Skillnet Webinar Agenda – commencing 2nd April 2020

Performance Management – Thursday, April 2nd – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• Identifying Performance Strengths and Weakness
• Day-to-Day Performance Management
• Feedback 
• Identifying Underperformance
• Development Planning
• Dealing with Failure to Improve

Cash Management in a Crisis – Friday, April 3rd – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• The right processes and procedures to keep ‘cash flowing’ within your organisation
• How to effectively manage your credit risk
• How to successfully recover a bad debt
• Options and resources available

Leadership in a Crisis – Friday, April 3rd – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• The 5 Pitfalls of leading teams in a crisis situation
• The building blocks of Crisis Management
• Taking back Control
• Communication Flow for Sound Leadership
• Leadership Styles and Crises

HR How to Devise an Infectious Diseases (Covid-19) HR Policy & Procedure – Monday 6th April 15:00 – 16:00

• The key areas of consideration and definitions
• Compliance with Government, HSE and WHO guidelines
• Practical application of employment law & HR policy requirements
• How to apply procedures around restrictions within the workplace
• Go home
• Stay at home
• What if’s 
• Guidelines for working from home/remotely 
• Connection to other key HR policies
• Applying timelines & amended terms

Managing Self – Tuesday, April 7th – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• Emotional Intelligence in Difficult Circumstances
• Time Management
• Delivery of Results

Food and Mood: 3 key ways to support your teams nutritionally for greater energy, resilience and productivity” 7th April – 15:00 – 17:00

• Discover how stress effects energy and food choices.
• Jemma will share 3 key ways in which diet and lifestyle can help with creativity, reduced absenteeism and improving companies bottom line. 

Change Management – Wednesday, April 8th – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• Models of Change
• Identifying Responses to Change
• Staff Needs of Times of Change
• How to Make it Stick

The Lean Workflow – Wednesday 8th of April – 15:00 – 16:30

• Know your value
• Bring it to life using Mapping
• Create flow
• Assess customer demand and establish pull
• Act and continuously improve

Motivating Staff – Thursday, April 9th – 9.30am to 1.30pm

• How do We Motivate Others Remotely?
• Motivation Model
• The Three Elements of Intrinsic Motivation
• Self-Motivation

HR How to manage your headcount in challenging times – 3.00pm – 4.30pm – 9th April – Ria White

• Current Government supports & implications for your business
• Contractual terms & condition requirements
• Short term, lay-offs post lockdown
• Definition of redundancy
• Key HR policy requirements
• Action planning, key points & checklist
• Communication, documentation & paperwork 
• Practical solutions

Remote Management  – Wednesday, 15th April – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• Identifying all the challenges faced when managing remotely
• Exploring tactics and tools to overcome these challenges
• Experience what it is like to be in a remote team through a team activity, to gain empathy and reinforce learning
• Identify the enhanced skills required when managing remotely
• Achieve goals through communication, relationship building, coaching, delegating and trust

Role of a Manager – Thursday, 16th April – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• What do you need to Be, Do and Know
• Supervisor/Leader/Manager
• What kind of Leader are You?
• Flexing between Roles

Change Management – Friday, 17th April – 9.30am to 12.30pm

• Models of Change
• Identifying Responses to Change
• Staff Needs of Times of Change
• How to Make it Stick

All Webinars are free of charge for businesses closed due to COVID-19.

Email skillnet@waterfordchamber.ie to book your place.