Best-selling author and leading management consultant, Ian Mann, defines management as the art of getting people to do what needs to be done while keeping them happy and motivated in the process. In helping businesses grow and become more efficient, Sage Pastel and Sage VIP are presenting a series of countywide seminars with Ian Mann during July and August. The seminars offer managers an opportunity to learn a management framework that has helped numerous South African companies to improve business performance.

The dynamic one-day seminar is based on Mann's book, Managing with Intent, which remains the top-selling book on business management in South Africa. Organisations as diverse as Unisa and Pick �n Pay have been trained in Managing with Intent, and it has empowered managers from shop floor supervisors to CEOs to improve their people management skills.

Mann, one of the country's most sought-after management consultants, has trained more than 10,000 people in 14 countries in this framework. What makes his books and seminars different from most management education is the practical focus, which equips managers with the insight and framework they need to analyse and solve performance problems

During the seminars, he will show delegates how to use his unique model to understand and improve business performance. Mann argues that managerial problems are a result of one of the five factors described in his uniquely developed arch:

• Self-image,
• Commitment,
• Clarity,
• Price, and
• Behaviour.

On successful completion of the seminar, delegates will understand how to gain cooperation, consensus, motivation and buy-in from the people they work with. They will also have a step-by-step practical framework that looks behind behaviour, and that provides them with a toolbox of techniques to manage performance.

Venues and dates

� July 21, 2014 Emperors Palace (East Rand)

� August 26, 2014 Sage Conferencing Woodmead (Johannesburg)

� August 27, 2014 Crystal Towers Hotel, Century City (Cape Town)

� August 28, 2014 Gateway Hotel (Durban)

Duration: 09:00 � 16:30 (7.5 hrs)

Price: R3 195 (excl. VAT) (Seminar Loyalty Club: R2 600 (excl. VAT))

Bookings: [email protected] or 011�304 4390011�304 4390 / 012�420 7000012�420 7000

About Sage Pastel Payroll & HR

Sage Pastel Payroll & HR, part of Sage South Africa (Pty) Ltd, is a leading developer of payroll and HR software solutions and services. Sage Pastel Payroll & HR provides a wide range of software solutions from start-up to medium sized businesses, creating greater freedom for them to succeed.

We offer easy-to-use, efficient and secure payroll and HR software solutions to ensure businesses are kept up-to-date and fully compliant with ever changing legislative requirements. From the intuitive design of our software to the expertise of our people, we focus on giving businesses the confidence and control they need to achieve their business ambition.

About Sage VIP Payroll & HR

Sage VIP Payroll & HR is a leading supplier of payroll and human resource management solutions in South Africa and Africa.

Sage VIP's comprehensive range of products and services offer you ease of use, stability and reliability.� Whether your business is an SME or a multinational corporation, we cater to your unique company and legislative needs, giving you the rock-solid support you need to grow your business with confidence.

Sage VIP is statutory complaint in 14 African countries with an extensive business partner network supporting all our software, which includes Sage Pastel Payroll & HR and Sage VIP Payroll & HR.

About Sage

We provide small and medium sized organisations with a range of easy-to-use, secure and efficient business management software and services - from accounting and payroll, to enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management�and payments.� Our customers receive continuous advice and support through our global network of local experts to help them solve their business problems, giving them the confidence to achieve their business ambitions.� Formed in 1981, Sage was�floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and entered the FTSE 100 in 1999. Sage has over 6 million customers and more than 12,700 employees in 24 countries covering the UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, Asia and Brazil. For further information please visit www.sage.com