This is the ideal workshop for new managers who need to quickly learn management skills and fully transition into their role managing people.Workshop Content (one day):

Management self-assessment • Identify managing skills needed to be effective • Understand the essential tasks of managing results and people • Recognize your new role versus the individual contributor role Cost to Attend: $450 AeA member, $550 non-member

About the Seminar: This workshop is designed for new managers faced with the challenges of managing business results and employees. Participants in this one-day workshop will experience their role as manager more clearly and differentiate from the role of individual contributor. They will develop communication skills, performance management skills, and diagnosing team issues while building a team. This is a fast paced and participative workshop giving participants new tools they can use immediately.

What You Will Learn: • Discover what it takes to succeed as a manager • Increase your team’s performance • Improve your ability to communicate and influence others • Hire and develop high-performers for your team • Provide effective feedback to your employees • Improve or remove low-performers in your team

Achieving measurable results • Setting SMART objectives • Learn and practice active listening skills • Effectively coaching and delivering feedback

Helping your team excel • Hire, motivate & retain high performers • Managing poor performance • Navigate and accelerate your team through the team formation process

Recognizing and managing style differences • Learn your personal style preference • Recognize the effects of style differences on communication and decision making processes • Gather tips, techniques, and approaches to bring out the best in everyone

Here's what one is saying about a past Mastering Management Skills Workshop: "The knowledge I'm leaving with far exceeds what I hoped to learn based on the objectives I set at the beginning of the session." Jessica Swan, Director of Business Development, Jama Software

Seminar Leader: Gaylyn Sher-Jan, Founder and President, OnCourse Group, Inc. Gaylyn Sher-Jan is an expert in executive/professional coaching, management development, organizational development and the founder and President of OnCourse Group, Inc., an innovative management and human capital consultancy.