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Professional Development courses outlined...

Click to enlarge Sending your staff through whyCHAMONIX professional development courses will see them arrive as a much valued member of personnel only to return as a premium person key to your organisations success. We work our delegates very hard and then we play in such a well balanced way that the days development is instantly embedded. An outline for some of the professional development programmes is below. We would be delighted to put together a programme for you that will represent the very best value for return.

Business Relationships Building Business Relationships Gaining clients’ confidence and trust in you, your company or your project key to developing good business relationships. Too often, consultants, sales people or other company representatives go into meetings in one way communication mode, deluging clients (or potential clients) with too much information and barely drawing breath. Business Networking Course We do not profess to have a right way or a wrong way to network. In this Public Business Networking Course we aim to find what will work best for you in any given situation. Individuals will be encouraged to discuss, interact, role play, practise communication and challenge themselves - it’s meant to be fun!

Communications Skills Communication Skills Courses This one-day Communication Skills Course provides participants with the skills, tools and insight to make a substantial difference to the way communication happens around them, and to improve communication within their work environment. Communications skills Two Day Course This two-day Communication Skills Course is on offer to those that want to look at communication in depth. It covers material form the one fay course plus a great deal more time to practice individual scenarios. You will work on developing your existing communication skills in order to handle a variety of potential difficult situations.

Creativity Creativity Two Day Course This two-day Creativity and Innovation Course is designed for those looking to be more creative within their work as well as those charged with inspiring creativity, innovation and new thinking within their organisation. The unique and creative ideas of all your people are potentially your biggest and most exciting resource. Do you, your team or organisation suffer from being ‘to smart too soon?’. This two-day course creativity and Innovation Programme is designed to give you and your people the courage and confidence to go the extra creative mile that will lead to the imaginative solutions your company is looking for.

Interpersonal Skills Conflict Management Course This Conflict Management Course is for individuals who want to deal more effectively with difficult situations and people. Following the course Conflict should become something to choose rather than avoid. Customer Service Course This Customer Service Training Course is centred on what you might call ‘the human moment’ - when businesses actually have personal interaction with their customers rather than communicating via technology to get their message across. This one-day open customer care course provides participants with the capacity to deliver good customer care even in the most difficult circumstances. It will also enable them to deal with potentially difficult customers. Influencing and Negotiating skills Course This one-day Influencing and Negotiating Skills Course looks at Influencing and Negotiation as skills that work differently for each individual. Participants get the opportunity to practice a variety if influencing and Negotiating tools and techniques to see what works for them and what best suits their personal style. Altogether an injection of energy, understanding and communication skills that will help you become an excellent influencer and negotiator. Negotiation Skills Course Negotiation is an everyday part of live - we’re always negotiating, with varying degrees of success. This one-day Public Negotiation Skills Course highlights the skills and qualities we already use, introduces some new ones and hones them all for more effective use in lots of different negotiation scenarios.

Leadership Training Creative Strategic Thinking Course The words visions, strategy, mission and values are words bandied around a lot in the corporate world. But what do they actually mean and how can you make them more tha just words? This two-day programme gives an introduction to the idea of strategic thinking and more importantly provides some practical tools and techniques for turning strategy into reality. Leadership Development Course Think if a leader you admire? What constituents a good leader? Over a two-day Leadership Development Course we explore ways to inspire and Motivate your team, department, company, club or even your family. The essence of good leadership is a leader with good communication skills, excellent team building capacity and the ability to bring the best out of everybody. Our approach is both challenging and insightful and our aim is to develop each individual’s leadership style.

Management Training Appraisal Training and Performance Management Course This one-day Appraisal Training and Performance Management Training Course looks at the people side of the performance management and appraisals. It addresses the difficult, more confrontational issues that are bound to arise it the process is anything more than a ‘tick the box’ exercise. Change Management Course This one-day Change Management course will explore the impact of change on individuals and teams, helping people to become more aware of how to approach uncertainty in their work environments. We feel it is important to acknowledge the difficulties that arise before being able to create a shift in attitude and get the buy in needed, to make periods of change an opportunity for growth. Facilitation and Better Meetings Course This one-day Foundation and Better Meetings Course will transform the way that managing meetings is viewed, prepared for, attended, participated in and most importantly, how long they take. Effective facilitation techniques including; communication skills, listening skills, rapport building, assertiveness, team building and an enhanced understanding of group dynamics which will provide you with a tool-kit to tackle any meeting scenario. Line Management Course This two-day Line Management Course is designed for people who are getting to grips with managing people for the first time. It will quickly help marshal each individual’s present communication resources and give them a development plan to go forward with. Project Management Course This Project Management Course is an opportunity for individuals to look at the way they handle and manage their projects. A practical look at creating productive teams, communication skills, diffusing conflict, getting quick buy-in, team building and effective delegation to move projects forward. A fun way to approach an often dull process. Time Management Course How do I manage my time in today’s fast paced world? This course will offer up a range of tools and techniques to make managing your time simple and straightforward. It will explore why time management issues arise, and look at areas such as promising, planning workloads and techniques for effective delegation.

