Create a Leadership Development Program for First-Time Managers

We've promoted 6 individual contributors to management roles in the last year and none of them got formal training. Some are thriving, some are struggling. I need a structured development program that covers the fundamentals -feedback, 1:1s, delegation, conflict, performance reviews -and gives them a cohort to learn with.

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Published byMorgan Chen · April 2026 View Profile

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Plan Summary

Plan for: Create a Leadership Development Program for First-Time Managers

Plan Steps (8)

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Building content internally can become a massive time sink, delaying the program launch.

Timebox content creation. Rely heavily on curating existing free resources (HBR articles, YouTube videos) rather than creating custom slides from scratch.

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Managers may skip live sessions due to urgent day-to-day operational fires.

Secure executive sponsorship. Have senior leaders explicitly tell these managers that attending this training is their top priority during those hours.

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Participants may not complete the asynchronous pre-work, leading to flat live discussions.

Keep async work to under 30 minutes per module. Start live sessions by asking someone to summarize the pre-work to build accountability.

Complexity Breakdown

4 easy

3 medium

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