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Management Fundamentals: Becoming an Effective First-Time Manager

A practical, framework-driven course that equips new and aspiring managers with the tools to lead people confidently from day one. Covers the full management toolkit: structured 1:1s, situational leadership, SBI feedback, delegation, and goal-setting.

New managers, senior individual contributors preparing for a management role, and team leads who want to formalise and sharpen their people-management toolkit.

Course content

From Doer to Multiplier: Rewiring Your Default40m
Navigating the Peer-to-Boss Transition38m
Your First Ninety Days: A Manager's Operating Blueprint45m
Designing a 1:1 That People Actually Value42m
Questions That Surface What You Actually Need to Know38m
Situational Leadership: Adjusting Your Style to the Person50m
The SBI Feedback Model: Feedback That Actually Changes Behaviour48m
Delegation That Actually Works52m
Holding Accountability Without Damaging Relationships44m

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