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At Learnit, we believe in the power of continuous growth and life-long skill-building. That's why we regularly host free events designed to help learners thrive in their lives and careers. Our interactive sessions cover a wide range of topics, from leadership to AI, offering practical, engaging, and immediately applicable insights. Don’t miss the chance to connect with industry experts and continue your path to growth. See you soon at our next live learning event!
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At Learnit, we believe in the power of continuous growth and life-long skill-building. That's why we regularly host free events designed to help learners thrive in their lives and careers. Our interactive sessions cover a wide range of topics, from leadership to AI, offering practical, engaging, and immediately applicable insights. Don’t miss the chance to connect with industry experts and continue your path to growth. See you soon at our next live learning event!
Learnit’s latest eBook, MOVE from Chaos to Collaboration: A Guide to Enhanced Teamwork, will help you turn things around and support your journey toward better collaboration. The MOVE Framework simplifies communication by focusing on four key styles: Methodical, Operational, Visionary, and Empathic. Understanding and applying these styles will help you close communication gaps, build trust, and work more effectively as a team.
Download the MOVE eBook now and start building a stronger, more connected team today.
Have you ever felt like you’re the bottleneck of your organization, maybe even slowing the very growth you’re trying to achieve? What if the secret to unleashing your team's potential lies in a single, yet often overlooked, principle: transparency?
In this episode, “Mr. Culture,” Chris Dyer and host Learnit CEO Damon Lembi explore the transformative power of transparency in leadership. Discover how transparency can be a game-changer for your organization, helping to remove bottlenecks, boost team morale, and drive innovation. By creating a culture of openness, leaders can unlock their team's full potential, fostering an environment where trust and accountability thrive. This episode is packed with practical insights and strategies that will show you how embracing transparency can lead to a more agile, effective, and engaged workforce.
If you're ready to elevate your leadership and cultivate a high-performing team, listen now!
An effective new manager training program is vital for enhancing leadership capabilities, improving team dynamics, and driving overall organizational performance. It ensures that new managers are well-prepared to meet the challenges of their roles and contribute positively to the company’s success.
Investing in the development of new managers sets the foundation for long-term organizational success. An effective new manager training program improves employee retention, enhances productivity, increases engagement, and reduces managerial mistakes. Additionally, it ensures that the leadership pipeline is strong, with competent managers who can drive the company’s strategic goals and objectives. But establishing such a program isn’t always easy to do.
Recently, Learnit brought together experts from various fields to share their insights on the critical elements that make a new manager training program successful. Our panel—Taryn Andreas, Senior Director of Learning and Talent Development at Sentinel-1; Learnit’s Chief Learning Architect, Darren Bridgett; Director of Learning Experience at Learnit, Courtney Durso Ritchie; and VP of Business Development for Enterprise Customers, Matt Murawski—took a deep dive into the intricacies of developing a truly effective new manager training program.
The broad-ranging discussion highlighted the necessity of conducting a thorough needs assessment, the importance of practical and engaging training, the need to create the time, space, and room for people to learn, and the danger of paralysis by analysis.
1. Identify Specific Skill Gaps
Conducting a thorough needs assessment is critical to identify the specific skills and gaps that new managers need to address. Taryn Andreas warned against making assumptions about what new managers need and recommended a careful analysis of both the skills they need and those they have in order to identify potential skill gaps.
Transforming New Manager Training: Identifying Skill Gaps for Success
2. Employ Engaging and Practical Training Methods
It’s not enough to give new managers theoretical knowledge; they need to see how these lessons apply in real-world scenarios. Darren Bridgett recommended incorporating interactive elements, real-world applications, and regular feedback to enhance the learning experience to ensure it’s informative, enjoyable, and memorable.
Developing Essential Skills: A New Manager's Guide to Success
3. Create a Culture of Continuous Learning
Expecting employees to be proficient without adequate training and understanding is unrealistic; the long-term success of any training program depends on having a company culture that values continuous learning. Building such a culture involves integrating learning opportunities into the daily workflow and ensuring that managers see ongoing education’s immediate and practical value.
“You have to create the time, the room, the space for people to learn.”
- Taryn Andreas
Strategies such as implementing development plans and tying learning objectives to performance reviews help foster this culture within organizations, but continuous improvement only becomes the norm if leadership demonstrates the priority it places on learning.
Unlocking Success: The Importance of Experience and Training for Today's Workers
4. Overcome Paralysis by Analysis
Courtney Ritchie pointed out that many organizations get stuck in the data collection phase or in trying to perfect their training program before it even starts. A search for the ideal solution keeps any solution from being implemented, and the sheer amount of available information overwhelms would-be decision-makers.
She recommends starting with a pilot program and iterating based on feedback to avoid this. This approach allows organizations to make improvements on the go and prevents the inertia that comes with trying to perfect everything before starting anything.
Pilot Interviews: Uncovering Organizational Challenges and Building Solutions
As our panel of experts highlighted, creating an effective new manager training program requires a multifaceted approach. By identifying specific skill gaps through thorough needs assessments, employing engaging and practical training methods, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and overcoming the paralysis by analysis, organizations can develop robust programs that truly empower their new managers. These strategies not only enhance the immediate learning experience but also ensure long-term success by embedding continuous improvement into the organizational culture. Implementing these key strategies will help organizations build a strong foundation for their leaders and drive overall success because companies grow when their people do.
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