DEVELOPING TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE - RESEARCH METHODS, EFFECTIVE USE OF QUESTIONING AND ACTIVE LISTENING:
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COURSE OVERVIEW:
Obtaining relevant facts, undertaking technical research, and developing and advising on relevant options, strategies and solutions…
People change themselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. This course is about the first option: inspiration to take responsibility for self-improvement in the technical aspects of your profession to aim for a more fulfilling career.
Your salary is what you get from your job while this course is about what you can become.
OK, you work hard in your job – but this course is about working hard on yourself so that that personal technical development can last a lifetime so you can reap the rewards you deserve.
Discover how to wear many hats as you broaden your know-how!
Obtaining relevant facts, undertaking technical research, and developing and advising on relevant options, strategies and solutions…
People change themselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. This course is about the first option: inspiration to take responsibility for self-improvement in the technical aspects of your profession to aim for a more fulfilling career.
Your salary is what you get from your job while this course is about what you can become.
OK, you work hard in your job – but this course is about working hard on yourself so that that personal technical development can last a lifetime so you can reap the rewards you deserve.
Discover how to wear many hats as you broaden your know-how!
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course you can:
By the end of this course you can:
- Understand how you learn and recognise your favoured learning styles
- Develop various approaches to broaden opportunities for learning
- Understand the competency framework for qualified professionals
- Undertake a personal Development Needs Analysis in key areas of competency
- Develop a bespoke Personal Development Plan
- Know how to work towards a better life / work balance
Section - Objective
How do People Learn? - Review individual experiences to date
My Preferred Learning Style - Pre-work review applying practical approaches to learning
Widening Opportunities to Learn - Developing strategies for ‘life-long’ learning
Professional Competency Framework - Understanding competencies for all qualified professionals
Development Needs Analysis - Assess competencies in key areas – a reflective approach
Developing a PDP - Define your individual Personal Development Plan
Life / Work Balance - Develop life /career planning activities
Module Evaluation - Planning to embed individual learning in the firm
How do People Learn? - Review individual experiences to date
My Preferred Learning Style - Pre-work review applying practical approaches to learning
Widening Opportunities to Learn - Developing strategies for ‘life-long’ learning
Professional Competency Framework - Understanding competencies for all qualified professionals
Development Needs Analysis - Assess competencies in key areas – a reflective approach
Developing a PDP - Define your individual Personal Development Plan
Life / Work Balance - Develop life /career planning activities
Module Evaluation - Planning to embed individual learning in the firm
LEARNING RESOURCES:
Supporting materials designed by DAW Ltd. for this programme includes:
Supporting materials designed by DAW Ltd. for this programme includes:
- Pre-event discussion template for line manager – fully supported through delegate attendance pack
- Pre-work – getting the learner to evaluate existing learning style and know-how
- Online video show-casing ‘hands-on’ practical ideas drawing on realistic working practices
- A comprehensive workbook to support learning
- A learning assessment tool to check your embedded learning
- Post-event discussion template for line manager – fully supported through delegate attendance pack

YOUR TUTOR:
Adrian ‘Mac’ Mackay, BSc(Hons) DipM MCIM DipDigM CMkr PCertM CMgr MCMI MBA (Strategic Marketing)
I was asked to devise new material for the lawyers’ Professional Skills Course – Client Care and Professional Standards Module that was ‘highly commended’ by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. I draw on that experience to make ‘Ethics and Standards’ accessible to all professionals and their staff.
I bring a wealth of practical marketing and business development experience from over two decades of consultancy practice; I’ve tutored in marketing internationally and have been a popular lead speaker on the trainee lawyers’ Professional Skills Course. I enjoy working with all levels of people in professional service firms and especially as an executive coach.
Along the way I have become a Chartered Manager, a Chartered Marketer, and has dealt with many Codes of Conduct my entire career. I attained a CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing in 2014 – with Credit.
I’m author of ‘Master your CPD – in 3 minutes a day’.
Adrian ‘Mac’ Mackay, BSc(Hons) DipM MCIM DipDigM CMkr PCertM CMgr MCMI MBA (Strategic Marketing)
I was asked to devise new material for the lawyers’ Professional Skills Course – Client Care and Professional Standards Module that was ‘highly commended’ by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. I draw on that experience to make ‘Ethics and Standards’ accessible to all professionals and their staff.
I bring a wealth of practical marketing and business development experience from over two decades of consultancy practice; I’ve tutored in marketing internationally and have been a popular lead speaker on the trainee lawyers’ Professional Skills Course. I enjoy working with all levels of people in professional service firms and especially as an executive coach.
Along the way I have become a Chartered Manager, a Chartered Marketer, and has dealt with many Codes of Conduct my entire career. I attained a CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing in 2014 – with Credit.
I’m author of ‘Master your CPD – in 3 minutes a day’.