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Mates to Managers

Stepping into a management role can feel like a big leap—especially when you’re leading people who used to be your peers. Some managers make the shift easily, while others struggle with the new expectations and responsibilities.

Our Mates to Managers Training Course is designed to help new and emerging leaders navigate this transition smoothly. Participants will gain practical tools to redefine relationships, set boundaries, and lead with authority while maintaining respect and trust.

This program is highly interactive and tailored to your organisation’s context. Whether delivered in-person or virtually, the course equips managers with strategies to manage the challenges of their first 100 days and beyond.

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Key Learning Outcomes

  • Behaviour styles at work
  • Setting expectations
  • Resetting unrealistic expectations
  • Pursuing strategy (what does that look like?)
  • Understanding the trade off
  • New ball game, away ground, new team – how to keep it together.
  • Keeping mates accountable
  • Dealing with initial sarcasm
  • The 6 mistakes to avoid in the first 3 months
  • Leadership v Management principles

Course Description

Coming together is beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success” – Henry Ford

Often, it can be a big jump from mates to managers. For some people, it’s an easy jump and for other people it’s a reluctant jump. Most times the jump will lead to a pay increase.

But the cost is that you’re in a different work cohort. You’re expected to act differently. In essence, you’ve got different responsibilities. So, this means you’re getting paid to perform differently.

It is also important to keep a fall-back position open. The ‘mates to managers’ course helps participants clearly identify the expectations and behaviours of their new role.

Where And When?:

Target Audience:
New and upcoming managers

Duration:
This course is available as a full-day or a truncated half-day course.

Delivery:
This course can be delivered both in-person (at your organisation or venue) or virtually. If you like, we can do all the heavy lifting on the technical side. Then, your people simply video/dial in.

Group Size:
We recommend a group size of 4-10 people.

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