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Experiential Leadership Development

Manager/Director Level Programs

  • Rising Leader Program

    Challenging mini-MBA for aspiring leaders

  • Becoming an Effective Manager

    Essential management skills for new managers

  • Building Business & Financial Acumen

    Real-world practice in value creation and analysis

  • Executing in Cross-Functional Environments

    Leadership and influencing skills for decision-making

VP/Senior Level Programs

  • Senior Leader Program

    Practice-based learning for executive leaders

  • Creating Strategic Business Value

    Financial impact and investment analysis skill-building

  • Leading Organizational Change

    Executive-level leadership and enterprise-thinking

For Individuals

  • Open Enrollment Invited MBA

    Learn about our 12-week mini-MBA

Manager/Director Level Simulations

  • Management Challenge

    Build critical people management skills in your people leaders

  • Business Challenge

    Expand the business acumen of your nonfinancial managers

  • Enterprise Challenge

    Develop cross-functional communication skills in a dynamic environment

VP/Senior Level Simulations

  • Finance Challenge

    Hone the strategic financial acumen skills of your executives

  • Executive Challenge

    Offer a world-class leadership simulation to your senior executives

  • Virtual Program Design

    Create virtual training that sticks

  • Certifications

    Extend the reach of our programs and simulations to a global audience using your internal L&D facilitation talent

  • Design Workshops

    Tailor our simulation-based leadership programs to your needs

  • Fluent in Finance

    Offer a comprehensive business acumen primer for nonfinancial managers

  • Enterprise & Executive Summits

    Offer intensive strategy off-sites

  • Case Studies

  • Learn to Lead Podcast

  • Events

  • From the Blog

  • Abilitie Launches New Leadership Development Programs to Meet Needs of All Learners
  • 5 Reasons Companies Should Provide L&D Opportunities for Women in Business
  • Awards & Recognition

  • Who We Are

  • Careers

  • Contact Us

Programs

  • Rising Leader Program

  • Senior Leader Program

  • Becoming an Effective Manager

  • Creating Strategic Business Value

  • Building Business & Financial Acumen

  • Leading Organizational Change

  • Executing in Cross-Functional Environments

  • Open Enrollment Invited MBA

Simulations

  • Management Challenge

  • Business Challenge

  • Enterprise Challenge

  • Finance Challenge

  • Executive Challenge

Resources

  • Virtual Program Design

  • Fluent in Finance

  • Certifications

  • Enterprise & Executive Summits

  • Design Workshops

  • Client Successes

  • Awards & Recognition

  • Learn to Lead Podcast

  • Who We Are

  • Events

  • Careers

  • From the Blog

  • Contact Us

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Becoming An Effective Manager

In Abilitie’s Becoming An Effective Manager Program, participants can practice coaching and communication skills in an intensive blended curriculum that builds their people management skills.

Abilitie’s Becoming An Effective Manager Program

Participants in Abilitie’s Becoming An Effective Manager Program uncover what it takes to lead teams to success. They gain an understanding of their personal management style and practice how to engage their direct reports while honing coaching and cross-functional communication skills. We work with you to adapt this program to your organization, focusing on core competencies such as:

  • People Management
  • Coaching and Feedback
  • Understanding Motivators
  • Building Trust

Abilitie’s Management Challenge simulation serves as the foundation of this cohort-based program that includes a self-assessment, guided case studies, and ongoing accountability groups.

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Program Components

Our Becoming An Effective Manager Program creates the perfect learning environment for new managers who need a challenging, real-world environment to flex their people management skills.

Management Challenge Simulation
Accountability Groups
Leadership Self-Assessment
Case Studies

Management Challenge Simulation

(Synchronous, virtual or in-person)

At the heart of the Becoming An Effective Manager Program is our Management Challenge Simulation, which gives new managers a hands-on, competitive space to practice coaching and giving feedback to direct reports. Participants engage in interactive role-plays and video-based employee conversations.

Core competencies include:

  • Employee Motivators
  • Setting Expectations
  • Building Trust
  • Coaching and Feedback

Accountability Groups

(Synchronous, virtual or in-person)

Participants benefit from ongoing support and growth from groups of their peers also participating in the program. Through guided discussions and continued practice, participants deeply retain program takeaways.

