Training Courses

Biz Guru believes very strongly in assisting our clients with establishing their own business, project management, bid management or tender writing capabilities

To meet these aims, we have produced a number of training courses that are available on site, on line, by webinar or on CD. These courses are aimed at professionals, business people and IT staff who want to either build or expand their business or enhance their careers. All our courses can be produced to be company specific, especially tailored to meet your own business needs.

We have two ranges of courses: OnTrack that are aimed at professionals seeking to expand their career. They are very detailed and have expansive supporting documents and course notes.

Our Entrepreneur MBA courses (Mastery of Business Activities) are aimed at business professionals and entrepreneurs. They are shorter courses that are still very detailed, aimed at helping entrepreneurs set up and expand their businesses. They are taught at MBA level and contain subjects that you find in a MBA.

Our Training Courses

OnTrack Project Management

This one week course is suitable both for new project managers and those who wish to gain experience of more formal methods. This course covers the four key areas of Communication, Documentation, Control and Planning within a project. It identifies the various project stages, staff and control methods. The course members are provided with a detailed FastTrack to Project Management that includes recommended documentation templates and a jargon buster, as well as expanding upon the course information. Opportunities for questions and workshops is given. The lecturer is a very experienced international project manager.

OnTrack Consultancy

The aims of this course are to give staff moving into internal or external consultancy, exposure to key consultancy skills. This will enable them to gather sufficient facts to make informed proposals. Attendees will be given grounding in the key consultancy skills well as the opportunity to explore and discuss problems with an experienced business manager. Anticipated Participants – Managers who wish to move into consultancy either as members of large companies or as independent consultants. Managers who will be required to make formal proposals or prepare Feasibility Studies in a structured way will find this particularly useful. Computer staff working in the end-user environment will find this a useful introduction the business analysis.

OnTrack to Writing Winning Proposals

This course is for everyone who wants to write a proposal in response to a tender and just does not know where to start. We will go though everything you need to know in order to get your company ready. Then go on to tell you where to find the great ITTs or RFPs that you can answer. We will guide you through the terror that is the PQQ and lastly show you how to write a winning tender. if you want to win larger projects, especially with the government, this course is for you.

OnTrack Concise Project Management

This course is aimed at those who are new to project management or who want to learn an easy to understand project management method. It is ideally suited for new project leaders or IT analysis or programming staff. Course readers will be given a detailed introduction to project management and it’s complexities and trials. The opportunity to practice lessons learnt in two interactive workshops will also be given. The course is recommended for business analysts or developers wishing to move into project management. It is a natural successor to the above courses. It is also suitable for business users who are involved in setting up and/or sponsoring new projects.

Business Proposals that Actually Win

Writing Business Proposals is one of the main ways for a company to obtain new business, yet it is an art that stumps many an entrepreneur. This course is part of our Entrepreneurs’ MBA collection. It tells you about the many different types of business proposals, how to structure a winning business proposal and what goes into one. Lastly we take you step by step in how to write that winning business proposal. This course is a great skill for the budding entrepreneur who wishes to expand their business.