Essential Management Skills 2017

Overview

Technical excellence is no longer enough to guarantee career success. Whether you’re already in charge of a team or preparing to step up into management, Essential Management Skills 2017 (EMS 2017) will motivate you to chase after your career goals.

Over three days, you will improve your ability to manage yourself, projects and teams. You will learn how to take control of your development and how to lead others. Through workshops, exclusive site visits, presentations and interactive challenges, EMS 2017 will provide insight into leadership, communication and project management.

Make the most of our new industry visits and workshops:

New industry visits to leading and upcoming companies including: AWE and Bladon Jets.

For full workshop descriptions, click on the Programme tab.

New workshops on topics including:
• Living Lean
• Problem Solving & Synthesis: How to deal with badly defined, complex business problems without drowning in work!
• Developing an entrepreneurial mind-set - approaches for driving your career growth
• Perfecting your pitch - through networking
• Demystifying Finance

Industry Visits - 22 March 2017:

On the first day you have the opportunity to visit one of the following companies to observe successful management initiatives and gain insider knowledge on engineering practice.

T1 AESSEAL, ROTHERHAM
AESSEAL is a pioneering global business which designs, manufactures and supplies mechanical seals, engineered sealing systems and other environmental and reliability-focused products and services. Their leading product family, mechanical seals, is used in rotating equipment such as pumps to prevent leaking liquids and gases from escaping into the environment. AESSEAL has twice been the overall winner of the Manufacturing Excellence Awards (2006 and 2011).

T2 BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION, DERBY
Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and services that set new standards in sustainable mobility. Their manufacturing facility in Derby builds predominantly passenger trains for the UK market, including current projects such as 65 trains for London’s new Crossrail and 665 vehicles for Abellio’s East Anglia operations.  See rail vehicles being built on the production line and hear about Bombardier’s approach to engineering management for delivering contracts worth in many cases over a billion pounds.

T3 AWE, ALDERMASTON
Due to the nature of AWE's work, this visit is limited to British Nationals only.
AWE is responsible for the design, manufacture, and maintenance of the UK's nuclear deterrent.  The visit to AWE’S Aldermaston site will commence with an introduction to the organisation’s role and history incorporated into a tour of AWE's Historical Collection.  After a buffet lunch, where there will be an opportunity for discussion with some of AWE's engineers and technical professionals, there will be a visit to one of AWE’s important facilities before departure mid-afternoon.

T4 BLADON JETS, COVENTRY
Bladon Jets is pioneering the development of micro gas turbine generators– small, light and clean-burning jet engines which will provide a new generation of green and efficient power units. Bladon Jets' senior management team holds an impressive collection of entrepreneurial and corporate skills with a proven track record to match. With several successful start-up companies under their belt, this exceptional team has the experience, drive and passion to make Bladon Jets an outstanding success story.
Take this opportunity to visit the Bladon Jets’ Research & Development and Pre Production Assembly Operations at The Proving Factory in Coventry. Here the company is developing the Bladon 12kW microturbine genset (MTG) as a cost effective, clean alternative for telecom tower power applications. Hear about their unique design expertise and manufacturing processes and how they are leading the way in bringing this breakthrough solution to volume production for key growth markets worldwide.

T5 MERCEDES AMG HIGH PERFORMANCE POWERTRAINS, BRIXWORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains is a Daimler AG company whose principal activities are the design and manufacture of Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 racing engines and hybrid power systems for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS team. They supply power units to the Sahara Force India F1, Williams F1and Lotus F1 teams. On this visit, discover the best management processes to improve performance, observe how F1 engines are designed, manufactured and tested, and hear from the Engineering and Programme Directors on future challenges in F1.

T6 CATERPILLAR DEFENCE PRODUCTS (CDP), SHREWSBURY
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel electric locomotives. The Shrewsbury facility specialises in diesel engines, transmissions and power packs for military applications, along with the re-manufacture of engines and components for both Caterpillar and Perkins products. Gain an insight into the management techniques and skills used to enable CDP to achieve technical excellence on time. Learn about the engineering challenges faced in military products and how these are being addressed to ensure the best capability for future applications.

Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

08:00 - Programme

Workshops:

W1 MEETING THE COLLABORATION CHALLENGE
Gain insight into the knowledge and skills essential for building collaborative relationships, and what you need to develop these skills for the future.
• What is collaboration? If you’re not collaborating, what are you doing?
• Barriers to collaboration
• Starting with the individual, how collaborative are you?
• The mental model and approach for effective collaboration
• An understanding of the key skills for building collaborative relationships

Kate Stuart-Cox, Partner, Perspectiv LLP
Kate Stuart-Cox specialises in developing and coaching teams and building skills for effective collaboration, running programmes in numerous organisations.

