Manager CORE Program: Part 2
We’ve conducted research to identify the CORE skills of great managers. Following CORE Part 1 essentials, CORE 2 enables managers to approach their work strategically in areas that most impact the business.
95%
of participants say our programs are useful and engaging.
100%
of participants’ managers said they were still seeing a positive impact 6 months after training.
99%
of learners have used at least one new skill 6-12 months later.
Program design
Workshop content can be foundational (first-time managers) or leveled up for experienced manager, director, and executive audiences.
Each Manager CORE series is 5 workshops (2 hours each designed for small groups.) Add-on options are available.
Every program includes:
World-class, live facilitation
Program launch guidance, templates and resources from our team
Summaries of each session
Worksheets
Reusable templates
Automated practice prompts
Learning retention tools
Included Workshops
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In this workshop you will learn an important skill for today’s times: how to help your team think and act more strategically. You will learn techniques to help people make better decisions even in the face of uncertain variables, including identifying objectives that matter most (a skill we call “linking up”), doing situation assessments (including lag and lead measures), thinking from multiple angles, diagnosing obstacles, risks and unintended consequences, and involving the right stakeholders at the right times. These are the skills that quickly shift a team from good to great and fuel better thinking habits across the org.
During this workshop, managers will practice:
•Applying strategic thinking tools to real world projects
After this workshop, managers will know how to:
• Shift their team from reactive into proactive mode
• Prevent unintended consequences of decisions
• Include the right stakeholders at the right times
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We spend so much of our time in meetings, yet few people are trained to be outstanding meeting leaders. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to engineer meetings that are useful, productive, and energizing. You will learn the formula behind good and bad meetings and how to quickly fix meeting problems as they occur, including topics that go off track, sidebars, over- or under-participation, and decisions that are stalled. You will leave feeling confident in your ability to optimize the meetings you are in–both virtual and in person–even when you aren’t in charge.
During this workshop, managers will practice:
• Using advanced meeting facilitation tools and techniques
After this workshop, managers will know how to:• Lead effective brainstorming and decision-making sessions
• Keep meeting participants focused and productive
• Intervene when meetings go off track
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Change-readiness is now an essential skill for any team. When managers understand the science behind change, they can equip their teams to be more adaptive, resilient, and agile. In this workshop, you will learn everything you need to know. We’ll explore change curves, what happens neurologically when we experience unexpected shifts, track different coping styles and how to respond to each, and practice easy techniques to reduce resistance and increase commitment and action in yourself and others. You’ll practice devising solutions and crafting communication using a change template that will make you a more effective and inspiring leader.
During this workshop, managers will practice:
• Planning and messaging change initiatives
After this workshop, managers will know how to:
• Craft a compelling change statement
• Reduce change resistance and accelerate adoption
• Create resilience and flexibility within their team
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Do you know how to bring out the best in your people? In this workshop, you will learn how to structure the types of conversations your direct reports crave in just a few minutes each week. You’ll walk away with tools to identify the skills that add the most value to your team, and help your direct reports create a skill development plan for themselves even when there are no clear career paths available.
During this workshop, managers will practice:
• Succession planning
• Holding career growth conversations
After this workshop, managers will know how to:• Develop a strategic succession plan for their team
• Hold effective career growth conversations
• Create and track individual development plans
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3 months later, at the critical point in the learning cycle when new skills start to fade, participants assess their CORE 2 skills, then take them to the next level by applying them to challenging scenarios
Optional Add On Workshops
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OPTIONAL ADD ON WORKSHOP
Learn the challenges of remote, hybrid, and distributed leadership, and rapidly increase productivity and engagement on your team by adopting simple but powerful habits.
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OPTIONAL ADD ON WORKSHOP
Create trust within and across teams from any position, boost psychological safety, improve cross-cultural and cross-functional communication, and learn from failure so it isn’t repeated.
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OPTIONAL ADD ON WORKSHOP
Handle conflict productively to drive innovation and collaboration across teams, cultures, and remote, in-person, or hybrid environments.
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Build awareness, shared vocabulary (to make scary conversations easier), and learn to be an advocate for yourself and others.
