Management Development Program (MDP)
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No. of days: 3
For whom: First Time Managers
People spend the first couple of years of their careers as individual contributors. This means that most of the focus has been on the development of personal excellence and on managing self. The progressive next step is to make the shift from 'Managing Self' to 'Managing Others'. The objective of this program is to support new managers during their transition period.
This three day program focuses on developing those skills and attitudes that are needed to make the shift from ‘doing the work yourself’ to ‘getting it done through others’.
Program Objectives
- Describe the managerial competencies required as first time managers
- Identify key attitudes for managerial excellence at work
- Demonstrate key attitudes of accountability
- Practice interpersonal skills related to listening, assertiveness, conflict handling, etc.
- Further enhance some basic managerial skills like time management, goal setting, delegation, etc. and
- Appreciate the importance of developing people in a managerial role
Program Content
- The role of a manager
- Competencies required for the role of a manager
- A self – scan on managerial effectiveness
- Thinking like a manager – boundaryless thinking
- Surfacing live challenges and applying the principles of accountability & out of the box thinking
- Enhancing interpersonal relationships
- Basics of building relationships
- Non – verbal communication
- Skills in communication
- Managing interpersonal conflict
- Role plays & case lets
- Basics of team working – exercises
- Why develop people
- Setting goals and clarifying roles
- Conducting a performance review discussion
- Aligning my time and my new role and responsibilities
- Delegation
- Action planning
Approach
Methodology
- Learning through structured exercises, games
- Role plays
- Case studies
- Conversations and problem solving on live challenges
- Holistic approach of experimenting/reflection/applying back to live situations at work
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