YHAL workshops

Ready, Steady, Go! Engaging your people in the race for success (1)

When the recovery really does set in will your people be on their knees or have their running shoes on?

Investors in People Yorkshire & Humber, Business Link Yorkshire and Yorkshire Forward are pleased to announce a free of charge joint event, exploring how engaging your employees will provide you with the advantage you need to thrive in recovery.

As the country prepares for the economic upturn, employee engagement is more important than ever – particularly as some of your key talent may be looking to move on once the job market picks up.

Covering the importance of keeping your people on board to continue driving quality and innovation, Ready, Set, Go! will provide you with practical tools and tips to help your organisation improve results in 2010.

• Free of charge breakfast event
• Tuesday 30th March 2010
• Starts 8am closes 11am
• Thorpe Park Hotel, Leeds

What is Investors in People? (3)

What is Investors in People? is a practical introductory workshop designed to help you explore Investors in People and what it means for your organisation, with interactive exercises to help you ascertain where you are against The Standard and how to identify areas that require development. 

• £105 per delegate plus VAT 
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm

Preparation for Investors in People Assessment (7)

With practical exercises that will help you to plan your assessor’s visit, the Preparation for Investors in People Assessment workshop will be beneficial whether you are new to working with the framework or looking to refresh your memory.

Touching on the new approach from Investors in People, covering the processes involved in assessment and also exploring what you can do to make the most of your visit, this workshop will offer you a firm foundation to your preparations.

• Ideal for organisations working towards Investors in People assessment or review
• £105 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm

Investors in People: A New Approach (2)

Investors in People: A New Approach will offer you an interactive and practical introduction to the new approach and explore how your organisation can use the framework to move forward and improve performance through people.

This session will give delegates a complete overview of how the new approach to assessment and review can be harnessed to deliver real benefits for your organisation. 

• £205 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 4.30pm including lunch

Measuring Performance with Investors in People (1)

By introducing a proven process for measuring the impact of learning and development, Measuring Performance with Investors in People will take a systematic look at ensuring your investment in learning and development impacts on your organisation’s objectives, improving your performance.  

• £125 per delegate plus VAT
• 9.15am to 12.45pm followed by lunch

Managing Performance with Investors in People (1)

By looking at the role of leadership and management, Managing Performance will help you to explore the vital role that managers play in maximizing the potential of your people. This session will also help you to explore the capabilities required of a manager to lead, manage and develop people effectively.  

• £125 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.45pm followed by lunch

Motivating Performance with Investors in People (1)

By focusing on how involving and empowering your people can improve your organisation’s performance, Motivating Performance will help you to explore how the talent of your people can contribute to your success using the good practice of the Investors in People Standard.  

• £125 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.45pm followed by lunch

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Taster (2)

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is about understanding how people become successful by studying how they think, feel, communicate and behave. If you have heard of NLP and wondered what it was and how it would be of value to you and your organisation, then this taster session is for you. 

• £195 plus VAT per delegate including lunch
• SPECIAL OFFER: Buy one place, get one free
• All sessions 9.30am to 4.30pm

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Diploma Course (1)

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the systematic study of human communication and how we create our subjective world, providing a means of discovering the difference between the best and the rest. The science of NLP can be applied across every area of business and with NLP everyone can be naturally talented.

(This is a four-day, non-residential course taking place over four dates including lunch.  £895 plus VAT)

With Neuro Linguistic Programming, leaders are discovering their own innovative route to achieving excellence, not only in their professional but also in their personal lives, developing pioneering approaches to:

• Setting objectives and defining strategies and translating them into action
• Bringing about change
• Maintaining concentration and focus
• Aligning business and individual values
• Improving communications
• Motivating others
• Understanding how customers make decisions about their products and services

Carbon Action - An Introductory Workshop (1)

Climate Change. Emissions. Carbon Footprints.

If you are looking to save money, want or need to reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint or aiming to attract new customers with improved environmental management, then these are the subject areas you need to learn more about – and more importantly how to make them work for you.

Of benefit to any organisation, of any size or sector, Carbon Action© is a Standard for Reducing Energy Consumption and Cutting Carbon Emissions. So if you consume energy in order to deliver your products or services and you are looking to embed environmental policies and their benefits, this is the Standard for you.

To introduce you to the subject of climate change, we would like to invite you to a free introductory workshop to help you explore the implications for your organisation and how Carbon Action© can help.

