Soft Skills Training in Johannesburg

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level office managers who wish to learn knowledge and skills in filing techniques and documentation management. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of effective filing systems.
• Learn techniques for managing and controlling both physical and electronic documents.
• Develop skills in creating, maintaining, and archiving records.
• Apply best practices for documentation management to improve organizational efficiency.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level professionals who wish to explore fundamental ethical theories, develop ethical decision-making skills, and understand the role of protocol in maintaining integrity and professionalism. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand fundamental ethical theories and principles.
• Develop skills for ethical decision-making.
• Recognize the significance of protocol in professional settings.
• Learn to navigate ethical dilemmas and conflicts of interest.
• Understand the role of ethics and protocol in different industries.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level leaders and managers who wish to enhance their communication skills through the Feedforward approach, focusing on providing forward-looking, growth-oriented feedback for effective team development. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the concept of Feedforward and its benefits over traditional feedback.
• Develop the skills to deliver future-focused, constructive input that promotes team growth.
• Learn techniques to build open dialogues and active listening for better team engagement.
• Foster a culture that supports continuous improvement through Feedforward practices.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level sales and marketing professionals who wish to leverage neuroscience in their sales practices, ultimately leading to better customer interactions and increased sales success. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental principles of neuroscience relevant to sales.
• Learn how to apply neuroscience to improve sales techniques and customer interactions.
• Develop skills to create compelling sales pitches based on neuropsychological insights.
• Gain insights into customer behavior and decision-making processes.
• Enhance emotional intelligence and rapport-building skills.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at entry-level professionals or aspiring leaders who wish to understand the core concepts and practices of effective leadership.By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand what leadership is and how it differs from management.
• Identify and develop key leadership competencies and styles.
• Set meaningful goals and communicate them effectively.
• Build trust and influence others through effective communication.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at leaders and managers who wish to develop practical skills in servant leadership, foster team engagement, and create a culture of collaboration and trust. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles and philosophy of servant leadership.
• Develop key servant leadership skills, including empathy, active listening, and collaboration.
• Apply servant leadership practices to enhance team performance and motivation.
• Build a culture of trust and empowerment within their organization.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at executive-level and senior professionals who wish to gain deeper insights into their leadership styles, leverage Korn Ferry Leadership Assessments, and develop actionable strategies for leadership adaptability and team performance. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Analyze their organization context and its influence on leadership effectiveness.
• Assess the range of leadership styles being utilized and their impact.
• Evaluate how leadership approaches affect team engagement, dynamics, and performance.
• Apply feedback from leadership assessments to identify strengths and areas for growth.
• Utilize a causal model to explore leadership behaviors and their direct impact on workplace climate.
• Develop actionable strategies to enhance leadership adaptability and team performance.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level product managers who wish to learn to align strategic goals with operational projects, while mastering leadership techniques to effectively lead cross-functional teams. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Strengthen leadership and decision-making capabilities.
• Enhance strategic planning and execution skills.
• Build project management expertise for effective project delivery.
• Develop skills specific to product ownership, focused on banking and financial sector projects.
• Learn to balance strategic objectives with operational project goals.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals and managers who wish to enhance their critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities in personal and professional contexts. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify biases and logical fallacies in reasoning.
• Apply critical thinking techniques to real-world scenarios.
• Improve decision-making processes through structured analysis.
• Enhance problem-solving strategies for complex situations.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level leaders and HR professionals who wish to learn and apply Design Thinking methodologies to foster innovation, enhance problem-solving capabilities, and engage teams effectively. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Equip participants with tools and methodologies to foster innovation and team engagement.
• Develop skills in empathy mapping, ideation, and prototyping for solving complex challenges.
• Apply Design Thinking principles to leadership and HR scenarios.
• Promote a culture of innovation within tech teams.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at team leaders and members who wish to use PRISM Brain Mapping to discover the strengths, needs, and motivators of team members and learn how to manage diversity more effectively. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Obtain a strengthened understanding among team members through better knowledge of their behavior preferences and communication, strengths, needs, and work motivators.
• Discovery of team strengths and how to utilize them to increase efficiency in achieving goals.
• Find solutions to cooperation challenges, enabling the team to work more effectively.
• Increase job satisfaction for team members through analysis of how each can better utilize their strengths, and potential, and minimize stress factors at work.
• Have more effective diversity management in the team and better task alignment to people through discovering team members' strengths, preferences, and motivators and discussing individual employee reports.
• Have a better understanding of the management style of the leader through discovering their leadership profile and its impact on the team.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level managers who wish to apply Enneagram insights to enhance leadership skills, improve team dynamics, and drive organizational success. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain a solid foundation in the Enneagram system, including the nine personality types, wings, levels of development, and centers of intelligence.
• Use the Enneagram to explore and identify personality type, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for growth.
• Better understand team members, improve communication, resolve conflicts, and foster a collaborative team environment.
• Align team and organizational goals, manage change effectively, and cultivate an innovative and adaptive organizational culture.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at trainers, consultants, leaders, and communicators in any field who wish to efficiently and effectively facilitate web conferences using different virtual platforms. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn how to facilitate online meetings for remote participants effectively.
• Create a safe and engaging virtual environment for web conferences by setting the right tone and mindset.
• Manage online meetings more efficiently by choosing a suitable platform and getting comfortable with the technology.
• Keep participants engaged by stimulating online conversations.
• Build deeper connections with participants and other practitioners to learn collectively and gain valuable insights.

