Recommended for

All team leaders, people managers, project managers or change managers with direct responsibility for managing people or leading cross functional project teams who wish to understand how to get the best from people.

Course Overview

The word psychology is derived from the Greek “psyche” (mind, soul, spirit) and “logos” (knowledge, discourse or study). Literally then psychology is the study of the mind. Increasingly managerial success lies in understanding the conscious and sub conscious mental processes of how people interact and collaborate.

This course covers the critical cognitive, social and occupational theories from psychological research and applies them in practical beneficial models and methods for everyday managerial use.

Course Benefits

By the end of this course you will have:

• A clear understanding of the relevant psychological theories for successful management

• A working knowledge of how to define and change mental models

• An ability to utilise motivational theory in a way that energises and gives direction to people’s behaviour

• An understanding of the cognitive approaches that accelerate learning and personal growth

• Proven methods for improving team work and workplace collaboration

Course Content

• The nature and scope of psychology

• Behaviour and experience

• Sensory processes

• Emotion and motivation

• Learning and conditioning

• Attention and performance

• Problem solving, decision making and intelligence

• Interpersonal relationships and collaboration