A taste of Christmas: Royal Holloway Brass Band and Jane Holloway Choir

What is it?

This workshop will cover best practice for academic probation advisers and introduce the College guidance on probation supervision, including teaching and learning via the Educational Development team. It will also include an introduction to the principles of mentoring.

Target audience

The workshop is mandatory for anyone serving as a probation adviser.

Workshop leaders

Tracy Bhamra, Senior Vice-Principal for Student and Staff Experience

Mark Crompton, Head of Educational Development

Ellie Rayner, Head of Organisational Development and Diversity

Introduction to project management

What is it?

Many of us are project managers but just don’t know it yet. We plan holidays, major life events and increasingly our work in the office is becoming more ‘project’ driven. However, deep down we know that we could achieve more by being just a bit more structured in our approach to work.

‘Introduction to Project Management’ is a two-day course which is designed to help individuals maximise their personal impact in the workplace by exposing them to the most accessible and valuable parts of the project management tool kit. This is a hands-on workshop using a blend of teaching, action learning and group work.

Participants will embed learning by applying the methodologies with skill to live projects.

Target audience

The course is for non-project managers wanting to optimise their personal effectiveness in the workplace.

Programme objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Explain how to set up projects for success
• Apply methodology for scoping project work
• Work with teams to create a joint project plan
• Describe how to track and report on project progress
• Create project risk and issues actively manage these
• Apply structured problem solving methodology to tackle significant project issues
• Describe what makes for high performing team and the principles of team motivation

Course length

2 full-day course.

Programme overview

Through a mixture of discussion, feedback, group exercises and skills practice, this one day workshop will equip you with the skills and behaviours to take a positive and sensitive approach to conducting difficult conversations, enabling your to handle them clearly, professionally and assertively.

Programme objectives

• Know what a difficult conversation is and why this professional skill is so important for effective line management
• Identify different types of difficult conversations and approaches to dealing with them
• Anticipate and nip potential issues in the bud
• Be able to handle your own and other’s emotions
• Know how to manage the ongoing relationship

Target audience

Leaders and Managers who may have to prepare for ‘difficult conversations’ when addressing contentious and sensitive people situations

Programe components

• How this workshop aligns to the Royal Holloway Leadership Behaviours Framework
• What makes some conversations difficult
• Planning and preparing for the conversation
• The skills involved in holding difficult conversations
• Tools and techniques for effective communication
  - active listening in the context of difficult conversations
• Why some conversations may go wrong
• The importance of follow up and ongoing support