Management Masterclass: Tactical Skills for New Managers

Master Real World Management Skills -- Practical Exercises to Help You Tackle the 7 Challenges that Every Manager Faces

Created by: Frank Visciano
Stanford MBA, Former COO

What Will I Learn?

• Be prepared to confront the most frequent (and challenging!) management moments that every leader encounters.
• Build and grow high-performing teams that are agile, learning machines -- constantly experimenting, learning, iterating, and improving.
• Balance the competing demands of management and execution, and master the awkward art of delegation.
• Spot common performance patterns and tailor your management approach to different types of performers, from top talent to struggling misfits.
• Avoid the Top 10 Feedback Fails, giving constructive, actionable feedback in difficult situations in order to help your team grow and improve.
• Set concrete, actionable goals for your team, employees, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Establish a foundation of trust that you can leverage to manage across teams effectively and painlessly.
• Create an interview process that helps you hire the best talent.
• Practice exercises that will help you navigate the painful but inevitable process of employee terminations.

Requirements

• There are no specific requirements for this course, other than a willingness to learn from your own mistakes on your path to becoming a great manager.
• Bonus points for a willingness to share your failures, wins, and insights along the way with your fellow students around the world.

Target audience

• While this course is optimized for new managers looking to arrive prepared at the management challenges ahead, it is also intentionally designed in a modular manner so that it can support seasoned managers as they encounter the most comment management challenges (e.g., hiring, firing, setting team goals, adapting your management approach to different performers, etc.).