What training topics does Hemsley Fraser offer?

Hemsley Fraser offers over 100 training topics across management and leadership, human skills and personal development, communication and influencing, change and resilience, AI fluency, essential business skills and accredited project management. Every topic can be run as a ready-made training course, combined with others into a learning journey, or used as the starting point for something built entirely around your organisation.

How can I run a Hemsley Fraser training course?

There are three ways. Training Course: take a topic and run it as a ready-made session, live expert-led or self-paced. Pick & Mix: combine several topics into a single learning journey across your year. Customise: start from scratch and build something around your own context, culture and capability gaps.

What leadership training courses are available?

Our leadership topics include Authentic Leadership, Compassionate Leadership, Agile Leadership, High Impact Leadership, Leadership Under Pressure, Developing Leadership Presence, Leadership Styles, Psychology of Leadership, Leading Without Authority, Manager vs Leader, Strategic Decision Making, Building Strategy and Stepping Up to Senior Management. We also offer ILM Level 3 and ILM Level 5 accredited qualifications.

What management training do you offer for new and experienced managers?

For new managers: Introduction to Management, First Time Manager, and Peer to Manager for those managing former colleagues. For experienced managers: Advanced Management Skills, Navigating Middle Management, Managing a Matrix Team, Managing Upwards, Performance Management, Effective Delegation, Objective Setting, Motivating Your Team Members and Working with High Potentials.

Do you offer training on difficult conversations and feedback?

Yes. Challenging Conversations, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Handling Difficult Situations, Constructive Conflict, Handling Stress and Conflicting Needs, Psychological Safety, 360 Feedback, Coaching and Mentoring With Impact. These work particularly well combined as a journey, since a difficult conversation draws on psychological safety, feedback, communication and coaching together.

What change management and resilience training do you offer?

Our change range covers the whole arc of a change. For individuals: Navigating Change and Building Personal Resilience. For the leaders guiding them: Leading a Change Initiative, Leading Continuous Change, Leading Through Change and Building Team Resilience. Also relevant are Managing Stress in Teams, Growth Mindset and Habit Building.

Do you offer AI training for employees and leaders?

Yes, focused on fluency and judgement rather than technical skills. Getting Smarter with AI builds confidence and the right mindset. Prompt Power develops prompt craft. Critical Thinking in the Age of AI strengthens judgement when assessing outputs. Enhance Your Storytelling with AI and Getting Productive with AI apply it to real work. Leading with AI Augmented Teams equips managers to lead teams where some of the work is now automated.

What communication and influencing training is available?

Communication topics include Communicating Effectively, Communication Styles, Presentation Skills, Business Storytelling, Data Storytelling, Effective Writing, Facilitation Skills, Effective Meetings and Modern Minute Taking. Influencing topics include Influencing and Persuading, Advanced Influencing and Persuading, Influencing and Negotiating with Senior People, Negotiation Skills, Advanced Negotiation, Assertiveness, Stakeholder Engagement, Personal Brand and Impact, Building Networks and Navigating Workplace Politics.

Do you offer team development and hybrid working training?

Yes. Building Effective Teams, Building Trust in Teams, Sustaining High Performing Teams, Collaborating for Results, Building Accountability, Building a Positive Culture, Employee Engagement, Recognition and Reward, Developing Others and Relating to Others. For distributed teams: Leading Remote Teams, Leading Hybrid Teams and Working in a Hybrid Team.

What diversity, inclusion and belonging training do you provide?

Diversity and Inclusion, Belonging in the Workplace, Interrupting Unconscious Bias, Supporting Neurodiversity, Disability Awareness, How to be an Ally Against Racism, Building Multicultural Relationships and Working in a Multi-Generational Environment.

Do you offer wellbeing and mental health training for the workplace?

Yes. Wellbeing, Mental Health at Work, Building Personal Resilience, Building Team Resilience, Managing Stress in Teams, Handling Stress and Conflicting Needs, Connectedness and Positive Psychology.

What accredited project management qualifications do you deliver?

We deliver APM Project Fundamentals (PFQ) and APM Project Management (PMQ), PRINCE2 7th Edition Foundation and Practitioner, Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), PMI-ACP, PMI-PgMP and PfMP, DASM, IPMA Levels A to D and IPMA Agile, CSPP (GPM-b) and Half Double Foundation. Non-accredited topics include Introduction to Effective Project Management, Leading Project Teams, Becoming an Agile Project Manager, Projects in a Complex Environment and Goal-Focused Project Delivery.

Do you offer finance and business skills training for non-specialists?

Yes. Finance Fundamentals, Budget Fundamentals, Understanding Costs and Budgets, Understanding Key Financial Statements and Business Jargon Busters. Also available: Problem Solving and Decision Making, Analytical Thinking and Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Disruptive Thinking, Innovation and Creativity, Continuous Improvement, Creating Quality, Time Management, Fundamentals of Sales, Creating a Positive Customer Experience and Interviewing Skills for Interviewers.

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Finance Fundamentals

Learn practical tips for interpreting financial data, as well as how to spot common red flags that may indicate underlying issues in a business's financial health.

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	Choose your experience
	- Training Course: Ready-to-run session - Pick & Mix: Combine topics to build a journey - Customise: Create something custom from scratch.
	Available for groups & individuals
	Durations: 90-minute bite-size. For 180-minute workshops see Understanding Key Financial Statements
	6-8 hrs on-demand learning
	Global delivery available, with local facilitators

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