TLC Courses

This is a list of the courses run by the TLC. Each course may run on numerous dates through the year.

	AC++401: Advanced C++ for Embedded Systems A 4 day course which reviews C++ in the light of real-time systems, addresses the applications of C++ in a real-time/embedded environment, and then focuses on the advanced parets of the language. more..
	AC401: Advanced C Programming An intensive four day course covering the advanced aspects of the C programming for the real-time embedded programmer. more..
	Advanced C Programming This C course is designed for the practising software developer and allows you to gain a better understanding of the language, run-time library and software engineering techniques available with C. more..
	Appraisal Skills A 1 day workshop to help you develop the skills of setting objectives which are clear and agreed and how to give positive and developmental feedback which is motivational. more..
	Assertiveness for Beginners The ability to be assertive is a rewarding skill and makes personal and professional life more fulfilling. This course gives delegates an understanding of assertiveness, and techniques to help them deal with many different and difficult situations more confidently and successfully. more..
	C++501: C++ for Embedded Developers A 5 day course covering C++ in general on the first three days and real-time issues on the last two. Fifty percent of the course is spent on practical work. more..
	C++502: Real-Time C++ A 5 day course covering C++ in general on the first three days and real-time issues on the last two. Fifty percent of the course is spent on practical work. more..
	C501: C for Real-Time Developers An intensive five day course covering C in the context of real-time embedded application development. more..
	Chinese Cultural Awareness This 1 day programme enhances delegates’ understanding and sensitivity for effective working with the Chinese. It allows delegates to undertake a self-analysis of cultural preferences to enhance cross-cultural skills. It also allows delegates to communicate effectively with the Chinese whether on a face-2-face basis or by telephone or email. more..
	Competing to Win Sales teams and Tender Response teams who need to create an Opportunity Management process to increase the hit rate from sales campaigns, and who wish to develop a more strategic approach to dealing with competition. more..
	Effective Career Management Career Development workshop: What everyone should know about career structures. more..
	Effective Manager Delivering success in today’s rapidly changing environment is a significant challenge for managers at all levels. This programme enables delegates to understand and apply the role and responsibilities of being a manager so they can be truly effective. more..
	Essential Business Communication Skills This fully participative 2 day course is designed specifically to improve both external and internal relationships by enhancing communication and interpersonal skills. more..
	Essential Presentation Skills This course has been designed for delegates who want to improve their ability to influence and persuade others during formal and informal presentations. It is intended as an introduction to the key areas for superior presentation. more..
	Excel 2003 Advanced This course provides delegates with an understanding of a number of advanced data management features within Excel including data analysis tools and automation. more..
	Excel 2003 Intermediate This course introduces some of the sophisticated features of Excel for managing and analysing large worksheets in terms of formatting, charting, formulas, security and pivot tables. more..
	Excel 2003 Introduction This course introduces the skills necessary for productive development of workbooks. It includes basic tasks such as: using shortcuts, working with ranges, building formulae, formatting data and printing. more..
	Excel 2003 Visual Basic for Applications This course is designed to teach delegates how to develop applications with Excel’s Visual Basic for Applications Programming system, to build greater functionality into custom applications or to automate cumbersome everyday tasks. more..
	Excel 2007 Intermediate This course introduces some of the more sophisticated features of Excel for managing large worksheets in terms of formatting, formulae and security. It also deals with data analysis tools such as filters and pivot tables. more..
	Executive Diploma in Management The Executive Diploma in Management is the leading post graduate programme of studies for individuals who wish to gain a formal qualification in management. It is especially suitable for existing and aspiring senior managers with a first degree in a science or technology subject who wish to develop their career in management. more..
	Finance for Non-Financial Managers This course is specifically written for Managers who need a better understanding of business finance. It is a very practical course that will build from little or no financial knowledge. The content will be immediately applicable in your business. The course will be relevant and serious, but enjoyable! more..
	How to Network Effectively TLC is delighted to launch its ‘How to Network Effectively’ 2 hour workshop, which will be delivered by Trevor Comyn, Training & Development Manager of Mills & Reeve. more..
	Improving Personal Impact & Influence This workshop will develop the attendee’s inherent ability to make an impact, but with a greater breadth of colleagues and friends. It will cover the importance of understanding others and their personalities, to then adapt behaviours to connect more effectively with others. more..
