Purpose

To enable managers to quickly make a positive impact in a new role.

Who Would Benefit

This workshop is designed for managers who have recently started a new role or are about to step into a new role (within plus or minus 6 months of a new role).

Benefits

Participants will be able to:

• Clearly define what is needed to achieve high productivity quickly.
• Manage key relationships productively.
• Adapt their personal style to achieve success in new situations.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• Have a clearer understanding of their current approach to managing and communicating
• Have a deeper understanding of the inter-personal dynamics that can result from taking over a new role as manager.
• Be able to recognise where and how their style can be modified and enhanced to suit their situation.
• Be able to apply new tools and techniques to assist them to make a positive impact quickly.
• Have developed a personal action plan and learning commitment statement that will assist them to transfer their new skills to their work situation.

Content Outline

• Defining good management practice
• The 5 key needs of a jobholder
• Role Set Analysis:
  • Key relationships
  • Key inputs and outputs
  • Managing expectations and conflicts
• Managing Your Impact - the first 90 days
• Changing roles - team dynamics for the new manager
• Managing Objectives and Priorities
• Action Planning, Learning and Commitments
• Workshop evaluation

Duration

• 1 day

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