Manager Today Magazine

Fianace for Non-Fianace Managers

2011-10-14T02:22:00.000-07:00

TRAINING CONCEPT:

In today’s global business environment, every business executive needs a fundamental knowledge of how financial resources are accumulated, used and monitored to create shareholder value. Companies that leave these critical issues to the exclusive domain of the financial executives stand to be at a clear competitive disadvantage.

OBJECTIVE:
It will provide a framework to help you interpret and analyse financial statements and understand how business decisions are reflected in financial reports. You will master analytical techniques for project analysis, learn to allocate resources more optimally, and understand financial markets and their role in capital raising and monitoring.
By developing your financial skills you will be in a better position to understand the impact of business decisions and to manage the financial aspects of your role more effectively.

WORKSHOP CONTENTS:
- Understanding The Role of ‘Finance’
- Financial Terminology De-mystified
- Understanding the Financial Reports
- Key Financial Ratios
- Finance in the Business
- Budgeting, Costing & Planning
- Costing and Pricing (Methodologies, break-even points)
- Summary & Action Plans Agreed

WORKSHOP OUTCOMES:
After the Training Participants will be able to:
- Recognize the goals of Financial management
- Define key Accounting Concepts
- Recognize the use and characteristics of a balance sheet
- Recognize the use and characteristics of an income statement
- Identify a cash flow statement and how to use it
- Recognize the use and characteristics of the notes to financial statements
- Recognize the purpose and characteristics of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Identify the importance and characteristics of an audit and that of its primary documentation
- Define double entry bookkeeping concepts in relation to the accounting equation
- Compare the functions and contents of a ledger and a journal
- Identify the different types of budgets
- Describe the elements necessary to prepare a basic budget
- Identify specific tools for analyzing and benchmarking financial information
- Discuss the time value of money

Who Must Attend?
Finance is vital for anyone in any organization. Those who need to understand the financial implications of their day-today decisions to increase the profitability and performance of their business. This course is suitable for managers with little or no financial knowledge.

DATE, TIME & VENUE:
Date: November 25, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Royal Palm Golf & Country Club, Lahore
Investment: Rs. 12500/- per participant (Investment includes Training Material + Complimentary Copy of Manager Today Magazine, Certificate, Lunch & Tea Refreshment)

REGISTRATION:
Somia Ishaq: 0423 579 2066 | 0300 8445 2808
Saqib Shehzad 0300 883 8428
E: managertoday@hotmail.com
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Public Speaking and Confidence Building Workshop by Sidra Iqbal at Avari, Lahore -

2011-10-09T08:10:00.000-07:00

"It's not how strongly you feel about your topic, it's how strongly they feel about your topic after you speak."

Manager Today, Pakistan's Best Selling Business Magazine collaborate with blink as knowledge partner and is pleased to announce an Exclusive Public Speaking and Confidence Building Workshop with the internationally-acclaimed speaker and trainer Sidra Iqbal in LAHORE!

This Exclusive Workshop is designed to encourage the participants to banish their fear and to face the audience with poise and style. We believe Confidence in Public Speaking opens doors to wondrous career opportunities and promises a brighter future.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIMITED SEATS, ONLY 50 PARTICIPANTS TO BE REGISTERED IN THIS EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOP.
Seats to be registered on 'first come first served basis' strictly! So hurry to reserve your seat! Registrations Close on October 14th2011

Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Timing : 2pm-6pm
Venue: Avari, Lahore
Registration Fee: Rs. 1500/- per participant (Fees includes Training, Networking, High-tea & Certificate of Participation)

Contact Details:
Somia Ishaq: 0423 579 2066 | 0332 4191397 | 0300-4521298
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MANAGER AS A COACH: One Day Training Program

2011-10-05T09:55:00.000-07:00

WORKSHOP CONCEPT:

