Thinking of Managing? What You Need to Know Before Day One as a First-Time Manager
Critical Context for Any Professional Considering Making the Move to Managing
11/17/ 21 from 10:00 AM to1:00 PM Central
Why and How Everything About Your Work Changes
Moving from contributor to manager is arguably the most difficult career transition you will make. What you need to know and how to adjust to this awkward change in your world.
Where Too Many New Managers Go Wrong in this Role
The new manager failure rate is abysmally high. In this segment, I highlight the major areas where new managers misfire and how to avoid making those same mistakes.
How to Prepare if You Believe this Role is Right for You
Prior preparation prevents poor performance. In this final segment of our interactive session, I share tips and resources that will help you step into the role ready to learn, grow, and succeed.
Helping the Prospective New Manager and Promoting Manager Make an Informed Decision on the Move to Managing
The transition from contributor to manager is one of the most difficult in all of business.
This is that point when everything changes, including:
-Your daily work
-How you are evaluated
-What defines success
-Why the probability of failure is high
-The types of discussions you engage in daily
-How your team members view you
-What your boss expects of you
-What it takes to get to the next level
-How you interact with your new peers
-Why your relationship with your team members must change
Given the complexities, it's no wonder research suggests that over 50% of first-time managers fail during their first twelve months on the job. That's an abysmal statistic and one that is largely avoidable if aspiring managers understand the realities of the role and can make an informed decision on this challenging career step.
I created this program for any individual considering (or being considered for) their first role as a manager. And, I created this program to help organizations and promoting managers improve their success rate with their new managers.
Here's How the Program Helps:
For Aspiring First Time Managers:
In this two-hour program, I help aspiring or soon-to-be new managers tune in to the reality of the role and the keys to start-up success.
We Cover:
- The stark differences between contributor and manager
- Why what made you successful before doesn't apply in this role
- Great discussion topics to cover with your boss before formally stepping into the role of manager
- Where and why so many first-time managers fail during their first 100 days.
- How to avoid the pitfalls that trip and trap too many new managers
- What successful new managers get right
- Making that go/no go decision (contributor or manager)
- How to prepare in the weeks leading up to day one
- How to gain additional informal experience if you're not quite sure
- The skills you will need to focus on developing once you decide to take the plunge
This may be the most important two-hours you or your aspiring new manager will spend prior to committing to managing.
About the Program Leader
Art Petty is an executive and emerging leader coach and a longtime software industry executive. Art has written multiple books and published over 2,000 articles on leading and managing. Art has supported the development of thousands of professionals across all sectors, including private, public, and not-for-profit. Art is a featured writer at SmartBrief on Leadership and is widely covered in industry and government publications.
Art's team at Art Petty Group creates professional development programs for audiences ranging from first-time managers to executive management groups. You can learn more about Art and the team's offerings at: https://artpetty.com. You can e-mail Art at: art.petty@artpetty.com
11/17/21 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central
Three-hour interactive working session
Session notes in pdf format
E-mail access to Art for follow-on questions
Feedback on Art's Work with New Managers
I realized after a few weeks on the job that I was in way over my head. Art helped me catch my breath and reapproach my challenges with a plan and confidence!
I was most worried about stepping into a management role over people I had been working with for the past three years. Art's program helped me make the transition and eliminate the awkwardness for everyone.
My firm practices "sink or swim" development of new managers. Without Art's help, I would have sunk.
I am a software developer by background and was never interested in managing. I took one of Art's aspiring new manager seminars and realized that I could scale my love of software development by supporting a team. While not every day is a picnic, Art armed with some great tools and a great philosophy for managing.
After attending one of Art's new manager seminars, I realized I needed to gain some more informal experience in this role. After a year of gaining additional exposure to managing, I stepped into the role and I'm loving it!