Media Training Media Skills Training Course Dealing with media offers fantastic opportunities for raising and managing your company’s profile with a wide audience. This one-day Media Skills Training Course will help you prepare and deliver your communication so that the message that gets thorough is the one you want to put across. Public Speaking Course Public speaking Course - Conquering the Fear. Did you know that public speaking tops the list of phobias for most people? Not spiders or heights - public speaking - speech in public! In fact research has revealed that in general people fear speaking in public more than death itself.

Personal Impact Assertiveness Skills Course This two-day assertiveness Course covers all the material from the one-day course and more, plus it gives more time to practise individual scenarios. It deals with he frustration, resentment and stress that being too accommodating can create and allows each individual to find simple, practical, doable things that will work for them. Assertiveness Training Course This one-day Assertiveness Training skills Course is designed to help people feel better about who they are and to recognise the store of resources they already have at their disposal. Assertiveness Training is not about teaching the ‘right’ way to behave, more about opening up increased communication choices and possibilities. Personal Impact Course This one-day Personal Impact Course is a day devoted to understanding how all of us impact on others. Starting generally on how ‘making an impact’ works, we then take a detailed look at how you can improve your ability to influence others. First we examine the whole area of verbal and non-verbal communication and get an appreciation of the connections and boundaries unconsciously observed by everyone. Then we more into an exploration of each person’s ability to ‘work’ their environment. Personal Impact Course - Two Day This two-day Personal Impact Course is on offer to those that want to look at their communication in depth. It covers material from the one day course plus a great deal more time to practise individual scenarios. You will work on developing your existing skills in order to handle a variety of potentially difficult situations. Stress Management Course We know it can be difficult for an individual or a company to acknowledge just how stressful things can get. People want to be seen to be able to cope even in the most demanding times. our main aim is to identify, support and equip you and/or your organisation to deal with pressure before it reaches a critical point and becomes stress. This one-day Stress Management course looks at the causes, indicators, symptoms and impact of pressure and stress for you and those around you. the course will also give you techniques to manage stress and pressure in yourself and in others.

Presentation Skills Presentation Skills Course This one-day Effective Presentation Skills Course is open to anyone who has decided they really want to develop as a Presenter. It doesn’t so much deal with the ‘right way’ to present, rather it looks at understanding how the environment in which we have to present works, and how individual presenters can ‘work that environment’ in a way which best suits their presentation style. Presentation Skills Training Course - Two Day Intermediate This two-day Intermediate Presentation training Course is open to anyone who wants to do some in depth work on their ability as a presenter. It covers all the material from the one-day course with a good deal more time devoted to practice. you will work on perfecting your presentation style and preparing for all presentation eventualities. Advanced Presentation Skills Course This one-day Advanced Presentation Skills Course provides a practical opportunity to enhance current presentation skills and add finesse to the delivery of presentations. It looks at how to make a presentation persuasive, even for audiences where there are different levels of communication and understanding. PowerPoint with Impact Training Courses This two-day course looks at Building PowerPoint Presentations with Impact - aimed at helping those who already work with PowerPoint to finesse their next presentations. Drawing form film and story structures we explore how to create impactful Presentations. In two practical intensive days we will cover everything you need to make a dynamic impact.

Train the Trainer Coaching and Mentoring Course This one-day Coaching and Mentoring Skills Course will explore and define the role of the coach/mentor. Tools and techniques will be provided to create best practice for effective mentoring relationships. Participants will be assisted in defining a coaching/mentoring template and action plan they can immediately employ in the workplace. Train the trainer Course train The Trainer Course - This is our flagship two-day Train the trainer programme for anyone who has to train others in any capacity.

Writing Skills Creative Business Writing Course This one-day Creative Business Writing Course will be geared to whatever your personal writing pitfalls are - and we all have them! We’ll share all we know about ways to unblock and unleash you writing potential. There’ll be armfuls of practical writing tips and techniques on offer for you to translate your communication strengths into fluent and readable writing that makes an impact. Report Writing Course This one-day Report Writing Course is designed to help people feel able to tackle their next professional report with confidence and professionalism. If formal writing is something you feel is outside your comfort zone, fro whatever reason, then we will share with you a variety of ways to make the whole experience far more straightforward and less stressful.