Aspiring engineering manager (v)

Summary

Practical steps to help you make the successful transition into management.

The transition into management is both challenging and exciting, so it is important to ensure that you have a plan in place for when it happens.

During this online workshop, you will discover ways to become an effective and inspiring manager, including assessing your behavioural style and the impact that it has on others, as well as understanding how to flex your communication for maximum impact.

You will discover the importance of personal and organisational values and how they can drive your leadership style, helping you to support the culture and team and align your efforts with the business.

You will learn about assertive communication and how it can better motivate your team and offer clear direction, whilst demonstrating confidence and enthusiasm - essential qualities of a successful future manager.

During the workshop, you will also receive valuable insight and feedback on your style, and learn how to develop it further to help manage the various stakeholders. Such knowledge will enable you to build your own compelling personal brand, which demonstrates your unique leadership style - an important facet in your career progression and strengthening your internal and external presence.

Delivery format

This is a virtual classroom based course, delivered online.

• VC 1: Key attributes of effective managers
• VC 2: Communicating with authority
• VC 3: Transitioning to leadership

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Coaching package add-on

You can choose to purchase a package of two 60-minute coaching sessions with this course, at a discounted price if purchased together, to help you accelerate your results.

The coaching sessions will run once a week following the course and provide you with a unique opportunity to discuss any issues you are facing with an experienced coach, who will guide your thinking, strategy and actions to ensure your learning experience has a direct impact on the bottom line.

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Who should attend?

Anyone who has ambitions to be or is moving into a management / leadership role within the next 12 months.

How will I benefit?

After this course you will be able to:

• Understand and be able to apply the key factors required to successfully transition into management
• Create and maintain the appropriate, situation-specific leadership attitude
• Identify personal and organisational values, helping you to support the culture, align your efforts, and convey them internally and externally
• Pinpoint your behavioural style and understand its impact on others, to develop your leadership skills and gravitas
• Apply assertive behaviour to improve communication, build more honest relationships and earn peer and stakeholder respect
• Create a personal brand which builds connection, trust and credibility
• Make meetings work, saving time, money and effort, thereby increasing productivity
• Handle and resolve conflict to improve retention, motivation and reduce stress

Key topics

• Personal effectiveness and self-organisation
• Behavioural styles
• Relationship building
• Management behaviour
• Assertive communication
• Stakeholder and conflict management
• Personal branding and making an impact
• Transitioning into management
• Running successful meetings

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