New Manager Boot Camp
New Manager Boot Camp
About the Program
Many of us are promoted to manager but rarely are trained to be one. Mastering the art and science of effective management requires an additional set of skills, which when learned can often transform the daunting task of management into something profoundly satisfying.
Our New Manager Boot Camp is designed to prepare you for your new management role and is structured specifically for executives that are recently promoted engineers, scientists or other professionals that are looking to develop their leadership skills.
Program Topics
The New Manager Boot Camp program curriculum covers the following topics:
- Emerging trends in management
- The shared challenges new managers face in a world of constant change
- Techniques for influencing stakeholders
- Tools to identify and segment your stakeholders
- Action plans to apply your learning back at work
- An introduction to different leadership styles and when each is most appropriate
- Identify your leadership style and ways to leverage your strengths
- Enhance your flexibility to utilize a variety of styles
- What effective and ineffective teams look like
- Barriers to effective teamwork & the role of constructive and destructive conflict
- Effective interventions to improve your team’s performance
- Lead and engage distributed teams
- Diagnose team hot-spots and developing effective solutions
- Align your team around critical priorities and a shared reality
- Simple tools to build rapport with others
- Techniques for common ground and active listening
- Create and leverage leadership presence
Who It's For
- Professionals considering a management role
- Managers that have recently moved into a supervisory role
- Scientists
- Engineers
- Executives in high-tech industries
- Any professionals that are looking to develop their leadership skills
Cost & Features
- Three-day in-person, leadership training program at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business campus
- Personal, ready-to-implement action plan
- Speakers from companies like Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Amgen talk about their personal experiences as new managers, lessons learned and tips for success.
- World-renowned Berkeley Haas and Executive Education Faculty
- Exclusive networking opportunities
- Access to the program alumni community
- New Manager Boot Camp Certificate of Completion
A UC Berkeley Certificate of Business Excellence gives individuals the opportunity to create a personal plan of study structured by our four academic pillars. Participants will earn a mark of distinction with certification from a world-class university, and enjoy the flexibility of completing the program in up to three years.
"Top notch instructors imparted skills I will use for the rest of my life. I highly recommend the UC Berkeley New Manager Boot Camp."
- Service Manager, Peterson Tractor"The discussion about leadership styles was extremely well done. The instructors were truly world-class, and I was fully engaged the entire time. I took delivery of a tantalizing new generation iPhone on one of the days, and was so riveted by the course that I forgot about the phone."
- Sr. Electrical Engineer, Berkeley Bionics"UC Berkeley's New Manager Boot Camp is a well-structured, thought-provoking, and highly interactive program for developing your leadership capabilities. Over the course of three days, through multiple exercises, lectures, and case studies, I developed a plan to significantly increase the productivity of my team."
- Manager, Intersil.com"The New Manager Boot Camp professors were extremely credible, practical, and approachable—great educators who went out of their way to listen to my questions, and give thoughtful answers that I could use back in the office. The program also did an excellent job of tapping the expertise of an impressive group of participants. I was easily able to connect with peers to trade insights on any issue that was on my mind. This is an excellent, well-organized program."
- Manager, RMA Department, Calix"Challenging exercises, real-world case studies and content-rich lectures helped me gain new insights and skills. A highly organized, well-presented program that fills in the gaps for new managers."
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Insights & News
Adapt or perish: Learn to anticipate and create change in a volatile world. Getting comfortable with and predicting change is the key to survival in a constantly changing business environment. Dr. Homa Bahrami, faculty director at Berkeley Executive Education
Dr. Homa Bahrami leads and facilitates the New Manager Boot Camp. She is an international educator, advisor, and author, specializing in organizational flexibility & team effectiveness in dynamic, knowledge-based industries.
Dr. Homa Bahrami on Silicon Valley talent and retention. Dr. Bahrami is a Senior Lecturer at the Haas School of Business. She leads and facilitates the New Manager Boot Camp.