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Management Development

CastleBlue Development offer a range of Management Development Programmes and Workshops, tailored to the needs of you and those within your organisation and focuses on improving their individual skills as a leader and manager.

All our consultants at CastleBlue Development bring a wealth of experience and best practices to the classroom, having held management positions in previous roles and with a passion for developing people, will be able to support and grow them into talented, experienced managers and leaders for the future.

Management Development

Popular topics include…

• Performance Management
• Delivering Successful Appraisals
• Managing Through Change
• First Line Management
• Coaching Skills for Managers
• Leading the Performing Team
• Succession Planning
• Recruitment & Interviewing Skills

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”
– Paul Hawken
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Leadership Development

Successful leadership is about thinking differently but critically, doing differently too. Our programmes are packed with stories, anecdotes, personal experiences and key leadership skills can be highlighted and learned, and the effect is to produce dynamic leaders capable of achieving high levels of success for you and your organisation. A leadership development programme should be a shared experience that builds relationships, rapport and trust across the senior team experiencing it - bonds that, in our experience, will continue long beyond the end of the programme. CastleBlue Development offer a range of bespoke Leadership programmes to support you and those within your organisation throughout your leadership journey and would welcome the opportunity to share ideas, so please do get in touch.

Leadership Development

Popular topics include…

• Building & Leading a Multi-Cultural Team
• Motivation & Employee Engagement
• Developing the High Performing Team
• High Impact Leadership
• Leadership & Developing Others
• Commercial and Financial Awareness
• Teamwork

“A bad leader is hated by the people. A good leader is loved by the people. A great leader leaves them saying we did it ourselves.”
- Lao Tzu
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Coaching

Our personal potential is enormous, but our ability to realise this can be limited by a lack of focus on what we want to accomplish and how to get there. At CastleBlue we have talented team of coaches, all of whom have a breadth of experience. From team coaching through to executive coaching, we are confident we can meet any coaching need and understand the challenges and the benefits of making coaching a reality within your business. Each individual is unique with their own ideas, desires, objectives and strategy. For any coaching initiative to be successful it is paramount that the right coach for the individual or team is selected. To achieve this we can arrange a free 30 minute remote consultation to ensure the ‘fit’ is right and the individual feels comfortable and has trust in the coach.

Coaching

Our personalised approach can include…

• Executive Coaching
• Coaching Skills for Managers
• Life Coaching
• Business Coaching
• Team Coaching

“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It’s helping them to learn rather than teaching them.”
- Tim Gallwey
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Graduate Development

Moving from academic success to business success can bring many challenges. A variety of management and business skills need to be learned and implemented to ensure the graduates perform and develop into key employees. Graduate programmes are designed to help and support the graduates as they embark on their journey into a professional work environment.

At CastleBlue we are able to design a bespoke programme for your graduates, taking into account your organisations strategy, values and culture, as well as ensuring key competencies and learning outcomes are achieved.

Graduate Development

Popular topics include…

• Induction
• Assessment & Development Centres
• Your Personal Brand
• Effective Communication
• Successful Business Relationships
• Personal Organisation
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Project Management
• Team Working
• Presentation Skills

“Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfil your own purpose and potential.”
– Kerry Washington”
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Wellbeing and Resilience

2020 and the global pandemic changed the way many employers prioritise their employee health and wellbeing . Many employers now feel the need to make people feel more protected, focusing their health and wellbeing strategies on preventative measures, including wellbeing, mindfulness and resilience support.

There are many benefits to employee wellness programmes. Wellness helps people become more proactive, productive and can reduce the number of sick days employees take. Most importantly, employee wellness is a vital aspect of building a happier workplace.

CastleBlue Development offer a range of programmes and workshops designed to support your organisation.

Wellbeing and Resilience

Popular topics include…

• Mindfulness
• Resilience
• Personal Wellbeing
• Burnout
• Developing Empathy

“Everything you do to improve your physical wellbeing will have a positive impact on how good you feel about yourself.”
- Brian Tracy
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Personal Performance

Personal development improves your quality of life through the development of skills to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. Personal development courses could include areas relating to self-awareness, stress management, efficiency, creativity, time management and career change.

At CastleBlue Development our Personal Performance offerings are highly targeted and built around individual and team development needs. Focussing on competency, skill or behavioural issues each workshop aims to target specific areas and empower your employees with the skills and confidence to enhance their performance levels.

Personal Performance

Popular topics include…

• Be Assertive
• High Impact Presentation Skills
• Building Personal Impact
• Personal Organisation
• Dealing with Conflict
• Influencing & Persuasion
• Dealing with Work Pressures
• Active Listening
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Train the Trainer

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
- Denis Waitley
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Business Skills

Equipping your employees with the right Business Skills is not just a vital part of an organisation; it is critical. Business Skills training provides an organisation with a prime opportunity to develop the knowledge base of its employees, benefitting the organisation as a whole as well as the individual. Benefits include enhanced employee performance, improved employee satisfaction, increased productivity and reduced employee turnover.

At CastleBlue Development our Business Skills programmes and workshops are designed to deliver proven techniques that work in the real world, not just the training room, and develop the attributes needed for high performance back in the workplace.

Business Skills

Popular topics include…

• Negotiation Skills
• Customer Service Skills
• High Impact Meetings
• Business & Report Writing
• Essential Finance Skills
• Selling with Confidence
• Project Planning Techniques
• People Management
• Facilitation Skills

“It’s not about having the skills to do something. It’s about having the will, desire and commitment to be your best.”
– Robert Hernandez
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Working Remotely

We know for a lot of businesses the focus right now is coping with the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of unpredictability in recent months has created an uncomfortable and tense working experience for many employees, and for businesses this will mean leading the transition to working from home and all the considerations associated with this.

CastleBlue Development have a range of digital workshops to support staff whilst working remotely and below are some of the sessions our consultants have delivered since the impact of COVID-19.

Working Remotely

Popular topics include…

• Managing Remote Teams
• Personal Wellbeing
• Developing your New Work Culture
• Build Outstanding Relationships
• Making Remote Teams Great
• Developing Empathy
• Mindfulness
• Problem Solving in Remote Teams
• Develop your Resilience
• Managing through Change

“Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever.”
– Evan Carmichael
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Bite-Sized Learning

CastleBlue Development offer a range of 60-90 minute bite-sized Learning, delivered either face to face or digitally via webinar. With over 30 STARS (Short Training & Recap Sessions) to choose from and covering a range of Personal, Business and Management Skills, the STARS are highly interactive and packed with tips, tools and techniques. The sessions are fast paced, and each session quickly cuts to the chase to deliver a focused learning experience enabling you to take away four or five ideas to immediately put into action.

Bite-Sized Learning

Popular topics include…

• Dealing with Difficult People
• Presenting a Positive Self Image
• Be Assertive
• Managing through Change
• Make Time Work for You
• Dealing with Pressures
• Influence & Persuasion
• Delivering Excellent Customer Service

“A moments insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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At CastleBlue Development we listen to our clients’ needs which translates into an influential, enlightening learning experience. Our mix of live sessions, digital workshops and one to one interventions keep the energy high and the momentum strong. We would welcome the opportunity to talk or meet with you to discuss a bespoke approach that works for you and your organisation.

Jeremy Howells

castleblue development

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