Management Boot Camp

Growing and Nurturing Managers

Management is hard. Managers must deal with interpersonal relationships, budgets, safety, reports, and the list goes on and on. Knowing how to deal with problems, address the additional workload, and build a competent and efficient team typically comes with years of training and experience. Sadly, employees are often promoted to their first—or next—management role without the years of experience or the training and education needed to succeed.

But there is something you can do to address this.

Management Boot Camp is valuable for NEW and EXPERIENCED managers. Available as a full-day class, attendees will learn and discuss:

• Skills for Success Self-Assessment (100 traits across ten categories)

• What it means to be a manager

• Challenges post-promotion: navigating the shift "from peer to principal"

• Seven "must-dos" for the newly promoted

• Managing change — and leading people through it

• Generational and cultural differences in the workplace

• Dealing with discipline — fairly, consistently, and with proper documentation

• Conducting employee reviews that motivate and develop

• Management styles: micromanager, macromanager, and the "active" manager

• Five keys to effective decision-making

• Manager vs. Leader — Nine Traits of Great Leaders

The class will wrap up with a look at the difference between a manager and a leader. A company can have all the managers it needs simply by gifting a “title” to an employee, but to be called a “leader” is earned. What makes a leader? How can one become a leader? How can we build more leaders? All are important questions, and all will be addressed in “Management Boot Camp.”

NOTE: Leadership Boot Camp is an expanded version of this workshop. It adds additional skills to strengthen the nine traits, including communication, teambuilding, and workplace dynamics discussions.