Are your managers ready for the upturn?

Many organizations miss the chance to develop their staff during times of economical downturn due to lack of budget and lack of time. However only the best managers will be able to retain your high potential talents, once companies start hiring again.

Considering both your time and money, Yellow Umbrella has developed a recession proof package that is both affordable on a tight budget and saves your participants time!

Ready for the upturn!

2-month team leader coaching course

Participants: up to 8 people

Voices…

I really liked the format. The sessions were short and could be held during lunch, rather than taking up full days.
This way I didn’t get nervous about the work piling up while I was away from my desk.

Also, we could apply what we learned right away in our teams, after each session and practice it for two weeks. In the following session we then shared our experiences, celebrated our successes or got additional coaching on the subject.

Package includes:

1. Individual intake sessions with each participant
2. Four group sessions (of 1-2 hours duration, every 2 weeks) with the following topics:

• DiSC personality types for managers/team leaders
  • How to recognize the behavior, needs, motivational drivers of each individual in my team and how to respond to them in a way that motivates them and improves my communication with them
• Recognition
  • How does my attention drive my team members’ behavior?
  • 3-dimensional recognition, before- and after-the-fact-recognition
  • The most powerful and motivating forms of recognition do not cost a thing!
• Respect
  • What does Respect mean to me?
  • Do I really respect everyone, always?
  • Raising awareness, spotting situations where I could show more respect to my team, to my colleagues, to my manager
• Getting to know my team
  • The more I know about the individuals in my team, the better I can manage and lead them
  • How often should I meet with them?
  • How to conduct one-on-one meetings? (Handy tools/key reminders will be provided)

3. Individual Exit-Interviews / Reviews
4. A set of People Management Coaching Cards for each participant

Voices…

I liked the interactive approach. Lot’s of internal examples were shared by the attendees in the sessions, that helped solidify the topics discussed.

“Homework” (mostly observational and not time consuming) is given in each session and reviewed at the beginning of each following session.

At the end of the program, each participant will set clear objectives for themselves to continue their self-development. The coaching cards will aid them in that process.

A follow up meeting 3-6 months afterwards is suggested.

Voices…

Initially I wanted this to be a regular training – to be completed within 2 or 3 days. I’m glad I tried out this new format – bite sized workshops with 2 weeks time in between that give the participants time to let things sink in, practice the new learnings and collect their own first-hand experiences with it.

Knowledge sticks best when experienced rather than just being told.

Our participants really felt taken care of and listened to in this program and we’ve heard already some positive feedback from their direct reports. I’m putting the next group together as we speak.

Additional benefits compared to other training programs:

-          Higher knowledge retention than after one-off training courses due to the ongoing nature of this program

-          Workshop duration: 2 hours max., so inboxes of participants won’t fill up/no work back log occurs

-          A network of your team leaders (the participants) is being created, which will improve your inter-depart-mental communication;

-          Participants often decide to continue meeting up and coaching each other beyond the conclusion of the program – they don’t only become better managers but also better coaches!

To discuss additional benefits and customization to your needs, please contact Anja Schuetz at +31 6 8144 1809 or by email at hello@yellowumbrella.eu.

As HR- or Training/Development manager you will also have the chance to attend one of Yellow Umbrella’s open workshops on DiSC personality types (in Den Haag or Amsterdam) free of charge, in order to see for yourself how much value we could offer to your organization.