Duration: 8 hours (including breaks) | Format: In-person / In-house / Online / Hybrid Certification: Course Completion Certification | Credits: 8 CEUs/CPDs/PDUs

Overview

Effective managers are those that take ownership of their personal development and are able to set goals and targets that will improve their competence and ability to exceed in the role.This training course will help your managers focus on learning opportunities, giving them a clear idea of where they are now and where they want to be in the future. It will help encourage managers to see their own development as a life long commitment to improvement through formal and informal learning activities. The main is to help managers improve their knowledge, skills and awareness, and help them develop talents and potential.These training course materials provide everything required to help your managers focus on personal development. Helping them to enhance their skills and become better leaders.

What changes you will take back home after an 8-hour experience!
You leave with:

By the end of this Self Development for Managers training course, your participants will be able to:

Describe the philosophy of self-development
Describe the skills, qualities, and functions of managers
Assess your self-development needs
Recognise how to develop key skills and qualities
Set goals and create a self-development plan
Recognize the habits and behaviors of highly effective managers.
Improve emotional intelligence and its application in leadership situations.
Strengthen self-confidence and professional presence.
Enhance communication and interpersonal skills.
Develop effective decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.

Agenda:
1. Introduction, Objectives and Expectations

An introduction to the subject, an opportunity to review the course objectives and identify any personal objectives and expectations of the group. Includes a review of participants personal learning experiences.

2. The Philosophy of Self-Development

Understanding the philosophy of self-development and the importance of seeing it as an opportunity for continuous development.

3. Skills for Successful Management

Exploring the key skills that successful managers possess. Identifying what managers actually do and the main functions of their role and then breaking this down into key tasks and the knowledge and skills that must be developed to be able to meet these tasks.

4. Assessing Your Self-Development Needs

Establishing where they are and where they want to be. Using a series of tools to identify areas for self-development. Includes practice and review.

5. Expanding Your Knowledge

Reviewing the difference between organisational knowledge and professional knowledge and the four sub-categories of each (Tacit, Explicit, Generalist, Specialist). Exploring ways of expanding this knowledge.

6. Learning from Others
Identifying key people that can help support participants with their learning.

7. Decision Making

One of the most important skills of a manager, this session helps provide participants with a process for decision making that they can apply to their personal requirements.

8. Power Sources

Identifying the different power sources within the business and how this impacts them personally.

9. Emotional Awareness

Practicing being more aware of personal feelings and those of others. Putting the participants in a stronger position to build interpersonal relationships.

10. Giving and Receiving Feedback

Good feedback skills will help managers do their job more effectively. Exploring a common approach to giving feedback – the SBI Model. This stands for Situation, Behaviour, Impact.

11. Business Models

Reviewing a series of common business models used to develop personal skills and those of our employees.

12. Setting Goals for Development

Creating areas for personal development and setting clear goals for self-improvement towards them.

13. Summary and Action Planning

Reinforcing the learning by creating actions for the workplace and further development.

Training Methodology

This program includes:

Interactive facilitator-led discussions
Real-world workplace examples
Group activities and role-plays
Scenario-based learning
Self-assessment exercises
Practical application techniques
Reflection and action planning

Note: The training schedule includes two 15-minute coffee breaks and one 30-minute lunch break

Prerequisites:

None

Technical Requirements:

For In-house training:

Projector, Screen or TV
HDMI cable
Notebook, Pen
Internet
Laptop or tablet

Enquire now at info@wisdomhubglobal.com for scheduling details and group discounts.

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Contact the host of Self Development for Managers® 1 Day Training in Darwin, NT on Sep 28th, 2026