Management Essentials for Emerging Leaders

A two-day course designed for emerging managers, team leaders, supervisors, and specialists newly promoted to management roles – anyone taking on team responsibility who wants to lead people effectively and confidently.

Who is this course for:
- Emerging managers, team leaders, supervisors
- Specialists newly promoted to management roles
- People who want to lead others clearly, humanely, and effectively

Main course objectives:
- Understand your new role and its challenges
- Build confidence in leading people
- Learn to communicate clearly, consistently, and motivatingly
- Prevent conflicts, misunderstandings, and passivity in your team
- Know what to do in difficult situations (dissatisfaction, complaints, resignations, …)
- Build trust, support performance and people development

Course content:

Day 1 – Fundamentals of People Leadership
- Common mistakes of emerging leaders
- Building trust and respect
- Assigning tasks and giving feedback
- Communication styles and leadership approach
- What if... (real-world scenarios that actually happen)

Day 2 – Advanced Skills
- Resolving conflicts and difficult conversations
- Dealing with passivity, disagreement, or sabotage
- Motivation: what actually works
- How to foster team spirit
- Conducting development, feedback, and change conversations
- Your own management style and how to develop it further

The course runs in person with a maximum of 8 participants (9:00–16:00), combining lectures, real-world scenarios, and discussion of actual cases.

Course led by: Jana Mašková – trainer, therapist, and mediator with 17 years of experience in leadership positions.