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Did you get training at work on managing others?
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I work for a F500 company and recently was promoted to lead a team of 5 managers. I have very limited people leadership skills (once managed a single DR who worked with me on a specific account) but did manage client relationships as well. Anyway, I received zero training from my company, other than an online Situational Leadership interactive video that was about 45 minutes. I did have to go through the entire New Hire training process again, though that was not necessary. Since then, I've really been struggling to teach myself how to lead. I have a mentor, but I have such basic questions, I'm embarrassed now to ask more questions at the six month mark.
What resources are out there to seek out my own training experience on leading a sales team, or management in general? I'm shocked that my forward-focused, Working Mom award-winning company doesn't have more specific courses on leadership or managing others, but there's not much more that some videos on leadership that are more inspirational than practical, and down-and-dirty on the job training. |
Anonymous
| It might be dated (now) but Dale Carnegie has some leadership courses for first time managers. I've sent newly promoted managers to the courses and have received good feedback from the people who attended the courses. I believe they met once a week over 6 weeks or so. |
Anonymous
| I'm also in a F500 company. When I first became a manager I got no extra training. After some nonsense at our division (none involving me) they gave me more employees to manage and are soon sending me to a 3 day management seminar where they will teach management skills and then make me practice having difficult conversations while being videotaped and eventually critiqued. The management course will be taught by an outside expert brought into our corporate training center. I hate to admit it, but I really need it. I am not good at managing others. |
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| I was promoted about a year ago into a management position. I hire and manage about 30 people. And I received next to no training for these tasks. I don't know why this is. |
Anonymous
I worked at a very fast paced research/consulting firm and was managing teams of people at like 23. We did get training from HR but honestly, it was pretty useless. A lot of me becoming a good people manager was speaking with peers and getting tips, working through issues, etc and just learning as I went. I have had some pretty horrible managers over the years so I just try to avoid being them
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OP here, that's what I'm trying to do too!! Not be like my horrible managers and channel the good from my best managers. But I want to get better, faster so I'm still trying to find my own training too. |
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I had the same issue. I basically tried to be NOT like the many bosses I had issues with over the years, and it seems to work!
There was just Q/A in the Washington Post on this on Sunday: To be an effective boss, value employees and don't be a hypocrite http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/14/AR2010081400899.html?sub=AR |
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