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Advanced management skills

  • October 09, 2025
  • 09:30 - 16:30
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How do you move from being a good leader to becoming a great one?

This course has been designed by people experts to build the rounded skillset and emotional intelligence required to help the managers in your business reach their full potential.

Delegates will acquire skills and tactics to help grow and nurture the talent in their teams and get them delivering to a higher standard.

Our award-winning trainers have worked with organisations of all sizes to create managers that are equipped to demonstrate innovative, motivational and inspirational leadership to build highly effective teams.

What will you learn?

By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the expertise to:

  • Adapt your style to gain respect whilst ensuring your behaviours are aligned with the organisations’ culture, vision and objectives
  • Recognise and develop talent, sustaining the growth and success of the organisation
  • Assess and identify opportunities to improve your emotional intelligence in a leadership context
  • Adopt strategies to create harmony within the team
  • Use intelligent delegation techniques to manage your workload and develop your team
  • Demonstrate best practice in leading and managing effective meetings
  • Identify strategies to effectively manage performance
  • Discuss the importance of managing upwards to enable you to deliver results
  • Create a clear development strategy to support your career progression

Who is it for?

This course is ideal for experienced managers with an eye on career progression. It uses a mix of theory, case studies and peer discussion to explore the complexities of effective leadership.

Cost and duration

This course lasts for two days and is delivered at the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce Training Hub by our approved expert trainers.

These sessions are also perfect for groups of staff that require the same training and can also be organised at your offices, an external location of your choosing.

Trainer Willie Mac Coll

Willie MacColl

Willie is an award-winning HR professional who advises a multitude of companies across the public, private and third sectors. With a background in leading crisis events and large-scale change programmes, Willie now specialises in strategic planning, organisational development, project management, risk, leadership development, employee engagement and senior coaching. Willie is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Chartered Member of the CIPD. He is a practitioner for Team Performance Scan designed to improve team performance and is also accredited to deliver colour profiling, supporting organisations at all levels.

Location

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce
The Hub, Exploration Drive
Aberdeen Energy Park
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8GX

Availability Places available

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