The leap from team member to team leader is exciting. It’s more than a title change, and you’ll need to adjust your behavior, thinking, and relationship management. Handling this period of change effectively is crucial for your success as a new manager. It also matters for your team’s well-being and productivity. Managers in this position often benefit from guidance on how to ensure a seamless transition and build authority without damaging existing relationships. This course will give you actionable insights and practical tools so that you can smoothly step into your new role and earn the respect of your team. You’ll learn how to manage well by balancing assertiveness with understanding, setting clear expectations, and meeting your team’s needs. You’ll also find out how to request and receive feedback in a way that’s right for the delicate power dynamics of your new position.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
• Learn how to identify and navigate the unique challenges of managing former peers
• Learn how to set clear expectations for your team and recognize what your team expects from you
• Learn how to balance firmness and fairness in your management approach
• Learn how to seek feedback and respond to it graciously
Course content
• Identify external and internal challenges of managing former peers
• How to adopt a growth mindset
• Outline three key steps to managing former peers
• Setting clear expectations
• Understand what your team expects from you
• Balance firmness with fairness
• Learn how to ask for feedback
• Follow the golden rules of receiving feedback
• Six key tips to managing former peers
