Develop the skills to support your people, strengthen your team and lead with confidence.

You play a critical role in shaping workplace culture, wellbeing and performance. Yet many managers are expected to lead people without the tools, training or confidence to do it well. NABS’s Essential Manager Skills Programme helps you close that gap.

Made for managers.

Designed for the advertising, media and marketing industry, this expert-led programme gives you practical, immediately usable skills to navigate the moments that matter: having better conversations, supporting wellbeing, managing pressure and performance, building trust, and leading through change.

This programme is perfect for upcoming, new and experienced managers.

Made up of five workshops that you can attend in any order.

Through five interactive workshops, you’ll develop the confidence and capability to lead with clarity, empathy and consistency, helping you build a stronger team and contribute to a healthier workplace culture.

• Managing Mental Wellness Conversations
• Coach for growth
• Managing Team Pressure
• Lead through change
• Lead with Inclusion

This programme helps you to:

✅ Build confidence as a people manager
✅ Improve the quality of your management conversations
✅ Better support your team’s wellbeing, engagement and performance
✅ Manage people more consistently and effectively
✅ Build trust, resilience and stronger team relationships

Highly rated by your industry community:

🙌 97% of NABS Workshop attendees would rate them as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’.

🎯 All NABS workshops are IPA CPD-accredited.