Training and Development

Training and development courses and seminars from Kaplan Hawksmere, the UK’s leading business management training company.

Would you like to offer any of the following courses or seminars in-house? You can save on employee travel costs and time away from the office with high-quality management development training on your premises.

Kaplan Hawksmere’s in-house capability is built on a solid foundation of over 20 years experience in the training consultancy, public course and conference industries. We serve over 60,000 customers each year. Organisations seeking in-house and bespoke training solutions know they can trust Kaplan Hawksmere for results-oriented, practical delivery. To speak with a member of our dedicated in house services team, please contact us on 0845 076 0679 (at local rates) or e-mail incompany@hawksmere.co.uk.

• Absence management

  Sickness absence costs the economy an annual £100bn What are you doing about it in your organisation? A concentrated day of practical advice and guidance on how to improve your staff attendance, boost productivity and save the company money.

  
  

• Croner Training's 10th Annual Update on Fitness for Work 2008

  Now in its 10th year, this intensive one-day seminar will provide updates on legislation, case law and occupational health. This seminar will benefit all HR Managers and occupational health practitioners.

  
  

• Dealing with sensitive issues in employment

  This one-day seminar will give you practical advice and guidance to help you deal with the most sensitive and emotive personnel issues in the workplace

  
  

• Designing and implementing competency-based frameworks

  Competencies are now part of the standard toolkit for all HR professionals. This one-day seminar will help you learn how to design and review a competency based framework to suit your organisation.

  
  

• Effective HR assistant

  This popular one-day seminar is an ideal introduction to the main issues which would face an HR professional. Whilst it is designed for those with little or no knowledge of the HR function, this seminar will also serve as a useful update for those more experienced in the field.

  
  

• Effective HR officer

  HR policies and procedures have to move with the times. To keep them up-to-date and effective, you need to know the very latest developments in employment law and best practice. This very popular, practical, one-day seminar has been designed specifically to help you bring your knowledge completely up-to-date and show you how to apply it to best effect.

  
  

• Employee handbooks - the policies and the practice

  A highly interactive, one-day course providing you with all the advice and guidance required to make sure your employee handbook is up-to-date and in line with the law.

  
  

• Finance skills for HR professionals

  A unique one-day programme designed specifically to make finance accessible and relevant to human resources specialists from all sectors. There is no other seminar currently available in the UK offering a similar service to the HR professional. Croner Training brings to this seminar the same authoritative content and attention to detail that characterises its published materials.

  
  

• Handling disciplinary and capability issues effectively

  An invaluable day of practical advice and guidance on how to conduct disciplinary and capability issues effectively without falling foul of the law. This one day seminar will help you understand the policies and procedures involved in disciplinary, conduct and capability issues.

  
  

• Managing people effectively

  Based upon sound people management principles, subjects covered include motivational strategies, team building, delegation and communication. The programme is intensive and uses case studies, practical exercises and discussion.

  
  

• The effective training administrator

  Efficient administration is critical to the success of your training function and ultimately your business. This one-day practical programme will help you to develop the key knowledge and skills required to be an effective training administrator. Includes real-life case study exercise and personal action planning sessions

  
  

• The effective training and development manager

  A two-day practical seminar to help you develop key competencies to meet the challenges of successfully running a training and development function.

  
  

• Train the trainer

  For training to be successful it needs to be business focused and deliver real results back to the organisation. It also needs to be designed with learning in mind. This two-day seminar will cover the fundamentals of training design and delivery, will help you strengthen your skills as a training facilitator and will focus on building your confidence as a trainer.

  
  

• Workplace mediation

  This practical and participative workshop will equip you to undertake 'pre-emptive conflict management' with confidence in your workplace.