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Certificate in Managerial Skills for Technical Professionals

A unique masterclass on transitioning from a specialist to a senior position

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Focus on inspirational leadership, people management, and human resource development

Course Overview

The security and profitability of your business will depend on long-term relationships reinforced by customer confidence in the ability of managers and leaders in the supply chain. This requires flexibility, focus, empathy, encouragement and a well-balanced attitude. It also requires good business awareness, creative thinking styles, problem-solving skills, emotional intelligence and cultural understanding to guide both yourself and others towards success.

Benefits Of Attending

  • Focus on inspirational leadership, people management, and human resource development
  • Master effective assertiveness, delegation, and negotiation skills
  • Develop analytical thinking and strategy implementation techniques
  • Gain enthusiasm, a positive mindset, and emotional strength to strive for that next role as a manager

From Specialist to Leader: 5 Skills You’ll Build

  • Navigate the shift from expert to manager
  • Build emotional intelligence for better teamwork
  • Communicate, motivate and influence effectively
  • Define your personal leadership style
  • Drive team accountability and ownership

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Who Should Attend?

  • Technical personnel (such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals)
  • IT professionals
  • Sales professionals
  • Business analysts
  • Construction personnel (including mechanical, electrical, and maintenance professionals, as well as architects)

Certification Criteria

You must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Completion:

  • Satisfactory attendance: You must attend all sessions of the course. If, for any reason, you miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit the course assessment
  • Successful completion of the course assessment: Assessments will be ongoing and based on in-class participation and activities

Course Methodology

Presented in several modules over three days, the programme maintains the balance between personal skills, leadership, business planning and organisational success throughout. It is informative, thorough, and includes several highly interactive workshops for all participants.

In addition, you will discuss exclusive case studies to learn how other companies have been successful, and identify through a series of video interviews how business leaders present their approach to customers and their teams.

Learn More About This Training Course

Delivered by John

John Alan Davis is an expert leadership coach, management development facilitator and intelligent negotiator. He has extensive international operational experience, linked to global marketing skills and technical awareness. John has written, developed and presented leadership and management training programmes for more than twenty years, for industry and commerce in the Middle East and Europe.

Certified by CPD UK

The CPD Certification Service is an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors, disciplines and further learning applications and supports policies of institutional and professional organisations globally.

Run this course in-house

Informa Connect Academy’s customised training solutions have helped organisations deliver tailored learning in different languages to suit every requirement