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Individual and Business performance can depend largely on the relationship between a manager and their team. This workshop highlights how to get the best out of your team, therefore, building a successful team which leads to a successful business.

This workshop will give you the skills and knowledge to build and lead a great team.

Who is this for?

This course is suitable for anyone managing a team no matter what size and at what level.

Agenda for the Day:

09:15 Doors Open – Registration

09:30 New Anglia Growth Hub – how can we help you? *

09:45 Welcome and Introductions *

10:05 Workplace Transformation and the Main Factors Causing It*

10:25 Performance Management (3 Group Exercise) *

10:55 Determining Direction*

11:05 Goals, Objectives and Targets

11:15 Break and Refreshments *

11:30 Managers Responsibility for Setting Objectives *

11:35 Planning – How Rather than What *

11:40 SMART(ER) – Original SMART Objectives

12:05 Ensuring Success – Constructive Feedback

12:20 Feedback Models

12:25 7-Step Approach. Encouraging Progress

12:50 Action Planning – Making Change Happen

13:00 Q&A’s *

13:15 Close

Total hours: 4hrs – *IDB = 3hrs 30mins

About the Trainer – Maria Banks CPCC – Certified Coach, Trainer, Mentor, Facilitator

With over 12 years experience of developing and implementing organisational development and change management strategies within the European Energy industry and a further 14 years running her own L&D professional business and coaching practice.

Maria qualified with the Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) and is a fully trained and change management strategies within the European Energy industry and a further 14 years running her own L&D professional business and coaching practice.

Maria qualified with the Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) and is a fully trained coach by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is a Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC) and a graduate of the 10-month CTI Leadership Programme.

Her experience is diverse having worked with individuals and teams from a range of global organisations as well as servicing her own local community in and around Suffolk and Norfolk.

With a strong commitment to moving clients forward, achieving increased results and reaching their desired goals and aspirations, Maria’s coaching and training is impactful, action focussed and pragmatic.

She brings clarity, focus and action to both personal and professional growth and supports her clients to achieve and often exceed their goals and aspirations.

Maria’s interventions in the International business world have provided lasting benefits to a variety of clients including: E.On Energy UK, Fitch Ratings Italia, McCain Foods GB, Mysis Banking Division – New York, Microsoft, Carillion, Costain, Royal Caribbean International Italia, Fusion For Energy France, King Edward VII Hospital and the Natural History Museum London.

More locally Maria has worked with Hutchinson Port Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District Council & Suffolk & Norfolk Probation Services.

Living in Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, married to Andrew and mother to grown-up sons, Pietro and Nic who live in Melbourne Australia and London respectively.

FAQs

I want to book for more than one person from my company?

Due to the popularity of these events, we are only able to allow one person per company to attend. However, please email [email protected], if you wish a colleague to attend as well and if we have cancellations we will notify you immediately on a first-come, first-served basis to offer another ticket.

What are my parking options for getting to and from the event?

There is plenty of parking on site. Buses stop on Sandy Lane which is a 5-minute walk from Norfolk Chamber Office.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or queries.

What will be done with the information I supply?

Your information will be stored on Eventbrite according to Eventbrite’s terms and conditions. Upon arrival you will be required to sign in on our attendance sheet, this is to provide evidence of your attendance and will be kept on the server as evidence for our ERDF funding. After your attendance will be stored on the secure Growth Hub CRM system. This is required in order to provide evidence of your attendance and eligibility for the course. This will be kept to the statutory dates any only accessible to Growth Programme and authorised personnel. If you request further contact from an adviser post this event they will use this information to contact you and log any future interactions, again to evidence for ERDF funding.

State Aid Declaration

This event is delivered, free of charge, to SMEs (SME is defined as an Enterprise with fewer than 250 employees and has either an annual balance sheet not exceeding 43m Euro or Annual Turnover not exceeding £50m) other restrictions may apply. This support is being provided as de minimis aid under EC Regulation 1407/2013 (De Minimis Aid Regulation). The value of this support has been calculated as £175.

