What I Offer
Training and presentations that are profound, practical and amusing.
Chris Croft is one of the UK's leading trainers and provides a wide variety of courses designed to involve, inspire and motivate people of all levels. To date Chris has trained some 87 000 people and enjoys a 94% rate of repeat business. Chris is also a successful author, recently publishing The Project Management QuickStart Guide, (his first book 'Time Management' was published in 1996 to wide acclaim) as well as 'Being A Good Boss' and 15 books on amazon kindle. On Linkedin Learning he has 34 courses, 20,000 views a day and a total of eleven million views.
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In Company Training Courses - via Zoom/Teams
(or - only if local to Poole - in person)
- Handling Difficult People
- Influencing and Persuading Others
- Leadership In Management
- Negotiation Skills
- Outdoor Leadership Training
- Outdoor Team Events
- Powerful Presentations
- Project Management
- Successful Selling
- Team Development
- Time Management
- Understanding People
- A typical course will be either a day in person or 4 x one hour Zoom sessions, spread over a few weeks
- I've given up the M6 and the M25: sorry but the travel is the one downside of training, I've done it for 25 years, so now I do everything by Zoom or via the video courses that I have made.
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Open Courses
- I rarely run these any more these days - they take a lot of organising!
- But when I do, this is how they work....
- Send nominate one or two people if that's all you need to be trained
- Variety of subjects
- We build up takers for a decent sized group and then run it, sharing the cost.
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e-Learning online video Courses
- Project Management in 38 Videos
- Many courses on Linkedin Learning - 36 subjects
- Many courses on www.udemy.com - 25 subjects
- Many of the above also available on www.online-management-training.co.uk at cheaper rates if you want to train a number of people
- Learn on your phone
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Accredited Courses
- Certificate in Management
- Diploma in Management Studies
Accredited courses are covered on our accredited partner website, here they can be either a taught programme or an e-learning programme. You can get a whole level 5 or level 7 Certificate or Diploma by just e-learning if that method of learning suits you.
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Coaching
I don't do individual coaching (why not?) - but I do run coaching workshops for groups, as follow-ups via zoom or e-learning training sessions, where we talk about how to implement the ideas, have there been any problems since the training, etc.
Recently he has also been making video courses - some stats:
Linkedin - 114,000 followers
Linkedin Learning (formerly www.lynda.com)
- Most viewed Project Management course in the world on any platform: "Project Management Simplified"
- Most viewed Happiness course in the world on any platform: "Weekly Happiness Tips"
- Top 5 Management Skills author in the world – 36 courses in the library, 22,000 views a day, 18 million total
Udemy
- No1 Best selling course in the world in the category Negotiation Skills
- No1 Best selling course in the world in the category Sales
- No1 Best selling course in the world in the category Management / Leadership
- 27 courses in the library
- Quarter of a million courses sold
- Number of 4/5-star reviews: 163,000
YouTube
- 410 videos, new ones every week
- Subscribers: 16,000
- Total views: 1,700,000
- Project Management in under 8 minutes: 800,000 views
- Project Management rap: 64,000 views
His tip of the month email goes out regularly to over 20,000 people, it's free - why not subscribe?
Career History
Chartered Engineer
- 10 years experience as a senior manager in manufacturing
- Plastics, automotive, and aerospace industries
- Manufacturing Engineering honours degree from Cambridge University MBA.
- Designed and presented training courses for 4 years as a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University Business School
- Self-employed trainer since 1997
Books:
- The Big Book of Happiness (Kindle & Print editions)
- The Project Management QuickStart Guide, published by Clydebank Media
- Time Management, published by ITP, 220 pages, £15
- Set of eleven Instant Guides including Time Management, Negotiating, Selling, Project Management, Assertiveness, Presentations etc
- 100 Great Tools
- 20-20: The top 20 things you need to know about the top 20 management subjects
- Perpetual Happiness Diary
- Daily Steps to Success
- Management Vegetables
- For Kindle see amazon page
- For paper copies see either lulu.com or buy direct from this website
Training Principles
- Professional
- Easy to deal with
- Value for money
- 100% reliable
Business Principles
- Interactive
- Fun
- Structured
- Practical
- Honest
Work Goals
- To continue to develop every course in order to make it the best
- To make a difference to those who come on my courses
- To continue to enjoy my work
Get a flavour of what Chris is like by viewing the preview of him talking about Product Management on LinkedIn Learning.
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