Next Steps Series - Development: Moving From Employee to Manager to Leader

Overview

First-time supervisors face unique challenges as they transition to management. They must supervise work with which they may be unfamiliar, and supervise employees with whom they had previously been co-workers or employees with greater seniority. They must understand the extent of responsibility and decision-making authority they have, finding ways to communicate expectations to their employees and making possibly unpopular decisions. Excellence in technical or financial skills does not automatically translate to excellence in leading and supervising others.

This course will give new supervisors, managers, and leaders the skills and understanding needed to successfully navigate the transition.

Highlights

The differences between being an employee versus a manager or leader

New skills needed

Letting go of your old role

Building a coaching culture

Motivating people

Goal setting

Leader credibility

Delegating tasks

Handling feedback

Managing friends

Aligning Leadership with Strategy

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Professional staff moving into a leadership role

Objectives

Recognize the new roles of Manager and Leader from a beginning point of employee
Understand how to set SMART goals and communicate them up and down the organizational chain.
Recall the elements of leader credibility
Identify successful and unsuccessful techniques used for motivating people
Identify challenging factors when managing friends

Credits

Level

Code

Vendor

Fields of Study

Leader(s):

Karl Ahlrichs, Business Learning Institute

Leader Bios

Karl Ahlrichs, Business Learning Institute

Karl Ahlrichs is a Human Capital expert in the people side of finance and accounting and holds the highest certifications of the Human Capital field. Involved with the AICPA for 15 years as a content provider and thought leader, with a focus on Ethics and Critical Thinking. Karl is currently a contributor to the AICPA and Business Learning Institute catalog of continuing education and is a contributing author to the Journal of Accountancy. Karl has direct experience in with the strategies accounting and finance needs to recover from the impact of COVID. He is one of fewer than 800 speaking professionals who are currently qualified as Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association and routinely presents to business and industry audiences on challenging subjects.

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