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Brilliant People Management

Brilliant People Management

Open training course, January/February 2027

Brilliant People Management

"It's just quicker if I do it myself!" is one of the most common traps for anyone with team management responsibilities, and it's exactly the kind of thing we tackle on our Brilliant People Management open course.

It's is a live, online course, spread across two half-day online sessions, for new and existing managers in PR, comms and marketing who want practical, relevant people-management training.

Managing people is a completely different skill from being great at PR, comms or marketing.Managing people is a completely different skill from being great at PR, comms or marketing. This course gives managers practical tools for delegation, feedback, difficult conversations and accountability, so they can lead their teams with more confidence and less second-guessing.

It’s especially useful for managers who are brilliant at the day job and want practical tools for the people-management parts of the role.

This highly interactive live online training course for PR and comms professionals uses examples and scenarios that are directly relevant to the day job, covering:

  • Delegation that works

  • Feedback without awkwardness

  • Difficult conversations

  • Motivation and growth

Delegates leave with a practical toolkit they can use straight away, from briefing work so it comes back right first time to tackling that feedback conversation they've been putting off. For the organisation, that means managers with more time for the work only they can do and a team that holds itself accountable.

What delegates say:

It was great to have a trainer who understood what working in PR was actually like

It all felt really relevant and fun. It wasn't a stuffy training course or death by PowerPoint. Gave me several light bulb moments and Emma is a fab trainer!

If you have one or two team members who would benefit from relevant management training, this is an easy way to support them without taking them out of the business for days.

This is an open course and places are limited to keep the sessions interactive. It's ideal if you've got just one or two people who need management training.

One course split over two live online sessions: 27 January and 11 February 2027, each from 9:30am to 1pm.

Join the waitlist for first access to the early bird rate.

Book by 31 December and SAVE £100.

Early bird: £349. Usual price: £449. Bring an additional colleague for just £325.

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