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Think Different

Becoming Management Material (TDF02EO)

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Savvy

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Course Overview

What Will Students Learn?

  • Define your role as a manager and identify how that role differs from other roles you have had.
  • Understand the management challenge and the new functions of management.
  • Discover how you can prepare for and embrace the forces of change.
  • Identify ways to get you and your workspace organized and get a jump on the next crisis.
  • Identify your leadership profile and explore ways to use this knowledge to improve your success as a manager.
  • Enhance your ability to communicate with others in meetings and through presentations.
  • Create an action plan for managing your career success.

What Topics are Covered?

  • About the learning organizations
  • Achieving personal mastery
  • Analyzing our mental models
  • Achieving a shared vision
  • Team learning
  • Systems thinking
  • Understanding leadership
  • Five Practices
  • Building trust
  • Managing change
  • The four room apartment
  • Time management tips and tricks
  • Managers vs. Leaders
  • Learning and thinking styles
  • Influence strategies
  • Managing relationships
  • A simple problem-solving process
  • Strategic Planning
  • Doing delegation right
  • Criteria for useful feedback
  • Feedback techniques
  • Mastering your body language
  • Meeting management
  • Pumping up a presentation
  • Personal development

Course Content

  • Academy Topics

    • Course Overview

    • Learning Objectives

    • Pre-Assignment

    • Pre-Course Assessment

    • About the Learning Organization

    • What is a Learning Organization?

    • Are You a Lifelong Learner?

    • Achieving Personal Mastery

    • What is Personal Mastery?

    • Your Personal Vision

    • Our Personal Vision and Our Values

    • Analyzing Our Mental Models

    • Our Mental Models

    • Mental Models in the Workplace

    • Strategies for Working with Mental Models

    • The Ladder of Inference

    • Reflection: Using Your Own Experiences as a Resource

    • Achieving a Shared Vision

    • What is a Shared Vision?

    • Team Learning

    • Team Learning

    • Protocols for Skillful Discussion

    • Preparing the Ground for Skillful Discussion

    • Systems Thinking

    • Systems Thinking

    • Understanding Leadership

    • About Leadership

    • Understanding Your Comfort Zone

    • Managing Performance

    • Servant Leadership

    • Onboarding and Orientation

    • Five Practices

    • Practices One, Two, and Three

    • Image Identification

    • Practices Four and Five

    • Practices in Practice

    • Building Trust

    • The Cycle of Trust and Performance

    • Trust Exercise

    • Managing Change

    • About Change

    • Making Connections

    • Key Factors in Successful Change

    • A Step-by-Step Plan for Change

    • Case Study: Getting More from the Last Hour

    • The Four Room Apartment

    • The Four Room Apartment

    • Time Management Tips and Tricks

    • Getting Things in Order

    • Mastering E-mail

    • Time Management Tips

    • A Planning Checklist

    • Putting Plans into Action with Scheduling Aids

    • Organizing Your Work Area and Your Paperwork

    • Managers vs. Leaders

    • Learning and Thinking Styles

    • Learning Styles

    • Learning Styles Exercise

    • Thinking Styles

    • Learning and Thinking Styles Exercise

    • Influence Strategies

    • Common Influence Strategies

    • Cialdini’s Six Strategies

    • Managing Relationships

    • The Relationship Cycle

    • Coaching Through Conflict

    • Preparing for Conflict

    • Managing Stress

    • The Positive Effect

    • Fifteen Steps for Dealing with Upset People

    • Five Tips for Dealing with Difficult People

    • Six Steps for Dealing with Angry People

    • A Simple Problem-Solving Process

    • Systematic Problem Solving

    • Personal Problems

    • Strategic Planning

    • SWOT Analysis

    • Individual Analyses

    • Doing Delegation Right

    • What is Delegation?

    • Definitions

    • Levels of Delegation

    • Delegation Case Study

    • Criteria for Useful Feedback

    • Giving Constructive Feedback

    • Feedback Techniques

    • Feedback Techniques

    • Case Study

    • Mastering Your Body Language

    • Mastering Your Body Language

    • Meeting Management

    • Preparing for Meetings

    • Reading the Reports

    • During the Meeting

    • Managing Meetings

    • Presentation Tips

    • Pumping up a Presentation

    • Pumping up a Presentation

    • Personal Development

    • Personal Action Plan

    • Course Summary

    • Recommended Reading List

    • Post-Course Assessment

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  • Last Update 27/02/2025