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Welcome to
the July edition of Communicate
There's no getting away from it, change is a very
complex subject. That's why your employees find it hard to deal with and why you
find it hard to manage. But with the help of Jamie Oliver's school dinners
campaign you can demonstrate the benefits of change to your entire workforce.
The latest release from Video Arts is a training package based on the channel 4
series, the programme comes in two parts and is full of
learning points for you and
your workforce.
Each month we
highlight new releases and special offers
available - just click on the left hand titles for further information. Remember, if you need
help finding any other training resources then click on email links within this newsletter or just give us a call and we will do
the rest!
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The First Time Manager Author: Michael Morris Edition: Third
Description
In today's workplace the newly
appointed manager faces a daunting range of challenges. Success
can come only through radical and rapid adjustments to the way
you work, especially in relation to your team.
This fully revised edition of The First-Time Manager
contains expert advice on the immediate difficulties faced by a
new manager. With a new chapter on key skills it is an
indispensable introduction to fundamental management topics and
know-how such as:
motivation
effective communication
leadership and delegation
finance and accounting
managing people
public relations
marketing
problem solving
time management
giving presentations
Both a practical manual and desktop aid, The First-Time
Manager is a book to be read and then referred back to
whenever you need support.
How to Grow Leaders is a ground-breaking
new book from acknowledged expert John Adair, which aims to set the
record straight on leadership development. First he invites you to join
him on a journey of discovery about the nature of leadership and how it
can be taught. Then he identifies the seven key principles of leadership
development and answers vital questions on how to select, train and
educate leaders at team, operational and strategic levels.
Leadership is not a soft skill; it is a key factor in business
success. How to Grow Leaders will help you to develop these skills in
others whilst guiding you on your own personal journey towards
excellence as a leader.
John Adair has transformed the understanding of how leadership works
with his pioneering book Not Bosses But Leaders. Here he returns with a
new title that explores exactly what we know about leadership and
leadership development.
How to Grow Leaders looks at the nature of leadership and how it can
be encouraged and developed. Topics discussed include:
the manager as leader
how people become leaders
training team leaders
how to manage leadership training
learning to be a top strategic leader
Thought provoking and highly readable, How to Grow Leaders is a vital
addition to the debate on leadership from a true world-renowned
authority.
Create and maintain productive, co-operative and enthusiastic work groups
with 10 Top Teambuilding Games.
Working within and across teams is critical to the success of many
businesses, especially with cross-functional and cross-hierarchical teams
being created for specific projects. To make sure your people can hit the
ground running just get them using these games. Their communication skills
and understanding of each other's personalities and strengths will enable
them to work more effectively and productively.
The
ten complete games in 10 Top Teambuilding Games are ready to go - all the
materials are included - battleships, pegs, wooden blocks, maps, game
boards, dice, counters, cards, pencils, along with players and
facilitator's instructions. You could use one of these games in
practically any teambuilding course you run, from communication to
creativity, from decision making to planning and much more!
Make
sure that your teams are 110% effective with 10 Top
Teambuilding Games.
Your easy-to-use, versatile training package
The games come in two robust polypropylene carry cases,
with each game securely packed in its own plastic wallet. Take all the
games with you so you can select the most appropriate wherever you are, or
keep them in the boot of your car as your ultimate failsafe option. Or
just pop the one you need for that particular training session in your
briefcase.
Flexible, practical, and packed with excitement, fun and learning
opportunities. You and your participants can't help but have a great time!
For more details on the games in 10 Top Teambuilding Games,
click here
Play on!
Whatever your level of experience you can
make tons of use of the games in this pack.
10 Top Teambuilding Gamesis designed to ensure that
experienced professional trainers will relish it for the new activities it
gives them, while for less experienced trainers, facilitators, line
managers and those managers who lead meetings, it gives them the huge
confidence boost that they have everything they need.
Scene setting - where you introduce the game and set it
in the business context appropriate for your group
Play - where the game is underway and you can choose to
facilitate, observe or join-in!
Debrief - where you emphasise the key messages and help
players to relate them to their work situation.
