Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders

Taking on a Management Role

Length: 3.5 hours

Description: The transition from player to manager is an exciting, but challenging, one. It takes most people out of an area in which they have been comfortable and successful for some time into more unfamiliar territory. This course will help you prepare for what you can expect.

Becoming a Manager: Responsibilities and Fears

Length: 3.5 hours

Description: It may be hard for some of your former colleagues to accept your promotion. Your new fellow managers, who were once senior to you, may also take some time to adjust. Thinking through some of the possible scenarios you may face will help you to be better prepared.

Becoming a Manager: Leading and Communicating

Length: 4 hours

Description: Being a manager means that you need to be at the center of everything. There will be people from whom you need information, and those who need information from you; some will be inside the organization, and others will be outside it. Making sure your communication is appropriate and clear is paramount.

A New Manager and the Company's Future

Length: 3.5 hours

Description: Complacency is the enemy of continuing business success and, as a manager, it is vital that you always look for ways in which to "do things better." This may include enhancing the quality of the product you produce or the service you provide, or looking at ways in which to improve processes.

Moving into a Management Role Simulation

Length: .5 hour

Description: This simulation will test your knowledge on how to deal with changed coworker expectations, resolving conflict within your team, and resisting the temptation to do your old job.

Adopting the Appropriate Management Style

Length: .25 hour

Description: This Challenge exercise tests the ability of a manager to determine which style of leadership is best under the given circumstances.

Managing as Coach and Counselor

Length: 3.5 hours

Description: In Managing as Coach and Counselor, you'll learn to take people from adequacy to excellence. And as you build their self-esteem, confidence, and competence, you'll be building on the bottom line.

Managing as Project Champion

Length: 3.5 hours

Description: This course is about what motivates people to deliver on well-defined project objectives. You must also be a skillful negotiator, as well as a person who empowers others to solve their thorniest problems. To lead a championship effort, you must become an effective project champion.

Communicating Vision

Length: 1 hour

Description: This course provides a general introduction to vision communication, including its nature and its purpose. You will be guided through numerous techniques and methods for a leader to successfully communicate vision, such as personalizing and multiplying a clear message, communicating enthusiasm in an authentic way, and making the organization's vision the employees' own vision.

Building Your Influence as a Leader

Length: 1 hour

Description: In this course, you will be guided through numerous methods and strategies for effectively influencing a team to accept your ideas. You'll be introduced to the importance of political awareness and the essential skills involved in using positive politics and avoiding negative politics when persuading others.