Rise: The New and First Time Manager Program
December 9, 2021 2023-01-11 18:02Rise: The New and First Time Manager Program
Program overview
Most young managers and leaders grow to people manager roles due to their superior performance as individual contributors. The Rise program focuses on measurable development of crucial skills required to be effective as a people manager.
Great managers boost employee productivity by an average of 11% and have lower turnover on their teams.
65% of employees would rather have a new manager than a pay raise.
Managers may account for as much as 70% of variance in employee engagement.
Gamified and blended learning journey
Rise has a unique, gamified, and blended learning journey. The program focuses on 6 crucial managerial skills – trust, goal setting, prioritisation, delegation, feedback, motivation and well being. Each skill is transferred through a blended approach with pre-workshop engagement and preparation, live and gamified master classes with action planning, and post-workshop spaced learning, reflection circles, and evaluation.
#1 - The Smartcity Challenge
A self-paced, action-packed, business simulation game in which participants take on the role of a leader who needs to steer their team to success by focusing on key managerial and leadership behaviours. Participants receive an individualised, leadership style report after playing the game.
Learning Outcomes:
- Discover the essential management skills and behaviours
- Appreciate the need to display the key managerial behaviours consistently
- Reflect on their innate managerial styles and identify specific focus areas
#2 People First Mindset
A gamified workshop where participants discover the importance of building trust and taking a people first approach while building and leading teams.
Learning Outcomes:
- Transition from being a Task Manager to a People Manager
- Appreciate the role of Trust as a fuel for performance
- Discover the Skill/Will matrix
#3 Driving Results
This session is delivered using a business simulation game in which participants work in teams to improve the performance of a struggling team inside a larger organization
Learning Outcomes:
- Set stretch goals
- Clarify goals
- Prioritise using principles of Kanban
- Delegate work effectively
#4 Art of Feedforward
A driven discovery session where participants explore the power of questions, the importance of conducting frequent check-ins, and providing structured feedback using the STAR/AR framework.
Learning Outcomes:
- Conduct performance root cause analysis
- Appreciate the importance of check-in discussions
- Conduct structured feedback discussions using the STAR/AR framework
#5 Motivation and Well Being
A series of group processes and exercises where participants explore techniques to keep their teams motivated, happy, and inspired.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand key drivers of motivation
- Avoid motivation drainers
- Help team members structure and organise work efficiently
- Build resilience
Additional topics
The Rise learning journey is completely customisable. You can add the following topics to the learning journey to suit the needs of your audience.
Managerial communication
Managing change
Stakeholder management
Influence without authority
Managerial decision making
Work structuring and task planning
Driving collaboration
Program certification
Certification criterion
All participants who achieve a threshold score in the evaluation process, are presented a Certificate of Merit.
Program evaluation criterion:
The program is evaluated using two metrics:
- Engagement metrics: These metrics measure the engagement of learners through the learning journey. This is measured on the basis of completion of pre and post-workshop activities and participation in master classes
- Proficiency metrics: These metrics measure the proficiency gained through the learning intervention. This is measured through the learning action plans and scored post-assessment learning units
Program highlights
Rise is not just a learning journey, it is a carefully crafted learning experience. The program offers a mix of game, simulations, group processes, spaced practice, action projects, and a learner community.
Learner testimonials
Success stories
With 5000+ learners in 10+ organizations, Rise is easily the most advanced and popular new manager program. Here are a few success stories.
Frequently asked questions
Few of our clients
Rise has made the leadership transition smoother for 5000+ managers in 20+ organisations.
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