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Developing Yourself and Others

This course aim to develop knowledge and understanding of developing self and others as required by a practising or potential first line manager.

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Overview

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This course is only available to those currently in employment and fully funded under the Skills to Advance initiative. â€‹

 

Skills to Advance is a national initiative that provides upskilling and reskilling opportunities to employees in jobs undergoing change and to those currently employed in vulnerable sectors. Skills to Advance aims to equip employees with the skills they need to progress in their current role or to adapt to the changing job market. Working closely with small and medium-sized enterprises, Skills to Advance helps employers identify skills needs and invest in their workforce by providing subsidised education and training to staff.

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January 2026

28 January

Marine House, Wicklow

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Module Content

Know how to identify development needs

  • Identify own learning style(s) and the learning style(s) of another member of the team

  • Use a simple technique for identifying own development needs and the development needs of another member of the team 

  • Identify potential barriers to learning 

  • Explain how barriers to learning can be overcome

 

Know how to develop self and others to achieve organisational objectives

  • Briefly analyse learning/development options to meet need(s) of self and another member of the team

  • Identify support mechanisms for the development of self and another member of the team

  • Prepare a development plan to achieve a learning objective for self or another team member

  • Describe a method that could be used to monitor the development of self and another member of the team

Indicative Content

Part 1:    

  • Use of job description, matching to own CV

  • Personal SWOT analysis

  • Organisation’s objectives and development plans and significance for own development

  • Obtaining feedback on performance from line managers and colleagues

  • Simple training needs analysis – using outcomes of SWOT and PESTLE analyses

  • Identification of preferred learning styles 

  • The importance of taking responsibility for own personal development

  • Value of learning and the importance of encouraging a commitment to learning 

 

Part 2:    

  • Identification of potential development opportunities

  • Barriers to learning, and methods to overcome them 

  • Development plans including timescale and resource implications

  • Available support mechanisms 

  • How to compile learning logs and records of activities

  • Methods to plan and monitor learning 

  • Methods to review and evaluate progress

  • How to revise development plans

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