Simulation Workshop - Managing Stakeholders™
Details
Wouldn't it be great to bring to life the universal leadership challenge of gaining buy-in and approval across a range of interested parties, with often different and conflicting interests? So you can build your knowledge in the ‘soft’ skills of listening and influencing - and the techniques around building an effective communication plan. This workshop is for anyone who needs to engage and influence their stakeholders, it provides a range of knowledge, tools and techniques in a risk-free environment. You'll be able to:
- Understand, engage and manage different levels of stakeholder - inside and outside your organisation.
- Develop positive relationship management skills for long-term success.
- Manage difficult or complex stakeholder groups.
Outline
Flushed with some initial successes in management, most of us get handed a project – even though we may have precious little formal training or experience. This does not need to be a problem, we can attend a five-day residential course to cram lots of theory
so we pass an exam and get a piece of paper that says we are officially recognised as a project manager.
So now you’re ready to handle that tricky, multi-million pound project with the 20 strong team looking to you for guidance – right? Wrong.
Sadly, this all too common scenario often leads to project managers becoming overworked at best, or they fail a project so spectacularly that their career is put in jeopardy.
Wouldn't it be sensible to have some form of ‘driving lesson’ for those leading projects? After all, aircraft pilots have simulators for their 'big projects' – so why can't we have management simulators?
Indigo Simulations, our suite of project and programme focused management simulations, allow you, your team and even your whole organisation to practice project management in a safe, blended (simulation and instructor-led) workshop.
Workshop overview
The one-day Managing Stakeholders simulation is derived from a simulation that was originally commissioned by Shell, and is an important addition for anyone who has completed our industry leading Project Management Survival Guide™ workshop.
The simulation brings to life the universal leadership challenge of gaining buy-in and approval across a range of interested parties with often different and conflicting interests. Building your knowledge in the ‘soft’ skills of project management as well as
testing your ‘hard’ project skills.
The simulation has been used in project and general management training programmes and also a range of leadership initiatives too. It simulates many of the issues associated with corporate responsibility, including how to define the ultimate success criteria
of projects and the value of reputation.
“The small number of hours you spend on the Managing Stakeholders simulation is very, very powerful stuff. We use it on all our projects, in the early stages, and also during interim stages, as we are growing our management structure” - The Mace
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Workshop benefits
- Managers develop skills by taking decisions; doing - and then by reflecting on the outcomes of these actions.
- The skill set you need is complex. This system allows you to develop skills that are subtle and are about dealing with situations where there aren't necessarily any “right answers”.
- You are given an opportunity to make mistakes - but in an environment where mistakes do not cost anything.
- You and your teams can experience the outcomes of your actions - something we don’t always benefit from in the real world because of the distance between cause and effect.
- Receive honest and immediate feedback - about your actions with our live feedback reporting system – during and after the project.
- Welcome to 21st century learning - It is well documented that the next generation of learners are requiring more innovative and interactive learning methods.
- Learn by discovering - which any management book will tell you is far more powerful than “being told”.
- Change behaviour - rather than just add to the mountain of information that the 21st Century executive already has.
Workshop outline
TIME EFFICIENT: Run over one-day, this time-efficient programme is pragmatic for your people in today’s time-poor environment. Teams of three people go through the experience together, allowing them to verbalise, reflect and learn from the
decisions they make and their results. Typically five teams take part in the workshop, which adds a fun, competitive and lively element to the experience that delegates relish.
YOUR EXPERT INDIGO TRAINER: Your facilitator, with proven project management and management experience, runs the workshop. Drawing out the learning and facilitating delegate discussions of how the learning relates back to their real project
challenges – they are charged with developing their own action plan to take back and implement.
MIXED CHALLENGES: Most of our clients tell us that running a small project is challenging but doable. As the projects get larger and more complex, it’s the people, the politics and the personalities that cause the headaches. For the first
time, Indigo Simulations and the Managing Stakeholders programme allow delegates to practice these 'people skills' in a project, through the medium of meetings, emails, phone calls and the media, without actually making career-limiting mistakes.
Who is a stakeholder?
A stakeholder can be an individual, a group – internal or external to your organisation; or another organisation that has an interest in, can be affected by, or affect your project or programme.
What is a Simulation?
Our simulations are a business game version of reality, attendees practice in safety, and hone their skills in a realistic (but not real) environment. Mistakes here don’t cost your organisation anything or harm personal or business reputations.
Who should attend?
The Managing Stakeholders simulation™ has been used in project and general management contexts and a range of leadership courses. This workshop is not just for project manager' it's for individuals and teams, of any level, that need to'manage projects.
Similar to the Project Management Survival Guide™, this workshop is ideal for both entry-level, first-time project managers and experienced project managers.
Special Offer
We understand that it's important to be able to show value for money when allocating your training and development budget. We'll not only help you find or develop the right training workshop, we also have a number of ways that you can save money.
UK open public workshops*:Book early and save 5% - book online, 61 or more days from the start of the workshop, and get an automatic 5% early booking discount.
Booking more than one place - when booking online at the same time:
- 2 places - 10% discount.
- 3 places - 15% discount.
- 4 places - 20% discount.
If you are a registered UK charity you can stretch your training budget with a 15% discount, training more of your people in the skills they need to think, communicate and manage effectively. Find out more at www.indigobusiness.co.uk/charity
Up to 50% off, the per delegate fee, with in-house workshops:When you have six or more delegates, in-house workshops typically result in a 50% saving, on the per delegate fee, when compared to our open workshops. You can also save on travel and hotel costs if delivered at your premises. Contact us to enquire: www.indigobusiness.co.uk/contact-us
Indigo is a leading international training consultancy that helps organisations gain competitive advantage by improving their creativity, innovation, communication and project management capabilities. Our training workshops are proven to deliver exceptional results in every industry, and every sector. We now deliver workshops in over 32 countries.
Established in 2001 by our Managing Director, Rob Fisher, we continue to strengthen and expand the business. Having recently moved to our Richmond headquarters, we are now in a position to accelerate our growth. We are looking for the best sales professionals to help us make it happen.
Our enviable client list ranges from fledging SMEs to the biggest corporations in the world.
