Management Development
What Is Management Development?
Management development is directly related to the skills and abilities of managers to effectively lead and manage their teams. Subject areas we often focus on include communication, emotional intelligence, and prioritization. Strong and capable leaders foster a positive workplace culture and help employees reach their full potential. Programs that involve a combination of training, coaching, and hands-on experience lead to organizational success.
How does Management Development benefit you?
Good managers are key to maintaining a positive culture, retaining talent, and continuing to grow your organization. For your executive staff and top leaders, we’ll pair them with the right coach who will work with them 1 on 1 on their exact areas of focus. For new or less experienced managers, we offer a unique development program that is designed to put new leadership skills into practice so they become new habits.
Leadership Training
• Grow self-awareness and empathy to gain influence
• Explore ways to manage constant change
• Hone communication skills for improved team collaboration
Executive Coaching
• Assess talents, behavior, and values
• Interview co-workers across levels
• Develop personal growth targets
Management Development Idea MindTeam®
• Put skills immediately into practice
• Safe environment to be open
• Space for feedback and growth
Leadership Training
Leadership training for managers is a crucial component of developing effective leaders within your organization. Managers can learn key leadership concepts such as communication skills, emotional intelligence, resilience, and managing priorities. Effective leadership training can also help managers understand their own leadership style and how to adapt it to different situations and team dynamics. By investing in leadership training, managers can build the skills and confidence necessary to lead their teams to success and drive positive outcomes for the organization as a whole.
Based on your organization’s needs and leadership experiences and levels, we can provide varying lengths of programs through our modular training courses. We customize the content depending on whether you have new managers or experienced leaders. Many courses are self-study in an e-learning format, though we’ve found that the most effective development programs include some live training or facilitation. Develop emerging leaders from within your organization and grow a sustainable organization by aligning your team to best execute the strategic plans.
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Working with MindTeam Solutions (MTS) has provided me with the tools to be more successful in my role as the Divisional Manager. It has helped me lead people in a way that is impactful to the company and to our employees. I learned so much about my own emotions and reactions to my emotions. Once I could more easily recognize how I was feeling about a certain situation, it became easier for me to react to it in a more thoughtful and tactful way.
My coach, Jenn, helped me identify my core values as an individual, which has helped me guide my decisions as a leader. I have gained so much more confidence because of the understanding I have about myself and my decisions. I have also been able to pass on what I’ve learned as well as some of the tools, videos, and whitepapers to my management team and a larger group of employees.
Going into this coaching arrangement, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I met with Jenn and from my first meeting, she made me feel safe. I had a comfort level that made me feel like I could trust her. For the first several meetings, we really started to dig into some of the difficult situations I was facing as a manager. I felt like she was listening and genuinely cared what I was telling her.
She would provide feedback and guidance without judgment. That’s not to say she agreed with me about everything. During our time together, any feedback she gave me about situations was constructive and did not feel condescending, even when it was something I didn’t necessarily want to hear. Jenn was very flexible with scheduling and worked with me on a cadence that fit into my schedule. I looked forward to our coaching sessions every time we met, and I always left with a sense of excitement about my personal growth as well as my professional development.
My communication has improved with my direct supervisor, direct reports, and our entire organizational chart from top to bottom. One of the biggest changes we made as an organization over the past year was to start having quarterly town hall meetings with our entire staff. This has improved communication, teamwork, and attitude across the organization. One of the biggest benefits I found personally was the ability to identify my mindset when I approach any situation. By understanding my mindset, I’m able to improve how I go into any situation. Overall, after my coaching agreement with Jenn at MTS I:
- Am more confident as a leader.
- Am more understanding and empathetic.
- Have more of a growth mindset.
- Have better time management skills.
- Am more productive.
- Have a better work/life balance.
- Am happier.
I would recommend MTS to any company who is looking to invest in your employees’ professional development. Their coaching was tailored to align with my learning style and customized for what worked best for me, both the content and cadence. I can say without hesitation that I have a better relationship with my managers and our Senior Leadership Team. They also have a better understanding and confidence of my management style and how I approach any situation.
I loved passing down things I learned during our coaching sessions to other employees within our company. The coaching arrangement with MTS has not only had a positive impact on me, but on our organization. It was eye-opening to talk through the ways Jenn approached a situation from a different perspective. I learned so much in the year with her and wish I could continue training forever!
~Amber Weidmier
Divisional Manager
Executive Coaching
Depending on assessment findings and your organization’s strategic needs, one-on-one executive coaching may be a solution for key leaders. This personalizes content and development areas to the individual. Each individual in the program is matched with an executive coach who suits that individual’s needs. People are different and respond to different coaching perspectives, communication styles, and modes of processing information. Based on your business objectives and the individual’s commitment and goals, coaches reinforce leadership principles, help leaders communicate more effectively on a 360-degree continuum, and guide them to making better overall decisions .
Typical coaching engagements begin with a 6-month commitment which is enough time to effect incremental and observable change. Yet this period of time is finite enough that the process will require intentional and focused effort by the people engaged in the process. The first phase is discovery where initial introductions and ground rules are set. From there we move into the assessments and 360 interviews for those this applies to. At this point we take that initial feedback to formalize a personal coaching plan. This includes at least one formal monthly meeting (more at the beginning), and addresses ad hoc needs via email/phone/text as agreed upon by coach and individual.
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When Vanguard & ALF were in search of a partner for development for our middle managers, MindTeam Solutions hit it out of the ballpark. They successfully paired their coaches with our managers to maximize the highest impact on their business relationship. That relationship cultivated trust with our managers creating an environment in which our managers accepted feedback and had a sounding board to ensure their results continued to align with the business goals.
This relationship and output was so wildly successful that our managers wanted to continue the development at their own cost. That is an incredible impact! MindTeam’s performance has created a long term business partnership for our company not only due to their results but the frequency of communication, listening, being curious and balancing the confidentiality between their clients and business. Looking forward to the future as MindTeam’s tools are a great fit for our business.”
~Wendy Richards, Chief Human Resources Officer
Management Development Idea MindTeam®
Leaders will develop emotional intelligence, communication, and collaboration competencies naturally through facilitating and participating in these Idea MindTeam® groups. However, our differentiation with this program is that personnel on leadership tracks not only learn leadership competencies, they also put these skills into practice with peers and others with whom they don’t directly report to.
Based on your strategic goals, we will work with you to create high performance groups designed with a purpose. These facilitator-led internal mastermind groups are for people to voice ideas and challenges. In these regular sessions, leaders are able to tap into each other as resources across departments. Letting each group work together through issues builds a positive workplace, promotes individual growth, and moves business initiatives forward.
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