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Managing Competing Priorities

Course Overview
Delegating work and navigating resourcing effectively is essential within a team environment. This practical course will explore effective communication when delegating and will also support participants in having difficult conversations around delegating and feedback.
Course Details
  • Wednesday 27th May 2026
  • Online
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    6 Hours
  • Emerging and mid-level leaders
Course Outline
Session 1
Welcome and Introduction
  • Overview of the day, and key frames
Session 2
Your Leadership and Management Context
  • Balancing the “what, “how” and “why”
  • The importance of “why”
  • Implicit and explicit environments – building trust through sound judgement
Session 3
Self Management
  • The data-intellectual continuum
  • Leadership and the changing composition of work
Session 4
Urgency, Importance and Delegation
  • Time vs effort
  • When to delegate and when to guide and coach
  • Situational leadership and delegation
Session 5
Message Framing and Re-framing
  • Introduction to Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT)
Session 5
CAR – an approach for leading delegation and feedback discussions
  • Practice session

Key Learning Objectives

Identify your leadership context 

Recognise and organise competing priorities for themselves and others

Understand delegation, when and how to delegate/balance different leadership styles

Explain REBT and its application

“Delegation is not just about getting things done; it’s also about developing people.”

- Anonymous