Moving Up to Manager: Essential Skills for New Leaders

What happens in your company when you have a new manager struggling in their leadership position?

If you're not on top of your game, a difficult transition then becomes a full-blown problem for all levels of employees - not to mention wasted company time, money, and employee potential.

So how can you ensure that your new managers will be able to confidently take on their new roles with the key skills needed to navigate the transition and beyond?

Join us for our high-impact, 60-minute workshop to optimize your team's strategy for onboarding new managers. You'll also discover how to:

• Prepare high potential employees before they're even offered their first leadership role
• Identify and teach key skills every manager must master to be successful from the start
• Help your new managers navigate the tricky transition from peer to leader
• Develop new managers' confidence so they are more effective

Program Highlights

Key Skills for Identifying New Managers: Start Before the Interview

• Ways to identifying existing employees with high potential
• Why you should prepare team members to take on their first leadership role before they're promoted
• How to avoid promoting ineffective leaders
• Creating a smooth transition from team member to team leader

Strategies for New Managers: Setting the Right Tone

• Methods for building rapport with your direct reports
• How to establish healthy boundaries between you and your team
• Why setting clear expectations can make or break your leadership abilities
• Turning disengaged employees into top performers
• Do's and Don'ts for handling pushback from your team

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ashley Cox

Ashley Cox, PHR, SHRM-CP, is the Founder and Leadership Development Expert at SproutHR, where she helps leaders create more impact by helping them foster the skills they need to lead happy and high-functioning teams that consistently produce great results. Ashley has over 12 years of leadership and human resources experience in both the corporate and small business worlds. She was chosen as a 40 Under 40 recipient in 2017, and is passionate about helping women become more confident, effective and impactful leaders. Ashley holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Management and Marketing, as well as professional certifications in Human Resources and Human Resource Management.