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1.  Receptionist/Secretary
2.  PA/Secretary
3.  Telephone Skills
4.  Office Administrator
5.  Administrative Assistant
6.  Short and Sharp Meetings
7.  Meeting Management: The Art of Making Meetings Work
8.  The Minute Taker’s Workshop
9.  Advanced PA
10. Business Writing
11. Business Writing that Works
12. Advanced Writing Skills
13. Writing Reports and Proposals
14. Presenting Yourself
15. Effective Communication
16. Interaction Satisfaction – People Skills
17. Business Etiquette
18. Customer Service
19. Professional Efficiency And Time Management
20. Sales Techniques and Processes
21. Successful sales
22. Dynamite Sales Presentations
23. Power Presentations
24. SpeakEasy: Conquering Your Fear of Speaking in Public
25. Public Speaking: Presentation Survival School
26. Speaking Under Pressure
27. 5 Steps to Professional Presence
28. 3sixT Leadership Challenge Program
29. Valuing Diversity
30. Diversity Training: Celebrating Diversity in the Workplace
31. Communication Strategies
32. Stress Management
33. Negotiating for Results
34. Creative Problem Solving
35. Career Management
36. Problem Solving and Decision Making
37. Train the Trainer
38. Facilitation Skills
39. Project Management
40. The ABC’s of Supervising Others
41. The Professional Supervisor
42. Human Resources Training for the Non-HR Manager
43. Hiring Smart: Behavioral Interviewing Techniques
44. Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
45. Performance Management: Managing Employee Performance
46. Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees off to a Good Start
47. Motivating Your Workforce
48. Business Ethics
49. Anger Management
50. Change Management: Change and How to Deal with It
51. Inventory Management: The Nuts and Bolts
52. Team Building: Developing High Performance Teams
53. Teamwork: Building Better Teams
54. Working Smarter
55. Workplace Harassment
56. Workplace Violence: How to Manage Anger and Violence in the Workplace
57. Safety in the Workplace
58. Coaching: A Leadership Skill
59. Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills
60. Become an Independent Image Consultant
61. Conflict Resolution
62. The Art of Delegating Effectively

WORKSHOP: 39) Project Management
COST: P.O.A, includes workbook
DESCRIPTION:

Module 1: Introduction to project

management
·  What is project management?
·  Project management
·  Project constraints
·  Understanding the nature of projects
·  The project of life cycle
·  Project identification

Module 2: The project initiation stage

Section 1
·  The project initiation stage
·  Identifying what has triggered your project
·  Project management roles
·  The project definition document
·  The project description
·  Determining project goals
·  Brainstorming and consultation: determine
   goals
·  Determining project specification
·  Determine project deliverables

Section 2
·  Determine project constraints
·  Determine project assumption
·  Presenting your business case
·  Speaking to the business need
·  Presenting the business case
·  Completing the project definition document

Module 3: The project planning stage

Section 1
·  The planning stage
·  Determine the scope of work
·  Scope management plan
·  The work breakdown structure (WBS)
·  Unique WBS identifiers
·  Determine deliverable –specific task list
·  Define task description

Section 2
·  Planning the time element
·  Time estimates
·  Time estimate –mathematical method, pert
·  Pert calculations
·  Buffer time
·  The project schedule
·  Project schedule charts
·  Updating project assumption & time
   constraints
·  Assigning resources and responsibility

Section 3
·  Planning the cost element
·  Resource identification
·  Cost estimation methods
·  Administration cost
·  Buffer cost

Section 4
·  Procurement plan
·  Human resources management
·  Project cost constraints and assumption

Section 5
·  Planning the quality element
·  Decision making and risk taking skills

Module 4: Team building for project

leaders
·  Team building
·  Leadership vs. Management
·  Responsibility of a team leader
·  Team building benefits
·  Team selection
·  Team communication
·  What is conflict resolution
·  Motivating teams
·  Coaching teams

Module 5: Motivation
·  Motivation
·  Desires and needs
·  Encouraging performance
·  Morale
·  Improving morale
·  Building loyalty in teams

Module 6: Implementing the project plan
·  Implementing the project plan
·  Implementing the procurement plan
·  Quality control and assurance measures
·  Business communication model
·  Performance tracking
·  Earned value analysis
·  Change management
·  Budgetary control measures
·  Implementation stage: project
    management areas

Module 7: The closing stage
·  Acceptance of deliveries
·  Releasing resources
·  Acceptance of contracts
·  Disassembling project team members
·  Project documentation
 
   
DURATION: 4 Days In house only


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