School
Who: Dr Paul Ferri
How to pitch new ideas to your employer and win:
Have you spotted an opportunity to develop a new product or service or a new market segment, or another way your employer can make more money? You may be close to a customer who says “I wish that…”. You may see your product/service working well in one place, but can see another application for it. Or, you may see a better way to change the business model, and make considerable cost savings. To take this forward you will need to think like a start-up. In this taster session you will gain an insight into how the entrepreneur approaches these opportunities – identifying the true customer need and the total addressable market; testing the business model; understanding the decision making unit of a potential customer and determining your competitive advantage. All done at pace with limited resource. However, instead of pitching the idea to investors you are pitching it to your senior team!
If any alumni are interested in any of the taster courses please email Terrianne Gillan.