First-time manager

Introduction to managerial position and preparation for the new work tasks and new responsibilities.

Course description:

The course is aimed to you who are or will become a manager. Besides from leading the personnel you also have the formal responsibility for personnel and budget.

Target group:

Existing and future managers.

Prerequisites:

At least three years of work experience, including two years as a group leader or equivalent.

Method:

Feasibility study, preparation materials, energetic lectures, discussions, exercises, group presentations and role plays.

Course documents available for download to iPad or computer:

• Comprehensive course documentation with, slides, checklists, templates and exercises.
• Literature: The First-Time Manager [Kindle Edition], Loren B. Belker.
• Diploma obtained after completed training.

Contents:

Manager roles

• Expectations on the manager.
• Delegation.
• Different Leadership Styles.
• Your leadership style analysis.
• Labor law.
• Introduction to labor law.
• Limitation of Liability.

The team

• Building a team of differences.
• The team’s development cycle and the FIRO model.
• Motivation & inspiration.
• Personality Types.
• Personal Style Analysis.

Strategy and Objectives

• The link between vision, strategy and goals.
• Checklist for smart goals.
• Case decomposition.
• Follow-up.

Economy

• Budget.
• Follow-up.
• Reporting.

Decision Techniques

• Individual techniques.
• Group Decisions.

Personal effectiveness and Stress Management

• Analysis of your personal efficiency.
• Your staff’s effectiveness.
• Personal stress analysis.