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Leadership Development Program for First Time Managers

Overview

Organizations are constituted of people. Among the various components of an organization, it is the people factor that remains constant across various types of organizations. When an individual performer is promoted to be a first-time manager, the person faces many challenges. These challenges relate to new skill requirements, time management demands, and evolving work values. They have to unlearn to deliver through their own knowledge and experience and learn the skill to deliver through others under him/her. This programme will concentrate on enhancing people management skills across a range of competencies for first-time managers. The learning focus will be leveraging human capital.


Objectives

  • Exploring the role of managers
  • Building and maintaining relationships with others
  • Managing team and harnessing their potential
  • Decision making challenges
  • Leadership challenges
  • Appreciation of diversity and working without barriers
  • Understanding human capital – being aware of strengths of different individuals, managing
  • interpersonal relationships

Content

  • Understanding skills, capabilities, strengths and work values of self and others
  • Decision making frameworks and biases
  • Art of persuasion and influence
  • Developing teams and creating synergy
  • Managing conflict
  • Leadership: frameworks and personal style
  • Performance coaching and art of giving constructive feedback
  • Managing time for strategic planning, execution, mentoring, coaching, and performance management
  • Understanding and managing workplace emotions

For Whom

Managers and Executives of Business Organization.


Enquiry and Registrations

Management Development Programmes (MDP) Office

Indian Institute of Management Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road
Indore 453556, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

Email : mdp@iimidr.ac.in
0731-2439720/0731-2439727/0731-2439726/0731-2439666
Fax : +91-731-2439800

September 21-23, 2026
Venue: Indore

Programme Fees

₹54,000

GST, as applicable, will be additional

Programme Coordinator

Prof. Kajari Mukherjee

Email: kajari@iimidr.ac.in

Phone: +91-731-2439586


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