Best Practices for New People Leaders
1h 27mBeginner2021-05-07
Authors

Madecraft
Full-Service Learning Content Company

Kirsten Blakemore
Success Coach, Group Facilitator, and Speaker
Course details
If you’re new to management, you probably have one huge fear: that you’ll fail. While you probably became a manager because you excelled at your previous position, managing people brings a whole world of new challenges that require new skills. People can be unpredictable, and if you’re not properly equipped, the threat of failure is very real. In this course, Kirsten Blakemore teaches how to be a heart-forward manager who leads with compassion, curiosity, and integrity. She shares specific tips on how to lead teams remotely and how to create a cohesive and open team culture. Kirsten covers how to handle tricky tasks like giving difficult feedback and managing tough conversations. Finally, she gives advice on how to manage time as a leader, and how to manage a team to ensure their success. Join Kirsten as she shares her roadmap to make your transition into people leadership easier, leaving you prepared to enjoy your promotion and thrive on your new career path.
Skills covered
Leadership SkillsLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Be an effective leader
Heart Forward Managing
- The heart forward approach
- Don t assume get curious
- Be tough on issues not people
- Care and be self-aware
- Stand in your integrity
- Winning for all
The New Norm of Managing Remotely
- Leading remote teams
- Compassion in a virtual environment
Getting Back to the Basics
- Being fair
- Remembering inclusion
- How open are you
- Accountability
- Overcoming fear of change
Managing Teams
- Creating team cohesion
- Build relationships with your people
- Talk the talk walk the walk
- Be a mentor
Managing Confrontation
- Confrontation is not a battle
- Giving difficult feedback
Managing Your Time All 24 Hours
- Managing WFH time
- Your time and others time
- Managing time and stress
Managing Your Work
- Balance your responsibilities
- Build your bench
- Assess your team
- Recognition
Conclusion
- Becoming a leader