Are you a new manager faced with the daunting task of planning, implementing and evaluating your team’s work for the first time? Whether you’re looking for quick learning tips, practical tools to help you in your new role or simply reassurance that you’re on the right track, this course is tailored to your needs as an early career manager.
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- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part one) Video
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part two) Video
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part three) Video
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part four) Video
- Strategic and operations planning worksheet Microsoft Word Document (824 KB)
- Planning terms and definitions PDF document (110 KB)
- Work planning worksheet Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (759 KB)
- Checklist for delegating work Microsoft Word Document (757 KB)
- The planning framework PDF document (115 KB)
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part 1) - transcript Microsoft Word Document (5325 KB)
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part 2) - transcript Microsoft Word Document (5303 KB)
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part 3) - transcript Microsoft Word Document (5319 KB)
- New manager's guide to planning, delegating and setting performance goals (part 4) - transcript Microsoft Word Document (5301 KB)
Course structure
- strategic, operations and work planning
- creating and using a work plan
- delegating work
- setting performance goals
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you'll be able to:
- understand what strategic, operations and work plans are
- translate an operations plan into a work plan
- understand delegation and delegate work
- set performance goals for your team.
Video one: Strategic, operations and work planning
- Read a transcript for teaser one (Word, 748kb).
- Teaser video one is 2mins 13s (the full video is 10mins 50s).
Video two: Creating and using a work plan
- Read a transcript for teaser two (Word, 746kb).
- Teaser video two is 2mins 16s (the full video is 9mins 52s).
Video three: Delegating work
- Read a transcript for teaser three (Word, 746kb).
- Teaser video three is 2mins 16s (the full video is 10mins 14s).
Video four: Setting performance goals
- Read a transcript for teaser four (Word, 746kb).
- Teaser video four is 2mins 9s (the full video is 7mins 27s).
Further resources
When you buy this course you will also be able to download the following exciting extras:
- a planning framework to help you connect strategic, operations, and work planning
- a list of the most common planning terms and definitions
- a strategic and operations planning worksheet to help you develop your priorities, goals, objectives, strategies, and deliverables
- a work planning worksheet to enable you to construct work plans with your staff
- a checklist for delegating work to help you make the most of delegation.
About the trainer
From 1994 to 2010, Michael worked in a range of international, national, and regional charities, both in the UK and USA, including ten years as a senior manager. He currently serves as the Director of Philanthropy for Abingdon School. Through Careers for a Cause, he licenses resource packs to charities that wish to run their own in-house management training and leadership development programme or courses.
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