dstc / by design

Bespoke programmes for skills development

What do you need to improve your return on talent? Whether it’s craft skills development for client-facing professionals who need to enhance the tools of their trade, team leadership skills, or training for in-house trainers – if it’s about getting the most out talented people, tell us what you need and we can build you one.

Here are some examples of recent bespoke programmes

• From managing to leading
• Managing talent: using coaching skills to grow your people
• Presenting and selling creative ideas
• Getting the best out of others: motivation and managing performance
• Managing appraisals
• Communicating with confidence
• Moving up: delegation and empowering others
• Best practice account management

 

Here’s some client feedback from bespoke programmes

Following a bespoke pan-regional leadership course, for a major advertising agency group

“Inspirational, useful, interesting.”

“In [this] training I got to know a lot about myself and my leadership skills. With the help of the exercises now I know in which areas I have to develop and which areas I am good at.”

“Leadership, collaboration, getting to know the [other] countries better.”

“Insightful, helpful, interesting.”

“Until the workshop I thought that my style was the best to tackle the challenges our industry poses on us. Now I understand that I need to respect other styles as well and have some clue how to get the most out of people with different styles.”

“Self-knowledge, attitudes towards knowing other people, [agency] philosophy.”

“Effective, useful, challenging.”

“Intense, very surprising in terms of influence on thinking.”

“I realized that I have to listen to my people carefully their needs ambitions ideas etc. I respect more diversity as it is very important for the Agency.”

“Collaboration, visionary & strategic leadership, building talent.”

“Provocative, human, spontaneous.”

Following a Best Practice Account Management workshop

“The feedback after the seminar was very positive – they were motivated and very inspired. Their awareness about how to act as a good account manager has improved a lot. I also believe that they act much more confidently in the account management role than they have ever done before – both discussing the creative work and asking the right questions.”
- Inge Müller, Director, Account Management, MC In-house Agency, LEGO System AS

dstc / by design programmes benefit people in a variety of business sectors.

Dawn’s and her associates’ backgrounds in marketing communications mean the emphasis is on consultancy skills and creativity in professional services.

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