This instructor-led, live workshop in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at business professionals who wish to integrate mindfulness into their work environment to boost productivity, leadership, and well-being.By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the science and principles behind mindfulness.
• Develop self-awareness to enhance decision-making and leadership skills.
• Improve concentration, productivity, and emotional intelligence.
• Manage workplace stress, uncertainty, and high-pressure situations.
• Foster a positive and collaborative work culture.
• Apply mindfulness techniques to enhance creativity and problem-solving.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level HR professionals and team leaders who wish to develop effective reskilling and upskilling strategies to prepare their workforce for the evolving demands of the technology sector. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn the tools and strategies to identify skills gaps and design impactful reskilling and upskilling initiatives.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning to adapt to the rapid changes in the technology sector.
• Implement effective measurement and feedback mechanisms to ensure ongoing program alignment and success.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level commercial management professionals who wish to strengthen their interpersonal and decision-making skills for improved business outcomes. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Enhance customer interactions through anticipation, assertive communication, and market knowledge.
• Strengthen teamwork, adaptability, and problem-solving skills.
• Develop effective decision-making, disciplined execution, and delegation techniques.
• Improve negotiation, innovation, and change management skills.

Purpose of the course: For management: team leaders, managers are beginning their career paths and high-potential employees are selected for development. Training is also a prelude to the development of individual leadership roles and human resource management. Benefits of completion of the course: Increase the efficiency of team management, effective decision making related to managerial functions, appropriate selection of leadership style to the team situation, business growth, strengthen conflict resolution skills, gain time management skills. Training method: short thematic lectures, individual exercises, simulations, case studies, role plays

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at individuals of all levels who wish to learn and apply the principles and techniques of self time management. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify and overcome the main barriers and challenges to effective self time management.
• Set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) goals and align them with their values and vision.
• Prioritize and schedule their tasks and activities using various tools and methods such as the Pareto principle, the ABC analysis, the Eisenhower matrix, and the Parkinson's law.
• Monitor and track their time usage and identify and eliminate their time wasters and distractions.
• Delegate and assign tasks appropriately and communicate clearly and assertively with others.
• Manage their emotions and stress levels in times of uncertainty and pressure.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is part of the Data Scientist skill set (Domain: Advisory & Leadership) and is aimed at professionals who wish to build impactful communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills to thrive in data science or analytics teams.By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply structured problem-solving and root cause analysis techniques.
• Communicate insights effectively through impactful storytelling and visualization.
• Lead change initiatives and influence stakeholders with confidence.
• Manage data-related projects using a clear and practical framework.

The 2-days workshop attempts to equip technical and administrative professionals with the analytical and creative thinking competencies. In general, participants will sharpen their left-brain and right-brain thinking skills, and learn to apply them in various work related situations. Participants will many be familiarized with many proven techniques and tools that could be used to analyze, correlate, justify, and conclude information.

