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University of Southampton Business School continues Partnership with MTD

We’re delighted to announce that multi-award-winning training company MTD have kindly offered to provide three student prizes as part of CEPAR’s Talent Development Programme for the second year running.

The 3 prizes available are:

  1. A 2-day Management Skills Training in-person course which is assured by the Institute of Leadership and Management 
  2. A 2-day Selling Skills CourseAccount Manager Course OR Sales Manager Course  all accredited by the Institute of Sales Management 
  3. A 12-month subscription to their sister company Skillshub’s Online Learning Platform

The two courses are run each month at various locations throughout the UK and will have attendees from a management or sales role, so it’s a great way to get networking and building relationships with potential employers and is great for the employability of our students. These courses are usually worth £495 + VAT!

The subscription to the learning platform will grant unlimited access (over a 12 month window) to over 750 online courses and hundreds of infographics, cheat sheets, coaching blueprints, audios and documents – all to improve performance ready for the workplace. 

To be in with a chance of winning one of these fantastic prizes (more prizes soon to be announced), you must be a Southampton Business School Student currently enrolled on the Talent Development Programme.

Prize winners will be revealed at the final Talent Development Programme workshop on Wednesday 1st May 2024. Winners will be selected based on their overall engagement with the programme; attendance at workshops, number of points on the platform and Talent Action Plan submission. 


About MTD and some useful resources for students

MTD Training specialise in management training and sales training. Since 2001 they have delivered training to over 300,000 people in over 23 different countries. Some of their clients include Amazon, NFU Mutual and also Virgin Atlantic to name a few.

  • Management & Leadership Blog – full of management and leadership tips for the modern-day manager.
  • Sales Blog – contains sales advice, techniques, and step-by-step processes written by top sales trainers.
  • Management Courses – to view MTD’s management public courses run at various UK locations.
  • Sales Training Courses – to view MTD’s sales public courses that they run throughout the UK.
  • Leadership Assessment Test
  • Answer 96 questions on leadership and management and receive a personalised report on the findings along with tips and techniques on how to improve.
  • Conflict Management Styles Quiz
  • How do you handle conflict? Answer 15 questions to find out! You’ll receive a report along with tips to make future improvements to your conflict management skills.
  • Coaching Skills Assessment
  • Are you a good coach? Answer 36 questions on how you coach and find out.
  • Project Management Skills Assessment
  • Do you lead projects with authority? Or do they just evolve? Answer 36 questions and use the results as a benchmark to make future improvements.
  • Emotional Intelligence Test
  • Assess your levels of emotional intelligence. Answer 50 questions and find out how you rate across self-awareness, self-regulation, motivating self, social skills and your levels of empathy.
  • Wellbeing at Work Survey
  • A useful assessment to take if you’re working part-time or when you have a full-time job for the first time.
  • Sales Assessment Tests
  • A variety of assessments that you can take to evaluate your selling skills and competencies.
  • Wheel of Life ® Assessment
  • Assess your life’s wheel balance and gain practical insights for your personal growth and development.