Please note: This is not a request for payment; we are merely required to notify you of the value, which will be relevant if you wish to apply or have applied for any other de minimis State Aid in the future. There is a ceiling of €200,000 for all de minimis aid provided to anyone organisation over a three fiscal year period (i.e. your current fiscal year and previous two fiscal years).

This event, as with all the New Anglia Growth Hub events, is suited and intended for businesses already running and established. Please refer to courses by NWES and MENTA for courses more suited for those businesses who are pre-start or have been trading for less than 12 months

Appraisal skills are extremely important to succeed as a good manager. This course explains how to give a good appraisal, keeping your team motivated along with communication and listening skills and giving feedback and praise.

This workshop will give you the skills and confidence to give your team the appraisal that will help them develop and remain motivated within your company.

Who is this for?

This course is suitable for anyone managing a team no matter what size and a what level.

Agenda for the Day:

09:15 Doors Open – Registration

09:30 New Anglia Growth Hub – how can we help you? *

09:40 Welcome and Introductions *

09:50 Appraisal Skills & Benefits of an Appraisal System *

10:10 Motivating Employees *

10:20 Personal Experience – Attendees Experiences *

10:30 The Johari Window *

10:45 The Appraisal Process at Work *

10:50 The 4 Step Model *

11:00 Refreshment Break: Tea/Coffee and biscuits

11:15 Communication Process & Questioning Techniques *

11:30 Questioning Skills – Exercise in Pairs *

11:45 Listening Skills – 70/30 Rule *

11:55 Giving Feedback – 3 Different Types of Feedback *

12:10 Case studies – Exercise in Pair *

12:25 Guidelines to Managers – Meeting Do’s and Don’t *

12:35 After the Meeting and Mid Year reviews *

12:40 Guidelines for Employee *

12:50 Key Learning Points, Action Planning & Q&A’s *

13:15 Close

Total hours: 4hr – *IDB = 3hrs 30mins

About the Trainer – Maria Banks CPCC – Certified Coach, Trainer, Mentor, Facilitator

With over 12 years experience of developing and implementing organisational development and change management strategies within the European Energy industry and a further 14 years running her own L&D professional business and coaching practice.

Maria qualified with the Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) and is a fully trained and change management strategies within the European Energy industry and a further 14 years running her own L&D professional business and coaching practice.

Maria qualified with the Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) and is a fully trained coach by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is a Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC) and a graduate of the 10-month CTI Leadership Programme.

Her experience is diverse having worked with individuals and teams from a range of global organisations as well as servicing her own local community in and around Suffolk and Norfolk.

With a strong commitment to moving clients forward, achieving increased results and reaching their desired goals and aspirations, Maria’s coaching and training is impactful, action focussed and pragmatic.

She brings clarity, focus and action to both personal and professional growth and supports her clients to achieve and often exceed their goals and aspirations.

Maria’s interventions in the International business world have provided lasting benefits to a variety of clients including: E.On Energy UK, Fitch Ratings Italia, McCain Foods GB, Mysis Banking Division – New York, Microsoft, Carillion, Costain, Royal Caribbean International Italia, Fusion For Energy France, King Edward VII Hospital and the Natural History Museum London.

More locally Maria has worked with Hutchinson Port Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District Council & Suffolk & Norfolk Probation Services.

Living in Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, married to Andrew and mother to grown-up sons, Pietro and Nic who live in Melbourne Australia and London respectively.

FAQs

I want to book for more than one person from my company?

Due to the popularity of these events, we are only able to allow one person per company to attend. However, please email [email protected], if you wish a colleague to attend as well and if we have cancellations we will notify you immediately on a first-come, first-served basis to offer another ticket.

What are my parking options for getting to and from the event?

There is plenty of parking on site. Buses stop on Sandy Lane which is a 5-minute walk from Norfolk Chamber Office.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or queries.

