Introduction

Organisations continue to operate in challenging environments, with pressure to reduce and manage costs or restructure to improve competiveness and efficiency. Management and leadership skills play a key role in times of change and both individual and organisational resilience is crucial. Leaders need to adapt in shifting market conditions and they have an important role to engage their employees in driving change, sustaining business performance, and maintaining motivation levels. Investing in the workforce is critical.

Kirklees College can offer high quality support, with a range of business skills training to develop leadership and management competence and capability. Many of the courses can be short 'bite-size' training to target specific areas such as time-management or presentation skills.

Each of the programmes listed in this section provides a brief overview, suggested content, and business benefits you can expect to see.

The length of each programme can be adapted to suit your requirements and will be specifically tailored to your organisation. We will work with you to understand your business, your people and your customers and design a programme that helps you deliver real and sustainable change.

If you want a course that's not listed, we will discuss your specific requirements and work with you to design an appropriate programme.

Kirklees College can offer you a range of business skills training to develop leadership and management competence and capability. Each of the programmes shown below gives you a brief overview, suggested content and some business benefits you can expect to see. The length of each programme can be adapted to suit your requirements and will be specifically tailored to your organisation. We will work with you to understand your business, your people and your customers and design a programme that helps you deliver real and sustainable change.

For further information about business skills programmes please contact Fiona Murie on 01924 436204, Ext 2679