Leading and managing people

What’s the difference between management and leadership?

This subject is a road map to understanding the complexities and motivations of individuals and teams, and how to lead them to success.

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Strategy

Learn the cutting-edge performance management systems transforming law firms.

Skills

Develop your coaching skills to facilitate optimal performance

Evaluate

Examine contemporary management theories and models

Communicate

Develop your performance feedback plan

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What will I learn?

This is more than coaching, it’s cultivating meaningful teamwork

Evaluate contemporary management theories and models that explain the complexities of individual, group and intragroup behaviour within a workplace context

Analyse performance management philosophy & systems adopted by successful organisations that promotes a high-performance workforce

Develop coaching skills to facilitate optimal individual and team performance

Apply effective written and oral communication skills to communicate performance management plan

Learn from the best in the business

Dr Bob Murray

Bob is an internationally recognised expert in strategy, leadership, influencing, human motivation and behavioural change. Using the latest research in human science, Bob helps organisations to better market their services, lead their people, improve their productivity and increase their firm-wide resilience.

With his colleague Dr Alicia Fortinberry, Bob won the American Science Achievement Award and was appointed to head the Obama Administration’s comprehensive national workstress initiative.

Bob is a NY Times best-selling author and he also writes for a professional audience. Bob’s weekly newsletter, “Today’s Research,” on the latest findings that apply to leadership, wellness, psychology and social trends, has a global readership of leaders in industry and academia.

Dr Alicia Fortinberry

A psychologist with a grounding in behavioural neuro-genetics, Alicia enables leaders to successfully design and run organisations according to what really motivates humans.

With Dr Bob Murray, she received the US Science Achievement Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for their work on personality and change.

Her latest books (with Dr Bob Murray) include, "Leading the Future: The Human Science of Law Firm Strategy and Leadership" (2nd edition) and "The Human Science of Strategy: What Works and What Doesn't". Alicia and Bob also wrote two popular best-sellers "Creating Optimism" and "Raising an Optimistic Child" (both McGraw-Hill, New York).

Designed for:

Anyone in a leadership role

Why students choose us

“I applied what I learnt from day one.”

“Study at your own speed, balanced with workshops and learn from your peers.”

“I’ve sharpened my skills and updated them. Now I have confidence to apply this in my firm.”