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Target Audience: Leaders and Managers across the institution

Whether you are a manager in a faculty, academic department or in professional services you will use negotiation and networking skills daily. Strong networking and negotiation skills are of benefit to build valuable relationships, take effective decisions and achieve balance and win-win outcomes when dealing with staff, students and other stakeholders.

This session will provide you with the theory behind effective negotiation and networking and then offer practical skills and techniques that will allow you to practice your enhances skills in your job role.

 At the end of this session, you will:

• Know and understand the general principles of negotiation and networking
• Know how to influence and negotiate with others to achieve objectives
• Understand the value of networking in your role as a manager.
• Have practical tools and techniques for participation in successful negotiation and networking activities in your role

·       We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff:

For on-campus activity:

Full access information for the venue is available via AccessAble buildings listed on http://accessable.co.uk or contact osdu@strath.ac.uk

·        There will be audience participation

·        You are asked to attend the whole session

·        This will be a short session without a break

·        The session is relaxed – this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc.

·        In line with current University health and safety guidance, attendees may wish to use face masks.     The room will have either mechanical ventilation or passive ventilation (i.e. open windows)

·        Digital copies of resources available to participants in advance of delivery upon request

·        Printed materials will be available in different formats (e.g. large print) / contact OSDU

 to request printed materials in different formats

·       [Any other access info, e.g. live captions, British Sign Language interpretation, hearing loop] please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements.

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your Department / School if you do not attend your place on the course. There will be no charge as long as you cancel your booked place before the event or notify our staff at osdu@strath.ac.uk that you can no longer attend.

A Department / School is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you are expected to attend ALL parts of the course.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of a course of 1-day duration or less. For some courses, there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.