Management Foundations Training

This module introduces participants to the art and science of management and identifies the key skills that managers need to be successful.
Concepts covered: Management vs. leadership, model for managing, change matrix, power models, foundational systems, and strategic planning.

A bad hire can cost a company from between 3-10x that employee’s salary in lost time, training and opportunity cost. This module teaches participants how to effectively recruit participants and onboard them so that they are productive in the shortest amount of time.
Concepts covered: Manager vs. HR duties in hiring, hiring for strengths, ideal team player, interview best practices, internal vs. external candidates, and administrative vs. effectiveness onboarding.

Participants dive deeper into effectiveness onboarding that allows new hires to become productive quickly while maintaining motivation. The performance evaluation process is taught and specific methodology developed. In addition, progressive discipline and the managers’ role in offboarding is covered.
Concepts Covered: Effectiveness onboarding, performance evaluation systems, progressive discipline, and offboarding.

This module teaches participants communication best practices for them to work through their staff to get things done. This includes not just setting expectations, but also the feedback and follow-through needed to achieve the desired results.
Concepts covered: Expectation setting best practices, stretch goals, SMART goal setting, verbal upfront contracts, CPQQRT Q3, and 1-on-1 meetings.

This module teaches participants how to draw insights from financial statements and use them to make informed decisions. It is suitable for audiences of all experience levels. We assume no prior knowledge and build up skills over the course of the class. The language of finance will be explained, and simple statements will be created to demonstrate how to use the concepts.
Concepts covered: Balance sheet, income statement, cash flow forecast, budgets, and how to analyze company performance.

Participants will understand how Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) shape performance. Common KPIs will be explored, the concept of leading and lagging indicators will be covered, as will best practices in implementing these measurement systems.
Concepts covered: Function accountability chart, KPIs, and dashboards.

Studies show that in about 85% of companies, employees’ morale sharply declines after their first six months – and continues to deteriorate for years afterward. This module teaches participants what they can do to prevent that decline and keep their employees engaged and motivated.
Concepts covered: Model for motivation, capitalizing on strengths, managing around weaknesses, giving praise, self-motivation, ARCTIC, and managing different responses to expectations.

This module teaches participants how to develop staff in a way that lets them define a career that fits the needs of both the company and the staff member. Companies can increase retention and focus their training budgets on areas that will have the greatest impact.
Concepts covered: Coaching and mentoring, effective relationships, educational development, career pathing, improving engagement, succession planning, and developing managers into leaders.