What will be done with the information I supply?

Your information will be stored on Eventbrite according to Eventbrite’s terms and conditions. Upon arrival you will be required to sign in on our attendance sheet, this is to provide evidence of your attendance and will be kept on the server as evidence for our ERDF funding. After your attendance will be stored on the secure Growth Hub CRM system. This is required in order to provide evidence of your attendance and eligibility for the course. This will be kept to the statutory dates any only accessible to Growth Programme and authorised personnel. If you request further contact from an adviser post this event they will use this information to contact you and log any future interactions, again to evidence for ERDF funding.

State Aid Declaration

This event is delivered, free of charge, to SMEs (SME is defined as an Enterprise with fewer than 250 employees and has either an annual balance sheet not exceeding 43m Euro or Annual Turnover not exceeding £50m) other restrictions may apply. This support is being provided as de minimis aid under EC Regulation 1407/2013 (De Minimis Aid Regulation). The value of this support has been calculated as £175.

Please note: This is not a request for payment; we are merely required to notify you of the value, which will be relevant if you wish to apply or have applied for any other de minimis State Aid in the future. There is a ceiling of €200,000 for all de minimis aid provided to anyone organisation over a three fiscal year period (i.e. your current fiscal year and previous two fiscal years).

This event, as with all the New Anglia Growth Hub events, is suited and intended for businesses already running and established. Please refer to courses by NWES and MENTA for courses more suited for those businesses who are pre-start or have been trading for less than 12 months

What positions do our MPs take on energy projects on the East Coast of England?

What roles or offices do our MPs fulfil in the energy sector? Where are the opportunities for growth in the energy sector in the East of England?

What message do you want our MPs to take back to Westminster on behalf of your business?

EEEGR is delighted that we are to be joined by Peter Aldous MP member for Waveney, Dr Therese Coffey member for Suffolk Coastal and Brandon Lewis MP member for Great Yarmouth at a morning of presentations, panel discussions and a question and answer session relating to the threats and potential for the important energy sector in the East of England. Each MP has strategic assets across ports, wind farms, the SNS gas basin and nuclear facilities in the region and each play a central role in stimulating and promoting the energy sector in their own constituencies and at Westminster.

Hear what each of them does within their respective roles for the energy sector, understand how they have been representing the interests of the energy sector in their constituencies and tell them how they can help your business.

This event is relevant for business owners, senior managers and executives, lobbyists, local government officers and key influencers. 

With the absence of Christmas markets and fairs due to COVID and the cancellation of our Christmas Fair at Holt Hall, we have moved “online”. Our Online Christmas Marketplace is an online directory full of small businesses, many of whom are local to Norfolk. The directory is remaining live until Christmas and is mailed to our existing mailing list whom would have normally attended our two day fair. It has always been an extremely popular event attracting approximately 3,500 people from across the county. This year, we are encouraging people to shop small and support local.

Join content strategist and Jet Social founder Jess Shanahan – where you’ll learn how to establish yourself as an expert through LinkedIn.   Jess Shanahan is a content strategist and journalist who runs the Norwich-based content agency Jet Social. She’s worked with the likes of Peugeot, Jaguar Land Rover, Autodesk, Epicor, Jurys Inns, Goodyear, and more on content projects of all sizes. She also works directly with founders and business people on their own content, thought leadership articles, internal communications, and blog posts.

Thought leadership is the practice of using your business experience and passions to answer the questions of your target audience. By posting consistent thought leadership content, you establish yourself as an expert, become more visible to your audience, and open up conversations with potential clients, partners and investors. Whether you’ve decided it’s time to increase inbound leads through LinkedIn, want to generate interest around your business or learn how to better your content creation, this webinar will teach you what you need to know to get started.

What Will We Cover?

