Evolve Blog

Jul 2009

Financial Services Special Report: Is your brokerage built for success or failure?

“Good times shield us from the truth about the limitations of our sales organisation. However when the financial services marketplace gets tougher those limitations can threaten your brokerages very survival” so says David Malone, Executive Director of Evolve Consultants.

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Jul 2009

I know what you did last summer!

I know what you did last summer. In fact, I know what the majority of sales professionals have been doing every summer for the last five or six years. What am I talking about? The great corporate Ireland summer wind down. Quarter three is an odd time for doing business in Ireland. 

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Training Programmes - Management Suite

List of Programmes:

Coaching Skills

Many managers do not consider the role of on going coaching as being part of their job. Too often they don’t possess the relevant skills necessary to assist and coach their people so as to improve job performance and to effect behavioral change. Coaching is a vital skill in helping people to be the best they can be. This program will address the issue of the manager as a coach. The objective of the program is to impart ‘people development’ skills to managers so as to enable them provide effective coaching and support to staff on an on going basis.

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Effective Decision Making

The key skill which underpins leadership at any level in an organisation is the individual and collective ability to make and take effective decisions. Decision making and taking competency is the lifeblood of successful management
This programme is designed for anyone in the public and private sector who are responsible for taking decisions to fix a problem which has created a current, unsatisfactory situation, or to make decisions on strategies to prevent the latter or set new goals and policies for the future.

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Finance for the Non Financial Manager

No manager can be can manage a department, team, project or a business without being able to get their head around finance. Understanding the principles and methods of financial management will help participants to see the monetary implications of the decisions they make. This workshop will provide participants with a broad introduction to financial principles

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Manager Development Programme

This programme is intended for the 'hands-on' manager whose role is to manage limited resources in order to achieve specific results required by the organisation. The aim of this course is to develop (or further develop) the skills, knowledge and behaviours associated with being a successful manager. Participants will leave from the course with a thorough understanding of management theory and practice and will be able to utilise their new skills in the workplace to demonstrate that they are effective, motivational and organised leaders.

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Performance Appraisal Skills

The performance reviews is an essential component of employee development. All too often however they are handled badly and are dreaded by the manager and the appraise. The exercise becomes a useless procedure and the only real result is a completed form. Appraisals can however underpin organizational performance and ensure all staff’s objectives are aligned correctly with the organization and remedy any areas that need improvement. This program shows how to make appraisals a two way process, which will motivate and empower employees.  

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Project Management

Delivering any size of project on time, within budget and to the required quality standard requires a range of skills through Decision-taking, Planning, Conflict Management, and Teambuilding


This programme is designed to provide participants, regardless of their level of experience, with the tools and techniques of Initiating, Planning, Implementing, Controlling, and Closing any project whilst maintaining Team harmony and reducing pressure and stress.

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Time Management

In today's fast moving world of 2009 a demanding business recession ridden environment, means that many people are faced with more responsibilities, more stress and less time to get things done. Effective time management is critical to the success of an individual and their organisation. This programme will assist participants take greater control, manage their time more productively and get more work life balance into your daily routine. Furthermore, by following a set of proven suggestions participants will develop a time management system to ensure that their deadlines can always be met.

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