http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/People and organisational development specialists. Location : Edinburgh, http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Alloa, Price : 1450.00,This enlightening and practical course gives business owners and managers invaluable insight into how they can effect positive and lasting change and create organic growth and sustained profitability using various interventions that incorporate the science of behaviour....in essence, this really is one of todays' 'must-do' courses. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Alloa, Price : 495.00,This is an essential qualification for anyone wishing to become a confident and sought-after trainer. Starting with the basics of training design and structure, it extends into simple and effective training techniques by encouraging a dynamic and flexible approach to training delivery. Taking into account some of the recent advances in accelerated learning, transactional analysis and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) this programme is very interactive giving each delegate plenty of time to hone their own skills and to develop their own training style. Delivering these skills and techniques over a short period (typically 3 days), the programme is fairly demanding but highly effective and great fun.   If you are looking for an internationally recognised programme and teaches you simple and effective ways to confidently deliver a topic of your choice to a group of any size, this really is the programme for you. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Alloa, Price : 555.00,Health and safety are key business considerations that every company has a legal obligation to manage.  It is significantly more than a 'nice to have' or a moral obligation to look after your staff and your customers. Safety management is one of those areas that we often neglect until a situation arises where we have little or no choice but to take action, and often to take action quickly.  The ability to promote a safe and healthy working environment by creating, implementing and managing a simple health and safety framework allows a business to consistently identify and control its health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall business productivity. Safety management takes into account many many areas, and this competency can generally be broken down into five main areas: Health and safety management systems Creating a health and safety culture Workplace and work equipment hazards Hazardous substances and health hazards Legislation and legal compliance This 3-day programme covers all of these topics and more and as you also receive (once you have successfully completed a short multiple-choice question paper) a CIEH Level 3 Certificate In Health and Safety In The Workplace, this really is an essential course for all managers to attend. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Alloa, Price : 995.00,Coaching is one of the fastest growing professions today; it's used by people engaged in human development and is more and more often recognised as a catalyst to achieving results. Are you looking to be an even more effective people manager, or are you interested in establishing yourself in business as a coach? Maybe you just like the sound of coaching people? Coaching and mentoring is a skill; it is hugely rewarding and can create unprecedented positive change in people and in their successes, their ways of life, their businesses and their relationships with people. Our programme is fully certified and accredited by the Chartered Management Institute and upon successful completion of the course you will be awarded two certificates; a "Certificate In NLP Coaching" and also a "Level 5 Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring" from the Chartered Management Institute itself. Our summer course is being run over two weekends - basically to minimise disruption to people's busy work lives - new dates are 19th and 20th June and then the 17th and 18th July. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 595.00,Time and time again technical experts are promoted to management roles without the ability to effectively manage people, whether those people are superiors, peers or subordinates. An effective manager must be able to get the very best out of their team and those they interact with on a daily basis.   This incredible three-day programme gives delegates the ability to do just that; get the best of out of their teams in a productive, professional, commercial and long lasting way.  There are three main aspects to this programme pre-programme profiling and support three one-day workshops that are fun, interactive and very inspirational, and post-programme support and mentoring to ensure the knowledge, skills and behaviours developed over the programme are implemented easily back in the workplace.   This programme has been enhanced over many many years and is, we believe, one of the best programmes of its type today.  Some of the tools and techniques we have adopted into this programme include Strengthfinder, Belbin team role preferences, emotional intelligence, psychology of motivation, advanced communication tools, how to use various management and leadership styles effectively and the pitchblue model for dynamic and powerful delegation. Aimed at junior to middle managers, this exceptional programme has been created to show a immediate return on your investment. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 145.00,Stress is based on our response to perception – how we personally perceive a situation. So if we can control our perceptions, we can control our levels of stress. Stress in the workplace can be triggered by a range of factors, such as poor communication, lack of commitment, constant or tough deadlines, peer pressure, new jobs and untrained staff, personal problems, noise…. the list could go on an on. This enlightening and interesting one day workshop is a 'must have' for all managers who are keen to create and maintain a harmonious and productive work environment.  If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 245.00,An interesting, enlightening and highly effective presentation can be the difference between success and failure. This is a crucial workshop for anyone who may wish to develop the skills for making competent, confident and dynamic corporate presentations. You may wish to be able to effectively build rapport in a group environment? You might like to develop more confidence when presenting? Flexibility of approach to group presentations and the use of positive language, embedded questions and tag questions are integrated with strong observation skills to assess delegate 'buy-in', ensuring that any presentation you make will be a fun, relevant, rewarding and satisfying exprience for everyone involved. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 495.00,Most train-the-trainer programmes today teach you how to work with groups, however one of the biggest needs in the workplace is for people at all levels in a business to be able to train effectively on a one-to-one basis.   Have you ever been taught how to use a piece of equipment Have you ever been taught how to do a particular task or make something? Can you remember a time in the last week where someone showed you how to do something? The chance is that you have answered yes to two, if not all three, of these questions!  The ability to train engagingly and effectively on a one-to-one basis is very very different form training to groups and requires a very different set of skills.  This 3-day programme will provide you with the necessary skills to present or train on a one-to-one basis or to very small groups with ease.     