Essential Management Skills
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$4,390 + tax (5%)
Course Start Date
5 days
This program takes place in Vancouver, BC. Mon - Fri, Dec 8-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm (PT) each dayexcept Thursday, which is 8:30am - 8:00pm
You may be asked to sign in or create an account to register and pay.
5 days
This program takes place in Vancouver, BC. Mon - Fri, June 8-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm (PT) each dayexcept Thursday, which is 8:30am - 8:00pm
You may be asked to sign in or create an account to register and pay.
Essential Management Skills
Make a successful transition from team member to team leader
Moving into management? Transition confidently with the Essential Management Skills program, designed to build your managerial toolkit and elevate your career in 1 week of focused in-person learning. Activate your leadership with self-awareness and strengths-based insights, learn how to coach and manage performance, and master difficult conversations.
This program is ideal for:
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New managers and supervisors
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Technical professionals transitioning into leadership
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Mid-level managers seeking to sharpen people skills
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Aspiring leaders preparing for managerial roles
Proven frameworks
Apply UBC Sauder’s research-backed methods to real-world management challenges.
Practical & hands-on
Learn by doing. This program includes 1:1 coaching, team simulations and performance management workshops.
Immediate impact
Walk away with tools you can implement on the job from day one.
Focused learning
5 full days of intensive learning to maximize skill building without long absences from work.
Join the UBC Sauder community
Connect with business leaders across industries.
Impact to your organization, team or business:
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Unlock your organization’s leadership potential by developing the leaders of tomorrow
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Reduce turnover with effective people management skills
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Ease transition periods during team leadership changes
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Improve workplace culture, engagement and productivity
Strengths Deployment Inventory
- Learning your purpose and what motivates you
- Understanding how and why you react to conflict
- Assessing how your strengths guide you
Team Building
- Creating trust and psychological safety in teams
- Key factors of individual and team motivation
- Developing diverse teams
Coaching Others
- Asking powerful questions, listening to understand
- Improving your ability to perceive and address employee needs
- Fostering accountability and growth
Managing Performance
- Ensuring everyone is clear on roles and expectations
- Setting achievable goals
- Giving feedback
- Techniques for facilitating performance
Communicating Effectively
- Managing the message
- Holding challenging conversations
- Dealing constructively with conflict
Decision Making
- Common decision-making traps and how to avoid them
- Using facts to make better decisions
- Improving the quality of group decisions
Leading in the Organization
- Skills and strategies for exercising positive power
- Influencing others
- Building and managing your strategic network
Profile
Amy Stanley
Alex Trisoglio
Perry Atwal
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$4,390 + tax (5%)
Course Start Date
5 days
This program takes place in Vancouver, BC. Mon - Fri, Dec 8-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm (PT) each dayexcept Thursday, which is 8:30am - 8:00pm
You may be asked to sign in or create an account to register and pay.
5 days
This program takes place in Vancouver, BC. Mon - Fri, June 8-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm (PT) each dayexcept Thursday, which is 8:30am - 8:00pm
You may be asked to sign in or create an account to register and pay.
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Evan Lloyd
Client Development Specialist, Professional GrowthWhat other professionals think
This program allowed me to look at examples in my everyday life and apply newly learned skills immediately. A very beneficial course for any new manager wanting to understand how to manage people.
Dave Tupniak
Country Manager, Aesthetic Management Partners
I received numerous ideas about people motivators, as well as insights about my personal strengths and places for improvement.
Eric Hill
Supervisor, NorthRiver Midstream Inc.
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