Making the Transition from Co-Worker to Team Leader
188-16
Leadership, supervisory and management
Building Effectively on Your Past Relationships for Your New Role
It is seldom easy to assume a position of authority over those who have previously been your colleagues and peers. This workshop will help you address the challenges and difficulties of making the transition from co-worker to boss. You’ll learn tools and techniques to achieve a balance between your existing relationships with co-workers and the requirements of the new management role.
The workshop is interactive and fun, making use of case studies and role play.
- Communicate your new management perspective
- Apply techniques for re-framing your relationships with co-workers
- Understand what your new team needs from you
- Decide what you need from your team
- Apply assertive communication skills to difficult situations
- Give regular feedback on performance
- Manage team meetings effectively
How to develop a management perspective
- Moving from in-depth knowledge to understanding the overall organizational picture
- Representing senior management decisions and policy
- Getting the right balance between advocating for the team and advocating for senior management
Communication skills for handling changes in relationships
- Presenting yourself assertively as the new leader – without embarrassment or apology
- Setting boundaries without causing upset
- Modelling a professional and positive attitude
- Dealing assertively with office gossip
Understanding what the team needs from you
- Identifying six important things your team needs from you
- Giving continuous feedback on performance to each team member and to the team as a whole
- Giving praise and recognition
- Giving constructive feedback
Deciding what you need from the team
- Moving from a need for friendship to a need for respect
- Applying techniques for building trust and respect
Communicating effectively through team meetings
- Identifying the need to take control of team meetings right from the start
- Applying guidelines for running effective, well-managed team meetings
- Communicating your expectations to the team clearly
- Being clear about what you can and cannot do in your new role
- Rotating the chairing of team meetings without losing control
There are no prerequisites for this course.
This workshop will benefit anyone who has recently become, or shortly will become, a new leader, and wants the tools to make the transition from co-worker to boss.
This workshop addresses:
- Achievement / Results Orientation
- Adaptability / Flexibility
- Analytical Thinking
- Change Management and Leadership
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision Making / Decisiveness
- Dealing with Difficult Situations
- Engagement and Motivation
- Impact and Influence
- Innovation and Initiative
- Interpersonal Relations
- Leadership
- Management Excellence
- Planning / Organizing
- Problem Solving
- Relationship / Network Building
- Strategic Thinking
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Values and Ethics
- Working with Data and Numbers
- Working with Others
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Open to all members of the public.
$ 595 plus tax
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