Business Skills Training

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One, two or three day engaging, practical, skills workshops designed to bridge the gap between theory and work practice. Based on key business and management concepts and planned with real issues in mind to enable participants opportunities to practice and develop skills and confidence in a safe environment in order to use them effectively in the workplace. Tell us about your challenges, priorities and goals and we will create a proposal especially for you. Popular topics include, but are not limited to:

• Valuing diversity; dignity and respect at work 
• Working effectively in changing and uncertain environments
• Recruitment and selection
• The new manager
• Appraisal and performance management

Innov8 skills workshops can be standalone courses or you can combine two or more topics to create a custom-made development programme to directly support your organisation's priorities. To discuss how innov8 skills workshops can be customised to your organisation's specific needs and outcome requirements. 

Innov8 masterclasses are 2 - 3-hour, high-impact, concise, and relevant practical sessions, focusing on a particular theme that can fit into your organisation's busy schedules. Each highly participative and thought-provoking session features a "toolbox" of skills and techniques that enable learning to be transferred effectively into workplace performance. Innov8 masterclasses can be stand-alone sessions or you can combine two or more topics to create a custom-made development programme to directly support your organisation's priorities. Popular topics include but are not limited to:

• Dignity at Work – Preventing Bullying and Harassment
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion – Avoiding Unconscious Bias
• Essential First Aid in the Workplace
• Employee Wellbeing - Menopause impact awareness
• Employee Mental Health Wellbeing 
• HR for non-HR managers
• Working effectively within professional boundaries
• Managing sick absence
• Working effectively in changing and uncertain environments

When an organisation needs to make difficult decisions around redundancy, the people affected are often not equipped for the job market and can feel confused, isolated, angry and afraid. Finding another position is a complex, fulltime occupation which can benefit from support. 

Outplacement also helps to maintain the motivation and productivity of the remaining people, improving the organisation's reputation (internally and externally) and increasing the organisation’s ability to retain key staff during times of change. 

Innov8 outplacement services are customised to your organisation's specific requirements, providing positive supported exits for employees whose roles are redundant, and practical support to help “survivors” to deal positively with the impact and consequences of change.

Thinking of changing your job/career path? Made redundant? Looking for your first role?

Today’s job-market is highly competitive so Innov8 development has created a range of training, coaching, tools and techniques to help you tell prospective employers why they should employ you. Whether that is through your CV; cover letter; completing the organisation's application form; at interview or assessment, we can help you. Our services include:

1 to 1 telephone or on-line coaching - ideal for:

CV development | interview preparation/practice | career change | identifying the job market | exploring your skill-set | preparing for assessment centres

Training events that are open for any representative from an organisation, or individual members of the public to attend are known as “open courses”. We limit attendance to small numbers to create an interactive environment and ensure the best learning outcomes for delegates. 

With a mix of delegates from a variety of organisations across business sectors, attending an open course can provide a great opportunity to meet and build relationships with a diversity of peers from a range of organisations to share ideas and experiences. 

Each participative and thought-provoking session features a “toolbox” of skills and techniques that enable learning to be transferred effectively into workplace performance.

Open courses are ideal if:

• You have a small group or a single colleague who you wish to receive the training
• You cannot take groups of employees out of the workplace together for training on the same day
• You are interested in running the course as an in-company training session, but you would like to send a single colleague on the course beforehand, to see if it is right for your organisation
• You are taking responsibility for your own continuing professional development

All of our open courses are held at carefully sourced training venues, with easy access to public transport links.