Course Code: MGLD 129
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First Time Managers
Course Sector:
Management and Leadership
Course Dates and Locations
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Date
Days
Location
Fees
Enrollment
01
18 - 20 Aug 2025
3 Days
Dubai, UAE
$3,250
02
01 - 03 Dec 2025
3 Days
Bangkok , Thailand
$3,950
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief

The Need for Leader Turn

Researches nowadays indicates that about 2 million employees got promoted into management roles every year, almost 60% of those first-time managers fail. This huge percentage of failure happens because of the challenges they meet during the dramatic shift from being a good employee to become first-time manager. 

The Business Case

Being a successful employee makes you on a parallel track of being a successful manager. These two parallel tracks will never reunion at any point unless you will start to make a “Leader Turn” to join a safe transition journey for the 1st line managers. “Leader Turn” is your gate for a safe transition phase from an individual contributor to a brilliant 1st time Manager; by providing training and skills needed to make a smooth transition. 

Gaining these essential skills and the right tools will be acquired through an enjoyable learning journey depending on 3 main pillars:

  •         Unleash your leadership potential
  •         The Leader within you
  •         People management

Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
  • Recognize the foundation of leadership and maintain the proper leadership mindset.
  • Explore briefly the basic skills any new or potential leader needs
  • Recognize the ACCEL Model components
  • Associate the team formation steps and the different roles within the team.
  • Illustrate the situational Leadership Model
  • Learn key tools and techniques to become more effective managers and get things done.
  • Gain the skills in decision-making and problem-solving within the organization.
  • Effectively create and manage a powerful, results-driven team.
  • Respond to conflict in the workplace
  • Know how to give constructive and continuous feedback
  • Plan the next steps for being a better leader

Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most

      Newly Promoted Managers.
  •     Team Leaders.
  •     First-Time Supervisors.
  •     Project Managers.
  •     Small Business Owners.
  •     Department Heads.

Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes

Introduction
  • What’s leadership and what’s not
  • Group Vs Team
  • Leader Vs Manager
  • Management levels & Roles
  • Strategic holistic view
 Unleash your Leadership Potential
  • Know what’s your Leadership style
  • 5 levels of leadership – John C Maxwell
 The Leader Within You: Leader’s Mindset
  • Result driven thinking
  • Adopting an agile mindset
  • Growth mindset
  • From “Me” to “We”

Business Acumen
  • Key Financial Awareness
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Setting Realistic Challenging targets
  • Action planning & Corrective actions
Leader’s essential skills
  • The Leader Assertive language
  • Time management & organizing
  • Conflict management
  • Solving problems creatively
People Management
  • Team Structure
  • Tuckman model
  • Belbin’s Team 9 roles
  • Situational leadership model

Problem solving and decision making
  • Tools and techniques
  • The traditional approach to problem solving
  • The helicopter view
  • The Ishikawa fishbone technique
  • The How-How technique
  • The dos and don’ts of brainstorming techniques
Creating and Managing Result-Driven Team
  • Differences between teams and work groups
  • What makes a team
  • How teams can fail
  • Characteristics of high performing teams
  • Stages of team formation
  • Teams dynamics and team building
  • Situational leadership and its application to team leadership
  • Current trends and issues

Providers and Associations
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Boost certificate of completion
BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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