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Outcomes: By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the business drivers for change
• Know the best time to make changes
• Know how to prepare the organization for change
• Understand the psychology of change, what motivates people, how they will react to change and how to manage those reactions
• Be able to manage both the corporate and national cultural aspects of change
• Be able to produce stakeholder value through change
• Be able to apply a range of analytical tools to assist at each stage in change
• Know how to communicate change effectively

Audience Staff who need to be fully prepared to deliver high quality Coaching sessions

• To individual members of their own staff
• To their teams
• To individuals who are not directly connected to their own teams but who would value their independent – and non-judgemental - input

Format of the course A combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Delegate Coaching sessions – with full feedback

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Define “Coaching” and explain in detail the use of Coaching to improve individual and team performance – particularly relating its use to understanding the reasons behind (and rectifying) under-performance
• Deliver meaningful Coaching Sessions

Course has been prepared as an interactive one. The participants activity takes over 80% of course time. Each session goes according to a similar dynamic, based on a method taking upon consideration Kolb’s cycle of learning: exercise opening for a new habit (consciousness building); short lectures about the techniques (knowledge) and new techniques to practice (skills and experience). After each session is completed, the participants will receive all the info related to the session. There are short lectures concluding practical issues and explaining the basic psychological mechanisms realted with participants' work experience.

Audience Staff who need to be fully aware of the issues surrounding Communicating and Influencing:

• Their colleagues
• Their bosses
• Their internal and external customers and stakeholders

Format of the course The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and Case Studies

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage their own behaviour before they can influence others’ behaviour
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various communications media available
• Manage their internal and external customers and stakeholders
• Explain how to deal with the difficult situations they may encounter in the office

The 5-day DesignThinkers Global Bootcamp provides a unique opportunity to learn from internationally recognized and highly experienced Service Design & Design Thinking practitioners. Under the guidance of our seasoned facilitators, familiarize yourself with the divergent/convergent model of the Double Diamond, and solidify your new Design Thinking mindset by practicing on a real-life project.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop a stronger idea on the different approaches towards contemporary delivery of learning.
• Able to link the current delivery to new and fresh approaches in learning delivery.
• Devise an adaptive and proactive curriculum that would maximize digitization and all its benefits.
• Lead the organization in the application of digital transformation towards learning

Format of the Course

• Instructor Led Training through Online Delivery
• Interactive Planning with Outputs
• Digital Icebreakers
• Course Works

Delegating tasks and motivating employees are key skills for effective team management. It involves understanding employees' competences, clearly defining expectations while at the same time trusting and delegating responsibility. Regularly check progress and offer constructive feedback to motivate employees: Recognize achievements: Publicly and privately recognizing employee successes strengthens motivation to continue working. Involving employees in decision-making processes gives them a sense of an important role in the company. An organizational culture that promotes respect, support and work-life balance motivates employees to perform better. Act in line with the values and expectations you set for your employees to inspire them to take action. Effective delegation of tasks and motivating employees requires flexibility, empathy and constant adaptation to the team's needs. Employee support, understanding their motivation and skill development are key elements of success in this area.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at teams who wish to assess, manage, and evaluate individual and team EQ. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Measure individual EQ to understand how to interact better with their colleagues.
• Understand other people's emotions and behavioral styles to improve relationships with teammates.
• Use emotional intelligence to form a positive and productive work environment.
• Use emotional intelligence to handle change and conflict at work.

The Finance for Non-Finance Managers training is a highly sought-after program designed for professionals seeking a practical understanding of finance. This interactive 1-day training provides a comprehensive overview of key finance areas, supplemented by a course guide-book and numerous worked examples to facilitate learning. Upon completion, participants will receive a course completion certificate.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at stressed individuals who wish to deal with their stress effectively and achieve a calmer, clearer and more energetic state in daily life. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the two types of stress: distress and eustress.
• Articulate your personal indicators and relievers of stress.
• Create a plan with specific routines to enhance calm, clarity and energy, while minimzing stress accumulated in the day.
• Shift negative emotions and boost positive ones using proven techniques.
• Deal with stress-causing. disempowering beliefs around work, life, and relationships.

