Managing in the New Normal
Vital to every person moving from a technical to managerial position is to realize the importance of leadership abilities to understand and appreciate situations and gain an appreciation of basing managerial skills to achieve results through people.
Learning and honing these new skills are vital in the new environment to effectively lead employees online, manage productivity of work from home and be adept with digital tools and applications. The situational leadership frameworks helps a manager recognize the elements of task and people relationship in a given situation, do effective assessment and move on to action.
The core managerial skills of planning, leading, organizing and controlling are the core skills that allow managers to gain greater productivity and effectiveness. Finally the ability to delegate will provide the manager time to focus on the “vital few versus the trivial many”.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 4 Webinars, 2 day program participants will be able to:
- Appreciate and apply situational leadership
- Understand the difference between managerial and technical work
- Recognize the 4 keys function of planning, leading, organizing and controlling
- Practice doing planning using objective setting and action planning for his/her unit
- Organizing work through basic project management skills
- Regularly control work done and in progress
Webinar Content:
Day 1: Webinar 1
- Program Objective and Frameworks
- Challenges of a new Manager
- Difference between Technical and Managerial Work
- Importance of the exercise of Leadership
- Introduction of Situational Leadership
- Case studies of Leadership
- Best Response
- Managerial Function
Day 1: Webinar 2
- Definition and Levels of Planning
- Key Planning Principles
- Developing Annual Plan
- Setting Objectives and Responsibility Center
- Overview of Project Management
Day 2: Webinar 3
- Delegation as core to managerial roles of planning and controlling
- Practice the art of effective implementation through delegation
- Setting up effective controls Case studies and role plays
Day 2: Webinar 4
- Managing in the New Normal
- Effective management of remote work
- Role Plays
