Day 1: Building Confidence and Core Management Skills

1. Setting the Tone: The Transition from Tech Expert to Focus: Understand the mindset shift from individual contributor to manager, and how technical expertise can enhance leadership.

• Activities:
  • Icebreaker: “What Makes a Great Manager?” Participants brainstorm managerial traits.
  • Role Play: Transitioning from technical tasks to leadership challenges (e.g., motivating a disengaged team).
  • Learning Outcome: Participants recognize the value of their technical

2. Communication Skills and Information Filtering

• Focus: Develop skills to filter information, communicate concisely, and tailor messaging to different audiences.
• Activities:
  • Information Filtering Simulation: Participants sift through a large set of data to extract key insights and propose next steps.
  • Translation Game: Simplify a complex technical concept for a non-technical audience.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants learn to analyze and prioritize data, improve clarity in communication, and deliver concise messages.

3. Leading Teams: Building Trust and Engagement

• Focus: Foster trust and collaboration within teams, particularly in virtual settings.
• Activities:
  • The Missing Information Challenge: Teams solve a challenge requiring building trust, collaboration and alignment.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants gain experience in motivating teams and creating a culture of accountability.

4. Managing Conflict in Teams

• Focus: Identify, address, and resolve conflicts constructively to maintain team harmony.
• Activities:
  • Conflict Resolution Role Play: Participants practice resolving hypothetical team conflicts.
  • Reflection Exercise: Share past conflict experiences and learn strategies to improve.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants develop confidence and skills to handle team conflicts effectively.

Day 2: Advanced Leadership Skills and Practical Applications

5. Getting Management Buy-In: Prioritizing and Presenting Critical Information

• Focus: Learn to sift through complex information, prioritize key points, and present compelling proposals to management.
• Activities:
  • Prioritization Exercise: Participants analyze a workplace scenario with excessive information and extract key details for an executive memo.
  • Executive Memo Practice: Teams craft a short and persuasive proposal on a simple workplace improvement initiative.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants gain skills in prioritizing key information and presenting clear, concise, and compelling business proposals to decision-makers.

6. Enhancing Leadership and Collaboration

• Focus: Develop the ability to make effective team decisions quickly, even under pressure, while fostering consensus and balancing differing viewpoints.
• Activities:
  • 10-Minute Team Decision Challenge: Participants work in small groups to evaluate a workplace scenario and reach a consensus decision under a time limit.
  • Decision Justification & Reflection: Each team presents their decision and discusses their reasoning with the larger group.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants improve their ability to collaborate under pressure, make confident decisions, and align teams toward a common goal

7. Enhancing Personal Development as a Leader

• Focus: Equip participants with practical time management techniques that boost efficiency, minimize distractions, and enhance overall focus in a digital work environment.
• Activities:
  • Prioritization Strategy Session: Participants apply the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize their tasks based on urgency and importance.
  • Productivity Sprints: Teach the Pomodoro Technique to improve focus and avoid burnout.
  • Reflection & Application: Teams discuss strategies for implementing batching and energy-based scheduling to sustain productivity.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants develop structured approaches to prioritizing tasks, reducing procrastination, and optimizing their work output.

8. Final Leadership Exercise and Wrap-Up

• Focus: Encourage participants to define their leadership aspirations, reflect on their growth journey, and set actionable steps for continuous personal and professional development.
• Activities:
  • Leadership Vision Board Exercise: Participants create a visual roadmap for their leadership growth, defining key milestones, skills to develop, and career aspirations.
  • Reflection & Group Sharing: Participants discuss their vision boards, gaining insights from peers and committing to their next leadership steps.
  • Learning Outcome: Participants develop a long-term perspective on their leadership journey, gain clarity on their strengths, and commit to continuous growth.

Closing Session

• Recap of key learnings from the two days.
• Distribution of certificates and closing remarks.

• Manage Information Overload: Filter, prioritize, and summarize data/information effectively to support higher management’s decision-making.
• Communicate Effectively: Convey ideas clearly to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead Confidently: Motivate and engage virtual and hybrid teams while resolving conflicts constructively.
• Drive Decision-Making: Present actionable insights and secure buy-in for proposals.
• Develop Personally: Adopt strategies to manage their workload, reduce stress, and grow into effective leaders.