Each game can be used on its own or slipped into an existing training
session. With a quick-reference Theme Finder at the beginning of the
manual, you see, at a glance, how each game can be used. There's also a
handy Timings Grid to help you choose a game to suit your own timings.
How
do I order 10 Top Teambuilding Games?
10 Top Teambuilding Games is
available for just £497.00 plus carriage and VAT.
To order yours, simply call us on +44 (0) 1884 821870,or
fax orders to +44 (0) 1884 829168.
Or alternatively, you can e-mail your details and we'll
call you back!
To book your Preview
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more information call
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This NEW training programme from Video Arts Demonstrates how to
manage change successfully and shows individuals how to respond
to change when it happens to them.
Part 1:
A recipe for managing change This part is specifically aimed at those who
need to manage change in their organisation. It uses the
situations Jamie faced during his war against junk food and
breaks them down into four key lessons to help you manage
change more effectively:
Passion - the belief in
what you are trying to achieve, coupled with a clear
vision of how you are going to achieve it.
People - everyone
reacts differently to change, there are three types
of people that can be clearly identified.
Planning - careful
planning is needed when implementing change and
can determine whether it will be accepted or not.
Perseverance - with
change you can nearly always guarantee
resistance so determination is a must.
Part
2: A recipe for living with change In this part we look at how change affects
your workforce. Every employee will face change of some kind
virtually every day, so it's vital they know how to cope
with it. By showing your employees the four different stages
of change, the change process will be much easier to
embrace. The stages they can expect to go through are:
Reject it - the initial
reaction to change is always the same ? denial.
By denying change it's wrong to assume it will go away.
Resist it - I was
right to think that' is the next logical reaction. Any
explanation, no matter how implausible, can be used to
rationalise the initial denial.
Reflect on it - at this
stage previous judgement begins to be questioned.
The mind suddenly switches on to the possibilities that
change might bring.
Resolve it - change is
welcomed with open arms. The challenge and
excitement of new opportunities has triumphed over all
the negative
perceptions of change.
Information: Programme footage
from Jamie's School Dinners - 2005 Fresh One Productions and
Channel 4. Based on the television programme - Jamie's School
Dinners - Licensed by FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide. A
portion of the proceeds will go to the Fifteen Foundation, the
charity that Jamie Oliver set up to train and mentor unemployed
youngsters. For more details go to www.fifteenfoundation.co.uk.
Prices: DVD £1,299 and
VHS £1,099
Prices exclude delivery and VAT.
To book your Preview
click here or if you would like to speak to our sales team you can call
Salespeople are at the frontline of any
business. The way that they interact with customers, the influence they have
and the results that they deliver are key to business success.
Based on a
highly successful tutor-led course, The Sales Business
will energise your sales force to win more and more orders. Video content
guides the learner through the sales process, giving tips and ideas
throughout. Practice sessions give salespeople the opportunity to try out
customer interactions and find the best way to deliver real sales results.
Through our experience in delivering face-to-face training we know what
makes this type of intervention work: precise tailoring of the content to
meet your business needs. That's why The Sales Business learning system
comes complete with Amtek's unique built-in content editing tools. These
easy-to-use features allow trainers or sales managers to create practice
sessions that will enable your sales force to rehearse using their sales
skills, and then go on to close more business. In addition to editing the
practice sessions, trainers can create courses on products and services and
add links to product specialists using the built-in tool set.
The essential tool for
just-in-time, tailored sales skills training
Based around a series of Amtek's
trademark quality videos the system includes virtual customers for learners
to react to. Virtual customer elements are fully editable, allowing sales
managers and trainers to set up scenarios specific to their business needs.
The system includes Amtek's Knowledge Base module which provides a
comprehensive, editable, products and services guide section, complete with
a testing facility, allowing managers to set up mini product knowledge
courses within the training package. Built into the system is the option to
download new information in a single operation, via a standard internet
link, allowing sales people on the road to complete training sessions
through a dial-up modem and laptop computer.
What is included in this
revolutionary e-learning package?
Course content developed by experienced
tutors, proven to deliver results.
Over 150 minutes of highly effective
ready-to-use course material including video and practical exercises.
Training content packed full of tips, ideas
and suggestions on how to achieve superior business performance.
