New York City | Self Development 1 Day Expert-Led Training for Managers®
About this Event
Duration: 8 Hours | Format: 8 Interactive Modules
Language: English|Certificate: Course Completion Certificate
Delivery Modes: In-house | Virtual Live | Hybrid | Private Group Sessions
Course Overview
Effective managers are those that take ownership of their personal development and are able to set goals and targets that will improve their competence and ability to exceed in the role.
This training course will help your managers focus on learning opportunities, giving them a clear idea of where they are now and where they want to be in the future. It will help encourage managers to see their own development as a life long commitment to improvement through formal and informal learning activities. The main is to help managers improve their knowledge, skills and awareness, and help them develop talents and potential.
What changes you will take back home after an 8-hour experience!
By the end of this Self Development for Managers training course, your participants will be able to:
- Describe the philosophy of self-development
- Describe the skills, qualities, and functions of managers
- Assess your self-development needs
- Recognise how to develop key skills and qualities
- Set goals and create a self-development plan
- Recognize the habits and behaviors of highly effective managers.
- Improve emotional intelligence and its application in leadership situations.
- Strengthen self-confidence and professional presence.
- Enhance communication and interpersonal skills.
- Develop effective decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
Training Methodology
This program includes:
- Interactive facilitator-led discussions
- Real-world workplace examples
- Group activities and role-plays
- Scenario-based learning
- Self-assessment exercises
- Practical application techniques
- Reflection and action planning
Prerequisites:
None
Technical Requirements:
For In-house training:
- Projector, Screen or TV
- HDMI cable
- Notebook, Pen
- Internet
- Laptop or tablet
Note: The training schedule includes two 15-minute coffee breaks and one 30-minute lunch break
Why Should Organizations Invest in This Training?
Managers are expected to lead teams, make critical decisions, manage change, and deliver results. However, many managers focus heavily on developing technical and operational skills while overlooking their own personal growth. Self Development for Managers equips leaders with the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, resilience, communication, and personal leadership skills needed to lead themselves before effectively leading others.
Organizations that invest in manager self-development benefit from stronger leadership, improved decision-making, higher employee engagement, increased accountability, and healthier workplace relationships. Managers who understand their strengths, manage stress effectively, communicate with confidence, and adapt to change create more motivated, productive, and high-performing teams.
By developing emotionally intelligent and self-aware managers, organizations can foster a positive workplace culture, improve employee retention, enhance collaboration, and build a resilient leadership pipeline capable of driving long-term business success.
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Agenda
1. Introduction, Objectives and Expectations
Info: An introduction to the subject, an opportunity to review the course objectives and identify any personal objectives and expectations of the group. Includes a review of participants personal learning experiences.
2. The Philosophy of Self-Development
Info: Understanding the philosophy of self-development and the importance of seeing it as an opportunity for continuous development.
3. Skills for Successful Management
Info: Exploring the key skills that successful managers possess. Identifying what managers actually do and the main functions of their role and then breaking this down into key tasks and the knowledge and skills that must be developed to be able to meet these tasks.
4. Assessing Your Self-Development Needs
Info: Establishing where they are and where they want to be. Using a series of tools to identify areas for self-development. Includes practice and review.
5. Expanding Your Knowledge
Info: Reviewing the difference between organisational knowledge and professional knowledge and the four sub-categories of each (Tacit, Explicit, Generalist, Specialist). Exploring ways of expanding this knowledge.
6. Learning from Others
Info: Identifying key people that can help support participants with their learning.
7. Decision Making
Info: One of the most important skills of a manager, this session helps provide participants with a process for decision making that they can apply to their personal requirements.
8. Power Sources
Info: Identifying the different power sources within the business and how this impacts them personally.
9. Emotional Awareness
Info: Practicing being more aware of personal feelings and those of others. Putting the participants in a stronger position to build interpersonal relationships.
10. Giving and Receiving Feedback
Info: Good feedback skills will help managers do their job more effectively. Exploring a common approach to giving feedback – the SBI Model. This stands for Situation, Behaviour, Impact.
11. Business Models
Info: Reviewing a series of common business models used to develop personal skills and those of our employees.
12. Setting Goals for Development
Info: Creating areas for personal development and setting clear goals for self-improvement towards them.
13. Summary and Action Planning
Info: Reinforcing the learning by creating actions for the workplace and further development.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 442.52 to USD 587.70