Coaching & Mentoring can be the answer to several personal and professional problems faced by new & veteran employees like poor self- esteem, lack of control over your life, difficulty in making decisions, managing stress, anxiety and difficult relationships at workplace. Or employees may go for mentoring and counseling just to improve their life and performance. Dispelling the myths about mentoring and counseling, this training workshop would explain why it is not just “comforting” and how it can be a way to self-discovery.
The said training workshop on “Coaching & Mentoring Skills” will enable the participants to understand the Coaching & Mentoring phenomenon, its components, its competencies and the process that goes in the making of future managers with specific reference to organizational effectiveness towards excellence. It will also italicize the anticipated role of the participants as proactive Mentors with excellent performance through sharpening mental agility for leading effectively.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this training participants will be able to:
- Assess the significance of developing proactive Mentors and Counselors in organization
- Evaluate Mentor’s potential & their style
- Analyze the balance of Managers & Counselors roles appropriate for them
- Analyze different approaches to Mentoring
- Identify practical ways to improve their Mentoring capability

WORKSHOP BENEFITS:

In this experience, you will:
- Unearth time-proven mentoring principles to enable you to gain influence with others.
- Anticipate the needs of those you influence and craft solutions to meet them.
- Win the trust of co-workers by adding value to them and contributing to their projects.
- Learn to invest heavily in those you lead - Mentoring is primarily a people business

WORKSHOP CONTENTS:

- Who am I?
- Coach Vs Manager -------Group Activity
- Difference between Mentoring, Coaching and Counseling
- Characteristics of a Good CCoach & Mentor
- Elements of Good Coaching & Mentoring Session
- Communication skills for effective Coaching
- 5 steps of Coaching for optimal Performance
- 12 Laws to motivate demotivated employees
- Mentoring & Coaching Strategies for different behaviors
- Emotional Intelligence for Coaches & Mentors - developing strong “People Skills”
- Johari Window :A key tool for improving interpersonal skills for Mentors
- Leader as Coach & Mentor – Identifying & developing future Mentors in your organization
- Art of Managing Conflicts – An essential skill for Counselors & Mentors
- Maintaining work life balance – Renewal & sharpening the 4 dimensions

LEARNING METHODOLOGY:

• Group Discussion & Presentations
• Participative & Interactive Sessions
• Self- Assessment
• Role Plays
• Business & Fun Games
• Simulations
• Case – Studies
• Energizers & Ice breakers
• Quizzes and Surprise Gifts

WHO MUST ATTEND?

- Managers who require a refresher
- Ideal for technical executives who would like to learn people management skills to get the best from team
- Managers who wish to take back some practical tools to get the most from their teams, maximize their true potential further

DATE, TIME & VENUE:

Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Royal Palm Golf & Country Club, Lahore
Investment: Rs. 8000/- per participant (Investment includes Training Material + Complimentary Copy of Manager Today Magazine, Certificate, Lunch & Tea Refreshment)

COURSE LEADER:

Ijaz Nisar is the Founder & President of Pakistan’s Best Selling Business Magazine, Manager Today.
He is organizational development practitioner, behavioral trainer, personal coach, and author of best selling business book "Top 50 Successful Managers of Pakistan".

His 15 years experience in the corporate world has been most enriching till now with the responsibilities of an executive for two large organizations with a size of average 15000 employees and valuing over USD 15 bn public sector entities in Pakistan. Both legacy brand names of National Bank and State Bank of Pakistan (NIBAF) where he has been designing, developing, delivering training and OD initiatives in the field of Strategic Leadership & Management Development.

Ijaz is a visiting faculty at number of prestigious business schools.He has trained more than 50,000 participants over a decade and conducted training for organizations, like State Bank , MCB, Tetrapak Pakistan, Nestle, NIPA, Pepsi, Coca Cola, NBP, HBL, Faysal Bank, Bank Alfalah, UBL, ABL, Askari Bank, ICI, FBR, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital, Institute of Bankers (IBP), Punjab Bank, Lahore, Civil Services Academy, Kohinoor Energy Ltd. Pakistan State Oil, Civil Aviation Authority, PIA, US Denim, Royal Palm Golf & Country Club, Millat Tractor, DDFC, Hush Puppies, Borjan, Pak Arab Fertilizers, etc. with a local flavor but strategically global in perspective.

SPECIALTIES: Strategic Leadership & Management Skills, Anger, Stress & Time Management, HR For Line Managers, Developing Manager in You, Effective Communication & Negotiation Skills
Strategic Vision, Mission & Goal Setting, Developing Interpersonal Skills, Developing Emotional Intelligence, Managing & Leading Change, Building High Performance Team, Motivate to Win
High Impact Presentation Skill, Train The Trainer, Managing Performance for Excellence,Talent Management & Employee Engagement.

