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Hannon Brown Ltd offer a comprehensive range of management development programmes addressing the key issues faced by the modern executive, manager and employee, ranging from Training Needs Analysis to all aspects of individual performance.
Our programmes comply with the various legislation surrounding employers and their employees and can be tailored to the needs of your organisation. Programmes can be offered either as stand alone modules or as part of a wider package.
Hannon Brown Ltd would be delighted to have the opportunity to discuss how we can help enhance your current development programme to further realise the potential of your staff.
Hannon Brown Ltd places Training Needs Analysis at the centre of its principles. It is an important step for all organisations who believe that development is an ongoing process and the life blood of success.
In even the most training conscious organisation there is a time when the direction of the business is changing and it is necessary to confirm the effectiveness of employee development programmes.
We believe that all employees have the potential to advance and enrich an organisation and fulfil themselves personally in doing so. We can support your organisation in measuring the impact that training has on it in addition to assisting in the identification of appropriate training and development that fully supports your business objectives.
Hannon Brown Ltd will design, report and establish a training blueprint for your organisation. This is a consultative process that establishes the enabling skills for relevant members of staff within your organisation and facilitates continuous staff development.
Hannon Brown Ltd provides Training Needs Analysis on a consultancy basis or in a two day intensive training programme for selected staff. We use acknowledged methods as well as extensive experience to generate ownership and commitment in this important subject matter. We would be delighted to discuss how we can assist in your organisation’s current training needs.
The HSE defines stress as "the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them".
With the rise in statistics showing an increase in stress related illness, it is now accepted that stress in the workplace impacts on the individual, the organisation and private lives.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) states that the second key reason for absence from work amongst non-manual workers is stress. There is, therefore, a sound business case for the active management of stress by organisations.
The HSE outlines an organisation’s duty of care to employees. Organisations will be exposed to prosecution and litigation if they cannot show that they have met their legal obligations.
Rather than organisations taking a reactive approach by dealing with the consequences of stress in the workforce, the HSE propose that the emphasis should be on prevention of the causes of stress.
Hannon Brown Ltd can assist your organisation in dealing with the management standards identified by HSE as areas to be tackled for audit purposes. These standards have been developed following research into the factors that been found to have caused organisational stress.
From Stress Audit to Stress Management, Hannon Brown Ltd can provide comprehensive assistance in developing policies and strategies that will support your business work to it’s healthiest potential. We identify and evaluate stress risks to staff, create in-house stress management policies and deliver training courses to provide staff with strategies to limit and manage their stress.
We all have our own unique way of dealing with stress and pressure. Our lives are busy, demanding and can frequently lead to stress and pressure becoming too much to cope with. Do we fully understand what it is that promotes a workplace conducive to good mental health?
This workshop provides the conditions for participants to consider how to support good mental health in the workplace.
Some issues covered include;
In the U.K an estimated 2.3 million people suffer from ill-health caused or made worse by their work each year.
Some 32.9 million working days are lost annually due to people taking time off because of their illnesses (HSE2005).
These figures support the business case for promoting systems that advocate, develop and sustain a workplace that is ‘good for your health’.
Workshops on personal effectiveness deal primarily with individuals in the context of their interaction with those around them. Being skilled in personal effectiveness will give adaptability to the constant changes faced by organisations, whilst being able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the individual and their team. Underpinning all of this is good communication. This is the key to the individual being able to build cohesion, maintain motivation and share information and ideas. To persuade and be persuaded!
The workshop uses scenario exercises to enable individuals to strengthen aspects of their personal effectiveness.
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This experiential workshop explores the causes of conflict in different situations and provides various strategies to enable staff to deal confidently and effectively with conflict.
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The workshop draws on a bank of scenario examples involving conflict. Delegates may choose a key scenario that is relevant to their own experience to work on and, over the course of the workshop, delegates have the opportunity to practice the various strategies to achieve resolution.
Bank scenarios range from examples of performance appraisal meetings, customer service, to conflict arising through working with colleagues.
Delegates are invited to identify general issues that arise in their workplace. The workshop is then tailored to incorporate resolution strategies surrounding these issues.
Implemented effectively, performance management addresses the needs of both the organisation and the employee. Used inappropriately when dealing with poor performers, performance management can invoke feelings of hostility from staff and frustration from managers.
By keeping the process simple, understandable and with defined objectives, it is possible for managers and their staff to use performance management strategies to enhance individual development.
Key aims of performance management are to set objectives, motivate performance and encourage staff potential.
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It is important to ensure that systems and training reflect current employment law.
This motivational workshop enables delegates to explore tried and tested performance management methods in a learning environment.ready to apply their knowledge on their return to their workplace.
Feedback is pivotal to managing performance, crucial for continuous professional development, and a business essential.
Whether formal or informal, receiving and providing feedback that is developmental and motivational are the goals for all employees in any organisation.