• Free of charge session
• All sessions 9.30am to 11.30am 

Carbon Footprint Management (1)

As energy costs rise and clients look for more environmentally aware suppliers, issues such as climate change and emissions are becoming increasingly important for organisations to consider. But how can your organisation tackle these issues and see results?

One key way is to reduce your carbon footprint and actively work as an organisation to lower the amount of carbon emissions you are responsible for emitting. With benefits including improved environmental performance, reduced operating costs, a positive impact on brand reputation and compliance with environmental legislation, now is the time to take action in managing your emissions.

• SPECIAL OFFER: Price £105 per delegate plus VAT (normally £125)
• Includes lunch
• All sessions from 10.30am to 3.00pm 

People Management - A Solid Foundation programme (1)

A suite of five workshops, the People Management – A Solid Foundation programme will help you to explore recruitment, training and managing performance, the issues that life can throw at an organisation and also managing when people leave. 

Ideal for people managers and Human Resources professionals, the programme will help you to analyse your current practices and explore how to bring them up to date to reflect both changes in legislation and best practice from some of the most successful organisations. 

• Series of 5 workshops
• DISCOUNTS available for delegates booking three or more sessions
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm 

Analyse your recruitment strategy (1)

This practical session is a must-have for organisations that want to ensure that their recruitment process is providing a solid foundation for people performance. Exploring your own recruitment, selection and induction practices, it will look into examples of best practice and analyse what will help your organisation to recruit the right people

• £105 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm 

• Part of the People Management – A Solid Foundation Programme

Training Analysis (1)

This practical session is a must-have for organisations that want to ensure that their training design and delivery is providing a solid foundation for people performance. Exploring your own training practices, it will look into examples of best practice and analyse what will help your organisation to benefit from effective training.

• £105 per delegate plus VAT

• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm

• Part of the People Management – A Solid Foundation Programme

Managing the 'life' matters (1)

This practical session will guide you through what to know and prepare for, including areas such as maternity, flexible working requests, parental leave, dependents leave, paternity, health and safety, retirement and ‘the unusual'.

• £105 per delegate plus VAT

• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm

• Part of the People Management – A Solid Foundation Programme

Performance Matters (1)

Looking into the different methods that can be adopted in relation to performance matters, the workshop explores the areas of conduct, behaviour and competence - helping you to understand the differences between them and how to manage them effectively.

A practical session, it is a must-have for organisations that want to ensure that they have the right practices in place to provide a solid foundation for people and organisational performance.

• £105 per delegate plus VAT
• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm
• Part of the People Management – A Solid Foundation Programme

Exits (1)

By looking into the ways that an employment relationships can end, this practical session will help you to explore best practice in managing exit scenarios, such as those resulting from disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, retirements and resignations – both those with hidden grievances and those made in the heat of the moment. The workshop will also explore the purpose and benefits of exit interviews, including what to consider with the information they may provide. 

• £105 per delegate plus VAT

• All sessions 9.15am to 12.30pm

• Part of the People Management – A Solid Foundation Programme

What does the "S" stand for? An introduction to The "S" Word programme (1)

In the current economic climate it is even more important to maximise your selling opportunities and customer relationships, and The “S” Word has been devised to support SMEs in developing their sales process and therefore sales potential.

With a modular approach including workshops and mentor support, the programme is ideal for organisations of up to 50 employees in size and will challenge convention by looking at solutions through the eyes of your customer’s customer.

So if you want to take your business forward and meet the needs of your customers through people and process development, come and find out more at our free overview of the programme, What does the “S” stand for?

• Free of charge event
• Limited to one delegate per organisation
• All sessions 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Understanding the Funding Trap - An introductory session (1)

If you are a not-for-profit organisation looking to find new income streams or aiming to maximize those that you have already identified, then this free introductory session to The Funding Trap programme is a great first step.

A development programme designed to help you adopt a more commercial approach to your activities and reduce your reliance on accessing funding streams, The Funding Trap can help:

• If you find your activities are hindered by funding bodies and grant makers
• If you need to generate your own income but are not sure how to go about it
• If you feel that income generation will compromise your ethos and culture
• If you need to explore and attract interest to your service offering as the Personalisation Agenda is introduced

If you are interested in finding out more about how The Funding Trap programme can help your organisation to improve performance, particularly with the Personalisation Agenda meaning a major shift in the way you may deliver services in future, book your place on Understanding The Funding Trap now for a free overview of the programme.

• Free of charge event
• Limited to one delegate per organisation
• All sessions 9.30am to 11.30am