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Training course: Thinking as a manager
Two hours • In-person or remote • 4-15 participants
Rated 4.7/5 ★★★★★ from 44 reviews
About this bitesize course
Thinking as a manger helps participants understand and embrace the responsibilities of management.
This high-impact training session is designed to empower managers to step up and take deeper accountability for their teams – in short, to start thinking like a great manager.
Participants begin to develop a management persona and establish a solid grounding for decision making, team development and management communication.
A key takeaway is that participants feel they have permission to manage.
Attendees on the Thinking as a manager training session will learn to:
Understand the importance of accountability
Identify the core ingredients of good management
Avoid the pitfalls of over supervision and under supervision
Develop their core values as a foundation for decision-making
Build a personal development strategy
Key details
this bitesize training course is two hours long and packed with powerful ideas to boost management performance
designed for groups of 4 – 15
delivered by an expert trainer at your UK workplace, or virtually
interactive, with plenty of exercises that get people talking
customisable, to connect with your organisation’s values
“The trainer really brought the content to life: some great real-life and relatable examples.”
Attendee, Thinking as a Manager
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"I was dubious before going on this course, but I found it extremely useful!
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“Incredibly useful for new managers."
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"Very informative, without being an overload of information."
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"Really engaging and thought provoking – I found it really helpful."
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"Well presented, easy to understand and just the right length to keep my attention."
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"The workshop was really interactive and engaged the whole team."
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"An excellent course, and very helpful tools. Thanks so much."
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"Clear information delivered in an interesting and engaging way – thoroughly enjoyed this session!"
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Video: what ‘crutches’do new managers lean on?
Because many new managers are promoted into their position without receiving additional training, they often rely on status, technical knowledge or likability to get things done.
In this video, Paul Hodder, BiteSize Learning founder and course designer of ‘Thinking as a Manager’ explains how our bitesize course empowers attendees to build a more durable foundation for their management responsibilities.
Why book this training session?
🧑🏻💼 Increase accountability
We give team leads ‘permission to manage’ and explore how they can embrace their new responsibilities with confidence.
🙌 Build trust in teams
Our interactive exercises help managers to understand the unwritten agreements that make happy teams work, so their direct reports can thrive in a consistent, high-trust environment.
⚠️ Avoid common headaches
We help managers reflect on the ingredients of good (and bad!) management so they can spot the key mistakes it’s easy for any of us to find ourselves making - and how to fix them.
🪴 Keep on growing
This session sets up attendees to create a personal management blueprint, defining their core values and identifying key areas for development in the future – creating a growth mindset and setting the stage for ongoing improvement.
🗣 Make management worth talking about
Managing teams calls on a different skillset than being a star individual contributor. Training sessions like this highlight leadership skills as an area for deliberate growth, not just an after-thought.
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“Maximal learning in a short, but intense, session. This is definitely the way forward for management training, as far as I am concerned.”
Professor Niamh Moran, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland ★★★★★
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All killer, no filler: our training sessions are crammed with high-value insights, and perfect for busy teams.
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