Developing Future Leaders as a Manager
47mIntermediate2025-11-13
Authors

JoAnn R. Corley
Founder of JCS Business Advisors
Course details
Learn how to spot leadership potential, design development challenges, and help aspiring leaders grow their career while positioning them for future opportunities. In this course, instructor JoAnn R. Corley outlines the process and skills you need to develop future leaders as a manager. Discover a variety of approaches tailored to cater to various levels of proficiency, from which both novices and experienced learners can benefit.
Along the way, gather insights into advanced strategies and methods that can be applied in real-world business scenarios. An ideal fit for the manager ready to expand their own leadership capabilities and impact, by the end of this course, you’ll be able to leverage a variety of real-time leadership scenarios to grow yourself and team members with creativity and confidence.
Learning objectives
Identify key leadership traits and behaviors to watch for when assessing potential in team members.
Differentiate between training, mentoring, and developmental opportunities to apply the most effective strategy for each employee.
Design tailored leadership development challenges that align with individual strengths and growth areas.
Coach employees through real-time leadership experiences to strengthen their confidence and capability.
Evaluate the impact of leadership development efforts by reflecting on performance, progress, and team dynamics.
Along the way, gather insights into advanced strategies and methods that can be applied in real-world business scenarios. An ideal fit for the manager ready to expand their own leadership capabilities and impact, by the end of this course, you’ll be able to leverage a variety of real-time leadership scenarios to grow yourself and team members with creativity and confidence.
Learning objectives
Identify key leadership traits and behaviors to watch for when assessing potential in team members.
Differentiate between training, mentoring, and developmental opportunities to apply the most effective strategy for each employee.
Design tailored leadership development challenges that align with individual strengths and growth areas.
Coach employees through real-time leadership experiences to strengthen their confidence and capability.
Evaluate the impact of leadership development efforts by reflecting on performance, progress, and team dynamics.
Concepts
Introduction
- The manager's role in developing leaders
Laying the Foundation for Developing Future Leaders
- Real talk - Training is not development
- Using the accelerator method
- Leadership skills to develop on your team
- Identifying leadership potential on your team
Challenge-Based Approaches to Developing Future Leaders
- Guidelines for choosing a challenge
- Speciality project challenge
- People management challenge - Individual and group
- Communication skills challenge
- Organizational opportunities challenge
- Innovation challenge
- Crisis management challenge
Conclusion
- Leader development in action
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