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Leadership and Development Courses at BEF Academy

At BEF Academy, we believe that true leadership is a journey of continuous growth and development. Our Leadership and Development Courses are designed to nurture your leadership skills and empower you to become an effective, innovative, and influential leader in your chosen field.

Your Leadership Journey Begins Here

Our courses are carefully crafted to help you discover your unique leadership style and capabilities, fostering the growth of the leader within you.

Leadership isn’t just theoretical; it’s about taking action. Our courses emphasize real-world application, providing you with the tools to lead with confidence and competence.

Our offerings cover a wide spectrum of leadership and development areas, from team management and communication to strategic planning and ethical leadership.

Learn from seasoned professionals and industry experts who have walked the leadership path and are committed to sharing their knowledge and experiences with you.

LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT COURSES

Project Management
Leadership Essentials
Leadership and Management Certificate Program
Leadership and Ethics: Moral Leadership in Personal Practice
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

 

Project management is one of the essential processes of an organisation for the simple reason that it answers a lot of your questions and adds order to the company. With this, project management training is vital to ensure that you have the right skills and knowledge when it comes to managing a project.  Project management training can help you become a better person as you will have better sense of your time and resources.

Project management training carries with it several benefits for those that desire to learn the art and science of better management of projects and goals of the organisation.


So what are these benefits?

  • Project management training will teach you the importance of time and setting of goals and objectives. You will be able to prioritise these goals as well assist you making great use of your time.
  • You will know the remaining resources and needs of the company. This could be in the form of time, money or manpower. You can make use of project management training to help you determine how to estimate the resources that you will need in future projects and set realistic budgets.
  • You will learn how to produce documents for review. Every step before, during and on completion of the project should be documented. This will ensure a solid record that you can refer to or verify during review. Project management training will provide you with the skills that you need in producing well documented project completion proofs.
  • With project management training you can work better with information systems. Project management is not done manually – in this day and age! You can already make use of several applications and programs to keep track of the mile stones and progress of your projects. Project management training will show you how to work around them without creating much steeper learning curve, especially to those people who do not have great knowledge of computers or are not comfortable using them.


Many project managers learn lessons the hard way – this can cost the organisation dearly in wasted effort, cost, poor customer reputation, stress and failure to deliver the full benefits.


Professional development and training courses can fast track the development of the competencies required to deliver successful projects.

  1. Introduction to Project Management

Defining “project management”
Exploring opportunities in the project management field
Developing project management skills
Categorising different types of projects
Understanding the difference between projects and programmes

  1. Planning Your Project

Planning a project
Identifying and delivering on your client’s priorities
Managing stakeholders
Developing a project management plan
RACI Matrix
Preventing ‘scope creep’
Assessing the feasibility of a project
Identifying and managing risks

  1. Implementing Your Project

Entering into a contract
Managing a project
Setting up a project database
Creating an effective work schedule
Monitoring a project
Conducting effective meetings
Managing change
Addressing problems

  1. Project Management Techniques

Identifying organisational structures
Estimating costs and budgeting
Using critical path project management tools (WBS, Gantt chart, Project Network Diagram)
Establishing the critical path
Tracking project milestones
Using the programme evaluation and review technique (PERT tool)
Using process improvement tools (Fishbone, SIPOC)
Managing time
Controlling quality

  1. Business and Financial Issues

Understanding the importance of a business case
Developing a business case
Identifying project costs
Calculating return on investment (ROI)
Calculating a payback period
Determining net present value (NPV)

  1. The Project from Start to Finish

Identifying the life cycle of a project
Handing over a project
Closing a project
Reviewing a project

  1. People in the Project

Assembling your project team
Planning resources for your project team
Managing your project team
Managing conflict within your team
Communicating effectively
Providing leadership and fostering teamwork

  1. Your Career in Project Management

Progressing through different project management positions
Breaking into official project management
Creating your cover letter and curriculum vita
Networking
Interviewing
Advancing in your career: The next step after project management.

  1. Course Duration

The courses are up to 9 months in length:

–         24 weeks of classroom studies and evaluations

–         2 monthsinternship

–         1 month of project and defense 

Eligibility:

To be eligible for this program, you prospective trainees must be holders of a GCE Advanced Level with at least 2 subjets including Mathematics (a pass grade in Computer science will be an added advantage) or a Baccalaureat with a minimum score of 12/20 in mathematics.