Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been writing a presentation that I have to give as part of my ILM5 qualification. I give presentations fairly regularly (in fact I’ve given two since I started writing this one), but this one is different in that I’m being assessed on every aspect of it, and the … Continue reading “Making professional presentations”
Category: ILM5
Lean and Lean Six Sigma
As well as studying for my ILM5 qualification, I’ve also been undertaking other training and development. A lot of this has centered around process improvement, which is going to play a larger part in my role going forward, and which is something I’m very interested in anyway. As part of this I attended a day-long … Continue reading “Lean and Lean Six Sigma”
Managing for efficiency and effectiveness
The latest module of my ILM5 training was called Managing for efficiency and effectiveness. I was a lot more comfortable with this as a subject than budgetary control, and my main learning point was that I was on the right track with a lot of the things I’m already doing, and that the way I … Continue reading “Managing for efficiency and effectiveness”
Immediate reflections after this week’s session
After doing two days of training about efficiency and effectiveness the main learning point is that I’ve got a fairly good system for staying efficient and effective already. I manage my time well, use appropriate tools to track my work progress, and manage to achieve a lot in a relatively short period of time. I’m … Continue reading “Immediate reflections after this week’s session”
Negotiation
After doing a course on negotiating (and reading Getting to Yes which I enjoyed more than the course), I find myself analysing every negotiation I see (in real life or on TV). My conclusion so far is that there are a lot of people who are bad at negotiating, and many of them have roles … Continue reading “Negotiation”
Budgetary planning and control
I attended the second module of my ILM5 training last week, which covered budgetary planning and control. This is an area of work where I don’t have a great deal of experience, but one which I feel I’ll need a decent grounding in if I’m going to move any further in my organisation. The content … Continue reading “Budgetary planning and control”
Innovation and Change
I’ve just started studying for the ILM level 5 in Leadership and Management, which is likely to take up a fair bit of my time over the next six months. One of the things I’ve been asked to submit is a learning log, which details everything I’ve learned (and want to learn) and how it … Continue reading “Innovation and Change”