REGISTRATION:

Somia Ishaq: 0423 579 2066 | 0300 8445 2808
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E: managertoday@hotmail.com
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2011-07-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

CEO SUMMIT 2011 REVIEW

CEO SUMMIT 2011 and BOOK LAUNCH “50 Successful Managers of Pakistan” which was scheduled on April 28, 2011 at Royal Palm Golf & Country Club Lahore. More than 500 Professionals, CEOs, Directors, Management GURUS, Educationist, Entrepreneurs, and Business Leaders participated in this Corporate Mega Event. The Theme of that Mega Event was “Developing Future Leaders, Managers and Entrepreneurs”.

Areas of discussion were:

1. Developing Emotionally Intelligent Managers and Leaders
2. Moving from Transactional to Transformational Leadership
3. Leading and Managing Change in Crisis
4. Women as Leaders & Entrepreneurs – Challenges and Opportunities
5. Role of OD and Corporate Culture in Employee Engagement
6. The ART (Attaining, Retaining, and Training) of Talent Management
7. Building Strong Employer Brand for Business Growth and Success

IMRAN KHAN | Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf

“Transformational Leadership”

He is founder of PTI. The main focus of his party is to bring justice to the people of Pakistan, largely via an independent judiciary. Imran Khan is also a special representative of Unicef and Chancellor of Bradford University. His honours include Hilal-i-Imtiaz; Imran Khan is renowned for is leadership skills as a captain. Under his captaincy, Pakistan won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Imran Khan is also the Chairman of the Mianwali Development Trust, which is building the Namal College in Mianwali as an associate college of Bradford University.

Key Points: Transformational Leadership starts with the development of a vision, a view of the future that will excite and convert potential followers. This vision may be developed by the leader, by the senior team or may emerge from a broad series of discussions. The important factor is the leader buys into it, hook, line and sinker.

SIRAJUDDIN AZIZ | CEO, BANK ALFALAH

“In Search of Leadership”

A professionally qualified and an experienced banker with 33 years of proven accomplishment in all major executive functions covering areas like Strategic Planning & Direction, Capital & Profit Planning, Risk Management, Marketing, Foreign Trade, Corporate Credit, Treasury, Training & Development and Correspondent Banking etc. in various Financial Institutions in Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, U.K, Nigeria and U.A.E.

In addition to the above and by virtue of being a core and senior member of banks’ Management Teams/Committees, have also been actively involved in overseeing the entire spectrum of banks’ operations in various banks during past 18 years.

Key Points: Leaders are resilient and flexible. History is littered with heroes who failed. An ad agency reportedly fired Walt Disney for lack of drawing ability. If people don’t have close friendships on the job and they don’t have a leader who really cares about them, there’s no chance that they’ll be engaged. This can be exhibited through conversation about people’s performance or their positioning etc. A great way to assess someone during an interview is to ask about mistakes they’ve made. You’re looking for signs of self-awareness, humility, resiliency, and learning agility

Life was simple and everyone lived happily until one day this deviant, truant, non-complying, impish and trouble-mongering word found its escape from the Oxford dictionary and dashed its way right into the heart of the business dictionary! Lo and Behold! Its sudden entry stole the thunder of all the remaining jargon in the book and a furor followed.

HAMID FAROOQ | Senior Executive Vice President, PTCL

“Managing change in crisis”

An accomplished executive with a wide-ranging, senior level general management experience in service, energy and telecom sectors. Results oriented, dynamic leader, with proven success in highly competitive market. Effective combination of Managerial and Leadership Skills, with expertise in the operational disciplines of Sales & Distribution, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Customer Service, Transportation & Logistics, Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Management, Inventory & Warehousing, Staffing, Human Resource, Purchasing, Contracts Administration, Quality Assurance, Project Management and, Government Relations.

