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ILM Recognized Key Managerial Skills for New Managers and Supervisors

ILM Recognized Key Managerial Skills for New Managers and Supervisors

Why Attend

Transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager or supervisor is one of the most challenging career moves. New managers must shift from focusing on their own performance to achieving results through others. This requires developing the ability to lead teams, manage performance, delegate responsibilities, and make sound decisions.

This course equips new managers and supervisors with the essential managerial skills needed to lead people, build effective teams, and deliver results in today’s dynamic business environment. Participants will gain practical tools and proven techniques that will help them succeed in their current roles while preparing them for future leadership responsibilities.

Participants will also develop a New Manager Action Plan to help them apply the tools and techniques learned during the course in their workplace.

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Overview
Course Methodology

This course uses a highly interactive approach combining brief presentations, leadership assessments, group discussions, case studies, practical exercises, role plays, and team-based activities. Participants will apply practical tools and frameworks that can be immediately implemented in the workplace.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the responsibilities and core functions of effective managers and supervisors
  • Build and lead collaborative high-performing teams
  • Apply practical approaches to motivate employees and manage  performance
  • Delegate tasks effectively and develop employees through coaching and feedback
  • Use structured problem-solving, decision-making, and personal effectiveness tools to improve managerial performance
Target Audience

New managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have recently transitioned into leadership roles, as well as experienced supervisors who have not received formal management training and wish to strengthen their managerial capabilities.

Target Competencies
  • Managerial role mastery
  • Team leadership and development
  • Performance management and accountability
  • Employee motivation and engagement
  • Delegation and coaching skills
  • Problem-solving and decision-making
  • Personal effectiveness and time management
Course Outline
  • The Role and Responsibilities of the New Manager
    • The transition from individual contributor to manager
    • Roles and responsibilities of modern managers and supervisors
    • The four functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
    • Essential managerial skills at different management levels
    • Building credibility and trust as a new manager
    • Common mistakes made by new managers and supervisors
  • Building and Leading Effective Teams
    • Characteristics of effective high-performance teams
    • Stages of team development
    • Clarifying roles, responsibilities, and expectations using simple team charters
    • Building trust, collaboration, and accountability
    • Managing team dynamics and conflict using practical conflict resolution approaches
    • Leading diverse and hybrid teams
  • Motivating Employees and Managing Performance
    • Understanding employee motivation and engagement
    • Overview of key motivation theories and their managerial implications
    • Translating departmental goals into clear team objectives
    • Providing constructive feedback and recognition
    • Monitoring and improving team performance using clear performance indicators
    • Addressing performance challenges early
  • Delegation, Coaching, and Employee Development
    • The importance and benefits of effective delegation
    • Identifying tasks suitable for delegation
    • The steps to effective delegation
    • Overcoming barriers to delegation
    • Coaching employees using structured coaching conversations
    • Empowering employees through responsibility and support
  • Problem-Solving, Decision-Making, and Personal Effectiveness
    • The role of managers in solving problems and making decisions
    • Structured problem-solving using simple analytical tools
    • Basic root cause analysis techniques
    • Facilitating team-based problem-solving
    • Managing time, priorities, and competing demands using practical planning tools
    • Managing stress and maintaining personal effectiveness
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ILM

ILM is the leading provider of leadership and management qualifications in the UK and part of the wider City & Guilds Group, a global leader in skills development. City & Guilds was established in 1878 and is the oldest and largest awarding organisation in the UK. Meirc is pleased to be a recognized ILM provider. This recognition means that participants who fully attend any Meirc course endorsed by ILM, and successfully pass the assessment administered at the end of the course, will receive a certificate from ILM, in addition to the certificate they receive from Meirc.

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Schedule & Fees
2026 Schedule & Fees
Per participant
  • 17 - 21 May, 2026
  • Arabic
  • Cairo
  • Hilton Cairo Nile Maadi
Per participant
  • 5 - 9 Jul, 2026
  • English
  • Dubai
  • Venue to be assigned
Per participant
  • 27 Sep - 1 Oct, 2026
  • Arabic
  • Rome
  • Venue to be assigned
Per participant
  • 8 - 12 Nov, 2026
  • English
  • Dubai
  • Venue to be assigned
Per participant
  • 13 - 17 Dec, 2026
  • Arabic
  • Dubai
  • Venue to be assigned
Fees + VAT as applicable (including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily) Discount Plans & Cancellations Policy

Meirc reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue, trainer, and to offer courses in an integrated virtual learning (IVL) format whereby face to face classroom participants and virtual learners participate simultaneously in the same course in an interactive learning experience.

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