Influence & persuade to get 'buy in'
A core competence of anyone in management or sales is the ability to persuade and influence. Businesses waste millions of pounds through internal indecision or by allowing endless procrastination by one's clients. It's time to take control. With training it is possible to create bridges, cross barriers, provide tangible reasons for moving forward and gain acceptance. OvationXL provide a range of techniques drawn from psychology and human behaviour to keep your initiatives on track.
Profitability - how to thrive in a recession
Some businesses perform better during recessions than in the so-called good times. To achieve this for your business you need to work 'smarter' and in a highly focused way. In the current economic climate profitability coaching is second highest on the long list of topics that our clients request.
Waste of time management
How we use our time is a critical skill if we are to consistently achieve the results we need in the workplace, or indeed, what we want to achieve in our lives. Almost every day we discover that our clients' employees are ineffective at managing their time and this applies equally to executives and managers as new entrants. Time management 'systems' offered in the market as solutions to time management problems today can be too complex and time consuming to use. In many cases they may be entirely inappropriate for your needs. If you are not careful, you can spend all of your time planning and organising your work and end up not delivering anything. OvationXL take a different approach by providing practical tips that can be implemented to great effect on Day One.
Project management
What are the secrets of running a successful project?
- Managing a client's expectations and adequately defining what the project task is.
- Communicating you're your team needs to deliver and by when.
- Defining how you (the project manager) are going to view a successful outcome
- Organising and managing people with different skills.
- Anticipating changes and other risk factors.
- Delivering on time and on budget
- Exceeding expectations.
A lot of project management involves communications. For example, it is imperative that one's own team understand what the project entails and what specifically is required of them plus what the interim stages and timescales are. You are going to need to learn different styles of communicating so that your messages are correctly received and understood by people who may not be the same as you.
Your new strengths and abilities
- Versatile communication style.
- Crafting compelling business cases.
- Able to confidently present options or opinions that may not be immediately popular.
- Influencing skills to get 'buy in'.
- Techniques to get a project to a good start.
- Defining and articulating precise scope and specifications.
- Engaging with different stakeholders.
- Financial planning and reporting.
- SMART project planning.
- Maintaining control even when the parameters change.
- Making detailed risk assessments - anticipating problems.
- Calculating project contingencies.
- Dealing professionally with setbacks and changes.
- Knowledge of project planning systems.
- How to close down a project and hand it over.
Did you know?
When the weight of the project paperwork equals the weight of the project itself, the project can be considered complete!
Who would benefit?
Project managers and anyone tasked with delivering complex initiatives
To discuss a current or potential need, contact Robin Johnson at OvationXL
on 0845 260 7700 or