• What kind of content to share on LinkedIn
• How to create compelling content through articles and posts on LinkedIn
• How this ties in with your wider content strategy
• Easy ways to streamline your content creation if you’re pushed for time

Hosts Hethel Innovation are an EU-funded business support organisation, providing support to Norfolk and Suffolk’s business environment to innovate and become more productive and competitive as a result. Hethel Innovation also provides incubation services through Hethel Engineering Centre and Scottow Enterprise Park.

Has your branding for your business gone a bit stale? Come along to learn how you can inject a new lease of life in to your brand!  

Give Your Brand Some Flavour:

A brand is the way a company, organisation, or individual is perceived by those who experience it.

So essentially, branding is customer perception, and positioning is the process by which a company offers its brand to the consumer.

In this webinar, we will delve in to the different layers and building blocks of a brand and what comprises your brand identity.

 

What We’ll Cover

In this session we’ll cover:

• What is a brand?
• What does your brand say?
• What are your brand values?
• What you want people to feel when they interact with your brand
• How you communicate your product or service

Following the session you should understand the multiple building blocks that make a brand. and apply this to your own business.

 

Who Should Attend?

• Early stage organisations looking to build a brand from the ground up
• Businesses looking to give their brand a bit of a refresh
• Anyone looking to learn more about the importance of strong and consistent branding

 

This webinar will be delivered by Sam Currall, part of Hethel Innovation‘s Business Development Team. With a focus on marketing at Hethel, Sam works closely with SMEs and Startups in Norfolk and Suffolk to increase their outreach and apply better marketing practices.

Date:Tue 6th October 2015, 18:30 – 21:00 Venue:Easton College Price:Free Per Team

When:Tuesday 6th October 2015, 6.30-9pm Where:Easton College (outdoor courts) Teams:7-10 players per side – ladies only (maximum of 2 league players per side). One team per workplace Cost:FREE A fun and friendly game – anyone can play it! Part of the ‘This Girl Can’ campaign A great team building activity All equipment will be provided and the rules will be explained

YOUR ORGANISATION MUST BE BASED IN SOUTH NORFOLK

Brexit is coming… start your international planning now before it’s too late 

Join the experts at MHA Larking Gowen, with guest speakers from Barclays Business, for a webinar on planning for international trade post Brexit. Updating you on the latest issues, what it may mean for you, and discover more about trading internationally, how to unlock opportunities and identify the potential benefits. 

When?  Monday 9 November 2020, 12:30-1:30pm

Businesses across the Great Yarmouth borough are invited to an important businesses breakfast, on Friday, April 7, about the efforts to refurbish Great Yarmouth’s vital tidal defences.

The tidal defences along the River Yare are central to business operations: they are key to reducing the flood risk to valuable business bases, stock and equipment, in addition to the homes of thousands of staff and customers, and to the highways and other infrastructure that keep everything running.

The defences are also an important factor in attracting and sustaining business investment and jobs in key industries that are essential to the prosperity of the local, regional and national economies.

Investment in the defences enables Great Yarmouth to realise its full economic potential and unlock huge opportunities for businesses.

Everyone benefits from Great Yarmouth’s tidal defences, which is why businesses have formed the Tidal Defences Business Partnership: a group of businesses, of various sizes, sectors and locations, which is working closely with Great Yarmouth Borough Council and the Environment Agency to help move the refurbishment works forward as quickly as possible.

All businesses are invited a free business breakfast, kindly sponsored by Norse, where you can:

• Find out more about this vital refurbishment scheme

• Discover the benefits and opportunities for your business

• Tell the Environment Agency about your own aspirations#

• Explore ways you can show support

• Get free advice to improve your flood resilience

This important business breakfast will take place at the Town Hall, on Friday, April 7, from 7.30am to 9.30am. To confirm attendance, please email Bernard Harris via [email protected]

A friendly and informal forum for local business owners. A chance to discuss ideas and gain inspiration from other like-minded people on how to make a business more profitable. The spring business breakfast will focus on how to grow your business through collaboration with other businesses.