Leadership Skills Courses

This course is for everyone who wants greater insight into how people operate socially and the WHY behind emotionally-charged behaviour. It is particularly useful to people who need to influence others for example leaders, team members, facilitators, HR professionals and sales professionals.

Computer literacy helpful as resources are accessed via the Internet.

New and old managers wanting to improve their leadership skills.

Management Position, or preparing to join a management team.

Potential Change managers, Project Managers, Line Managers.

We recommens that you attend the self mastery course first.  Some exposure to either project management, line management, or supervision.

Anyone who requires an accredited introduction to change management course.

Anyone working in teams who needs to understand and manage change better. 

This course is effective with all levels in an organisations experiencing change and transition

Communication at NQF level 4

Computer Literacy at NQF level 4

Delegates will need to bring proof of their matric certificate.

Anyone who would like to learn the skill of coaching as a tool to develop their people, and lead them to readily take accountability, make better decisions, and reach their personal goals. This would benefit any person in a leadership position.

Some leadership experience would be useful.

Managers, HR Personnel, business leaders and anyone needing systematic tools to deal effectively with conflict.

none

Managers and leaders of people in a work environment.  Anybody who desires to learn how to be in touch with their emotions and how to communicate with and lead others effectively in a team setting. 

Any manager or new-manager who would like to earn this unit standard worth 4 credits,  as a path towards earning the full qualification in Generic Management, NQF Level 5, SAQA ID 59201.  

The Leading Training Self Mastery Course is highly recommended as a pre-requisite course to this course as it lays the scientific foundation of how our brains process emotions and how we as social beings relate to others. However, this is not essential.  Delegates need to be prepared to work on formative assignments in class and prepare a summative assessment and portfolio of evidence which will be submitted to the Services Seta after assessment and moderation, for verification of results.

Anybody who would like to gain an understanding of the main components, tools, and techniques of project management.

Anyone who needs an NQF aligned short-course on project management or who needs an accredited project management short training course that is practical and relevant and trained by an expert.

Ideal for a manager without a formal project management qualification who needs a grasp of the terminology and methodology of project management in order to effectively lead a team involved in managing projects. 

This is an excellent crash course or refresher course. 

Any team and management experience beneficial.

No direct project management experience necessary, although it is beneficial.

It is beneficial to have attended the Leading Training Project Management Fundamentals Course if you are an absolute beginner.  If you can't attend that course, and are a beginner, please request a course pre-reading pack.

Please note that this course requires computer skills and delegates need to have access to a computer / laptop to complete the course.  Access to a stable internet connection is essential for webinar attendees.   Classroom based delegates can hire a laptop if needed.  MS Word and MS Excel will be used in class and access to a Learner Mangement System will be given - Moodle, to access exercises and resources. 

Engineers, planners, project managers

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Anyone who needs an accredited, NQF aligned and credit bearing short-course on project management that is practical and relevant and trained by an expert.

Ideal for someone new to project management or on a project team who does not have a formal project management qualification, but who needs a grasp of the terminology and methodology of project management in order to effectively participate in a project team. This is a great base course for someone embarking on a career as a project manager or who would like to find out if project management is the path for them.

It is also an excellent refresher course. 

Any work experience is beneficial.  No direct project management experience necessary, although it is beneficial to have been involved in project work.

One must have the knowledge component of the Leading Training Project Management Fundamentals Course in place or have attended the Fundamentals course if you are completely new to project management.  If you are not able to attend this course, please request a pre-reading pack to cover this knowledge component.  

Please note that this course requires computer skills and delegates need to have access to a computer / laptop to complete the course.  Access to a stable internet connection is essential for webinar attendees.   Classroom based delegates can hire a laptop if needed.  MS Word and MS Excel will be used in class and access to a Learner Mangement System will be given - Moodle, to access exercises and resources. 

This course is intended for: managers in all economic sectors. These managers would typically be second level managers such as heads of department, section heads or divisional heads, who may have more than one team reporting to them or anyone new to managing or leading a team.

Business experience dealing with teams is essential and some leadership experience would be beneficial.  

Learning Assumed To Be In Place And Recognition Of Prior Learning

It is assumed that people learning towards this Unit Standard are competent in

• Communication at NQF level 4

• Computer Literacy at NQF level 4

This course would suit someone who is working who supervises a team in a work environment and who would like to earn credits on the NQF by achieving the outcomes of this course through assessment.

It is assumed that people starting to learn towards these unit standards are able to:

• be competent in Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 3.
• function on basic industry and business knowledge
• interpret basic workflow principles
• schedule activities
• apply basic quality control principles

Business leaders, business owners, managers

Anyone who would like to learn the skill of coaching as a tool to build people / employees and lead them to reach personal goals and make better decisions. This would suit any person in a leadership position.

Some leadership experience would be useful. Beneficial for the delegate to have attended the Self-Actualization and Finding Strengths Course first.

This course is a key course to help establish a foundation of solid thinking skills to analyse and interpret arguments and data.  It is useful to anyone in business to help them think clearly and make good decisions and is a base course for Problem-Solving and Decision making.  If you have not done Critical thinking in school - come on this course.

Matric level English language skills is beneficial.

Managers, business owners and team leaders. Anyone new to team leadership would benefit.

A level of experience in small team leadership would be helpful but any interaction in a business environment is necessary. No specific skills apart from a desire to learn how to better one's leadership skills.

Anybody

Critical Thinking

Anybody