August 1, 2024

Becoming a manager for the first time is one of the most exciting shifts in everyone’s career. It doesn’t matter how far you climb on your career ladder after that, you’ll always remember your first managerial position, your first team – and it can greatly affect how the rest of your career will progress.

To start on the right foot, and smoothly transition into the new role, it’s important to understand what makes a good manager, what traps you need to avoid – and how to apply everything you’ve learned so far.

Stepping into the managerial role for the first time

The transition from the individual contributor to a manager comes with a lot of excitement, but also challenges. And no matter how well you were at your previous job, or how well you think you are prepared – it requires a complete mindset shift.

Once you step into that role, you are becoming a part of something bigger than yourself. Your success no longer depends on your technical skills and your work in general, but on the people you are responsible for. With first-time managers, the extra pressure comes from “proving your worth”, trying to secure early wins, and being liked by all the team members instantly.

Without the bases set correctly – this can lead you into the common trap newbie managers fall into.

That’s why before your first day as a manager, it’s important that you learn how to:

• Earn trust and give trust
• Remain open to learning and avoid the common pitfalls
• Connect with employees and ditch “the blame culture”
• Connect with other managers
• Involve employees in changes
• Give feedback and listen to feedback.

Before learning to lead others, learn more about yourself.

When it comes to becoming a better leader, acquiring leadership and people skills, and trying to set a good example – there’s no “one-size-fits-all” method.

Yes, we could gather the list of tips that can help you in some way, but what matters is – how everything you should do matches with who you already are.

That’s why the first step in improving your leadership skills is understanding your personality.

What are the areas you’re the best at? What are the areas of your personality with the greatest learning potential? How do you create and manage your work relationships? Where does your productivity lie? What can possibly limit your career progress?

All of these and more are covered by the Hogan assessment, the number 1 test for identifying leadership potential and mitigating risks. Also, Hogan’s assessment is our first step in our First Time Manager Leadership program.

The leadership program designed for first-time managers

With the help of corporate managers with 20+ years of experience in leading a variety of teams, we have designed a comprehensive development program designed to provide managers with the fundamental knowledge, tools, and skills necessary for leading teams and achieving business goals.

It’s like a 4-day treat where you get to absorb the knowledge and experience of the leaders you admire.

Moreover, thanks to the Hogan assessment, we make sure to get deeper insights into your personality, potential, and leadership skills. All of this allows us to tailor each module to your needs.

After this training, you’ll be able to:

• Apply acquired leadership knowledge in your own work environment
• Enhance the leadership skills and competencies (self-awareness, change
• management, resilience, building trust, and improving interpersonal relationships)
• Gain effective team leadership skills through basic employee management techniques, conflict
• prevention
• Provide performance feedback
• Analyze the situations for selecting appropriate managerial approaches
• Use different management styles in various situations (HCL approach)

And we’ll make sure to assess everything you learned and guide you in applying it in your work environment.

So if you have recently assumed your first managerial role, or you will do it soon, make sure to save your seat for our First Time Manager Leadership Training and equip yourself with the key concepts, strategies, and management practices for achieving business excellence – regardless of your experience.

You can apply by following this link (maximum 16 participants allowed).