11 Changes You Want Your New Manager to Make Overnight – But They Won’t

This is a new speech that came about by listening to others on a conference call and understanding how little they understood about their new managers, and even some of their used ones.

This speech is meant to be both interactive for smaller groups and simply a talk for larger audiences.  It is currently written around a 45 minute talk and 15 minute Q&A – and this makes it flexible to grow longer or shorter as the venue and audience needs change.

You can download a .PDF of the flyer here…

Highlights are:

We know the symptoms of a failing manager.

  • We know the consequences of failing as a manager.
  • Do we know the reasons for failure as a manager?
  • Do we know when they started to fail as a manager?

If we knew those things could we help them succeed?

What can be done to prevent failure and help success?

  • Begin with the end in mind—let the job itself tell you what you require of your manager. Typical job descriptions and process manuals won’t let them hit the ground running. They’ll just hit their head. Hard.
  • Use a systematic approach to their transition—it not only helps their chances of success it builds trust in you.
  • Some change will happen—some must happen—some you may not want to happen.
  • Physical environment—will change
  • Decision making, problem solving and prioritizing—What needs to be dealt with will be different—How they deal with it may not.
  • Communications— Some must, some won’t, some you don’t want to change. This one is tricky…

In this interactive – yes, I said interactive – talk Bart helps you understand:

  • What it looks like before being moved into management.
  • The shock and overload even intelligent people feel when they move up.
  • How that knowledge can help you help them succeed.

You can download a .PDF of the flyer here…

If you or your organization want to discuss this topic or if you know a professional organization that wants to hear this talk, please call me at 925.757.7473 or email me here.

Bart Gragg
Blue Collar University® – a Different Kind of Toolbox for a Different Kind of Manager.

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