Primed to Lead - First-Time Managers Development Program

Promotion to a Leadership role is one of the exciting career advancement moments that most employees look forward to. It is a mark of growth- as explained by many aspiring managers. However, beyond the excitement- figuring out where to start your journey to become a great leader can be tough. You’re probably already excelling at the day-to-day tasks required for a promotion in your department, but knowing how to lead and manage people requires an additional set of skills.

It is common to see a Good-Excellent Employee Become just an OK Manager at the end of it all. That’s how a number of first-time managers described the let-down of being promoted from individual contributor to being a formal team leader. The reality hits them that the skills and attributes that made them successful before aren’t very helpful for leading others, and they aren’t sure what to do differently.

Infact a recent research by Centre for Creative Leadership Explicitly indicated that;

20% of first-time managers are doing a poor job, according to their subordinates.

26% of first-time managers felt they were not ready to lead others to begin with.

Almost 60% said they never received any training when they transitioned into their first leadership role.

It’s no wonder 50% of managers in organizations are rated as ineffective

How we help

The Approach

This program is executed through a 3-Levelled Approach;

What this program will deliver

A manager who is better self-aware - able to leverage on their strength to lead teams in translating goals to reality.

A manager who knows how to properly communicate direction, persuade, offer guidance, offer objective feedback, assign tasks well, recognize and reward objectively. This helps employees to be more productive, happier and with less need for overbearing micromanagement.

A skilled manager with better prioritization skills — time management and organizational management skills will lead to improved efficiency.

Managers who know how to objectively evaluate an employee's performance, offer encouragement and advice. Enabled to see where employees can best be utilized, and to use coaching to fill the gap.

Managers who swiftly transitions and gets comfortable and confident with baseline management skills. Having these basic skills can result in significant cost savings.

Supportive managers- the top reason employees leave a company is their direct manager. Having good managers with proper skillsets can have a significant impact on turnover and retention.

Good managers know how to motivate employees. This can have a big impact on productivity.