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Leadership Skills for Mid Management

Leadership skills for managers, Leadership skills and management

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In brief

Leadership skills for mid management training is a practical program that prepares managers and team leads to lead people, not just tasks. It covers motivation strategies, advanced delegation, communication, active listening, coaching and mentoring, feedback and negotiation. Bodhih runs it as a 2-day workshop or five 3-hour virtual sessions, with a 90-day follow-up and habit tracking.

  • Delivered in person at your location or as live virtual sessions
  • Designed with the ADDIE model and evaluated for behaviour change
  • Offered by Bodhih since 2008 to 2,000+ organisations across 7 regions

Where and how: leadership skills for mid management training as an in-person workshop in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur; as a live online course; or delivered overseas in Dubai, Singapore and across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Last reviewed by Siddharthan VGJ, Founder · Bodhih Training, Bengaluru

Leadership skills for managers incorporates emerging leaders foundational skills, motivation strategies, Advanced Delegation Techniques, Effective communication, Active listening, Coaching & Mentoring, and negotiation skills.

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What is the premise for Bodhih’s workshop for leadership skills for managers?

Leaders have many characteristics or qualities that play a fundamental role in the development of an organization, however, above all, they have a conviction to stand tall against all odds, strong vision of the future and the ability to take the organization and its people towards a more robust future defined by their vision.

All Leadership skills for Managers programs should prepare individuals with advanced decision-making skills and the ability to implement skills they need to transcend as multifaceted leaders.

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Leadership skills for project managers, and leadership skills for new managers are similar in the basic elements that makes up leadership skills.

An exhaustive Leadership skill for Managers program must include various leadership styles, leadership competencies, ethics, core values, people management skills and a procedure for crucial thinking in complex leadership circumstances using teaching methodologies gained from personal and new experiences.

Leadership skills for Managers training must be aimed at giving leaders new leadership skills that will assist them in changing their actions and behaviours to go from being great individual contributors to a leader of people. There is an immediate need to create a habit loop or a routine to ensure these skills are applied at work.

At Bodhih, Leadership skills for Managers training programs talk about understanding the concept (and details) of the Leadership Capability paradigm itself.

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Bodhih’s program on Leadership Skills for managers begins by deconstructing the emerging leader foundations.

Through Individual reflection, facilitator led presentations and group discussions, participants recognize the difficult nature of a leader’s role – managing difficult people, navigating complex business challenges and the need to be quick and decisive to press home the advantage. While the class gets an overview of the basic competencies needed as leadership skills for managers, the focus is on cultivating strategies for motivating people.

Bodhih’s facilitator through individual workbook activity, group discussions and videos, equip participants to understand the finer points around creating a friendly work environment, recognising and rewarding employees, developing great relationships at work, and setting clear work goals. Role plays are used to later reinforce the various methods and available resources to boost motivation levels in the team.

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Characteristics of leadership in management is best understood by doing a deep dive in some of the operationally needed skillsets for leadership, namely, delegation.

Next, with the help of a facilitator led presentation and class discussion, learners discover a vital aspect of Leadership skills for Managers – advanced delegation techniques. Participants are explained the need for delegation, steps of successful delegation, levels of delegation, contracts and other similar points that drives home the importance of delegation as a skill along with the various stages of delegation and their psychological & emotional implications.

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Leadership skills for non-managers need specific attention to coaching and mentoring attributes.

The key components of Leadership skills for Managers program is effective coaching and mentoring, where the class is taught techniques of coaching and mentoring through role plays that accentuate effective communication skills and also the skills needed for active listening. Through individual learning activity and role-plays, participants deal with the challenges and barriers that are encountered in these scenarios and to also find out how they can combat these in the real time.

In Bodhih’s Leadership skills for Managers skills training the seasoned facilitator through real world illustrations and videos, highlights the correct techniques of giving constructive feedback that motivates the team members to see situations positively.

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Leadership skills in project management consists of understanding the deeper aspects negotiation and compromise making.

Class participants in Bodhih’s Leadership Skills and management training, with role-plays and case studies, are brought to the topic of negotiation skills. The segment with illustrations, talks about building the negotiation framework, the context in which a preparation takes place and also the various mindsets that are creative and tuned in to creating a win-win scenario.

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Bodhih’s facilitators are seasoned professionals who create linkages between skills picked up in the workshops and then to apply them in participant’s current roles.

This is done through specific illustrations and analogies and is true for the sessions at Leadership Skills for managers training –performance management.

Bodhih’s workshop examines the next segment in the Leadership skills for Managers – setting performance standards and expectations, monitoring performance, and methods of performance appraisal. Through individual reflection, and group discussions, the trainer introduces the concept to the learners, followed by activities to surface the actionable behaviours.

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At Bodhih, Leadership Skills for managers training is a much sought-after session that is part of a larger Leadership skills training suite.

