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From specialist to manager: how to succeed in your new role.

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This course aims to give you, as you go from being a specialist to becoming a manager, the tools to succeed in your new role. You will learn to lead former colleagues, handle group dynamics in different development phases and adapt your leadership to different personality types. We also place great emphasis on how to succeed with performance reviews, salary reviews, conflict management and difficult conversations.

Format: On site
Language: Swedish
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About the course.

This course aims to give you, as you go from being a specialist to becoming a manager, the tools to succeed in your new role. You will learn to lead former colleagues, handle group dynamics in different development phases and adapt your leadership to different personality types. We also place great emphasis on how to succeed with performance reviews, salary reviews, conflict management and difficult conversations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: That you as a participant gain: - The right conditions to feel confident in going from specialist to manager - A clear understanding of your new role as a manager and the expectations that come with it - Knowledge and tools to become a good leader, handle group dynamics and bring the group along through change - Knowledge of what the manager role includes, such as performance reviews, salary reviews, budget and goal work, and how to handle conflicts and difficult conversations

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • How to create the right conditions in your new role as a manager
  • Challenges of continuing to be a specialist while taking on a new role as a manager
  • How to lead former colleagues and be clear in your leadership
  • How group dynamics work and the different development phases of groups
  • Handling conflicts and difficult conversations
  • Handling different personality types and how to adapt your leadership to different individuals
  • How to conduct performance reviews and salary reviews
  • The basics of budget and goal work
  • Employment law: what responsibility do you have as a manager?
  • Driving change processes and bringing your group along
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Day 1

  2. 09:00 Welcome and introduction

    - Introduction to the aims and purpose of the course

  3. 09:15 The manager role vs the specialist role

    - Going from me to us - Management vs leadership, an introduction - Challenges of continuing to be a specialist while taking on a new role as a manager

  4. 10:15 Getting the right conditions in your new role as a manager

    - Frameworks and expectations - Clear leadership

  5. 11:30 Becoming a manager means changing loyalty

    - Manager, not friend - The leader is a role model - Leading former colleagues

  6. 13:00 Your group's development process

    - Basic theory of group dynamics (FIRO) - The group's development - The different phases of leadership

  7. 14:45 Employees work differently

    - The value of differences in a group - Different people require different leadership

  8. 15:30 Bringing your group along through change

    - The buy-in process - Change takes time - Motivation and drivers

  9. 16:20 Summary of day 1

  10. Day 2

  11. 09:00 Reflection on day 1

  12. 09:30 The manager's year

    - The tasks that are part of being a manager - How they connect with each other and form a whole

  13. 10:15 The management team

    - How a management team works - Putting on the company hat

  14. 10:45 Budget and goals

    - The basics of budget and goal work

  15. 11:30 Employment law, an introduction

    - What is employment law - What is your responsibility as a manager

  16. 13:00 Performance reviews

    - Purpose and planning - Execution

  17. 13:45 Salary reviews

    - The different steps of the salary process - A conversation, not a negotiation

  18. 14:45 Difficult conversations

    - The four phases of conflict - Feedback with care

  19. 16:00 Summary of day 2

Target audience

Who is this for?

This course is aimed at you who have recently become a manager or who will soon take the step from specialist to manager. The course is relevant for new managers in all industries who want to strengthen their leadership skills and understand their new role.

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