Managing People for Growth

Boosting productivity, innovation and growth through excellence in people management.
The Managing People for Growth programme is Scottish Enterprise’s flagship programme for new & emerging managers wanting to build their competence & their confidence as people managers.

It’s a learning opportunity specifically designed to boost productivity, innovation & growth by getting better at how we manage our staff resource.

Delivered as 6 x 1 day modules over 12 weeks in small groups of 12 – 15 delegates, the programme explores the essential skills of being an effective manager of teams & individuals – from communication & motivation to managing performance & delivering results, and everything in between.

Highly action-focused, all the learning happens in the room with no need for additional study – the only activities outside the modules are what delegates themselves choose to implement with their own teams.

Supported by Scottish Enterprise to make it affordable for even the smallest business, places are only £550 + VAT each. We can accept up to 3 participants from an individual business on any group.

Programmes run throughout the year – click here for details of the next available dates.

Managing People for Growth

Interested in learning more?

If you’d like more details on the programme and what it covers, or just the opportunity to meet the team and ask us some questions, why not join our next no-obligation online Information Session.

Why bother?

All businesses face competition – both for sales and for talent. A well-managed, motivated and empowered workforce delivers a competitive edge on both fronts.
Developing people managers to be more competent and confident in their role enables:

  • More engaged employees
  • More productive teams
  • Fewer problems, mistakes & rework
  • Fewer tensions, arguments & staff issues
  • Released innovation & resilience
  • A better bottom line

What Participants Get

  • 6 full day themed modules, 4 in-person, 2 online
  • Practical, hands-on learning with skills & tools that can be used immediately
  • 1-1 coaching session to create a personal development action plan
  • A DISC behavioural styles leadership assessment & personalised results report
  • Small group learning experience & peer support
  • An accountability partner for reflection & review
  • Learning blended with business experience & real world inputs

The Course Details

Module 1

Being a People Manager – what it means to be an effective people manager and where our strengths & areas of challenge currently are.

Module 2

Empowering Individuals & Teams – different tools to engage, enable & empower the people we work with.

Module 3

Communication & Influence – how we get our message across effectively and build the trust we need for our communications to hit home.

Module 4

Coaching & Delegation – simple frameworks to make delegation more effective & develop our confidence in developing our staff through coaching.

Module 5

Managing Individual Performance – foolproof ways to have the conversations that matter with our team members to boost results.

Module 6

Creating a Culture for Innovation – effective strategies for releasing the ideas, creativity & problem-solving skills in ourselves & our teams.

Managing People for Growth

For a chat about the programme please contact us on MPFG@perception-insights.com

Register for our next available cohort here

What others have said

Jay Christopherson, Head of Video, SpeakEasy Productions Ltd

I was fortunate to attend the Scottish Enterprise ‘Managing People for Growth’ programme between March and June 2024.

I began the programme with some limited prior experience in managing teams but without having had any formal management training. I was therefore keen to learn new best-practice skills and techniques that I could bring back to the workplace, with a view to growing in confidence in my new role and ultimately becoming a better manager.

The programme really helped to deliver on these goals. It spanned 6 separate modules covering a range of topics relating to the theory and methodology of people management. These were adeptly delivered by our programme leader Rebecca, who I found to be friendly and engaging in addition to having the kind of knowledge and expertise that you would hope for in a thought leader in this area. In addition, each module featured a different guest speaker who provided real-world examples of what management theory looks like in practice.

Through the course I was able to qualify my own leadership style and learned how to build on this to help develop a high performing team. I was taught useful strategies and techniques in areas such as communication, delegation, motivation and coaching – utilising individual tools such as the Fair Work framework, the SMART method of setting goals and the e2c2 model for giving performance feedback. In addition, it was interesting to meet the other course attendees who came from different backgrounds and industry sectors, making for a shared and collaborative experience where we were encouraged to reflect together as we learned.

I now feel better equipped and more confident in my day-to-day role as a manager and I would certainly recommend the programme to anyone else looking to develop their people management skills.

I’ve been a manager for 5 years, and I can honestly say I’ve never felt more confident & optimistic about being a good people manager.
Learning a variety of new perspectives, tools & approaches are helping me become a better manager already.
This course has changed my whole life, not just work!
I really enjoyed hearing from the guest speakers about their ‘real life’ experiences & the challenges they’ve faced.
I learned a lot & it will really help me in my role.
One of the best things was being able to put what we were learning into practice straight away and actually start to see the benefits really quickly.

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