Essential Management Skills

Essential Management Skills

Course schedule

Classroom Training:
DateVenueDurationPrice
13 - 17 Apr 2026London5 days£4,495
29 Jun - 3 Jul 2026London5 days£4,495
14 - 18 Sep 2026London5 days£4,495
11 - 15 May 2026Riyadh5 days£4,495
8 - 12 Jun 2026Dubai5 days£4,495
6 - 10 Jul 2026Cape Town5 days£4,495
3 - 7 Aug 2026Istanbul5 days£4,495
7 - 11 Sep 2026Riyadh5 days£4,495
5 - 9 Oct 2026Dubai5 days£4,495

Please note: prices shown above are exclusive of VAT (20%).

If you don’t see your preferred course date, please contact us.

Course Overview

This course provides mid-level professionals with the practical tools and confidence to manage people and processes effectively. It blends core management techniques with strategies for leading everyday teams, equipping participants to improve productivity, foster accountability, and enhance communication. Delegates will develop the skills to motivate colleagues, delegate appropriately, resolve conflicts, and align day-to-day operations with broader organisational objectives.

Who Should Attend

Managers seeking to sharpen core competencies. Past delegates have included:

  • Operations Managers
  • Team Leaders
  • Administrative Managers
  • Programme Supervisors
  • Project Coordinators

 

Course Outcomes

  • Lead and motivate teams with greater clarity.
  • Manage time, tasks and people more efficiently.
  • Improve confidence in decision-making and prioritisation.
  • Communicate more assertively and professionally.
  • Set goals, track outcomes and review performance.
  • Strengthen leadership presence and interpersonal impact.

 

Course Topics

Self-Awareness & Leadership Style

  • Identifying personal leadership strengths and weaknesses.
  • Adapting leadership styles to different contexts.
  • Understanding emotional intelligence in leadership.
  • Self-reflection and peer feedback exercises.

 

Goal Setting & Accountability

  • Defining SMART objectives.
  • Creating accountability structures within teams.
  • Monitoring progress and performance indicators.
  • Ensuring team alignment with organisational goals.

 

Effective Communication & Interpersonal Influence

  • Communicating clearly and persuasively.
  • Managing difficult conversations.
  • Techniques for influencing stakeholders.
  • Role-play and communication simulations.

 

Digital & AI Literacy for Executives

  • Understanding core digital technologies and AI in a business context.
  • Identifying practical applications of AI across functions and teams.
  • Managing data, risk, ethics and governance considerations.
  • Leading digital change and building confidence in AI adoption.

 

Leading Everyday Teams

  • Building trust and accountability in teams.
  • Setting expectations and performance standards.
  • Delegating tasks and responsibilities effectively.
  • Overcoming challenges in team dynamics.

 

What are Essential Management Skills?

Essential management skills are the skills managers and leaders need to effectively lead and coordinate their teams to achieve their objectives and targets. These skills include:

  • Communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Team building skills

These skills ensure that everyone on your team is aware of the objectives and targets, as well as valued as a team member. Without these essential management skills, projects can often go awry from being mismanaged. By ensuring your organisation’s managers, leaders and department heads have taken training on management skills, you can ensure your projects are being led with effective skill sets across your business.

LCT’s Essential Management Skills Training

LCT’s Essential Management Skills course helps team leaders, managers and department heads to develop the necessary skills to lead their team effectively for your organisation. Students in our management skills training course learn how to apply effective leadership techniques, build successful and motivated teams and communicate effectively with their teams to engage and influence them.

At LCT, we offer a wide range of management courses designed to assist all management staff in your organisation. Our Essential Management Skills training course is designed to level up the knowledge and expertise of learners to ensure they are using best practices within their roles.

All of our courses are delivered by industry experts with a wealth of experience in their fields. Our courses offer a hybrid of online study and in-house training in London to ensure your employees have a deep understanding on completion of their management skills training course.

What do people say about London Corporate Training courses?

���The training experience was excellent and eye-opening. I will definitely recommend this course to my friends and colleagues.���

Project Coordinator

Ministry of Health, Zambia

What are Essential Management Skills?

Essential management skills are the skills managers and leaders need to effectively lead and coordinate their teams to achieve their objectives and targets. These skills include:

  • Communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Team building skills

These skills ensure that everyone on your team is aware of the objectives and targets, as well as valued as a team member...

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