This workshop concentrates on these key objectives, promoting commitment, honesty and effectiveness that support positive outcomes.
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We recommend that an assessment takes place prior to this workshop to evaluate course expectations and decide the most effective training method to use.
Workshop training methods can range from individual to group work and may include role play and outcome based practice.
“The only constant is that things will change!” and with change, comes uncertainty.
Hannon Brown Ltd change management workshops include the key elements required when proactively dealing with change;
Whether a major change programme that redefines the fundamental direction of an organisation or subtle changes to procedures and working practices, there are always a range of issues to deal with to ensure meeting objectives. Many of these issues are people related and are pivotal to the success of the change programme.
Workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of those undergoing change, assisting them to embrace change on a personal level, and for senior staff involved in the implementation of change, providing them with the necessary tool-kit to deal with the range of issues that will arise.
Workshops include the following issues;
The ability to present ideas and thoughts clearly, effectively and with credibility is crucial for all of us. In our business lives, when we need to persuade and impress, and in our personal lives, when we network and build relationships, the art of communication is essential.
At Hannon Brown Ltd we recognise that, from the board room to the shop floor, presentation and public speaking skills are central to business communication. This workshop gives the essentials to prepare effective presentations and the tools to deliver speeches confidently to a variety of audiences.
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Throughout the workshop delegates participate in exercises to practice presentation and public speaking techniques in a safe learning environment.
Whether assisting managers in the development of minority staff or facilitating in individual self-development, this workshop focuses on issues of ethnicity, gender, disability and sexual orientation.
Dealing with issues surrounding current legislation, current research and business ethics regarding diversity in the workforce, Hannon Brown Ltd will relate them all to existing successful strategies in the business world.
This workshop is equally as relevant to new managers as to experienced managers wanting to refresh existing knowledge as well as to individuals wishing to increase personal awareness.
To be most effective Hannon Brown Ltd recommends that workshop content is agreed on a client led basis using the organisation's own policies to enable appropriate emphasis on those issues of most immediate relevance to delegates.
Workshops are carried out in an intellectually safe environment but may take the delegates outside their comfort zone in dealing with sometimes challenging issues.
With research proving that committing to diversity is not a business choice but a business imperative, Hannon Brown Ltd can also consult in the development of business strategies and policies on diversity issues. We would be delighted to discuss your organisation’s diversity requirements.
Hannon Brown Ltd uses qualified and highly experienced associates to deliver this intense but informative programme of drugs and alcohol awareness training.
These awareness workshops will equip managers with the skills and confidence to deal effectively with staff who may have problems with drugs and /or alcohol.
Programmes include sessions addressing the specific needs of drug-using staff, the types of situations in which information should be recorded, ways of approaching staff about their problems and the legal implications, ensuring that managers are able to work with their staff in a supportive and constructive way.
Hannon Brown Ltd are also able to provide consultation and assistance in writing and implementing your organisational drug and alcohol policy.
The greatest measure of the success of a school is how well its pupils are prepared for life beyond the school gates. This may mean qualifications but increasingly important is how well prepared pupils are to cope with the world of work. How will their enterprise capability measure up?
Regardless of their future employment, pupils will need to have the financial capability to manage their personal finances. They will need to be able to operate bank accounts, to deal with the raft of credit facilities available to them, and be equipped to make clear, informed choices.
They will need a basic business and economic understanding in joining the world of adulthood, enabling them to make informed decisions about their future.
Our Enterprising Schools Programme offers sessions to suit all schools and the full range of age groups. We can offer stand alone sessions of 1 hour duration, to whole day programmes. Our training is energetic, interactive and lively, with the purpose of positively engaging pupils in developing their entrepreneurial and life skills. By bringing both public and private sector experience to the training, pupils can gain a good appreciation of the relevance of the transferable skills they are developing in the school environment and a clear understanding of how these skills will translate into enabling their future economic independency.
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Contact us by email, info@hannonbrown.com or telephone 0845 094 2456, for further information and we would be delighted to work closely with you to develop a bespoke training programme that suits the particular needs of your pupils.
Adults develop coping mechanisms to protect and support themselves. Children and young people can also suffer high rates of mental distress but may not have developed the skills to cope, causing disruption to their family lives and their education. By early recognition and timely intervention children and young people can receive the right help when they need it.
Young people have to learn to cope with many different situations and unfamiliar challenges, as well as with changes that they face in their daily lives.
Many children will feel sad, anxious, angry or upset from time to time. For some it is simply part of growing up. They may share their feelings with others, or they may express themselves in less constructive ways! For other young people the challenges may have more serious consequences.
As parents, carers or adults with professional responsibility for young people, we have a moral and legal duty of care to ensure their wellbeing.
This workshop provides an environment for adults to consider mental health issues relating to young people.