Key Points:Anywhere, anytime, a crisis may strike without warning and can escalate to a point where they just won't go away. Change results from the pressure of both internal and external forces in the organization. It strikes the existing equilibrium or status quo in the organization. Organizations that learn and cope with change will thrive and flourish and others who fail will be wiped out ultimately. Under these extra ordinary situations one requires a great vision and courage to see the need for change and to achieve it in advance of a crisis. More often, even the proactive leaders do not pre-empt the crises and find themselves in it when it’s too late.

IJAZ NISAR | Founder & President, Manager Today

“Motivational Guru”

His participants call him a “Motivational Guru”. Ijaz Nisar is the founder & President of Manager Today magazine and CEO of Leading Edge, HR & training consultancy. He is a Leading Inspirational Speaker, Corporate Trainer, an Author and Management Consultant.

Key Points: People require different degrees of motivation, feedback and inspiration and it is the role of the leader to identify their individual traits and adapt their own leadership style accordingly. Trust and respect are vital for the success of a leader; if you don't develop these amongst the people you work with, all is lost. Leaders are only as powerful as their teams. No leader is powerful enough to overcome a team that doesn't really believe in them and want them to be successful, unless they are a tyrant! But actually isolating the characteristics of great leaders is not easy. At the top level, leaders are a difficult bunch to classify. They do not exhibit the same traits – the spectacularly successful are, by definition, unusual. Trying to group them together is a forced and artificial process. It simply isn't right to say "leaders are charismatic" or "leaders are focused", because there are plenty of great leaders who are neither. Neat definitions don't work. Leaders need to accept the blame if things go wrong – and expect similar standards all the way down the chain. Market credibility and staff morale are just two areas that can take a hit if grand initiatives are announced but not executed. The answer is simple: announce initiatives once you know they are working.

MOHAMMAD RAMZAN SHEIKH | CEO, Royal Palm Golf & Country Club, Lahore

“The Art of Entrepreneurship, Lifelong Learning and Success”

Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh carved out an unparalleled golf and country club in the heart of Lahore. He is CEO of Mainland Husnain Pakistan which is a group of companies, the multibillion-turnover group, which employs a workforce of more than 7000 is among one of the largest in the country.

Key Points: The Meaning of Leadership, The value of Strategy, The Effectiveness of Negotiation, The Power of Networking, The Mystery of Numbers, No alternate to Hard Work, Every Challenge brings another opportunity.

WALI ZAHID | CEO, Skill City

“Leadership Re- Focus”

Wali is an international consultant, speaker, leadership trainer and executive coach. He is CEO of Skill City, a new-generation learning and development regional firm. Wali has trained thousands of managers and business leaders in the past 15 years from most Fortune-500 companies.

Key Points: To achieve anything worthwhile and which also has a scale, we need five BIG things:

Let’s zoom out, zoom in and then zoom out! Let’s zoom out for the first two. We need what I call will and skill.

Will = desire, hunger, drive, ambition, willingness, your reason for being, mindset to achieve your big goal. Skill = ability, competence, capability, something you are known for, niche, skillset that help you to achieve your big goal. These two are our big-picture needs.

Dr. FAISAL SULTAN | CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

“Professional Ethics at Work Place”

Dr. Faisal Sultan is a US-trained infectious diseases specialist. He has served on expert committees in Pakistan in the area of HIV-AIDS and on the Human Papilloma Vaccine Advisory Committee of the WHO. He is a member of the academic council of the University of Health Sciences, Lahore and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan.

Key Points: Education and training in the values and identity of an organization help to remind and reinforce these values. Effective communication and monitoring are crucial to create the systems which can disseminate and evaluate, which then lead on to appropriate reward and (occasional) punishment. Professions are vocations that often require a high degree of skill or education and are often placed in high esteem by society and granted autonomy and self-regulation. Classic examples are the legal, medical, engineering and accounting fields but there are numerous others.

ANDLEEB ABBAS | CEO, FranklinCovey Pakistan

“Transactional to Transformation Leadership”

Andleeb Abbas has been in the field of training and consultancy for the last 15 years. She specialized in strategic leadership and marketing strategy and has trained the top management of many local and multinational organizations. She is the CEO of the world’s largest training and consulting multinational – FranklinCovey Pakistan.

