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Description

Stepping into Your First Management Role: Settling In, Organising and Leading Your Team

Succeeding in your first months as a manager when you now lead colleagues who were your peers the day before

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Moving from technical expertise to management changes everything, yet nothing is ever formally said. Former colleagues wait and see, while senior management expects results. New managers often continue doing the work they master rather than the role now entrusted to them.

These two days support the transition itself. Participants prepare their first meeting with the team, then learn how to set expectations and conduct their first one-to-one reviews. The programme focuses on the first months, whereas our day-to-day management track is designed for managers already established in the role.

Learning objectives

  • Identify what changes between an expert role and a management role
  • Prepare your transition and your first meeting with the team
  • Set clear expectations from the very first weeks
  • Conduct a first one-to-one review with each team member
  • Handle the sensitive situations created by your change of position

What makes this programme different

A first-weeks action plan built by each participant
The first address to the team prepared and then rehearsed in session
A dedicated session on managing former peers

Programme

1Changing Position

From technical expertise to team responsibility

  • What the organisation expects from a manager
  • Expert reflexes that become obstacles
  • The team's explicit and implicit expectations
  • The support network to identify from day one

2Succeeding in Your First Weeks

Setting the foundations without disrupting everything

  • Preparing the first meeting with the team
  • Gathering information on how the team currently operates
  • Announcing your working style and your standards
  • Distinguishing what can wait from what must be addressed quickly

3Core Management Practices

Objectives, follow-up and reviews

  • Conducting a first one-to-one review with each team member
  • Framing a work expectation that can be verified
  • Giving positive or corrective feedback on a task
  • Setting up regular activity follow-up

4Sensitive Situations in the Early Days

Former peers, credibility and requests

  • Managing people you previously worked alongside as equals
  • Responding when your credibility is questioned
  • Answering a request that must be declined
  • Taking a step back from your first mistakes

Who is it for

Employees recently appointed as managers or about to take on their first team leadership responsibility.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.