Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager

Duration

3 Days

18 CPD hours

This course is intended for

IT Professionals who expect to or who have recently transitioned into a management role will benefit from this course.

Overview

Make a smooth transition into management Develop your authentic leadership style Engage and empower staff to achieve excellence Build high-performing, collaborative teams Apply delegation best practices Attract and retain great staff

From developing an inspiring vision and empowering members to reach it, to meeting deadlines, and evaluating results. This course will teach students the skills and behaviors needed to successfully transition into an IT manager role.

Private classes on this topic are available. We can address your organization?s issues, time constraints, and save you money, too. Contact us to find out how.

1. Making the Transition into Leadership

• Defining Success
• Developing Leadership Competencies
• Acting as Leader, Liaison, Figurehead. Monitor, Disseminator, and Spokesperson
• Allocating Resources
• Acting Entrepreneurially
• Negotiating and Handling Disturbances

2. Building Trust, Engagement and Involvement

• Applying SCARF
• Leading by Example with the 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence - Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, and Social Skill
• Engaging, Involving, and Motivating Others
• The 4 Disciplines of Motivation - Behavioral, Cognitive, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic
• Working with Differing Personality Styles
• Developing Your Leadership Psychological Toolkit
• Discovering and Meeting Stakeholder Expectations

3. Collaboration & Teams

• Creating, Facilitating, and Maintaining Teams
• Building a Team through Culture, Human to Human Relationships, Effective Communication, and Setting and Meeting Goals & Objectives
• Modern, Autonomous, Self-Organizing, and Cross-Functional Teams

4. Building People with Challenging Work

• Willingness to Delegate
• Delegating Successfully - Preparing and Researching, Clarifying the Intent of the Task, Planning Your Delegation, Delegating Responsibility and Empowering Your Staff to Take Action, and Providing Ongoing Support and Oversight

5. Attracting and Keeping Great People

• Managing Performance
• Knowing Your Staff
• Checking Assumptions
• Engaging Your Team
• Leading and Coaching for Success
• Managing Disruption