From colleague to superior

Taking on a new role and developing leadership skills

• Getting to know the new areas of responsibility
• What expectations are placed on me?
• Clarify my self-image and role as a manager

Determine leadership style and values

• What types of leadership are there?
• What values are practised in your company?
• Develop a personal understanding of leadership

Dealing with staff

• How do acceptance and authority develop?
• Balancing proximity versus distance to former colleagues
• Recognising group dynamic processes
• Utilising interaction with older employees

What are my tasks?

• Targeted use of management tools
• Development through delegation
• Setting and agreeing objectives
• Knowing who to motivate and how

Challenges posed by the new role

• Uncertainties and fears of employees
• Dealing with different personalities
• Recognising and resolving potential conflicts

Seeking support

• Using role models as orientation
• Requesting feedback from superiors and employees
• Find an independent mentor

With the help of the From Colleague to Supervisor seminar, you will receive support to successfully master the role change to the desired management position. In this training course, you will learn how to act convincingly and calmly as a manager.

• Our seminar will give you an overview of the various leadership styles, leadership principles and behaviours. From this, you will develop your own personal and authentic approach.
• You will harmonise your own understanding of leadership with the values of your company and the different personalities and perspectives of your colleagues.
• In our From Colleague to Manager seminar, you will familiarise yourself with the expectations and demands placed on you.
• You will be familiarised with the tasks that you would like to fulfil in your management role.
• The seminar will show you how to use the management tools available to you in your new role.

The seminar content offers plenty of scope for participants to reflect on their leadership personality and their own leadership behaviour. In addition to imparting theoretical knowledge, the focus is particularly on practical exercises, with the help of which you can try out different behaviours and receive direct feedback from your trainer and the entire group of participants. In addition, the From Colleague to Supervisor seminar includes various individual and partner exercises as well as case studies with practical relevance. The interactivity, the direct trainer input and the varied, didactic approach ensure that you consolidate the knowledge you have acquired on the spot and thus benefit from the From Colleague to Manager seminar in the long term. If you would like to look up the content in more detail after the seminar has ended, you will have access to supplementary seminar documents, which will be handed out to you during the training.

The From Colleague to Supervisor seminar is aimed equally at two different target groups. Firstly, this classroom seminar is aimed at new managers who have recently been promoted to the role of supervisor and have already taken on a certain degree of management responsibility. Existing knowledge is deepened and made tangible with theories and case studies, while further leadership qualities are discovered and developed.

In addition, this seminar is aimed at prospective management trainees who would like to prepare for their upcoming management tasks in the near future and do not yet have any experience as a manager. Even if you have not yet gained any experience in a management position, the seminar helps you to discover your own competences for management tasks and to consolidate them.

You would like to hold the seminar from colleague to superior in your company as an in-house training? That is of course possible! We would be happy to prepare an individual offer that meets your content priorities, your specified time frame and other wishes. Please send your request to: kontakt@drgkitzmann-akademie.de

You've made it! You have reached the next level on the career ladder and are about to immerse yourself in the role of manager and fill it with life. But how exactly will you master your future management tasks? Nothing comes from nothing. That's why you need to actively engage with your new position. In our From colleague to line manager seminar, we show you how to successfully embark on this path. The following 5 points are essential:

• Put yourself in the shoes of your employees and empathise with their needs and future expectations.
• Reflect on yourself in order to recognise strengths and development potential.
• Seek regular dialogue with your line manager in order to narrow down the scope of your authority and scope for action.
• Talk to your employees and find out what motivates them and how you can support them.
• Find a neutral mentor who can help you develop your own leadership skills.

The progression from employee to manager is complex and individual. The path to be taken depends on the culture of the company, your self-image as a manager and ultimately the behaviour of your employees. Nevertheless, there are six key steps to be taken in the From Colleague to Manager seminar:

1. Define your understanding of leadership: Your personal leadership style results from your values, skills and experience. In a second step, bring these together with the company's culture, value system and strategies.
2. Conduct appraisal interviews: Find out what your staff think and get to know their motives, wishes and aspirations in order to gain acceptance and loyalty from them. At the same time, you have the opportunity to establish your leadership role and communicate your ideas.
3. Managing employees according to strengths and weaknesses: You know your former colleagues and current employees well, including their strengths and weaknesses. Use this knowledge to delegate tasks in a targeted manner and to challenge colleagues without overburdening them.
4. Maintain friendships, keep your distance: You have built up friendships and networks with your previous circle of colleagues over the years. Due to your new special position, it is important to cultivate existing contacts, but at the same time, for reasons of fairness, make a clear distinction between professional and private matters.
5. Getformer competitors on board: Other colleagues have probably applied for your position. Try to resolve the winner and loser roles by discussing the situation openly with those affected.
6. Dealing with conflicts: Managing conflicts will now be part of your area of responsibility at the latest. It will be unavoidable that you will have to make unpleasant decisions from time to time and deal with their consequences.

Do you have any questions about our From Colleague to Manager seminar? Contact us today for advice on your next training programme. We look forward to your call or e-mail!

We at the Dr G. Kitzmann Academy see ourselves as a training academy that prepares companies in various sectors for the future by providing further training for employees at different hierarchical levels. As an experienced training provider, we know exactly how best to impart knowledge and organise our courses in an informative and interactive way. A clear practical focus is always at the centre of everything we do. Our trainers have a high level of management expertise and ensure that every seminar - whether face-to-face or online - brings added value to every participant.