This event is designed for people who need to distil a mass of complex information into a two page decision paper, for busy decision takers. People gaining most benefit from this event will be working in an area where decisions are needed to implement plans and projects.
Typically participants will be policy civil servants, or local government officers; but the techniques and skills have wide application across the public sector, and the voluntary and charitable sector.
People in the private sector writing papers for a company board or directly to a chief executive will also benefit from the approaches taught, as well as anyone who wants to gain an insight into decision making in government.
By the end of the course participants will:
- Know how to get the essential facts from a mass of material
- Have learned techniques to analyse options to achieve planned outcomes
- Know how to structure and present a complex decision paper succinctly
- Have practised techniques using a case study
- Have gained confidence to originate their own work, and provide feedback to their staff
Speaker:
Hugh Lennon - Training Consultant
Hugh Lennon is a self-employed training and development consultant. Recently work includes delivering seminars and courses covering the business of Government and particularly training in Policy Skills. For several years past he has been an Associate of the National School of Government designing, developing and delivering courses for their Fast Stream students. Alongside Policy work Hugh enjoys developing students’ skills and understanding of the human aspects of management and leadership. He works in various training styles, ranging from delivering straightforward lectures supported by visual aids to facilitating self-directed experiential learning for personal growth or skills development. In working with clients and their staff he draws on a work history covering electronic engineering, (he is a Chartered Engineer and has worked at sites around the World on radar and navigation aid projects for the U.K. Ministry of Defence), through to Human Resource management including periods as an in-house management trainer and as Equal Opportunities Officer, again for the MOD. He has also worked in the Cabinet Office and at the Civil Service College.