The Middle Manager Development Programme – Creating Future Leaders

Programme description & objectives

Programme description & objectives Many middle professionals have a wealth of experience at handling day to day management issues and are now ready for even bigger challenges. This program is designed and structured to address those extra skills they need to acquire to prepare them for the next level of leadership. The programme is about exploring and mastering those skills and knowledge that will comfortably take the middle level manager to the next level of competence; i.e, from a professional to leader. Furthermore, the program will give participants a real insight into what drives individual behaviour, how to pinpoint the cultural style of your organisation and understand its inherent cultural strengths and weaknesses. In an effort to lock-in the benefits of this program, we will explore team dynamics in the context of culture, look at functional and dysfunctional behaviour and how dysfunctional behaviour can be reshaped. We will explore how easy it is for the leader to unwittingly set people up for failure and how this can be avoided. We will investigate motivation, reward and getting the best from the team. By the end of this program, participants will have learnt to make the transition from professional to leader by: - Ensuring that you have all the core skills of effective management and leadership - Understanding what drives individual behaviour and how to motivate and reward excellence - Truly understanding the culture of your organisation - Exploring team dynamics and discovering your own preferred team roles - Having a framework for implementing successful change programmes