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MAKING A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO NEW MANAGER, SUPERVISOR OR TEAM LEAD

Organization:
Ontario Municipal Leadership Institute (OMLI)
Location:
ONLINE - 5 PART MINI WEBINAR SERIES (12pm - 1pm EST), Ontario, Canada
Start Date:
May 3, 2023
End Date:
June 7, 2023
Description
This 5-part mini webinar training program developed for NEWLY appointed Managers, Supervisors, Team Leads or anyone aspiring to a leadership role. 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

To provide awareness and insights that will assist the newly minted manager, supervisor or team lead to develop the necessary skills that will make for a successful transition into their new leadership role.

Webinar #1 - Making a Successful Transition - What do you need to consider?Successfully transitioning into a new leadership role moving from Peer to Manager, Supervisor or Team Lead

Overview:  What’s next? How to make your move a successful one!

  • What got you here won’t keep you there! - Identifying and discussing the important skills you will need to be successful in your new role
  • Putting the all-important HR pieces together and helping you to navigate through it - Hiring, setting performance expectations, evaluating, coaching, and unfortunately sometimes terminating. 
  • The unionized work environment – What should you watch for?
  • Using the Universal Supervisory Principles for your success!

Webinar #2 - Effective Communication & Understanding Emotional Intelligence. Understanding the importance of communication and how you can use it more effectively.

Overview: Putting your communications skills to the test!  Do you understand and manage your emotions? 

  • Communication is a critical tool – How to be an effective communicator 
  • Understanding our perceptions and biases – and how they influence our communication
  • Dealing with Gossip and Office politics
  • Tips to navigate difficult conversations and delivering constructive feedback!
  • Employee engagement what does it really mean? 
  • What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)? How does it impact our conversations.
  • Building your success through relationship management  

Webinar #3 - Time Management, Planning & Organizational Skills Development; and the Importance of Integrity; and Problem-Solving Using Data. Where does the time go? Setting the stage to make better decisions using the right data.

Overview: Understanding what is consuming your time and how to reclaim it.   Why is integrity important?  Solving problems is about making sure you are focused on the right problems - How do you know?

  • Are you the victim of Parkinson’s Law?
  • Meeting Chaos and Tips on getting it right
  • Using the WADE FORMULA to Improve Planning and Organizational Skills
  • Understanding how to shift gears- moving from “Micro-Manager” to “Skilled Delegator” 
  • Ethics and Integrity – searching your soul!
  • Are we solving the right problem?  Diagnosing and Solving Problems - Data driven decision making - what are you measuring?

Webinar #4 - Investing in & Developing Your Team - Producing Results. Most of your challenges will be based upon getting your team to perform and produce results.

Overview: Making the most effective use of your TEAM!

  • Are you taking advantage of workplace diversity to make your TEAM successful?
  • Patrick Lencioni’s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, and how to overcome them.  
  • Conflict is a reality - how are your addressing it? Are you shying away from those Difficult Conversations
  • Putting your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to work with your TEAM!
  • Understanding how TEAMS DEVELOP – Bruce Tuckman model
  • How has Remote work and Hybrid Workplaces impacted your workplace culture? How can we address it?
  • Change happens!  Understanding why resistance happens and how can we be more effective in overcoming it.  
  • Successful teams need a psychological safety net - how can you provide it?

Webinar #5 - Developing your ORGANIZATION AWARENESS. Once you step into a new management role you need to develop an understanding of how the organization works – what’s important, why and how to navigate through the complexities related to it.

Overview: Knowing how to navigate the organization is key to your future success! 

The Fishbowl effect - are you ready? 

  • Understanding the nature of the “BUSINESSES” of Local government 
  • PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS - what are they and why are they important for you?
  • “What is Politics for $100” - the games that keep on being played! - how the organization should manage political gamesmanship.
  • Your influence requires you to effectively MANAGE UP
  • What’s your Organization’s Culture Like and Why is it so important?
  • What’s driving change and how do we strategically plan to address it?
  • Tying up all the pieces into your work plan 
  • Failure - can be an effective option?  Think FUTURE!
Additional information

5 PART MINI SERIES 

DATES: Wed, May 3, 10,  17,  24, June 7, 2023

TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

REGISTER TODAY

COST: Full Series $499. pp + HST  

For more information or to register please contact info@omli.ca 

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