How useful would you find risk management support, tailored specifically to what you need right now to succeed in your own organisation?

We have written this book to provide very practical guidance that can be applied immediately. However, it’s only a short guide and for those who would like more support to facilitate risk management so that people identify, own and manage risks, we have two special programmes.

These programmes are for people who have knowledge of risk management processes, tools and practices (as described in Chapter 2), but who struggle to get people in their organisation enthused and committed enough to make risk management work and deliver real value.

Option 1: Two-day Risk Facilitation Skills Workshop

Do you need to run risk workshops and other group meetings or sessions where risk is the topic? If so, this is the programme for you. We cover both face-to-face and virtual techniques and practise them to build your skills, so you can apply them with confidence back in your organisation.

This workshop focuses on the practical skills of facilitation, applied to making risk management work well. It is a hands-on event with a facilitator per eight participants. We keep this low facilitator to participant ratio so that people will receive specific guidance and feedback on their own issues. To get you going quickly, we will provide you with some material prior to our workshop using our virtual learning environment. After the workshop, you’ll be invited to a teleseminar to share your post-course achievements and challenges. You will be able to access our on-line forum for ongoing support.

What do people say about our Risk Facilitation Skills training?

Working with Ruth & Penny was a sheer joy, we learnt so big
fundamental answers to questions we had such as ‘how do you actually
put together a risk workshop from start to finish’ to the more subtle
changes such as our use of language and how it can colour a whole
interaction with an individual or group which is such a gem of advice
when facilitating.

We also learnt how to make facilitating a risk workshop fun, enjoyable
AND productive – from scoping the workshop to meeting the objectives.
When putting this learning into practice with the Management Team some
of the comments back included:
‘That was really enjoyable’
‘That was fun’
‘The session was really worthwhile’
‘It’s made us realise how important a stakeholder plan is for managing
the programme….’
‘I’m really impressed with the quality of workshop’
‘I can’t believe how many opportunities there are’

The skills developed and knowledged shared during our session has
really helped spark enthusiasm, energy and real interest in the risk
process – amazing!

Thank you Ruth & Penny.

This workshop runs as an Open Course on 6th and 7th November 2012 at the Radisson Blu East Hotel at East Midlands Airport. We can also run the course in-house. Contact us to find out more by clicking here.

Here is the course outline, with pictures.

You can book online or through a company purchase order or invoice.

Option 2: Twelve-Month Tailored Mentoring Programme

If risk management is a critical business issue for your organisation and a key part of your objectives, then our mentoring programme could be the option for you. It focuses on making good decisions around risk, protecting value in your business and making the most of opportunities, while taking others with you. This is aimed at directors, senior risk specialists and senior members of project management offices.

This programme provides just in time mentoring, focusing on your work and issues with someone who has taken time to understand your context. Over a year, you work one-to-one with Penny and Ruth. You will have support to build and sustain your risk management progress and the chance to deal with real issues as they arise. By joining this programme, you will also learn from your peers what works in other organisations.

We will invite you to join us for one-day workshops, three times a year, to build relationships with the other participants and to practise techniques for face-to-face groups. Apart from these days, your participation will not require travel. Each month, we provide a group module with a virtual seminar for all participants, as well as individual mentoring. This means that you can participate in the programme without taking out big chunks of your valuable time. Each seminar will focus on a different aspect of facilitating risk management.