It's time to think differently about managing! In today's work environment it is essential to have self-managing employees because most of their work is completed away from the direct supervision of the supervisor. As a result, a major accountability for all managers and supervisors should be obvious—to develop employees into self-managers!

While we can't dispute the merits of this business imperative, the reality is many of our current management practices run contrary to the basic laws of human behavior and end up working against the self-management concept! So how do we bridge that gap and better prepare supervisors to coach for personal accountability and continuous improvement?

Target Audience

Because there are many different groups in your organization that can influence how employees think about performance, access to this workshop should not be limited to just direct supervisors. This 'expanded' target audience should include:

• Front-line and middle managers
• Management candidates
• Coaches and mentors
• High-potential employees
• HR representatives

Key Learning Objectives

Learning objectives specify the new knowledge, skills/abilities and attitudes that a learner should have assimilated during a learning experience. Although the actual competencies incorporated in this workshop will be determined during the initial needs assessment with your organization, here are the foundational learning objectives for this workshop.

• Gaining authentic commitment
• Setting performance expectations
• Coaching versus coaxing
• Reviewing performance progress
• Coaching for improvement/results
• Reinforcement strategies
• Diagnosing performance issues

Methodology

Adult learning principles are utilized to encourage direct participation and interaction, unleash creativity, open minds to possibility-thinking—and maximize the learning. This workshop includes:

• Multi-media presentations (e.g., projected slides, short video segments, etc.) to introduce topics and provide key foundational information
• Experiential learning exercises to allow participants to make an intellectual and emotional connection to the concept of effective management
• Stimulating and interactive discussions to share thoughts, ideas and experiences
• Individual and small-group breakout sessions
• An implementation timeline and summary exercise (includes facilitated discussion of potential obstacles to implementation)

Format

This two-day workshop includes over 14 hours of instructional material and is delivered in-house only (no public offerings). The maximum class size is limited to 32 participants.

Customization Options

• This workshop can be customized to accommodate your organization's specific training curricula, business/industry terminology and can be tailored to build upon previous training programs.
• A unique customization option for this workshop is embedding short video interviews with your senior leadership team into the program to enhance the learning and reinforce the importance of the message. Interviews can be pre-scripted or free-form and focus on the leader's view of relevant aspects of effective management.