Transition to Management

Overview

Transition to Management (TTM) is a skill building workshop suited best for newly appointed managers. It will prepare them to face unfamiliar situations, and recognize the various personality styles of those they manage in order to tailor their leadership approach accordingly. This workshop gives new managers the skills necessary to fulfill their new responsibilities with confidence.



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Objectives & Benefits

 

 

 

  • Examine the importance of Vision and Communication in effective Leadership.
  • Discover how and why people do or do not communicate effectively.
  • Learn to see yourself as others perceive you and identify your management style.
  • Learn how to build trust in your communications with subordinates as a basis for teamwork and cooperation.
  • Practice applying flexibility in problem solving to develop winning solutions that support teamwork.
  • Build increased awareness of your behavior, needs and values, and how these impact your effectiveness in leading and managing others.
  • Develop a personal plan for maximizing leadership and management effectiveness.
  • Plan to identify specific activities and behaviors that will result in increased leadership effectiveness.

Key Features

Introduction

• Organizational Expectations
• Leadership
• Vision
• Clarifying your vision

Social Style

• Consequences of poor communications
• Mr. “X” Case Study
• Persona Trust Model
• Description vs. Judgement
• Communication Style Matrix
• Management Styles

Trust and Empathy

• Four Elements of Trust
• Strengths & weaknesses in Trust Building
• Empathy
• Behaviors of a person projecting empathy
• Establishing Rapport
• Style & empathy feedback

Change and Defensiveness

• Style Recognition exercises
• How each style reacts to tension
• Maintenance cycle
• Defensive behavior
• Growth spiral
• Fostering Growth - Professionalism

Flexibility

• Understanding flexibility
• Behaviors of a flexible person
• Flexibility feedback
• Flexibility & Situational Leadership
• Cooperation & Team Building
• Bingo game

Negotiation Process

• In business, what each style responds to
• A six-step negotiation process

Application/Preparation

Role-play Mr. “X”

Follow-up

Online or mobile application

Added Value Features

SURVEYS/REPORTS
01. Self-perception Survey
Participants’ perception of their own communication style.02. Respondent Survey
Respondent Survey
Participants receive feedback about how a peer or colleague perceive their Style, Empathy and Flexibility.
03. Gameplan Case Study
Role playing on how the participant communicates with a “real life” difficult person.

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Added Value Features

MOBILE APPLICATIONAll participants can acquire access to Persona’s expert system Gameplanning Software on the iPhone or Android phone to meet future communication challenges. This cutting edge technology help users:
• Reach greater retention and proficient use of acquired skills.
• Take notes, share information/listener profiles with managers and colleagues.
• Include specific benefits their clients are listening for.The app provides business support and reinforcement; it enables delegates to “Prep” themselves just before an important interaction with anyone they need to persuade, influence or motivate.

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