Why Choose Women in Management: Leading People and Driving Performance Training Course?
Successful managers translate organisational priorities into clear expectations, coordinated work and consistent results. This requires more than technical expertise: managers must delegate effectively, support employee development, address performance concerns and create an environment in which people understand their responsibilities. For women entering or progressing in management, establishing authority and developing a consistent management approach are important parts of this transition.
This Women in Management: Leading People and Driving Performance training course develops the practical skills women need to manage people and improve team performance. It explores the full management cycle, from setting objectives and allocating responsibilities to monitoring progress, providing feedback and recognising achievement. Participants will also examine how communication, motivation and fair decision-making affect employee engagement and everyday working relationships.
Using realistic management scenarios, participants will practise responding to common challenges such as competing priorities, unclear accountability, conflict and underperformance. The programme concludes with a team performance improvement plan that connects management practices to measurable workplace outcomes.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Translate organisational priorities into clear team objectives.
- Delegate work with appropriate authority and accountability.
- Adapt their management approach to individual development needs.
- Conduct effective feedback and performance conversations.
- Manage conflict, workload and team communication.
- Build a practical plan to improve team performance.
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Women in supervisory and management positions.
- Newly appointed managers and team leaders.
- Technical professionals moving into people management.
- Project managers with team coordination responsibilities.
- Women preparing to manage larger teams.
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Learning includes management case studies, delegation exercises, performance conversation role-play, group problem-solving and practical planning activities. Participants use workplace examples to develop tools they can apply with their teams.
The Course Content
- Understanding the responsibilities of an effective manager.
- Moving from individual contribution to managing others.
- Establishing credibility, consistency and professional boundaries.
- Assessing team strengths and development needs.
- Adapting management styles to different situations.
- Identifying priorities for improving management effectiveness.
- Translating organisational goals into team priorities.
- Setting clear objectives and performance expectations.
- Defining roles, responsibilities and decision authority.
- Delegating tasks with appropriate support and follow-up.
- Managing workloads, capacity and competing deadlines.
- Establishing productive meetings and communication routines.
- Understanding individual motivation and engagement.
- Building trust and encouraging employee participation.
- Using coaching questions to support problem-solving.
- Giving timely, specific and constructive feedback.
- Creating practical employee development plans.
- Recognising achievement and reinforcing effective behaviour.
- Monitoring progress using relevant performance indicators.
- Diagnosing the causes of underperformance.
- Conducting fair and evidence-based performance conversations.
- Agreeing improvement actions and follow-up arrangements.
- Managing team conflict and difficult working relationships.
- Documenting concerns and recognising when to involve HR.
- Encouraging ownership, accountability and collaboration.
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving team processes.
- Supporting teams through operational change.
- Managing pressure and maintaining realistic workloads.
- Reviewing results and adapting management practices.
- Developing a 90-day team performance improvement plan.
Certificate
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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