As a line manager at Empower, you'll be mentoring and communicating to your team clearly, solving problems with creativity, and delegating to direct reports. A mindset of continual learning, both for you and for your team, will be key.
This learning pathway will support you in that journey. We've curated five core topics to explore over the coming six months through live virtual workshops and self-directed micro-learning. Where to begin, and what to prioritise, is your call, and in check-ins with your manager you’ll discuss progress and what you’ve been applying.
Five Core Skills for Line Managers
Yours to explore in the coming months
As a line manager, you'll be giving the team continual guidance and direction, and creating cultures of feedback that help everyone, including you, grow. You'll be seeking to influence in all directions, to ensure relationships remain strong and people are playing to their strengths. A mentoring mindset will be key to your confidence and capability, and the workshops and resources shared here will help you to build one.
Clear and compelling communication will be key in all kinds of contexts for line managers at Empower. Whether building support internally, presenting ideas to clients or expression in creative execution, you’ll be continually developing and demonstrating an understanding of succinct and motivating words and actions.
Your ability to think strategically, creatively and intentionally both individually and within teams will be fundamental to your success as a line manager. From defining problems to prototyping solutions, continually expanding your repertoire of tools and techniques for critical and creative thinking should be a priority. The learning experiences and arsenal of resources curated for you here are yours to experiment with among your teams at Empower.
Delegating work with precision and purpose is an amazing way to help your direct reports grow their skill-set and play to their strengths. Not only that, but it frees up time for you to focus on your own growth and work on something really important. Try these courses and resources to start delegating today.
In your role, you'll be influencing in all kinds of directions; teams, clients, your own manager and more. And good influence is invisible, openly finding its way into everyday interactions and the ways we mobilise and motivate others.