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Lessons

Introduction
- Using This Course
- Introduction
Survival Tips for New Managers
- Introduction: Survival Tips
- The importance of letting go
- Nurture your team’s ideas; don’t steal credit.
- Leading by example
- Time management: achieving and maintaining Inbox Zero
- Self-discipline with time management
- How to remain focused and productive amidst all those meetings
- Delegation, and the art of saying “no”
- [Activity] Tame your inbox!
- Thinking strategically, acting tactically
- [Activity] Understanding Tactics and Strategy
Delivering Results from a Team
- Introduction: Delivering Results
- Avoiding overcommittment
- Tactics: How things get done
- Pushing things forward
- Situational awareness
- The importance of simplicity
- Working backwards
- [Activity] Working Backwards
People Management Basics
- Introduction: People Management Basics
- Structuring useful 1:1 meetings, Part 1
- Structuring useful 1:1 meetings, Part 2
- Mock 1:1 meeting
- Handling difficult conversations with active listening
- Mock difficult conversation with active / reflective listening techniques
- Managing employees’ growth
- [Activity] Practice active listening
Hiring and Firing
- Section Intro: Hiring and Firing
- Raising the bar
- Creative recruiting and candidate sourcing
- Managing “up or out”
- How NOT to fire someone
- Firing: the best case scenario
- Handling layoffs
- [Activity] Starting a performance improvement plan
Working with Upper Management
- Section Intro: Working with Upper Management
- Managing up
- Have backbone; disagree and commit
- How to deliver problems or bad news
- Meeting etiquette, and overcoming introversion in meetings
- Presenting to upper management
- [Activity] Understanding higher-level decisions
Building and Maintaining Morale
- Section Intro: Building Morale
- Building your tribe
- Good goals = good morale
- Keep the right people on the bus
- Killing a project without destroying morale
- [Activity] Apply what you’ve learned to your team
Your Continued Growth as a Manager
- Section Intro: Your Continued Growth
- Finding a mentor, learning the business, and building relationships
- [Activity] Get a mentor
Wrapping Up
- Now go captain your ship
- Thanks for watching!
- Next Steps

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