Leadership Self-Assessment

(Asynchronous, online)

Program participants undergo TypeCoach, an interactive self-assessment experience to identify their leadership style and, most importantly, learn how they can more effectively influence others.

In a debrief with an expert facilitator, participants come together and share their learnings, dig deeper to understand how different people can best work together, and begin to apply their new skills.

Case Studies

(Synchronous, virtual or in-person)

With support from an expert facilitator, participants discuss a Harvard Business School case study on the topic of leadership and people management. Through Socratic-questioning and engaging team-based discussion, participants draw insights that can be leveraged on their own teams.

Audience

The Becoming An Effective Manager Program is designed to help newly appointed managers discover their management capabilities and practice leading people.

Individual Contributor to Manager Level

Used by participants at Fortune 500 organizations across the globe.

Commonly Used for New People Managers

An ideal leadership experience for new and future people managers.

Awesome facilitator and totally engaging program. Would do it over again and wish I had it sooner in my career.

Participant, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Sample Program Schedule

Abilitie’s Becoming An Effective Manager Program is tailored to the needs of each client. It can be delivered as a virtual, hybrid, or in-person program and run as a 4 to 6 week program that can be condensed or spread out over additional weeks as desired.

Week 1
1st Session2 hoursKickoff Session
Self-Assessment2 hoursSelf-Assessment
Study Group2 hoursSelf-Assessment Discussion
Weeks 2 – 3
People Management Simulation4 hoursCompetitive Simulation – Part 1
People Management Simulation4 hoursCompetitive Simulation – Part 2
Weeks 4 – 5
Self-StudyFlexible timingLeadership Case Study
Accountability Groups2 hours eachStructured Accountability Group
Week 6
Study GroupFlexible timingLeadership Case Study
Capstone & Graduation2 hoursClosing Session (Optional)

Abilitie’s Program Dashboard

The Abilitie Program Dashboard provides Learning & Development leaders with real-time access to learner data. Program managers can easily see a snapshot of participant engagement, learner activity, and individual progress, giving them the tools to make smart decisions and take immediate actions that support learners through their journey. 

Abilitie Program Dashboard for Learning & Development program managers

I would recommend this to anyone looking to expand their knowledge as a manager.

Participant, Praxair

Program Details

The Becoming An Effective Manager Program guides participants to understand their strengths and opportunity areas while simultaneously giving them new tools to meaningfully support their direct reports. The program design leverages Abilitie’s award-winning simulations and rich Socratic debriefs.

I really liked how this got at the human element of being a leader. It has so many real-world elements to deal with, it felt very real.

Participant, GE

Cornerstone Simulation

Management Challenge

Learn More

Description

A unique practice-based leadership program for new managers

Audience

Aspiring and new managers

Cohort Size

12 to 40 people

Duration

Adaptable 10- to 20-hour curriculum over 4 to 6 weeks

Case Study Discussions

Small study group discussions on management and leadership topics

Accountability Groups

Structured peer follow-up groups prolong developmental gains

Self-Assessment

TypeCoach Assessment or similar assessment instrument

Capstone

Cohorts come together to celebrate successes and look to the future

Learn More About The Becoming An Effective Manager Program

We work with clients in interactive design workshops to find the right solution for you. Give us a call at (512) 593-8726 to schedule an exploratory conversation today.

Participants in Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program
High-Potential leaders participating in Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program
An expert facilitator running a debrief during Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program
Rising Leaders working together during Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program
Participants engaged in a debrief during Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program
A employee engaged in a business simulation during Abilitie's Becoming an Effective Manager Program

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Programs

  • Rising Leader
  • Senior Leader
  • Becoming An Effective Manager
  • Building Business & Financial Acumen
  • Executing In Cross-Functional Environments
  • Creating Strategic Business Value
  • Leading Organizational Change

Simulations

  • Management Challenge
  • Business Challenge
  • Enterprise Challenge
  • Finance Challenge
  • Executive Challenge

Resources

  • Virtual Program Design
  • Certifications
  • Design Workshops
  • Fluent In Finance
  • Enterprise & Executive Summits

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  • Case Studies
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At Abilitie, we’ve been successfully running our award-winning, cohort-based leadership programs as virtual and hybrid learning experiences since 2015. Through our work with hundreds of global clients, we have learned the key factors that make a hybrid learning experience a success.

To help you make drive the biggest impact possible, we have distilled some of our best practices into a handy Hybrid Learning Guide, available here!

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