The Business Management Academy Programme
Are you a...
- High performer looking for promotion into management?
- Practising manager wishing to augment your skills?
- New manager looking for practical answers to difficult challenges?
Then the Business Academy is for you!
CTP’s Business Management Academy transforms talent by addressing the need businesses have to develop the next generation of leaders. Our flexible, two-year, module-based programme prepares up-and-coming managers for a place on the senior management team – and beyond. Our programme is stimulating, challenging and stretching. We provide practical support: dynamic delivery.
Unlike other management development programmes, which focus on personal development, this programme brings together the key business disciplines with personal development to deliver team players with business leadership skills and who can run effective businesses. Every company has different priorities and the structure of this programme allows substitution of different events that reflect your goals. Talk to us about how you would want to structure your Academy.
Year 1
Term 1 September – December
Core
Module 1
2 Days
September
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Personal and
Professional
Development |
Objectives: -
- To have a good understanding of your personal strengths, weaknesses and preferences and how others perceive you
- To develop personal excellence and focus on your personal priorities and the means to achieve them
- To develop communication skills and to influence, negotiate and network
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| Project |
Into action |
Identify an area in your life where unsatisfactory personal relationships are preventing you reaching your goals. Analyse your part in the process and develop a strategy to achieve joint agreement and commitment from the other party to a common goal
Feedback on next event
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Term 2 January – April
Core
Module 2
2 Days
January
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Teamwork |
Objectives: -
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To understand the dynamics of teams and how to work effectively in a team to achieve goals
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To recognise the value of others’ opinions and insights and harness them to achieve a successful outcome
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To develop Political Intelligence™ and be an example of positive political behaviour
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Develop presentation skills
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| Project |
Into action |
Working with the other members of your Academy Team resolve a business challenge to be set by the company, which will result in improved teamwork throughout the organisation.
Present results to the Executive
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Term 3 May – August
Core
Module 3
2 days
May
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Managing people |
Objectives: -
- To recognise the difference between management and leadership
- To develop the management skills of delegation, motivation and assessment
- To become a good coach, addressing poor performance and developing new skills in others
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| Project |
Into action |
Identify a challenging issue within your own team and the measurable impact that has on business outcomes. Develop a plan of action to identify, analyse and assess the reasons for the current situation. Develop and implement remedial strategies, measure outcomes.
Feedback on next event
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Year 2
Term 4 September – December
Core
Module 4
2 days
October
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Finance& Project Management |
Objectives: -
- To understand the key steps in managing successful projects to time and budget
- To know how to develop an effective project plan with assessment of cost and time
- To develop and implement a project plan based on a case study
- To understand P&L and Balance Sheets
- To plan budgets for a department of the organisation
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| Project |
Into action |
A business critical project to be undertaken within the next three months will be assigned to the Academy Team. A Programme Manager from the business will be assigned to steer the project and monthly meetings to assess progress will be undertaken. The goal - to implement change
Presentation of results to the Executive
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Term 5 January – April
Core
Module 5
2 days February
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Marketing and Strategy |
Objectives: -
- The principles and practice of marketing
- Why marketing is needed
- The difference between marketing and selling
- Marketing Strategy
- Marketing Tactics
- To know how to develop strategies and to develop practical implementation plans
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| Project |
Into action |
Against the mission statement of the business the Academy Team will develop strategic objectives to be achieved in the next 5 years with critical steps to achieve the goals. The impact of external economic, political and environmental change will be considered and strategies development to address them.
Presentation of results to the Executive
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Term 6 May – August
Core
Module 6
2 days
June
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The Cutting Edge
Outdoor Learning Event
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Objectives: -
- To build confidence in others through risk taking
- To test leadership skills in an unequivocal environment
Present analysis of outcomes and any practical ways of applying this learning to the business environment to the Executive.
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| Project |
Into action |
Presentation by the Executive of strategic goals of the business and the delegate’s role in reaching them.
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