First Time Manager Development Program

Stepping Into Leadership

A First Time Managers Training and Development Program

Research suggests that individual contributors transitioning into first time leadership roles find themselves facing new and unexpected challenges of performing against completely different performance metrices, as compared to the ones they had earlier. Low focus and support on managing this transition, along with insufficient management training and development programs, lead to significant loss of productivity & engagement of teams.

Therefore, the critical areas of development for leaders who are being readied for First Time Manager role are –

Self-Awareness: Understanding the role and its key deliverables & measures, one’s strengths against the role and managing the emotional challenges of transition.
Team development and management
Managing multiple stakeholder relationships.
The capability to lead in an uncertain context.

Stepping Into Leadership (SIL) helps individual contributors prepare for their new role by focusing on relevant areas of leading self and leading people as multipliers.

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SIL Addresses the following challenges

The gap in understanding the role
Challenges of adapting to the new role
Transition challenges – managing emotions
Changed performance metrics
Managing stakeholders
Being accountable for the team performance
Creating value for team members
Key people engagement, development and management skills

Stepping into Leadership

An Brandon Hall Award Winning First Time Manager Training Program

Stepping Into Leadership, InspireOne’s First Time Manager Training is a researched and well-crafted Management Training Program to enable First Time Managers to succeed.

Key Program Objectives

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Enable successful transitions of Individual Contributors to First Time Managers

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Develop critical capabilities needed to perform role in a management training program

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Effectively manage self to successfully transition to a management training program role

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Manage others to grow, develop, and engage team members.

Program Design

Stepping into Leadership covers an intensive learning journey covering three key learning modules –

Role Understanding & Managing Self

Understand the role of a manager and the transition required to perform the role through a comprehensive management training program
Enhancing emotional self-awareness.
Effectively managing time to perform their role

Enabling Performance Through People

Giving feedback and having performance conversations.
Following a structured process for coaching.
Effectively managing a remote team.
Delegating effectively to colleagues.

Driving
Results

Setting and driving goals.
Applying innovative thinking techniques for operational problem solving through a management training program.

Illustrative Learning Journey

Stepping into Leadership is a scalable blended first time manager program. Participant journey includes the following –

Leadership Development Journey for Frontline Leaders at Zee Entertainment

We developed a 4 month journey for Zee Entertainment which was highly customized to the need and the role of the Frontline Managers at Zee. This initiative won the GOLD award for ‘Best Leadership Program for Frontline Leaders’ at the Brandon Hall HR Excellence Awards 2023.

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Global Delivery Capability

We can offer the First Time Manager program as part of our management training and development programs to leaders in 50+ countries and deliver it in multiple languages. Some of the languages we can deliver this management training program in are covered in the table below –