Training for First Line and New Leaders
Training for First Line and New Leaders
Supporting new managers to quickly become more effective by improving communication skills and their ability to influence and lead.
Supporting new managers to quickly become more effective by improving communication skills and their ability to influence and lead.
Programme objectives
The Acorn First Line Leaders programme is suitable for groups of both newly appointed line managers and those with management experience who want to improve their effectiveness.
Consisting of a blended approach to learning, it combines one-to-one coaching and a series of single day workshops which focus participants on the behavioural skills required by a first time leader.
Delivered over a period of 12-18 months, participants have regular, focused inputs with Acorn’s highly experienced coaches in a schedule planned in conjunction with the organisation to ensure they are not away from their workplace for more than a single day at a time.
Over 25 years’ experience has shown us that one-off programmes don’t allow for learning to become embedded, nor for the transference of learning back to the workplace.
Course Content:
First Line Leaders supports new managers to become as effective as possible, as quickly as possible. It introduces practical techniques, insights and behavioural change in many areas, including:
- Communication skills
- Team leadership
- Looking at management roles and responsibilities
- Increasing confidence and dealing with emotions
- Personal resilience
- Managing conflict
- Change management
- Providing clear direction
- Imparting the leadership style
- Motivating and inspiring others
- Managing poor performance and giving feedback
- Effective delegation
- Setting and achieving goals
The programme content is bespoke and is defined from 360° feedback, tri-coaching sessions and the business requirements, as well as including key, cornerstone topics.
Download the First Line & New Leaders brochure (PDF, 96kb)
Contact Acorn to find discuss how we can coach and support the new leaders and managers within your organisation.
“This leadership programme has been unparalleled for both my personal and professional development; even more valuable are the benefits it has provided to support my mental health and wellbeing.”
FIRST LINE LEADERS PARTICIPANT, MARCH 2023
Benefits to the individual
Transferring from being managed to being a manager presents challenges as new leaders are often keen to prove their potential and demonstrate effectiveness, whilst also gaining confidence to delegate tasks, provide clear direction to others and deliver to the organisation’s expectations.
Designed to help understand and engage, First Line Leader programme participants establish a focus on the behavioural skills demanded by the role, inviting self-assessment and reflection on individual capability.
Benefits to the business
Each First Line Leaders programme is tailored to meet the requirements of both the organisation and their people.
This training programme gets your staff up to speed fast, so that they become as effective as possible as quickly as possible.
Regular inputs with Acorn, staggered over a longer time span, means participants are out of the workplace for less consecutive days but their focus is maintained through shortermore pragmatic activities.
Practical application through ongoing practice, application and reflection through 1-1 coaching and workshops helps delegates make sense of the learning in respect of their everyday work.
Download the First Line & New Leaders brochure (PDF, 96kb)
Contact Acorn to find out more about how we can coach and support the new line managers and leaders within your organisation.