This course provides an introduction to the skills of influencing others and negotiating. It covers the processes and techniques to positively influence those around you and leads on to cover negotiating in the workplace. Course Benefits By the end of the program, participants will be able to: Explain the key principles of influencing Identify situations at work to apply influencing techniques  Negotiate with confidence Apply the win-win principle to negotiations Prepare and deliver negotiations through a stepped process Who Should Attend This course is an introduction suitable for anyone whose role involves negotiation, this could include: management, sales, marketing, business development and customer care.

The Ishikawa Diagram, also known as the fishbone diagram or cause-and-effect diagram, is a tool created by Kaoru Ishikawa. It is used to visually depict the potential causes of a specific event or problem, facilitating the analysis of the factors that might contribute to a particular issue. The diagram resembles the skeleton of a fish, hence the name "fishbone," and is used to identify and organize the causes of an issue systematically. It is particularly useful in product development and quality management processes, where identifying the root causes of problems is crucial. The Ishikawa Diagram helps teams brainstorm and categorize causes, such as methods, machinery, materials, manpower, and environment, to find the root cause of a quality or performance proble​m

Cultural differences can have a significant impact on teamwork. Different cultures may prefer different communication styles, such as direct, indirect, expressive, or more evasive. This may lead to differences in the interpretation of messages. Gestures, tone of voice, and words used can have different meanings in different cultures. Something that is acceptable in one culture may be offensive in another. Different cultures may have different approaches to hierarchy in the workplace. Some cultures may be more hierarchical, where decisions are made by people higher up in the hierarchy. Cultures differ in their approach to working time and deadlines. Some cultures may value punctuality more, while others may be more flexible. Different cultures may have different approaches to conflict. Some cultures may avoid confrontation, while others may prefer open conflict resolution. In some cultures, decisions are made after consultation and team discussions, while in others decisions are made by a single leader. Different cultures have different perceptions and approaches to diversity. It is important to build awareness and respect for cultural differences in the workplace. In teamwork, it is crucial to understand and respect cultural differences. Building an atmosphere of open communication, respect and flexibility in accepting diversity can help manage cultural differences and create an effective work environment. This also opens the door to benefiting from diversity through diverse perspectives and ideas.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering leaders and engineers who wish to analyze, manage, and develop their leadership skills. By the end of this training, participants will be able to leverage strengths, apply values, manage stress, solve problems, and build a development plan to be an effective engineering leader.

There are many different styles of IT leadership, including servant leadership and paternalistic leadership. Examples of important leadership skills include soft (interpersonal) skills, hard skills and the ability to inspire employees to leverage IT to improve processes. This course designed for Information Technology managers looking to develop their IT leadership skills.  It is a highly practical course, focusing on the leadership skills that have the biggest impact on business performance and career success. 

This training will help you to develop your leadership skills to lead others in times of crisis, pressure and stress. You will obtain the latest insights into what makes a leader able to manage themselves and others during times of crisis. The best way of dealing with a crisis is to avoid one in the first place. But if crises are inevitable due to a growing number of factors then your organization needs to identify their vulnerabilities and map out possible crisis scenarios. By applying these skills to the tasks and challenges you face in your work, you will begin to experience breakthroughs you never thought possible.

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

1. Acquire an understanding of  self-mastery as a foundation for inspiring leaders
2. Strengthen and sustain their execution capabilities and contribute to the creation of a high performance culture
3. Lead cultural transformation and change processes in their respective areas of influence using emotional intelligence and change management tools

Methodology:

1. Lecture
2. Workshops
3. Video showing
4. Role playing

Maintaining a high level of productivity in today's successful businesses takes work and continuous learning in a variety of management skills and techniques. To be successful in daily work tasks, knowledge and skills in management techniques must be learned, practiced, and implemented. People in all types of organizations find themselves needing to find more productive methods of planning work and tasks, setting appropriate goals, using good interpersonal skills, and using effective means of making decisions. A focus on using productive practices allows for effective and efficient management of work and making changes in the organization. Objectives

