The secrets to a successful start in your managerial role

Training Theme

This training guides new managers in their new role by avoiding classic traps such as parachuting, invisibility, naivety, certainty and haste. Through expert videos, practical exercises and concrete tools, she presents the five golden rules for a successful start to your job: make contacts, immerse yourself in the service, organize your work program, seek support and take appropriate initiatives. The emphasis is on the importance of a thoughtful transition, active listening and a participatory approach to mobilize your team effectively.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Succeed in your new role by avoiding the 5 mistakes of a new manager.
• Follow the 5 golden rules for a successful managerial transition.
• Make a positive impression on your arrival by addressing the entire team.
• Avoid invisibility by reaching out to the team.
• Show clarity and kindness to recognize resistance to your appointment.
• Avoid assumptions and hasty decisions by being curious and open-minded for effective decision-making.

Target Audience 

New managers or managers changing positions

Means and Methods 

• E-learning Modules: Consisting of text, videos, interactive content, and quizzes designed to help you achieve the defined learning outcomes.
• Additional resources: Downloadable documents such as the coaching memo sheet (PDF).

Training Content 

This module contains 4 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change

SHAKING UP

• Storytelling: Video "Chef and manager, same fight?", 1'35
  • A reflection on the transformation of traditional military leadership towards more effective and benevolent management
• Quiz on "old school" managers' sentences
• The 10 missteps of the new manager

LEARN

• Expert video: Successfully entering your position as a manager, 9'02
• The 5 traps to avoid in your first steps: parachuting, the invisible man, naivety, certainties and haste
• Quiz: Successfully entering your position as a manager
• How to question your boss:
  • Vision
  • Expectations
  • Autonomy
  • Cooperation

ANCHOR

• The 5 golden rules of taking office:
  • Making contacts
  • Immersion in service
  • Establish a work programme
  • Seek support
  • Showing initiative
• Use concrete examples to define your own commitment to change

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Downloadable documents:
  • Coaching memo sheet (PDF)
• Bonus: TED or Youtube video(s)