This programme is internationally recognised as sets a solid foundation for all types of communication, engagement and training. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 995.00,This is an incredible powerful programme aimed at middle to senior managers. This programme is much much more than any other leadership development programme and is three days of the very best leadership development available. There are four aspects to this unique programme: Pre-programme Baron-On Emotional Intelligence and Baron-On Emotional Intelligence 360 degree feedback with one-to-one feedback and coaching Three one-day workshops exploring how to develop each of the areas that make a leader a real leader in this dynamic and changing world An optional experiential weekend, run as a joint venture between the team at pitchblue and previous members of Her Majestys Military Intelligence leadership development team Post-programme coaching and mentoring to allow time, space and support to implement the new knowledge, skills and behaviours learnt across this amazing programme. This programme is suitable for those that really want to understand what true leadership is all about those that are willing to "do the right thing" no matter what. Management is management, this is leadership. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 1445.00,This superb follow-on to the NLP Business Practitioner programme lasts for eight days. It's often spread over several weeks but we are running our amazing programme over two 4-day weekends this year. Taught by one of the UK's foremost NLP trainers, our course gives delegates only the very best in materials and methods of training. The content includes: meta-programmes (the structure behind psychometric tests such as Myers Briggs) clean language coaching for change training and presentation skills values based performance advanced language patterns and structures, and advanced negotiation and influencing skills and many other business applications of NLP. Each delegate will leave the course having attained new heights in personal growth and with fresh perspectives, knowledge, tools and techniques - ultimately making them significantly more effective and focussed. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 995.00,Based on the work of our consultancy team, we have developed this three-day programme specifically for key decision makers and senior managers who want to make a difference to their business.  This programme works through a set process of 'business alignment' and sets a solid ‘core’ or foundation around which delegates can then drive their business forward.   Based on the key concept of creating competitive advantage through having the customer at the heart of everything that you do, this programme, normally run over one-day per week for three weeks, covers many great tools and techniques including: How to create strategic business direction in a simple and effective way How to leverage competitive advantage through out-of-the-box thinking and innovation Understanding how to ensure your product, customer segments and targeting strategies are commercially viable Based on psychographic profiling, we show delegates how to package and engage with different customer segments in a way that works each and every time How to create and align all aspects of your business culture including mission, vision, identity, strategies, values and beliefs to ensure your staff are engaged in delivering, and are competent to deliver, key business objectives  How to ensure that you have the right people doing the right job at the right time, and that they are doing it well How to measure business performance in a quick and effective way to ensure you put your energies onto what works. As a short and very focussed programme, delegates spend the three weeks developing and implementing a simple and highly effective marketing strategy.  All delegates leave with a new ‘mind-set’ for the business, thinking and acting differently, giving immediate and tangible business results and an immediate return on investment. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 495.00,This is an essential qualification for anyone wishing to become a confident and sought-after trainer. Starting with the basics of training design and structure, it extends into simple and effective training techniques by encouraging a dynamic and flexible approach to training delivery. Taking into account some of the recent advances in accelerated learning, transactional analysis and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) this programme is very interactive giving each delegate plenty of time to hone their own skills and to develop their own training style. Delivering these skills and techniques over a short period (typically 3 days), the programme is fairly demanding but highly effective and great fun.   If you are looking for an internationally recognised programme and teaches you simple and effective ways to confidently deliver a topic of your choice to a group of any size, this really is the programme for you. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Alloa, Price : 555.00,Health and safety are key business considerations that every company has a legal obligation to manage.  It is significantly more than a 'nice to have' or a moral obligation to look after your staff and your customers. Safety management is one of those areas that we often neglect until a situation arises where we have little or no choice but to take action, and often to take action quickly.  The ability to promote a safe and healthy working environment by creating, implementing and managing a simple health and safety framework allows a business to consistently identify and control its health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall business productivity. Safety management takes into account many many areas, and this competency can generally be broken down into five main areas: Health and safety management systems Creating a health and safety culture Workplace and work equipment hazards Hazardous substances and health hazards Legislation and legal compliance This 3-day programme covers all of these topics and more and as you also receive (once you have successfully completed a short multiple-choice question paper) a CIEH Level 3 Certificate In Health and Safety In The Workplace, this really is an essential course for all managers to attend. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010 Location : Edinburgh, Price : 995.00,NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) is one of the greatest personal, management, leadership and business development tools ever developed. The benefits of NLP are endless, and if you are genuinely interested in being the very best that you can be, and helping your teams and your business be as productive as possible, then the world of NLP is for you. The content includes such fascinating topics as: psychology of behaviour advanced communication skills influencing and negotiating goal-setting for the conscious and unconscious mind building confidence verbal and non-verbal communication tools, and the struture of how we think how to be effective at everything to name but a few!!  We encourage anyone interested in attending one of our courses to call us and speak to one of our trainers; we are very proud of our course and want to ensure that when you come on our NLP courses you are sure this is the right course for you, and you are happy to embark on an incredible journey. This is a fully internationally recognised qualification, issued through the Association of Integrative Psychology. If you are interested in having this programme run in your company, please contact one of the pitchblue team for more details. http://www.pitchbluesolutions.com/calendar September 5th, 2010