W2 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Conflict arises for a number of reasons. Interestingly, it can have positive effects. However, in many instances it has a negative impact and can be very destructive. What can we do about this? This workshop will explore conflict – what it is, why it arises, the knock-on effects etc. More importantly, it will look at how we can manage it and what tools and techniques there are to help us. Finally, you will get a fix on how you handle conflict. The workshop will be highly participative.
Gain insight into:
The nature of conflict 
- The knock-on effects 
- Emotion and logic 
- People and problems
• Tools and techniques to help you manage conflict
• Conflict styles questionnaire

Iain Graydon, Business Psychologist, People: Development and Growth
Iain operated as training consultant with the GEC Management College before setting up his own training and development business. He has extensive experience of design and delivery of large development programmes, with a particular emphasis on graduate engineers. Much of his work involves face-to-face situations such as meetings, negotiations and change where conflict may arise. He has helped apprentices through to directors understand the resulting dysfunctional behaviours and what to do about them. The workshops will explore this topic further.

W3 COACHING TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
 “I would love to Coach my team, but I just don’t have the time”   If this is something you have said to yourself, then come along to this  interactive workshop and  develop your skills as an Everyday Coach to drive results through people and achieve individual, team and organizational success.  If you like to learn by doing, then this workshop is for you  – there is no sitting back and watching during this session.

Amanda Henderson, Global Learning & Development Manager, Howden
Amanda is an experienced Learning and Development Manager and Executive coach with over 15 years experience in designing and delivering people development programmes across the Aerospace, Marine and Energy sectors. Amanda has firsthand experience in working with engineers and understands the challenges that can come with developing such a technically focussed group. One of her career highlights and successes was the development of an Internal Coaching & Mentoring programme that facilitated people development and knowledge transfer across a global platform. Employed with Howden since 2016,  Amanda is also responsible for leading organisational change programmes and developing others to achieve their potential.  

W4 LIVING LEAN
Lean is more than a technique to improve processes – Lean is not something you do but something you live. In this interactive session the focus will be on the heart of Lean – the behaviours that underpin the philosophy. Often described as central to Lean is the identification and elimination of waste and through a hands-on exercise, the participants will  gain a deep understanding of what is meant by value adding and non-value-adding activities.
The practical exercise will demonstrate how Lean can work for any day-to-day activity and is really a state of mind that steers behaviours.

Stephen P. Walsh, Partner, Burge Hughes Walsh Partnership
Stephen Walsh is an experienced trainer and consultant in the field of process improvement, including Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement and Systems Thinking. The continuous improvement approaches developed by Stephen are based upon a systems perspective, where the need to understand purpose and context underpin successful implementation.
He specialises in transferring the skills of process improvement (or ‘customer satisfaction improvement’, as he prefers to call it) to client personnel by combining technical training with train-the-trainer and facilitation skills programmes. Examples of his work from both private and public sector organisations include the roll out Rapid Improvement Workshops at the Office for National Statistics; embedding Continuous Improvement in the daily activity of staff at Aberdeenshire Council; the development of Six Sigma Yellow, Green and Black Belts at Lisi-aerospace and problem-solving skills training in a variety of companies. He is currently working in large companies in aerospace, defence and power generation.

W5 BE HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND REMEMBERED
If you want an added edge that will keep you in the mind of your listeners for days, weeks, even years after hearing you speak, join this workshop.
• Learn to create curiosity with the audience
• Use key tools and techniques for all types of speaking contexts
• Ensure you will be heard understood and remembered

Teresa Dukes, Speaking Coach, Dukes Consultancy
Teresa Dukes is the Founding Director of Dukes Consultancy, specialising in sowing the seeds of confidence that help bring out your natural qualities to communicate more effectively. She has over 16 years of corporate and public speaking experience and provides coaching, speaking and training services to her clients. As a Certified World Class Speaking Coach, Teresa works with individuals of all levels from apprentice to CEO, helping them to be heard, understood and most importantly – remembered.

W6 I’M AN ENGINEER, I DO NOT NEED THE LAW OR DO I?
All engineers have to work within legal and commercial frameworks. Getting the legal side of the process wrong could cost your company large sums of money. This will be an interactive workshop covering:
General principles of the law of contract, particularly relating to formation and privity of contract and third-party rights
Essential elements of a valid contract 
Contractual liability and limitation on liability
Design liability and how it may be owed to third parties

Stephen Rockhill, Engineering and Construction Lawyer
Stephen Rockhill specialises in engineering law, both contentious and non-contentious. He advises on a range of issues including practical ways to avoid disputes, advice on forms of contract and modifications to standard contract forms.

W7 WHAT’S YOUR VIEW? THINKING ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM SOLVING AND INNOVATION PREFERENCES
VIEW assesses problem-solving styles in order to understand, develop and promote strengths, identify areas of behaviour that need to be addressed, better appreciate and value the different preferences of others when innovating and solving problems. Prior to the workshop, you will complete the VIEW assessment and receive your own personal feedback report at the session.

Nikki Barker MIMechE, Associate, Perspectiv LLP
Nikki Barker is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the IMechE, who has worked with Perspectiv since 2010. She also runs her own engineering, training and development consultancy largely focused on the UK gas industry. Nikki is a trained facilitator, with counselling/coaching and excellent interpersonal skills, who brings passion, practicality and innovation to the sessions she runs.

