The Challenge For First-Level Leaders
First-level leaders make a significant impact on every metric in your business: employee productivity and engagement, customer satisfaction and loyalty, innovation, and financial performance. Your first-level leaders are the “Difference-Makers” in your business.
The role of the first-level leader has always been tough and today’s realities make the role even tougher. It is a known fact that people skills typically account for 80 percent of success in the role of a first level leader. Yet, the reality is that many people are promoted because of their technical capabilities.
Crucial Insights For First-Level Leaders
By Victoria Roos Olsson
Leading a team requires a different skillset than working as an individual contributor. To succeed in the face of new challenges, first-level leaders need to shift how they think and act. At FranklinCovey, we have gathered crucial insights for first-level leaders, that will teach them how to develop a high-performing team. Download our latest guide that puts the learning into practice.
The Solution
The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team is a special collection of carefully curated content from proven FranklinCovey’s offerings. The repurposed mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets provide first-level leaders with relevant and practical resources to help them excel in this tough and demanding role.
DEVELOP A LEADER’S MINDSET
Explore the critical mindset shifts that will maximize your success as a leader of others.
HOLD REGULAR 1-ON-1s
Increase engagement of team members by conducting regular 1-on-1s, deepen your understanding of team member issues, and help them solve problems for themselves.
SET UP YOUR TEAM TO GET RESULTS
Create clarity about team goals and results; delegate responsibility to team members while providing the right level of support.
CREATE A CULTURE OF FEEDBACK
Give feedback to develop team member confidence and competence; improve your own performance by seeking feedback from others.
LEAD YOUR TEAM THROUGH CHANGE
Identify specific actions to help team members navigate and accelerate through change and achieve better performance.
MANAGE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY
Use weekly planning to focus on the most important priorities, and strengthen your ability to be an effective leader by applying the 5 Energy Drivers.
THE OUTCOME
This solution equips first-level leaders with the essential skills and tools to get work done with and through other people.
The program is ideal for new first-level leaders who need to transition successfully from individual contributors to leading a team. This program would also be applicable for leaders who have been in their roles for some time, and are looking for practical and relevant guidance on how to effectively lead and manage their teams.
This Solution Helps:
- Fast- track development of emerging leaders.
- Equip leaders with the basic skills and tools every manager needs but few receive.
- Level-set leadership skills across an organization so that all managers use a common skillset and toolset.
This Impact Journey outlines the path to success with The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team.
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