	Interviewing Skills This programme is designed to raise the competence and confidence of anyone involved in selection interviewing. more..
	Introduction to Coaching Coaching is a fundamental of good management practice and organizations are now realizing that putting time and energy into the development of their employees can have a very positive effect on the culture and success of the business. more..
	Introduction to Coaching for HR Managers Coaching is a fundamental of good management practice and organisations are now realising that putting time and energy into the development of their employees can have a very positive effect on the culture and success of the business. more..
	Introduction to NLP This one-day introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming will help you understand what NLP is and how you can readily apply some of the techniques in your every day dealings with colleagues and relationships. more..
	Introduction to Project Management This one day workshop is aimed at people who want to understand the fundamental principles of project working, typically team members with some elements of project management in their day-to-day role or for those who regularly participate in project teams. It assumes little previous project management knowledge. more..
	Japanese Cultural Awareness This programme is designed to enhance delegates’ understanding and sensitivity for effective working with the Japanese. Delegates will undertake a self-analysis of cultural preferences to enhance cross-cultural skills and learn to communicate effectively with the Japanese whether on a face-to-face basis or by telephone or email. more..
	Leader as Coach Many organisations, researchers and leaders have identified coaching as a critical leadership and management competency. Coaching deals with employee growth, development, and achievement by removing roadblocks to performance and enhancing creativity. more..
	Leading High Performance Teams This workshop will develop the leadership skills of recently appointed or more experienced managers, supervisors and team leaders, plus also senior specialists managing project teams within a matrix organisation. more..
	Management Power Session - Breaking the delegation 'vicious circle' I’ve don’t have time to delegate, because I’ve got too much to do. This is the delegation ‘vicious circle’ The art of delegation is a key skill for all managers and can be developed. This workshop will help you break your ‘vicious circle’ get you delegating things you don’t need to do yourself. more..
	Management Power Session - Delivering on projects ‘Another week gone by and my project deliverable is slipping still further...’ If you’ve ever heard yourself saying this you may welcome some help identifying what you can do to help you and your team get focused to achieve results on time. more..
	Management Power Session - Developing my people “I’ve got a bright team who have high expectations, but we’re a ‘flat’ organisation – so what do I do with my people’s development?” This is a common challenge with no easy answer. Rather than ignore the problem managers can do a lot to support their people and good coaching discussions can help. more..
	Management Power Session - Getting the team meeting going “Our team meetings are boring, we don’t know what to discuss and no- one says anything. Even I don’t look forward to them!” We all know team communications are a good idea but running the team meeting is not as easy as it looks. This power session is packed with simple techniques you can use to energise you meetings so all are involved and motivated. more..
	Management Power Session - Giving difficult feedback Feedback is the breakfast of champions’ – this is all very well but I don’t know how to and I don’t want to upset them. Giving ‘constructive’ feedback to colleagues is a difficult but important part of the job. Many managers are not sure what they can do and how to do it. more..
	Management Power Session - Interviewing for jobs “I sometimes think I’m more nervous than the candidates, I seem to do all the talking, they are not very forthcoming” If you’ve found yourself with this challenge a quick review of your own skills might help. This workshop gives a simple structure to use at the interview with tips on questioning techniques to help you ‘open-up’ the candidate so you can get to know them better. more..
	Management Power Session - Making the tough decision It’s a tough call but someone has to take it! When the deliverables get behind or aren’t going to happen, someone has to grasp the nettle and show clear leadership to decide what to do and let key people know. more..
	Management Power Session - The art of motivation ‘Motivation is something you do for people not to them’ - Ok, what do I do? Do you know what makes your people tick and what you can do to keep the momentum going when things are low? This power session looks at the key principles and things you can do to help people keep motivated at work. more..
	Management Power Session - The performance review “It’s that time of year again - I would like to make my Performance Review meetings more meaningful for my Reviewees and me” Performance review meetings can be nerve racking for the manager and Reviewee. Expectations are usually high and both want to get the most from the process. more..
	Management Skills Workshop more..
	Management Toolkit This 2 day workshop offers managers the opportunity to explore their current management/leadership style, skills and behaviours with the aim of enabling them to apply new skills and adapt behaviours to manage current and future work situations more effectively. more..
	Managing and Supporting Organisational Change more..
