Manager Management

Stop Managing the Work. Start Leading Your Leaders.

Are you a senior leader who feels stuck in the weeds? Do you find yourself solving the same problems for your managers, getting pulled into their team's day-to-day issues, and wondering why you can't find time for the strategic work you're supposed to be doing? This is the most common challenge leaders face when they transition to managing managers. The truth is, the very skills that got you promoted—being the expert, the top performer, the go-to problem-solver—are now limiting your impact.

This course is designed to break that cycle. We don't just teach management theory; we provide a practical, actionable framework for the unique job of leading leaders. Through real-world case studies, self-assessments, and practical exercises, you will learn a new playbook. Our approach is built on a fundamental mindset shift: your job is no longer to be the star player, but to be the coach who builds a team of star players. You will learn not only what to do, but why it works.

Imagine a future where you have a team of autonomous, empowered managers who own their results and solve their own problems. Imagine having the time and mental space to focus on your department's future, confident that the present is being handled effectively. That is the transformation this course delivers. You will emerge not just as a manager of managers, but as a true organizational leader who creates a cascading effect of excellence.

Course Details

• Target Audience: Senior leaders, directors, VPs, and executives responsible for managing other managers.

• Transformation: Move beyond the day-to-day grind of managing tasks and transform into a strategic leader who develops, empowers, and guides a high-performing team of managers.

• Course Format: Self-paced online course

What You Will Achieve

• Onboard Managers for Rapid Success: Implement a structured 90-day plan that sets new managers up to win from day one.

• Coach, Don't Just Solve: Master coaching frameworks that build your managers' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, freeing you from constant firefighting.

• Build a Culture of Ownership: Go beyond bonuses to understand the true drivers of motivation, turning compliant managers into committed leaders.

• Gain a 360-Degree View of Performance: Use skip-level meetings and multi-faceted feedback to get an honest, complete picture of your team's health and effectiveness.

• Navigate Conflict with Confidence: Handle tough conversations and employee complaints with a fair, structured process that builds trust.

• Lead by Example: Understand the powerful signals your actions send and learn how to model the exact behaviors you want to see in your leaders.

• Finally, Let Go of Micromanaging: Build the trust and systems necessary to empower your managers, giving you more time to focus on high-level strategy.

Course Outline

Module 1: The Foundation
A new manager's success is often decided in their first 90 days. This module offers a structured and intentional approach to establishing a solid foundation through clear goals, defined authority, and a shared vision.

Module 2: The Coach's Playbook
Shift from being the primary problem-solver to being the coach who develops other problem-solvers. This module covers how to deliver feedback that builds people up and guides your managers to discover their own solutions.

Module 3: Measuring What Matters
"Trust, but verify." Learn to establish clear, collaborative evaluation systems—including skip-level meetings—that drive accountability and growth without micromanaging.

Module 4: Fueling the Engine
Go beyond compliance to foster true commitment. This module provides practical strategies to keep your managers challenged, engaged, and invested in the company's success by tapping into intrinsic motivators.

Module 5: Navigating Rough Waters
Challenges are inevitable. Learn to mediate fairly and, crucially, to know the difference between a learning moment and a crisis that requires your immediate intervention.

Module 6: The Final Piece
Your success hinges on trust. This module focuses on the two most powerful ways to build it: by resisting the urge to micromanage and by consistently modeling the behaviors you expect from your leaders.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Manager Management essential in the real world? Manager management is one of the highest-leverage skills in any organization. A single great manager can lead a great team. But a great manager leader multiplies that effect across the entire organization. When you effectively develop your managers, you create a cascading wave of strong leadership, high performance, and healthy culture that scales far beyond what any single person could accomplish.

What will I learn, and what specific outcome can I expect? You will learn the practical skills required to lead a management team, including onboarding them, coaching them for performance, measuring their success fairly, and motivating them to take ownership. The specific outcome you can expect is to transform from a hands-on manager into a strategic leader with a trusted, autonomous, and highly effective management team that can run their departments without your constant intervention.

Why is it important that I possess Manager Management skills? Possessing these skills is the key to advancing from a tactical manager to a senior strategic leader. The ability to develop other leaders is what organizations look for in their executives. It proves you can scale your impact, think systemically, and build the talent pipeline the company needs to grow. Lacking these skills often becomes a career ceiling.

Is the course practical, and will I be able to use the concepts on the job? Absolutely. The course was designed for immediate application. Every module includes real-world scenarios, case studies following the journey of a new manager, and practice exercises you can apply directly to your team. This is not abstract theory; it is a practical playbook for the challenges you face every day.

Gain Manager Management Skills Today

Stop being the bottleneck for your team's success and start building the leaders your organization needs to scale—enroll today and unlock your true leadership potential.