Are Your Managers Getting the Best From Your People?

You probably already employ some excellent people. They work hard, understand the business and want to do a good job.

But being good at a job doesn't automatically make somebody a good manager.

Perhaps you've promoted a capable employee into management and expected them to find their own way. Perhaps your senior team is still solving problems that managers should be dealing with themselves.

Or perhaps you're seeing some of these issues:

• Managers who avoid difficult conversations.
• Supervisors who struggle to manage former colleagues.
• Unclear expectations and inconsistent standards.
• Too much firefighting and poor delegation.
• Communication problems between teams or departments.
• Employees who aren't receiving useful feedback.
• Confident technical specialists who lack people skills.
• Frustration, conflict or avoidable staff turnover.
• New managers who have received little formal development.

That's where our bespoke management training can help.

Your Organisation Is Different. Your Management Training Should Be Too.

A production supervisor working on a busy manufacturing line faces different challenges from a customer service manager, an IT team leader or someone managing a professional services department.

The principles of good management may be similar, but the situations, people and pressures are not.

That's why every course we deliver can be tailored around the needs of your organisation.

Our focus is not simply what participants remember at the end of the course. It's what they do differently afterwards.

What Do Organisations Say About Our Training?

Choosing a management training provider is an important decision. You're investing your budget, your managers' time and, ultimately, the performance of your people.

We believe you should hear from organisations and participants who have experienced our training themselves.

Here are examples of genuine feedback from management and workplace training delivered by Adrian Close.

These testimonials reflect individual customer experiences. Each organisation's requirements and outcomes will be different.

Why Learn Management From Adrian Close?

Multi-award-winning manager, business owner, author and Director of Learning at Ultimate Leadership Training.

Adrian has spent much of his professional life managing people, developing teams and being accountable for business results.

His experience includes directly managing up to 60 employees and holding responsibility across an area involving approximately 1,000 people and 24 businesses.

He understands what it's like to make difficult decisions, deal with performance issues, develop employees, manage budgets and deliver results under pressure.

He's also helped people grow into management positions, supported people starting their careers and developed teams across different working environments.

His training experience includes organisations in manufacturing, engineering, IT, hospitality, customer service and other industries.

His philosophy is straightforward: managers should understand the theory, but they must also know how to apply it.

That belief is reflected in the practical management courses, development programmes and online learning Adrian has written.

Management Training Courses Across the UK

Looking for management training courses near you?

Ultimate Leadership Training is based in Derbyshire and delivers practical, bespoke management training throughout the UK.

We can arrange in-person development for businesses in major cities and surrounding areas, including:

London • Birmingham • Manchester • Leeds • Sheffield • Nottingham • Derby • Leicester • Liverpool • Bristol • Newcastle • York • Coventry • Oxford • Cambridge

We also discuss training requirements elsewhere in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

If your managers work across several locations, we can explore virtual delivery or a blended development programme.

Our courses are delivered at your workplace or an agreed venue, rather than requiring your managers to attend a permanent training centre.

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