	Managing Meetings So much valuable time is spent in meetings but quite often very little is accomplished. Often there is no real purpose or agenda and the result is often demotivating for many attendees. This course will give delegates guidelines on the necessary planning, preparation, structure and process of meetings. more..
	Microsoft Project 2007 Advanced This course is designed for existing Project users who need to utilise some of the advanced features to manage projects successfully. more..
	Microsoft Project 2007 Intermediate This course introduces delegates to project management features, such as baselines, tracking and managing multiple projects. more..
	Microsoft Project 2007 Introduction This course is designed for those who require an introduction to the use of Microsoft Project as an effective software tool for project planning, task scheduling, tracking and evaluation. more..
	MS Visio 2003 Introduction This course is designed to provide guidance on how to create a range of business and technical diagrams. The course covers the concepts of creating various floor plans, flow charts, maps etc. through using pre-defined tools to manipulate diagrams. more..
	Negotiation Skills We all have to negotiate at some point in our jobs. Negotiations with the team over scarce resources can be just as stressful and difficult as commercial negotiations with external parties such as suppliers or customers. more..
	Peripheral Persuasion This 1 day workshop is designed to enable participants to maximise their powers of persuasive communication with special attention given to the image conveyed through non-verbal behavior. This knowledge is highly valuable for staff at any level, providing practical skills for use in all areas of spoken communications. more..
	Peripheral Persuasion Taster TLC are delighted to be able to offer this free 2-hour taster session in conjunction with Eloquential. We hope to receive feedback from attending members following the session to assess whether Eloquential could deliver further programmes through TLC to meet training needs. more..
	PowerPoint 2003 Intermediate & Advanced This course introduces the more advanced features of PowerPoint, including multimedia, to produce more interesting, engaging, and meaningful presentations. It is a simple step-up from the PowerPoint Introduction course. more..
	PowerPoint 2003 Introduction This course introduces the skills necessary to use PowerPoint efficiently. It includes tasks on using basic presentation skills; working with text, graphics/images, tables, charts and putting this all together for creating slide shows. more..
	Presentation Excellence Presenting to groups can be one of the most stressful things that many people in business have to do. A recent survey in the US found that for the vast majority of people, speaking in public was their number one ‘phobia’. more..
	Presentation Skills This workshop is designed for individuals who want to master and/or brush up on the essentials of presenting. The workshop gives a blend of scientific theory and practical exercises to build skills and confidence within a supportive environment. more..
	Project Management & Leadership This 2 day workshop is aimed at Managers that lead teams and projects and who already have some basic knowledge and understanding of the workings of projects. more..
	Selling Effectively Sales teams that need to establish a rigorous sales process to qualify and close business. It will also act as a refresher to sales people looking for fresh ideas or reinforcing good sales practice. more..
	Situational Leadership Situational Leadership II (SLII) (The Ken Blanchard Companies) is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date, yet practical, method of effectively managing and developing people, time and resources. more..
	Supporting the Sales Campaign The aim of this workshop is to develop the selling skills of those delegates who are not normally associated to the sales department and who may be from a technical background in order for them to support the sales effort more productively. more..
	Time Management Every person at work must use the scarce resource of time to the greatest benefit. It is easy to be busy – this programme helps you discover how to be more productive. The emphasis is on developing a systematic approach to take control, manage priorities and avoid procrastination. more..
	Train the Trainer To equip participants with a range of skills and techniques to enable them to design, prepare, deliver and evaluate training sessions that meet desired learning outcomes. more..
	Transition to Management The first promotion for many people brings a mixture of excitement, anticipation and anxiety. Excitement because their potential has been recognised, anticipation at the thought of more responsibility and their ability to cope and anxiety about being able to manage the change and different demands of a new job. more..
	Wellbeing & Stress Management Stress is capable of affecting anyone, yet there is still little understanding of its causes and widespread impact. more..
	Word 2003 Advanced This course is designed to introduce delegates to the best practices that will enable them to become more efficient in producing professional looking documents. more..
	Word 2003 Intermediate This course is designed to expand on basic skills and provide delegates with the tools to work with longer documents efficiently and to use time saving features such as mail merge as well as printing envelopes and labels. more..
	Working across cultures This programme increases awareness of one’s own values and how these compare with those of other cultural groups. Delegates will become aware of communication problems and the steps to take to avoid misunderstandings. Delegates will also learn about international business practices and approaches. more..