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Leadership
New manager essentials
For first-time managers: running one-to-ones, giving feedback, delegating, and handling the shift from doing to leading.
- Audience
- New and aspiring managers
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Format
- Workshop with cases
- Led by
- HR and a senior leader
Sample agenda
- 1Moving from individual contributor to manager: what changes.
- 2Setting goals and expectations clearly.
- 3Running a great one-to-one - a template to take away.
- 4Giving feedback that people can act on.
- 5Delegating without micromanaging.
- 6Where HR can help: leave, performance, conduct, and exits.
Benefits
- Prepares new and aspiring managers for the shift from doing to leading.
- Improves team performance and engagement through better management.
- Reduces avoidable attrition caused by poor management.
- Builds a pipeline of future leaders.
Takeaways
- A simple weekly rhythm: one-to-ones, team check-in, planning.
- A feedback script: situation, behaviour, impact, next step.
- Knowing when to involve HR early.
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