Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager
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Duration
3 days
Location
Course Language English
Training Solutions Online Live
The transition from a technical role to a management position can be an exciting challenge. Leadership skills that go beyond technical knowledge are crucial for success as an IT manager. It is about finding the right balance between technical expertise and effective team leadership. This process strengthens the ability to manage complex projects, steer change, and lead a motivated team.
Key topics:
- Discover which leadership style best suits your strengths and the corporate culture.
- How clear and concise communication increases success at the management level.
- The art of delegating responsibility and building trust within the team.
- Strategies for successfully implementing change in the IT sector.
- How to promote teamwork and maintain motivation in challenging times.
- Tips on how to make informed decisions even when not all information is available.
With the right leadership skills, the transition from IT expert to successful manager is possible.
- Define success
- Develop leadership skills
- Acting as a leader: connection, figurehead, monitor, multiplier, mouthpiece
- Allocate resources
- Think and act entrepreneurially
- Negotiate and manage disruptions
- Application of SCARF
- Be a role model in the five components of emotional intelligence:
- self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and
- social competence.
- Involve, motivate, and engage others
- 4 disciplines of motivation:
- Behavioral
- Cognitive
- Psychod
- ynamic Humanistic
- Develop a psychological toolbox for managers
- Recognize and meet stakeholder expectations
- Team building, development, and retention
- Culture, relationships, communication, and goal achievement
- Autonomous, self-organized, interdisciplinary teams
- Willingness to delegate
- Effective delegation
- Preparation and research
- Clarification of tasks
- Planning delegation
- Transferring responsibility
- Empowering employees
- Support and control
- Managing performance
- Understanding employees
- Test assumptions
- Involve the team
- Lead and encourage
- Managing interruptions
