Step Up Your Talent Game with our Comprehensive
First-Time Manager Programs

Empower your first-time managers with the leadership skills and confidence necessary to transition into their new roles successfully

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Common Preference of Indian Managers

Observation & Feedback from Global & Indian Managers

Comfort Zone Areas of Struggle

Clear, well-defined organization structures where reporting relationships are explicit.

Is expected to work in matrix organizations where vertical and horizontal relationship lines cut across functions, business and geographies.

Doing task with own effort.

Has to drive actions and closure involving others.

Avoiding conflict, 'Face Saving' is crucial.

Dealing with conflicting priorities.

Likes to work in an environment with minimal or no surprises.

Dealing with uncertainty.

Addressing issues specific to own functional/ technical domain.

Navigating business/ organizational issues laced with uncertainties.

First Time Manager Program – Key Themes

Managerial role an extremely challenging process for most of us
and requires us to learn new skills as well as adopt a new mindset.

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Self Awareness
& Self Management

Situational
Leadership
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Delegation & Conflict Management

Communication
& Listening

Empathy, Trust
& Credibility

Enabling
Career Growth

Approach to Learning Journey Design

Our approach to learning journey design centers around creating intense, engaging experiences
which integrate assessments, on-the-job learning and course-based learning

An illustrative Program flow – we strive to bring together multiple learning methodologies 
to provide an immersive and engaging experience to participants.

Nomination

Hi, I am Tina. I was nominated for the program. Experience the journey with me...

01
Month 1

I started the journey with a Virtual Assessment & an Orientation Webinar

02
Month 2

• Self-study modules on: Improving my self-awareness & Managing myself
• Virtual Interactive Session to discuss & clarify my psychometric report queries

03
Month 3

• Self study modules on Basic Managerial Skills & Conversation Skills
• Virtual Interactive Session focused on skill practice (I also did a role plays as a part of it!)

04
Month 4

• Self study modules on Finance for Non-Finance Professionals, Understanding Business Value Chain & Readying Yourself for a Digital World
• Virtual Interactive Session to apply concepts with a case study exercise

05
Month 5

After my learning journey, a post-program VDC was conducted. Based on my VDC report, I was shortlisted for individual coaching sessions, where I will work with a coach on various development areas as per my IDP.

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Learning Courses

30-60 mins courses consisting of Learning videos, quizzes and self-reflection exercises; focus is on introduction of concepts and frameworks

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On-the-Job Learning

Participants document high quality Individual Development Plans (IDPs) using system-recommended on-the-job activities for each goal

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Structured Assessment

Assessments embedded Into the program design to facilitate skill practice or to provide additional inputs for personal reflection

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F2F Workshop/Virtual Session

Sessions by Think Talent facilitators; focused on assimilation of learning inputs and practicing of skills rather than knowledge sharing

Designing a Fully Virtual First-time Manager Program

at a leading IT major company

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Transitioning from an individual contributor to a first-time manager can be pretty challenging. 

So how do you effectively prepare your talent for a smooth transition into their first managerial role? 

Click below to read more about an IT Major who revamped its capability development program for FTMs. The key challenge was to engage a millennial audience dispersed worldwide with limited access.

4500+ FTMs | 40+ Countries | 8+ Languages

Bar graph illustrating the percentage of first-time managers in India having managerial, technical/functional, pure challenge, balance/lifestyle integration as their top 3 career anchors

Leading isn’t a universal aspiration. Here’s our quick take on understanding career motivators & drivers of new managers in India.

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Explore more insights here on why investing in first-level managers is critical to drive the change and innovation agenda in organizations.

Infographic displaying distribution of high-potential managers across competencies, highlighting areas of development and strength. How to design effective development programs for hipots

Explore our insights here to determine the key themes that should take precedence when designing effective high-potential development programs.

Developing Managerial Capability

at a General Insurance Firm

First-level Managers (FLMs) play a critical role in improving productivity and retention of the on-the-ground workforce, esp. in distributed set-ups in the insurance industry. Designing effective development programs for FLMs requires attention to a few key considerations:

  • Relevance & Contextualization: Contextualizing content to participant context came across as a key requirement. Simpler language, industry-specific and even role-specific examples (e.g., banca vs. agency), and easy-to-use on-the-job aids proved to be great enablers for success.
  • Delivery Format: One-off workshops have not proven effective, but getting people to travel for multiple workshops is very expensive. A hybrid or virtual learning journey with multiple touchpoints in small groups came out to be a more effective solution.
  • Facilitated Conversations: Most managers were not looking for conceptual inputs. Our facilitators could engage the audience effectively by enabling conversations around on-the-ground issues and connecting concepts & skills to these issues.
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