Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Manager
The transition from individual contributor to manager can be the most challenging shift of a career. Being a manager demands a deeper appreciation of the impact of one's style and greater flexibility in order to be able to deal with a variety of people. This program is designed to introduce prospective or newly-promoted managers in a technical environment to the concepts and skills critical to a successful assumption of leadership.
The content is based on the experiences and observations of the designer who held position in several technical environments. Its methodology has been tested at major international engineering-driven companies; the participants have consistently rated the seminar as highly relevant and worthy of recommendation to others.
Participants will be actively engaged at every step through the use of small group discussions, on-the-job application, exercises and real-life practice sessions using situations from their corporate experience.
Read the article on Letting Go by Dr. Oravets.
Key Topics
Morning Outline - The Transition Challenge
- Balancing technical activity with management
- Reflecting on individual contributor payoffs
- Reflecting on manager payoffs
- “Letting Go” of the old job - why is it so challenging?
- Achieving the mind-set of a manager
- Identifying each participant’s “Operating Style” and “Fix-it Formula”
- Director/Troubleshooter - Do
- Administrator/Stabilizer - Reason
- Integrator/Harmonizer - Involve
- Catalyst/Visionary - Inspire
- Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each style
- Knowing how style can affect management performance
- Demonstrating style flexibility and adjusting to others
Afternoon Outline - Key Management Values and Skills
- Imparting management values and taking your value stands
- Understanding the importance of delegation to your career
- Delegating: the art of matching people and tasks.
- The Readiness/Delegation Model
- Marks of attentive listening
- Making powerful requests
- Speaking with purpose: how to get results through others
- Achieving clarity and commitment on assignments
- Establishing a leadership orientation
- Action plan for making a long-term difference
Instructors
ROXANNA DUNN holds a Masters in Education and an MBA in Information Technology. She spent 20 years managing engineers at Hewlett Packard Company, including a number of years developing business systems architectures. She weaves the conceptual view of academia with the real-world view of corporate experience and the integration view of architecture. Her emphasis is on how management methods connect long-range, high level plans with daily, individual activities.
JIM KENNEDY is one of the most respected training and development experts in the bay area. His extensive background includes success in sales and management positions in three industries. Jim was Training Director for World Savings before forming his own business in 1987. For the last 14 years, Jim has helped his clients solve business problems with his combined expertise in training and organizational development. He has authored numerous training programs and customized organizational development interventions. Jim is also a top-level facilitator/trainer on topics including: Team Building, Consultative Selling Strategies, Interviewing Skills, and Leadership Skills.
Jim has a BA in Behavioral Sciences from UC Berkeley and a MA in Organizational Development from University of San Francisco.
DR. ANDREW ORAVETS brings over 25 years in senior positions at major corporations (NCR, Syntex and Hilton Hotels) to his seminars. During his corporate career he acquired "hands-on" skills and practical insights into corporate culture, large scale change, process improvement and managerial coaching.
Since becoming a consultant to companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Altera, Adobe Systems and CoSine Corporation, he has focused on enhancing the effectiveness of individuals, managers and teams by providing innovative principles and practices that apply to the challenges of change and leadership.
LINDA PRICE is an internally known trainer who works with technology-driven companies in the areas of management development, communication, conflict management using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, customer service, and team building. Her 30 years of professional experience in high-tech companies include: Executive Coaching, Sales Training Manager, and HR Director. Since 2001, Linda has conducted programs for the IEEE Engineering Management Society, Silicon Valley Chapter.
Ms. Price lectures at universities in business management, human resources, organizational behavior, and communication. Linda hosted a television talk show on business, special interest, and social awareness issues.
Linda holds a master's degree in Management Development.
MARTIN WOODROW is an experienced executive coach and business leader with over 20 years experience helping executives, senior managers, and mid-level managers in achieving their personal, professional, and corporate objectives. Martin's corporate background includes global responsibility as Sr. Director for KLA-Tencor's Executive Development Program, which became the benchmark in the high-tech industry and was recognized by Training Magazine's Top 100 Training Organizations between 2002 and 2006. Martin holds Master's degrees in Education and Organizational Management.
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