• Use simple frameworks for planning, including allocating and managing priorities, scheduling work, working proactively and reactively and project planning
• Learn leadership techniques to do work planning and establish priorities
• Learn management techniques to plan, establish priorities and set and maintain goals
• Understand and develop the skills necessary to get assigned work completed on time.
• Use basic planning project tools to plan a work strategy
• Set goals and targets effectively and efficiently
• Learn how to establish and maintain task deadlines
• Understand the characteristics of colleagues who assist in our work assignments
• Develop positive interpersonal techniques for better management of our work
• Learn how to plan work balancing the constraints of time, cost, scope and quality
• Understand the role of stakeholders in a project and learn techniques of stakeholder management
• Develop techniques to deal with organizational change, including delegation and empowerment
• Develop communication and human interaction skills with others
• Understand and develop skills necessary to set goals in a strategic and organizational context
• Consider methods of improving decision-making
• Understand how delegation can be used in the setting of goals and planning
• Identify decision-making processes and how they impact on organizations
• Develop the ability to make higher quality decisions as individuals and teams
• Build and maintain effective and efficient planning procedures and processes
• Integrate planning management functions into the overall mission of the organization
• Develop skills for leaders which will raise their capability, skill and morale
• Improve preparedness to deal with task and work contingencies
• Improve performance in setting and completing work objectives
• Allow teams and leaders to better meet challenges of dynamic, constant change
• Establish organizational and personal decision-making capabilities

This Mentoring training course will help to fill the gap and deliver guidelines that are useful for anyone in a mentoring relationship.

This workshop is a practical program implementing the principles of coordinating business meetings. Adult learning methodology of learning is used in this program. It is facilitated with interactive exercises and powerful presentations.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at managers and executives who wish to implement the right tools, skills, and methodologies to manage remote teams. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explore remote leadership, structures, and components to successfully adapt a remote work setup.
• Develop trust, goals, culture, and teamwork to create an effective and productive remote team.
• Use existing tools and technologies to improve virtual communication and collaboration.
• Implement goal setting and project management methods to measure the performance of a remote team.

The training is intended for managers, HR specialists and everyone who is responsible for conducting appraisal interviews with employees. Thanks to participation in the training, Managers: - they will appreciate the importance of assessing employees, - they will learn to use the grading system to build motivation and commitment, - will be perceived as fair assessors, - learn to have difficult conversations with employees, - learn what standards of behavior they should present during evaluation interviews, - they will learn about their strengths and weaknesses in communication and receive tools for improvement, - they will increase their sense of self-confidence in contacts with subordinates and in difficult situations.

Audience Managers, Team Leaders and staff members who feel that:

• They are attending too many meetings
• Their time is being “stolen” by other people
• They cannot get to the bottom of their day’s work because of a lack of planning, foresight or prioritisation

Format of the course The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and Case Studies

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage meetings effectively – respecting the time pressures of those whom they invite to meetings
• Follow the standard processes for calling, managing and preparing the output of meetings
• Appreciate more widely some of the ways of managing themselves and their time more efficiently: to work smarter not harder…

Overview This 5-day course will help delegates develop their strategic thinking, planning and management skills, including the tactical and operational requirements for successful implementation in a high-stakes environment. The course will deal with the tough issues of conflict management, managing change, what makes a good leader and how to motivate a team. Using interactive case studies as well as sector examples, delegates will be encouraged to share experiences and challenges to help build practical and work focused solutions which they can take back and actually use. The core objective of the programme is to equip executives with the skills to scan the business environment to uncover profitable business opportunities as well as develop strategies for gaining competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive business environment. Amongst others, the programme will also provide insight on leadership the best practices and behaviors that will strengthen the capacity of executives to handle the complexities and uncertainties of managing a high performance organisation. Learning Objectives After attending this course, delegates will be able to:

• Describe the main problems that are faced by an organisation;
• Explain the various approaches to organisational development planning;
• Analyse the current business environment and influences affecting the organisation;
• Analyse resources within and external to the organisation;
• Explain the various approaches to managing strategy and it place in the business plan;
• Evaluate the alternative development strategies so as to recommend the one(s) most suited to the needs of the firm.
• Apply a deeper understanding of strategic development plans;
• Discuss objectively the risks, benefits and costs that accompany the implementation of the new strategy including managing conflict in a team;
• Define approaches to managing the identified risks;
• Analyse the potential impacts on his or her firm (both positive and negative) that will result from implementing the new strategy;
• Design policies, systems and processes to successfully implement the emergent strategic plans;
• Cover the key steps in change management