W8 FACILITATING MEETINGS 
Group situations such as meetings can be very unproductive and frustrating experiences. This workshop will look at techniques to prevent this and add value. You will look at why meetings fail and what to do about it. 
Gain insight into:
• Why meetings fail
• Group problem-solving and decision-making
• Group dynamics: task versus process
• Dysfunctional behaviour and process interventions
• Tools to help you improve meetings
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Iain Graydon, Business Psychologist, People: Development and Growth
Iain operated as training consultant with the GEC Management College before setting up his own training and development business. He has extensive experience of design and delivery of large development programmes, with a particular emphasis on graduate engineers. Much of his work involves face-to-face situations such as meetings, negotiations and change where conflict may arise. He has helped apprentices through to directors understand the resulting dysfunctional behaviours and what to do about them. The workshops will explore this topic further.

W9 PERFECTING YOUR PITCH – THROUGH NETWORKING
• When networking have you ever thought that every one in the room is a potential client?
• Has that thought ever caused you anxiety?
• Would you like to learn how to network more effectively?
• Quickly attract the right clients and push away the wrong ones
• Obtain a key technique to land that next big meeting with a new contact
• Learn how to make your pitch personal to produce profits

Teresa Dukes, Speaking Coach, Dukes Consultancy
Teresa Dukes is the Founding Director of Dukes Consultancy, specialising in sowing the seeds of confidence that help bring out your natural qualities to communicate more effectively. She has over 16 years of corporate and public speaking experience and provides coaching, speaking and training services to her clients. As a Certified World Class Speaking Coach, Teresa works with individuals of all levels from apprentice to CEO, helping them to be heard, understood and most importantly – remembered.

W10 DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND-SET - APPROACHES FOR DRIVING YOUR CAREER GROWTH
Engineers are natural problem solvers, but how many engineers and engineering managers fully realise their potential to innovate and drive value for their organisations? Fortunately there are examples of entrepreneurial engineers who have achieved great things; however there are numerous examples of engineers who have got bogged down in the status quo.
In this inspiring and interactive workshop develop an awareness of approaches gleaned from entrepreneurship which you can apply to your own projects and professional development. You will leave with ideas and understanding allowing you to drive exceptional results in your current organisation (‘intrapreneurship’) as well as for your future career.

Dave Jarman, Teaching fellow in Entrepreneurship, University of Bristol, Freelance Innovation Consultant.
Dave's academic teaching and freelance consultancy is particularly interested in early-stage start-ups and the creative process. Dave was Director and Chair of Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK) and remains an honorary fellow of both EEUK and the International Entrepreneurship Educators Programme. Dave's background is in supporting students and graduates into start-ups and freelancing. He has worked extensively in Higher Education on student enterprise, employability, and entrepreneurship and has been an expert advisor to HM Government on entrepreneurial education.

W11 DEMYSTIFYING FINANCE
The relationship in businesses between engineering and finance teams can be fraught with misunderstanding. Whilst both engineers and accountants use many of the same words they have different and often very specific meanings. As a result engineers can face multiple questions about their work and the information that they provide and can find that the financial performance of their teams is not what they thought it was. The workshop is intended to help engineers by explaining the perspectives of finance and some of the key terminology in use. It will cover through a combination of presentation and group discussion:
• How financial / management accounts work and some of the key terms that are likely to be used
• How project budgets and their management impact businesses in financial terms
• The questions Finance ask, why they ask them and what you need to consider to answer them
• Why things go off budget and how to prevent it.

W12 UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FROM AN ENGINEERS PERSPECTIVE
As an engineer everything you have ever worked on has been approved at some stage as a result of your company’s finance and accounting system. You don’t need to be an expert but you do need to understand what goes into this analysis to avoid the wrong decisions being made. This workshop helps give you an understanding of Financial, Management and Cost accounting and their impact on your business.
Ian Joesbury, CEO, Advanced Laser Technology Ltd
Ruth Bender, Professor of Corporate Financial Strategy, Cranfield School of Management

Ian Joesbury is CEO of Advanced Laser Technology Ltd and Honorary Treasurer of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has broad experience in engineering and manufacturing companies with 20 years in Aerospace and extensive experience of how a business’s  accounting and finance approach impacts its decision making.
Ruth Bender is a Professor of Corporate Financial Strategy at Cranfield School of Management.  Prior to joining Cranfield, she was a partner in Grant Thornton where she specialised in corporate finance, and private equity.  She is the author of Corporate Financial Strategy, Routledge.  Her research interest is executive pay and corporate governance.

W13 PROBLEM SOLVING & SYNTHESIS: HOW TO DEAL WITH BADLY DEFINED, COMPLEX BUSINESS PROBLEMS WITHOUT DROWNING IN WORK!
Problem Solving & Synthesis: How to deal with badly defined, complex business problems without drowning in work!
Learn some of the techniques and approaches used by consultants to quickly and pragmatically solve business problems. Work through a typical business case problem, and practice communicating your findings effectively.

James Arnold, Operations Consultant
James has spent 9 years specialising in Lean operations and Product Development consulting. He was a manager and trainer in McKinsey’s Operations Excellence Program, and now runs his own business.

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