The session brings latest research done on Leadership skills for Managers and its best practices from the most successful training and development companies across the globe.
The heart of Bodhih’s Leadership Skills and management workshop lies in the powerful session of consolidating learnings through customizing the principles to individual use.

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How would you gain from Leadership Skills for Managers training courses at Bodhih?

Bodhih customizes its Leadership Skills and management program along the ADDIE model. Workshop experiences are analysed, designed, developed and delivered that are solution focused and include a range of blended training pedagogy such as role plays, group exercises, self-assessment tools, management games, individual activities, videos, case studies, facilitation, discussions and more.

In addition to the ADDIE model, the Leadership Skills and management session takes advantage of the experiential adult-learning process of concrete experience – reflective observation – abstract conceptualization – active experimentation.

The edge in Bodhih’s Leadership Skills for managers training comes from researched industry learnings, current best practices and academic insights that ensures techniques are grasped and applied by chosen individuals. The long-term benefits are to institutionalise skills by embedding an understanding of leadership foundations, motivational strategies, advanced delegation techniques, coaching and mentoring practices and setting performance benchmarks.

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What is Bodhih’s promise on Leadership Skills for Managers training program?

Managers across industries and functions and executive level participants who have attended Bodhih’s sessions on Leadership Skills for managers skills talk about larger degrees of sustained high performance, lower team attrition, better working relationships leading to more collaborative engagements and satisfied employee base.

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Sample training plan: 2-day hands-on design

This two-day design builds the everyday leadership habits mid-level managers need to lift team performance: motivating people, delegating in stages, coaching and mentoring, giving feedback, negotiating for resources and managing performance. Participants work on their own team throughout. They build a motivation map, write delegation contracts, coach in trios, rehearse feedback and set standards for one role. The capstone is a quarterly resource negotiation game followed by a review conversation with an underperformer.

77% hands-on practice13.5 contact hoursCohort: 12–24 participantsIn person · Live virtual
Day 1Motivate, delegate, coach

Participants can motivate team members individually, delegate in stages and coach with questions.

  1. 09:30–10:00The manager who got the most from meEnergiser
  2. 10:00–11:00What really motivates my teamDiagnostic
  3. 11:15–12:00Recognition that landsSkill drill
  4. 12:00–13:00Delegation in stagesDemo & practice
  5. 13:45–14:15Coach or mentor?Concept burst
  6. 14:15–15:30Coaching triosSkill drill
  7. 15:45–16:45Mentoring conversationReal-play
  8. 16:45–17:30Habit loopReflection
Day 2Feedback, negotiation and performance

Participants can give feedback that motivates, negotiate for resources and hold a fair performance review conversation.

  1. 09:30–10:00Two truths and a stretchEnergiser
  2. 10:00–11:00Feedback that motivatesRole-play
  3. 11:15–11:45Win-win preparationConcept burst
  4. 11:45–13:00Quarterly resource gameBusiness game
  5. 13:45–14:30Standards for one roleBuild sprint
  6. 14:30–15:30Capstone: the review conversationSimulation
  7. 15:45–16:30Peer clinicPeer coaching
  8. 16:30–17:30My 90-day leadership planAction planning
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Every session’s activity, timings, outputs and materials, plus pre-work, a 90-day reinforcement plan and how impact is measured. Free, emailed to you instantly.

Recommended: 2 days in person (09:30–17:30), or 5 × 3-hour live virtual sessions, plus a 90-day follow-up with habit tracking. A sample design: every Bodhih program is customised after a short needs analysis.

How long is leadership skills for mid management training?

The recommended design is two days in person, from 09:30 to 17:30, followed by a 90-day follow-up with habit tracking. It also runs as five live virtual sessions of three hours each. Bodhih tailors the length, from a one-day version to a longer journey with coaching circles.

What activities are included in leadership skills for mid management training?

Managers build a motivation map of their own team, write staged delegation contracts for real tasks, coach in trios using questions only, rehearse feedback against reaction cards and play a quarterly resource negotiation game. The capstone is a mid-year review with a peer playing a slipping team lead.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is leadership skills for mid management training?
Who is the Leadership Skills For Mid Management program for?

Managers, team leads and senior leaders at every level. Bodhih tailors the examples, case studies and depth to your industry, culture and team level.

How long is the Leadership Skills For Mid Management program?

Bodhih recommends 2 days in person (09:30–17:30), or 5 × 3-hour live virtual sessions, plus a 90-day follow-up with habit tracking. The length can be shortened or extended after a needs analysis.

Can Leadership Skills For Mid Management be delivered online?

Yes. Leadership Skills For Mid Management can run in person at your location, as live virtual sessions for distributed or hybrid teams, or as a blended journey that adds self-paced learning on Bodhih.org between sessions.

How is the impact of Leadership Skills For Mid Management measured?

Success measures for Leadership Skills For Mid Management are agreed with you before design, as part of the ADDIE model. Bodhih can add pre- and post-program assessments on AssessAll and manager check-ins to track behaviour change.

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