Some managers are more successful than others in managing people, projects, and organizations. Talented managers provide a tremendous competitive advantage to their organizations. Is there a secret behind high performance management? What is behind the managerial talent? Can managerial ability be developed, and if yes, then how and to what extent? What do well-known and highly successful managers have in common? This workshop will serve as a comprehensive resource on all aspects of managerial talent.
PROGRAM CONTENT
What is it?
- Who is a talented manager?
- On a difference between management and leadership
- What do talented managers, both in
public and private sectors have in common? - Transferability of managerial talent across a variety of domains
What Are Critical Ingredients of Managerial Talent?
- That unique vision thing
- Rely on strengths, compensate for weaknesses: metacognitive abilities
- Trust your intuition:
extracognitive capabilities - Be wise: dialectical capacities
- Optimism is desirable
How to Identify, Develop, and Keep Talented Managers in Your Organization
How Talented Managers Build Effective Teams:
- Successful HR
Strategies HR planning- Performance appraisal
- Recognition systems
- Career management
How Talented Managers Run Teams: A Legacy of Famous Managers
- Have fun: when, why, and how
? Empowe r team members: the working practices- Grant freedom in work
- Reward the team as a whole
. . . and more strategies
How Talented Managers Lead Projects: The Best Practices from Well-Known Managers
- Find the right people: how and where
- Match people with the right tasks
- Provide constant feedback
- Concentrate on execution: working metacognition
- Do more with less: creativity in action
. . . and more practices
How Talented Managers Run Organizations: Working Approaches of Great Managers
- Build a good team of senior managers (Andy Grove and Intel)
- Delegate them power (Adam Osborne)
- Execute on promises (Richard Branson and Virgin Group)
- Overdeliver (Michael Dell and Dell Computer Corp.)
- Do not use all opportunities (Michael Dell and Dell Computer Corp.)
- Avoid micro-management (Larry Ellison and Oracle Corp.)
- Establish multiple mechanisms for
search of managerial talent (Akio Morita and Sony)
. . . and more approaches
Summing-up ‘Know-Hows’ of Managerial Talent
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- What ingredients constitute managerial talent
- How talented managers manage teams, projects, and organizations
- How to assess managerial talent
- How to identify and develop your managerial talent
- Where and how to find potential managerial talents
- What conditions are necessary and sufficient for making managerial talents in your organization flourish
- How to keep managerial talents in your organization
- How to manage talented managers
- How to deal with your less talented colleagues-managers and top management
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Individuals wishing to have a successful career in the public or private organizations
- Executives with an interest in developing their managerial talents
- Project managers or teams leaders wishing to maximize return on teamwork
- Top talent identified for development as per succession plans
- Managers who are promotable
- Directors with increased responsibilities or expanded roles
- Managers, experienced or new, who want to develop their leadership competencies
- Recruiting or staffing officers who want to ensure the hiring of top talent
- HR planners, managers, or generalists
- Politicians wishing to improve their managerial abilities
- Any person who wants to climb the ladder in the administrative hierarchy