Class Summary
Transitioning into a leader role requires learning new skills, acquiring new habits and values, as well as adjusting your attitude about your role in the organization. This workshop will help a new leader, or those employees considering a move into a leader role, to transition smoothly and quickly become a meaningful contributor to the organization.
SUP8
0.6
0.27
One 8-hour session
Employees who have recently been promoted into a leader role (a front line supervisor or a lead) and/or employees who want to be promoted or will soon be promoted into a leader role.
- Increase your confidence in demonstrating leadership behaviors
- Shorten the transition time from employee to leader
- Understand the importance to your career of positioning yourself as a leader (not just a supervisor)
By the end of this program, you will be able to:
- Clearly understand and articulate the difference between the role of a leader and the role of a manager.
- Identify and describe strategies to enhance your leader status.
- Create a personal plan of action for improving/developing leader competencies.
- Leadership vs management skills–defining, comparing, contrasting
- Leadership transitions–strategies for smoothing the way
- Mark your promotion
- Promises
- Building your status
- Important conversation
- Personal boundaries
- Realign relationships
- Do something
- Define your path forward–establishing a clear plan of action
- Define the purpose
- Organize the work
- Establish key practices
- Interpersonal competencies–critical skills for leader success
- Action planning