Mid-level managers are valuable internal talents to become senior leaders. Middle management is crucial to the success of any organization. They are responsible for shaping and clarifying the vision and strategic outlook of the organization. Therefore, going from middle management to developing into senior leadership is an extremely challenging process.
1. Lead the change
Today, as change becomes the norm in a new context, managers are expected to not only adapt to change but also play a role in leading the organization towards change:
Inspiring change
Identify potential obstacles and make plans to overcome them
Assess the readiness of individuals and organizations to change
Prepare the modes of action
2. Communication: The Language of Leaders
Communication is a necessary skill every day and is even more important for management:
Recognizing and understanding verbal and nonverbal cues
Understand the importance of healthy conflicts
Effectively manage conflicts
3. Strategic thinking
The higher the level of management, the more leaders need to learn to move from tactical to strategic thinking:
Understand the relationships between the parts of an organization’s business model
Analyze and identify the current situation and future trends of the current business industry
Read and understand metrics in strategic and financial reports
Market penetration planning
4. Resource coordination
Relying on their intuition, management needs to understand the context and available resources to make adjustments to achieve the set goals.
Understand team members’ strengths and areas for improvement
Assess each member’s readiness for the task
Skills and morale of team members
My Leadership Style
5. Leading modern resources
As middle managers gain more and more experience managing a generational group of people, their understanding of the impact of this workforce on the business becomes increasingly important. important.
Identify the factors affecting the motivation and performance of each generation group
Identify commonalities and unique characteristics of each demographic group
Combine communication strategies and flexible leadership styles
6. Effective cooperation
Leaders need to not only recognize the importance of cooperation within and between groups, but also to foster effective collaboration among team members:
Learn the barriers to team collaboration
Use different ways to improve team collaboration
7. Management of stakeholders
This is a necessary skill for management because at this level, the level of influence of stakeholders is becoming more complex and influential:
Build and balance relationships of trust with stakeholders both inside and outside the organization
Mitigate and detect risks that arise when managing stakeholder relationships
Raise awareness among stakeholders of a common goal towards which all parties work together
8. Managing Team Performance
The manager gets the job done through the team, so the manager needs to be a good HR administrator
Set goals and monitor the achievement of set goals
Identify issues impeding team performance
Find opportunities to improve team performance
Mentoring and coaching to help members identify their current capabilities and develop themselves
In fact, training and coaching middle managers is always a problem that causes hundreds of thousands of businesses a headache every year in Vietnam. Especially, in the context of THE NEXT NORMAL – The Next Normal, managers need to be equipped with more special skills and mindsets than before to not only lead the team effectively but He is also an effective arm of the Board of Directors to turn the organizational strategy into reality in the context of many risks and fluctuations.
With a deep understanding of the challenges that middle managers are facing, along with an understanding of modern management trends in the new era, GEM Global has designed a unique training program, based on the competency framework. qualified for the position of Middle Manager NEXT NORMAL Stage. Click see more to find out information for a chance to join the course.