Who Should Attend

• Product/Service Managers
• Newly appointed as well as established Managers and Team Leaders
• Heads of Operations
• Senior Bank Managers
• Human Resource Managers
• Operations Managers
• Marketing Managers

Methodology
The course consists of facilitated workshops, supplemented by case studies drawn from a combination of published real life examples and/or practical experience. There will also be opportunities for attendees to work in small groups to synthesise ideas and strategies and to apply the material in the context of their own organisations/departments. Open forum discussions will also be a key element.

The aim of the training will be to review and improve the competencies necessary to achieve business goals, both in terms of individual and team work, especially through the participants' acquisition of skills such as: - Building an effective style of communicating with others - Practical diagnosis of communication barriers and techniques for actively preventing their occurrence - The ability to effectively exert influence and persuasion - Changing one's own attitudes and modeling constructive behavior (e.g. assertive attitude)

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level professionals who wish to understand stress dynamics, learn practical strategies to manage stress, and implement techniques to enhance well-being in the workplace. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify personal and workplace stressors.
• Distinguish between productive and negative stress.
• Apply practical techniques to reduce and manage stress.
• Develop resilience through empowerment exercises.

This course is suitable for all levels of employee whose working patterns and processes would be improved with time management knowledge and some relevant time management tools. This also applies to team leaders and managers who are responsible for setting tasks and deadlines for a group of employees, enabling them to prioritise and set achievable deadlines.

This instructor-led, live training in Johannesburg (online or onsite) is aimed at females who wish to learn about the roles and expectation of women in leadership. Through a variety of exercises and discussions, participants will strengthen their confidence and develop essential management and business skills as a leader on their path to becoming role models in their organizations. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of female leaders in organizations.
• Develop a leadership mindset.
• Demonstrate leadership in team management and decision making.

This 1-1 live training (online) in Johannesburg is aimed at everyone who wish to get more structure and productivity in their job. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Get more in life.
• Control their time.
• Get their focus back.
• Plan their week effectively.
• Know how to deal with stress.

Program Overview As the target group is middle and senior management, they are certain to have experience in negotiation. Our aim is to develop more complex approaches that will allow us to become more effective negotiators. This course will build on the knowledge that participants already have to develop them further as stronger and more experienced negotiators. The win-win approach focuses on finding ways to help both sides feel successful, rather than just focusing on getting what we want. This methodology helps to form long-term relationships and partnerships – with clients, suppliers and within our own organization - and creates a positive basis for future negotiations. There is no point crushing the other party in a negotiation only to find that you need to work with this organization again. The result of such a scenario is that future business will be difficult to secure. We want to enable senior management to use their own strengths and personal experiences, further develop their natural skills, and to use a framework that really works. You will learn to approach every negotiation with a plan and the knowledge and confidence that you will be able to achieve your goals. The course is very interactive and engaging and you will learn negotiation from some of the best business schools in the world. Learning Outcomes: Following the training course, participants will be able to:

• Conduct a factual negotiation and achieve a positive outcome.
• Contribute to planning negotiations, for example to leave room for compromise with the other party to achieve a favourable outcome.
• Set negotiating goals and BATNA.
• Understand emotional intelligence and non-verbal communication and its importance.
• Know when to negotiate and when to walk away.
• Learn techniques to become more persuasive.
• Seek to find common ground with your negotiation partner.
• Use empathy to see their point and how to resolve problems.
• Learn behaviors styles to help you gain an advantage.
• Know the difference between interests and issues.
• Be aware of dirty tricks and combat manipulative techniques.
• Minimize and resolve conflict.
• How to negotiate effectively with different personality styles and types.
• Learn the four steps in the negotiation process.
• Discover various bargaining techniques and strategies to create options for win win gain and move negotiations from bargaining to closing.

Upon completion, participants will know how to negotiate effectively and solidify business relationships going forward.  Format of the Course

• The course methodology involves structured discussion, brainstorming, analysis, problem-solving, role-plays and simulations, presentations and case studies.
• Participants are actively involved at all stages.