Key Points: The impact of a transformational leader reverberates long after he is no longer there and it is this moral longevity which makes him larger than life. All transformational leaders like the Prophet (PBUH), Quaid e Azam or Nelson Mandela are people who never gave a thought on the personal hurt and damage that the process of transformation may cause, rather they sacrificed their own bodily and worldly comforts to alleviate the anguish of the masses.

ATTITUDE- A Most Valuable Asset

2011-07-19T05:12:00.000-07:00

Can I Do ?

I Can Do !

IMPOSSIBLE ?

I M POSSIBLE !

The key that opens your mind and heart to better job performance, an enriching career and life is your attitude. All of us want success; we want good results in all walks of life, in our homes, in work and in all our relations. The most important single factor that guarantees positive results is the Positive Mental Attitude !

A positive mental attitude helps you :

Consider your job as a part of the larger pattern of your organization
Utilise your potential when dealing with other employees and customers
Understand how your own attitude affects other people’s attitudes and performance

The noted American trainer and motivator, Zig Ziglar, remarks: Positive attitude is the result of new thinking …… believing in yourself, focusing on successes, learning from failures and surrounding yourself with people who share your values, principles and thinking. Positive attitude won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking. It will let you use your abilities and capabilities.

Attitude is defined as ‘ the position or bearing as indicating action, feeling or mood ’. And it is our actions, feelings or moods that determine the actions, feelings or moods of others. Our attitude is the way we communicate our mood, and tells the world what we expect in return. If we are optimistic and anticipate success, we will transmit a positive attitude and people and customers usually respond favorably to our attitude. But when we are pessimistic and expect the worst, our attitude is often negative and people tend to avoid us. Inside our head, where it all starts, attitude is a mind-set; it’s the way we look at things mentally.

Attitude is not simply a state of mind; it is also a reflection of what you value. Your attitude is more than just saying ‘ I Can ’; it is believing ‘ I Can Do ’. It requires believing before seeing, because seeing is based on situations; believing is based on faith and your unwavering conviction.

As a human creature, all of us have been given the godlike power to create our own lives. Every day, we utilize actions and ideas that will determine the nature of our tomorrows. Those ideas and actions lead some people to extra-ordinary achievements; some to a kind of average life; for some, those actions and ideas bring repeated frustration and problems.

We tend to live up to our expectations; and others give to us what we expect. Our attitude is something we can control, and the people will reflect back to us the attitude we present to them. It is, then, our attitude towards life that determines life’s attitude toward us. Law of Cause and Effect.

Your attitude is the disposition you transmit to others. It is also the way you see things mentally from the inside. The more you can focus on the positive aspects of your environment and life, the easier it will be to feel and remain positive. Positivity can be maintained through conscious efforts. When something negative diverts your mental focus, you can bounce back and make the adjustments by following these time-tested techniques :

· Think cheerfully; you become what you think about all the day long. There is always a silver lining in the dark clouds; so, look for the light and this will enlighten your mind and thoughts process.

· Clarify your objectives; a person with a crystal-clear goal is more apt to have a positive attitude than someone without an aim. A well-defined objective in life provides you direction, helps you achieve better focus, and removes doubts and fears.

· Sense of humor; the more you develop it, the more positive you become. Find out the funny aspects in every so-called problem and you can turn it into an opportunity.

· Mix up with winners when an odd situation confronts you. Negative losers can very easily aggravate the situation. Avoid these ‘turkeys and fly with the eagles’ who radiate enthusiasm, hope and optimism.

· Visualize success; you get what you expect. Positive expectations pave the way for harmonious and positive times. Your imagination is the laboratory where you can rehearse and preview the successful events.

· Pep talk, often called self-talk or monologue; it is your thinking aloud. When you assure yourself over and again of good, your subconscious mind accepts and believes so, and your actions radiate the same thought process.

Rick Wilkins, an American management consultant, concluded after exhaustive research that you have the full control over your thinking pattern; you have the total ownership of your attitudes. No one else on this planet has the power or authority to change your attitude without your permission. Your attitude allows you to become more empowering than money, to rise above your failures and accept others for who they are and what they say.

Your attitude is the forerunner of all skills needed for happiness and success; it can be used to build you up or pull you down … the choice is yours. It also gives you the wisdom to know that we cannot change events of the past. I am totally convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I respond to it. And it is with this state of mind that I remain in charge of my attitude.

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