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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>M26044 - Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Delegation Skills (Online) (15 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Registration Time: 09:00&lt;br&gt;
Sessions Time&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Ubuntu Condensed&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;: 09:15 - 12:30&amp;nbsp; including a 15-minute break&lt;br&gt;
Speaker: Ms Mariella Galea&lt;br&gt;
Venue:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Online Webinar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Ubuntu Condensed&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Participation Fees&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;MIA Members: €40.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Non-MIA Members: €75.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Retired Members: €20.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Students: €30.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu Condensed, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;*Group bookings for 3 or more participants available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h5&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This session is designed to strengthen core people-management capabilities that directly impact team effectiveness and engagement. Participants will explore how to address workplace conflict constructively, navigate differences through effective negotiation and delegate work with clarity and confidence.&lt;br&gt;
Through practical tools, the session focuses on resolving disagreements early, achieving mutually beneficial outcomes and empowering team members through well-structured delegation. Emphasis is placed on building trust, accountability and ownership, enabling participants to create positive working environments and support sustainable performance and development within their teams.&lt;br&gt;
Participants will learn strategies to resolve disagreements, create win-win outcomes, and empower team members through effective delegation to build trust and accountability.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;font color="#7A0026"&gt;SPECIFIC TOPICS TO BE COVERED DURING THE SESSION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;By the end of the session, participants will be able to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Identify and analyse workplace conflict, from recognising common causes to diagnosing recurring patterns, and the impact on the team.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Apply constructive conflict-resolution and mediation strategies to resolve conflicts constructively and maintain positive work relationships.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Use practical negotiation techniques to achieve win-win outcomes while balancing individual, team, and business needs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Understand the importance of adapting style and approach, based on context, stakeholders, and organisational impact.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Apply effective delegation principles and using delegation strategically to drive performance and development in their team.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Learn how to support, monitor and evaluate delegated work to build accountability, trust, and sustainable results across teams.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is the session of relevance to our members?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h5&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;In today’s tight labour market, organisations face increasing pressure to retain talent while sustaining performance in complex and fast-paced environments. Strengthening capabilities in conflict management, negotiation, and delegation enables issues to be addressed early, priorities to be aligned, and accountability to be effectively shared.&lt;br&gt;
As employees place greater value on positive work environments and meaningful development opportunities, these skills are critical in fostering engagement, supporting growth, and building resilient, high-performing teams that drive long-term organisational success.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(122, 0, 38); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;Target Audience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Team leaders, Supervisors, Managers, HR professionals.&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker's Profile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h5&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Mariella Galea is an HR Consultant and Trainer at HR TalentLEAD a trusted partner for organisations seeking to optimise their HR processes and build high performing teams. With over 25 years of experience in driving learning and leading people, she brings a wealth of HR expertise and professional experience to provide innovative HR solutions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;She has driven projects and initiatives related to excellence in HR, leadership development, training programmes, employee engagement, performance management and HR technology, supporting organisations to deliver on their purpose through their people.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h4 style="color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EVeNT CPE COMPETENCies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 Professional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEBINARS TERMS AND CONDITIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h5 style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.miamalta.org/events/terms-and-conditions" title="https://www.miamalta.org/sys/website/?pageId=18184" target="_blank"&gt;Terms and conditions&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; apply&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Registering and/or Booking for this event, you agree that MIA will collect your information which will be using it in accordance with its Privacy Notice available at the following &lt;a href="https://www.miamalta.org/Privacy-Notice"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note that all webinars are recorded by the MIA. Such recordings will be retained by the MIA for internal use.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>M26055 - Foundations of Effective Leadership and Management Skills  (Online) (22 Jul 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Registration Time: 09:00&lt;br&gt;
Sessions Time&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Ubuntu Condensed&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;: 09:15 - 12:30&amp;nbsp; including a 15-minute break&lt;br&gt;
Speaker: Ms Mariella Galea&lt;br&gt;
Venue:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Online Webinar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Ubuntu Condensed&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Participation Fees&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;MIA Members: €40.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Non-MIA Members: €75.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Retired Members: €20.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Students: €30.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu Condensed, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;*Group bookings for 3 or more participants available.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h5&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The world of work is constantly changing and presenting new challenges. Strong leadership and management capability is key to engage a great team and to drive performance through challenges and change.&lt;br&gt;
This session equips participants with essential leadership and management skills, exploring the role of the team leader in today’s context. The session will equip participants to build trust and to have the ability to influence others. In a practical manner it will include techniques for managing team performance and developing problem-solving and decision-making abilities. The importance of adaptability, flexibility and the focus on continuous improvement and professional growth will also be addressed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h4 style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#7A0026"&gt;SPECIFIC TOPICS TO BE COVERED DURING THE SESSION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Understand the role of a team leader in fostering trust, collaboration and drive a team’s performance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Become familiar with essential principles and skills required to be an effective team leader.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Be able to apply basic management and leadership skills to improve team performance and achieve goals.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Learn how to apply problem solving and decision-making skills in their role&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Understand the importance of adaptability and flexibility in managing and leading a team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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    &lt;h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Recognise the importance of continuous professional development for themselves as team leaders and of fostering the growth and development of their team.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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&lt;h5 style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Whether one is new to leadership or a seasoned one, in the context of a constantly changing work environment, it is important to pause and reflect on one’s leadership capability. This session will be a catalyst for participants to reflect on their leadership skills. In recognition that leadership is not an easy task, participants will find encouragement to continuously develop their potential to be leaders that make a positive impact in their teams and organisations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Team leaders, Supervisors, Managers.&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h5&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Mariella Galea is an HR Consultant and Trainer at HR TalentLEAD a trusted partner for organisations seeking to optimise their HR processes and build high performing teams. With over 25 years of experience in driving learning and leading people, she brings a wealth of HR expertise and professional experience to provide innovative HR solutions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;She has driven projects and initiatives related to excellence in HR, leadership development, training programmes, employee engagement, performance management and HR technology, supporting organisations to deliver on their purpose through their people.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h4 style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EVeNT CPE COMPETENCies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 Professional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEBINARS TERMS AND CONDITIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.miamalta.org/events/terms-and-conditions" title="https://www.miamalta.org/sys/website/?pageId=18184" target="_blank"&gt;Terms and conditions&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; apply&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

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&lt;h4 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Registering and/or Booking for this event, you agree that MIA will collect your information which will be using it in accordance with its Privacy Notice available at the following &lt;a href="https://www.miamalta.org/Privacy-Notice"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;h5 style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note that all webinars are recorded by the MIA. Such recordings will be retained by the MIA for internal use.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;</description>
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