Fully editable scenario-based questions
allowing your trainers to tailor training to specific business and
training requirements.
Comprehensive user tracking facilities
including test scores, and access history.
Amtek's fully editable 'Knowledge Base'
module, which allows trainers and managers to create mini courses within
the Sales Business using text, pictures, links to pdf files and different
types of questions.
Easy upgrade path using built-in upgrade
facility. Allows managers to buy just the training they need, for the
duration they need it.
Support feature allows the user to easily
break out of the course to put questions to designated subject experts.
Bookmarking facility for learners allowing
them to quickly pick up the course where they left off.
Menu allows users to move directly to the
course element required for just-in-time learning.
Feedback feature allowing learners to send
information about the course and how they will use it back to the
administrator.
Action Planning feature which gives learners
the opportunity to develop individual action plans for personal
performance improvement
To book your FREE Preview
click here or if you would like
more information call
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821870
Legendary Away Days,
Hardback, for £44.00. Or this book and the companion title below for £64.00
A complete and invaluable guide to planning and
delivering team events suited to a wide range of circumstances including
problem-solving, teambuilding, boosting morale and making decisions. Concise and
practical, it covers choosing an appropriate event, organising and running the
day, keeping control, using external experts and evaluating your event
afterwards.
Games for
Legendary Away Days, Hardback, for
£44.00
The 33 games, for use on Away Days, are divided into
11 sections; there are games for teambuilding, morale-boosting, change
management, problem-solving, and so on.
Icebreakers,
Looseleaf, for £79.00
From 'Animal Crackers' to 'Yukkies', by way of
'Creeping Death', 'Fruit and Spoon Race', 'If I Were Famous' and 'Walking the
Plank', the 75 short participative exercises in this volume are guaranteed to
enrich any trainer's repertoire.
Gower Handbook of Training and Development,
Third Edition, Hardback, for £48.00
The 38 chapters in this manual are written by
experienced authors and established experts like David Clutterbuck, Ian
Cunningham, Alan Mumford and Sue Knight.
75 Ways of Working with Groups to Develop
Their Training Skills, Looseleaf, for
£99.00
'A ready-made toolkit for imparting trainer skills'
as one reviewer succinctly put it.
The Learning Organiser,
Looseleaf, for £99.00
For the training provider, this pack provides advice
about supporting effective learning. For the learner, each unit explains how
they can engage more actively in learning, making it more interesting, effective
and ultimately productive.
Games for Trainers,
3 Volume Set, for £79.00
This is the second time we have offered this ever
popular set by Andy Kirby, so if you missed the chance of buying all 225 games
ranging from icebreakers and energizers that are short, easy-to-run and full of
energy for only £79 last time, here's another chance.
Troubleshooting for Trainers,
Hardback, for £28.00
This entertaining and practical book provides fixes
for training events which don't go according to plan.
Presentation Skills Double Video Pack,
for £159.00 + VAT The Floor is Yours, Now
- No matter what form it takes, this bestselling video will help 'first-timers'
deliver a competent and professional presentation every time.
The
Audience is Yours, Now - Your
trainees will be shown how to deal with different audience types. The presenters
in the film demonstrate how to overcome likely obstacles smoothly and
professionally.
The Handbook of Work Based Learning,
Hardback, for £60.00
A Handbook for Training Strategy,
Second Edition, Hardback, for £36.00
Martyn Sloman writes as an experienced training
manager, which is why his book focuses on implementation. It is also why the
text is supported by questionnaires, survey instruments and specimen documents.
Designing Training Programmes,
Hardback, for £28.00
A ten-step process for developing training
programmes tailored to your own requirements.
Facilitating,
Hardback, for £28.00
An introduction to facilitating for any manager or
trainer determined to release the unfulfilled potential of their organization
and the people in it.
675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People,
Looseleaf, for £99.00
Strategies, Ideas and Activities for
Self-Development and Learning in the Workplace. The manual uses multiple
intelligence techniques to show how to take advantage of the myriad daily
opportunities for self-improvement.
Preparing for Your Appraisal,
Video, for £60.00 + VAT
This 'talking-head' video encourages staff to take
an active role in their performance appraisal discussion.
