Smiths Group - Learning & Development Platform

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Emotional Intelligence

Whilst skills and knowledge provide the technical requirements for job performance, it is individual's attitudes, beliefs and habits that predict superior performance such as leadership success, more effective teamwork, personal motivation and greater communication ability.

Emotional Intelligence is an umbrella term that captures this...

Participant Profile: You have already built up experience as a high performer, a people manager and as a leader and are now looking to enhance your impact, confidence and ability to influence and lead people effectively. You want to take this opportunity to review your personal style in different situations, and learn about a range of different approaches that are open to you to manage both yourself and your relationships with others more effectively.

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Finance for non Financial Managers

A highly interactive programme that enables participants to interpret financial information and understand how it is used in making business decisions. The UK programme consists of two 2 day residential workshops with pre, interim and post activities built in. The US programme consists of the same pre and post activity but the workshops are merged...

Participant Profile: You are a manager who would benefit from understanding the fundamentals of business finance and the financial implications of the decisions you make in terms of profit performance, generation and return on investment. You also wish to improve your understanding of the use of management accounting and the financial implications of corporate strategies such as outsourcing, lean programmes and continuous improvement models.

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The Mentoring Factor

Mentoring is recognised as an important development intervention that can be used to complement and support many different forms of learning. Mentoring is a partnership built on flexibility where the mentor and mentee both share a common purpose of developing a strong two way relationship. The primary focus of the relationship is on the...

Participant Profile: This programme ideally suits mentors who have been identified to support development programmes such as Horizons and The Emerging Leader, as well as individuals who are currently fulfilling an independent mentoring role.

The programme is also suitable for mentees who are in the process of or considering entering into or already in the process of contracting into a mentoring arrangement.

The design of the programme provides a development process in its own right for experienced leaders who may be considering becoming a mentor.

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Influencing & Stakeholder Management

The growth of matrix management structures, project-based working, globalisation and virtual teams places a high demand on executives to achieve commitment and co-operation through personal influence. For many years, there has been a trend away from 'command and control' to 'transformational leadership' which requires highly developed...

Participant Profile: You will already have had experience of 'managing the politics', 'getting key players on board' and 'creating alliances' and would now like to increase your knowledge, confidence and success in these areas. You would like to effectively manage relationships with 'key players', increase the speed at which you are able to resolve issues that impact on stakeholders and gain greater 'buy in' sustained commitment to your change initiatives.

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Facilitating Talent Management

The identification, development and retention of talent are critical drivers of competitive advantage. In a world where there is no longer a 'job for life', competition is global and people are increasingly willing and motivated to move jobs frequently, making the most of our talented people will be critical in ensuring we reach our full...

Participant Profile: You either lead a team of management level employees or are in an HR role supporting such leaders. Getting the most from the talent in your area, and learning more about leadership at Smiths, will help you to achieve your goals.

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Observer Training, Development Centre

As a senior leader in Smiths training as an observer for the Discovering Your Potential Development Centre will enable you to assist Smiths in realising its Talent Management Strategy.

The Discovering your Potential Development Centre gives individuals who wish to pursue a leadership career the opportunity to take part in a...

Participant Profile: You are a senior leader in Smiths, most likely operating in a level 3 role and have an interest in developing future leaders in Smiths.

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Discovering Your Potential, Development Centre

Discovering your Potential gives individuals who wish to pursue a leadership career the opportunity to take part in a challenging development event to identify their strengths and development needs and help plan their future development.

Participants participate in three full days of exercises which are typical of the kind of...

Participant Profile: You are most likely operating as a manager of a function and or people and are in a level 4 type role. You are committed to furthering your career by stepping up into a more senior and critical leadership role and have had a conversation with your manager about your career ambitions.

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Developing Talent

This two day talent development workshop is designed for line managers who are keen to support the ongoing learning and development of talent around the business. It will enable line managers to become really clear about the leadership competencies, and how to use these in supporting the career development of talented individuals....

Participant Profile: All line managers can benefit from participating in this workshop but it is especially timely to assist line managers to feel fully equipped and ready to help individuals who have been through the Discovering Your Potential Development Centre.

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Managing People

Research proves that the most important relationship that people have in their job is the one that they have with their Line Manager; this has a direct affect on their performance and their true engagement with the Company. It is therefore very important that the Line Manager has the skills and behaviours required to make this relationship as...

Participant Profile: You will be currently be managing people and will have had little of no formal training in people management. You will be keen to learn more about leadership at Smiths and the tools and behaviours that are required in order for you to help your employees be at their best.