Networking Skills

Course Overview
BSE People Skills Toolkit
Audience
Contributors
How to Access MyCIBSE Learning
How to Book
Corporate Bookings

This course will help you to understand the importance of networking in a business to business setting, developing ways in which you can improve your networking skills to improve your success rates in building relationships in the workplace and wider business environment.

This course is worth 20 minutes of CPD.

Learning Outcomes

To understand why networking is important in a B2B Setting
To understand how networking can help in building relationships
Develop skills to become better at networking
Develop a networking plan
Implement networking with regards to achieving our business and personal

Networking Skills makes up on of the modules associated with the Building Services Engineers People Skills Toolkit. The other two modules in this toolkit are:

Effective Communication

This course will help you to understand the importance of good communication and the benefit that this brings to our everyday interactions on projects and in business. The course will enable you to develop strong skills around verbal and nonverbal communication techniques resulting in better relationships with peers, clients and fellow professionals.

Client Retention

This course will help you to understand what is meant by client retention and why it is important. It will move on to identifying good clients and measuring successes in retaining clients, before looking at ways in which retention of clients can be improved.

This course is ideal for:

Managers and Leaders
Experienced Engineers
Developing Engineers
Students

Speakers

Mike Powers

Director, Clancy Consulting Limited

I have worked in Building Services since I was 16, briefly as an apprentice electrician with most of my experience as a consulting engineer, the last ten years as a director of a multi-disciplinary practice. I manage and run an in-house Training and Development scheme accredited by CIBSE providing mentoring, training, and development for developing engineers.

In addition, I am a Level 5 Coach and Mentor with the Chartered Management Institute and mentor on several external mentoring programs including 10 years on Brunel University’s WiBEC program. I am an experienced trainer with a focus on business and people skills.

To access this course you will need a 'MyCIBSE Learning' account. This can be created in one of three ways:

Method 1: If you are purchasing via invoice, an account will be created on your behalf once you complete our booking form.

Method 2: Using an Enrolment Key

If you have received an enrolment key from the purchaser of the course, you can use it to sign up. The enrolment key is a unique code that links the course to your profile. Simply enter this key during the registration process, and it will allocate the course to you as a learner.

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Another way to sign up is by adding the course you wish to purchase to your shopping cart. Follow these steps:

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Find the course you want to enrol in and click on it for more details.
On the course details page, click the "Add to Cart".
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Booking onto this On Demand course is easy with two simple options:

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If your organisation will be covering the cost of your course, please complete our 'On Demand and Exams Booking Form' to request an invoice. The course will be assigned once our Training team processes your booking.

For individuals booking courses for themselves, please use the credit/debit card option as invoicing is only available for organisations.

For any questions or assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you to our courses!

International Bookings
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Group Bookings
For bookings of 6 or more employees, please visit the 'Corporate Bookings' tab on the left of this page for details on how to arrange bulk course purchases.

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Email: [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 8772 3660.

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This digital tool allows you to find out the approximate savings you can make depending on the purchased number of modules and courses. This way you can plan your budget ahead.

To download the corporate calculator, please fill in the short form on our website.

If you have any enquiries, please contact training at [email protected].

Benefits

Corporate clients are provided with wider oversight of their learners. Other benefits include:

Set up a team of learners under the L&D Managers
Allocate modules to learners within your team
Track the progress of learners within your team
Receive monthly report on learner progress
Discount on bulk credit purchases

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