Leadership and Management Training
For leadership and management teams keen to further develop their ‘people management’ skills.
About the Course
Tonic knows that this is a time of accelerated change, both in the arts sector and in wider society. We have heard how this is impacting workforces; that people are engaging with their work and with one another differently. We know their needs are shifting, along with their expectations of their managers and feel it’s crucial that managers are equipped with the confidence, tools, and practical guidance to respond. Training with Tonic gives your managers time away from the coalface to reflect, learn, and feel empowered to return to work with a range of techniques they can implement right away.
How it works
No two management teams are the same and nor are their needs. For this reason, Tonic’s manager training sessions are always created specific to your requirements: in a consultation meeting we’ll take you through the range of topics we cover and you can then mix and match them as you wish, assembling a half day, full day, or suite of training days for your managers. Examples of topics we offer include:
- Fostering Resilience In Your Team… And Yourself Leading a team in the arts often entails doing so in a busy, high-pressure environment that demands a lot of them and you. We’ll explore ways to support your team to build their reserves of resilience, and will focus on the importance of you keeping your own stores topped up too
- Communication Frameworks What types of check-ins, feedback loops, and spaces for discussion need to be in place for your team to be empowered and supported by you? We’ll explore the different models you can use and weigh up how and when to deploy them
- Managing in a Shifting Landscape The world is changing fast and so is our sector. We’ll look at practical things managers can put into place to respond to the evolving needs of the workforce (this content can be tailored to focus on what, specifically, can be put in place to support the needs of younger colleagues)
- Habits and Behaviours of Effective Managers Reflect on your current approach to people management, consider what to keep, what to leave behind, and be introduced to a range of individual actions and techniques that can up your management game
- Building High-Performing Teams How to build strong collaboration skills in members of your team, foster connection between them and encourage a team-focused outlook
- Establishing Healthy and Productive Interpersonal Dynamics Techniques for establishing warm but professional relationships with your direct reports. Responding constructively to a full range of personalities, including those you may find tricky
- Supporting Your Team Through Change Learn mechanisms you can use to bring people on board with change, and minimise the negative destabilising impact it can prompt
- Managing Disagreement Within Your Team Differences of opinion and conflicting approaches inevitably exist within teams. Know how to navigate and work to resolve conflicts both major and minor
All our manager training is created specifically for people working in creative settings. Never generic and always built to respond to the day-to-day realities your managers are experiencing, you can be confident that Tonic’s manager training will be honed to your needs. All our sessions are suitable for those new to management, as well as long-serving managers keen to develop or evolve their skillset.
