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Turn Your New Managers Into Strong Leaders

Develop the first-level manager skills your emerging leaders need for success.

We hear it all the time: “We have managers, but not good leaders.”

And it makes sense — organizations of all sizes are filling critical management positions with successful individual contributors and just hoping that they’ll be effective leaders. But while these new managers often have significant functional expertise, they often lack the first-level manager skills needed to lead a team.

What worked for them as individuals may not help them in their new role — and in fact, sticking to that old script may actually backfire.

The reality is, most first-time managers never receive any training for their first leadership role. Yet the transition into management is often the most difficult one in their career to date. Many report they find it more challenging than expected, feel isolated, and struggle with self-doubt.

Organizations are starting to recognize that critical first-level manager skills must be intentionally developed through coaching, mentoring, and providing access to new manager courses and support. Because no one is born a perfect leader; leaders are made. And that’s exactly what we do at CCL.

What Do New Managers Need Most? Support.

Becoming a manager of people requires not just a new set of skills, but a whole identity shift. And making the leap from individual contributor to manager, from peer to superior, or from project manager to people leader is a big transition for anyone — no matter how intelligent or driven they are.

Promotions show people you believe in them. Equipping them with what they need to succeed turns that potential into reality.

If your organization wants to strengthen both your leadership pipeline and your bottom line, investing in the least experienced tier of managers in your organization — your largest population of leaders — will produce results you’ll feel almost immediately.

Get Them on the Right Path with Our Results-Driven New Manager Courses & Solutions

Equip your new managers to master essential first-level manager skills they need to succeed. Our ongoing research ensures that we equip your leaders for present and future business conditions. Choose from our new manager courses or solutions, or let us craft a custom solution based on your organization’s unique culture, context, values, and competencies.

Whether you’re looking for a customized solution tailored to uplift and transform your entire frontline, or scalable programs designed to develop first-level manager skills for new and emerging leaders, we offer a variety of human-centered, research-backed new manager courses, programs, and solutions for every budget, available both virtually and in person.

New Manager Courses: Choose the Solution That’s Right for You & Your Organization

Maximizing Your Leadership Potential

To understand and motivate others, a leader must be able to shift from a mindset of “me” to “we.” One of the biggest and most difficult transitions for any leader to make is the role change from successful individual contributor to effective manager of people and projects.

Maximizing Your Leadership Potential is an in-depth training for new leaders — particularly those identified as high potentials — to grow their first-level manager skills and effectiveness.

High impact, feedback-rich development that includes intense, personalized executive coaching
Available live online or in-person
Custom versions, scale-up options, and group discounts available

Frontline Leader Impact

Almost 40% of your leadership population consists of frontline leaders. Have you prepared this group to meet challenges and lead others effectively?

We developed Frontline Leader Impact as a scalable way to develop this large and critically important group of first-level leaders.

This immersive, moderated online frontline leadership program brings together our world-class, research-driven content and experienced faculty with an intuitive virtual learning platform — no travel required.

Teaches the 6 most essential skills for successful frontline leadership in an engaging online format

Customized Development for New Managers

Each of our new manager courses and programs can be customized to grow the mindsets, competencies, and first-level manager skills needed at your organization.

Run a custom program for your organization based on content from our self-paced, video-based new manager course, CCL Boost™ for New Leaders (also available for individual enrollment), or partner with us to bring our research-based, world-renowned programs in-house — with options to include experientials, simulations, integrated coaching, and 360 assessments — all adapted for your organization’s unique context.

Choice of face-to-face, online, or blended learning experiences

Fundamentals of Leadership Course: Lead 4 Success®

There are 4 core leadership skills needed in every role and career: self-awareness, learning agility, communication, and influence.

Developing these key competencies is the focus of Lead 4 Success®, our fundamental leadership skills course for new managers, emerging leaders, individual contributors, and professional staff. This program can be delivered by our experts live online, or as a licensed program using a train-the-trainer model. It’s highly scalable for large populations of leaders and can be customized for your organization’s needs.

What Our Clients Are Saying

We measure success by lives touched and impact made. That’s why the organizations we work with and the leaders we empower consistently tell us the same thing: their experience with us is a game-changer. Our new manager courses and solutions have helped to develop critical first-level manager skills and grow emerging leaders on the front lines at client organizations around the globe.

But don’t just take our word for it — take theirs.

“[The program] allowed me to acquire new tools to improve my leadership and my new role as manager. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is questioning or wants to improve their leadership.”

Program Participant
First-Level Manager Skills Development Program

A Prescription to Develop New Leaders in a Global Healthcare Organization

“One of Ingredion’s priorities is to develop leaders of tomorrow. Our partnership with CCL has allowed managers in our company to flourish through carefully customized programs aimed at unleashing their leadership potential.”

Christopher Lane
Research Fellow
Ingredion Incorporated

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