Changing Gear: Finding your Stride as a New Leader
Successful managers often struggle with the transition to leadership. The rules have changed, and expectations may feel vague or intangible compared to the performance metrics of a management role. Grappling with ambiguity and that sinking sense of being slightly out of your depth, can leave new leaders wondering what they've got themselves into...
Whether you're feeling trepidation or excitement in this new season, we believe the best investment you can make, not only for this moment but for your long-term career, is to gain some fine-grained self-knowledge and understanding of others.
Step into Leadership - clear-sighted and confident.
The Birkman Method® Questionnaire & Birkman Signature™️ Report
Online Audio Guide and Digital Changing Gear Workbook
4 x 60-minute Conversations with a Birkman-Certified Professional (BCP)
Link to download the recordings of your Conversations (personal use only)
A Changing Gear Action Plan and Follow Up Notes from your Coach
Note: We use The Birkman Method psychometric assessment because it is the best-in-class tool for supporting teams and individuals. Find out more →
The New Leader Package includes:
Your New Leader Package, and conversations with a Certified Birkman Consultant, will help you to:
Accelerate Your Own Development and Maximise Your Strengths
Understand Blind Spots & Stress Behaviours Before They Become Derailers
Recognise Areas of Necessary Growth and Avoid Trial & Error
Apply Practical and Personalised Insights with Real-World Relevance
Increase Your Knowledge of Behavioural Differences and Make Sense of People
”Thank you so much for your sessions, I have learned a lot. I actually got transformed myself, not only learning the method."
What's the Process?
Once you book and complete payment for a New Leader Package:
You'll receive an email invitation to complete the Birkman Questionnaire
Once completed, we'll send you your Birkman Signature Report, along with our welcome pack, which includes access to our online audio guide, and a workbook for taking notes on your data and conversation.
Your assigned BCP (Birkman Certified Professional) will also get in touch with you to book a time for your first 60-minute Conversation.
During the Conversation, they'll talk you through your data in the context of your current situation and priorities, and answer any questions you might have regarding your Birkman scores.
After your Conversation you'll receive an Action Plan worksheet, notes from your BCP and a link to download the recording of your conversation.
You can then arrange your next 60-minute Conversations at intervals that will suit you.
After your four Conversations, you'll also have the option to book further sessions if you would like to continue working with your Birkman Coach. (At additional cost)
What does it cost?
(Plus local taxes where applicable)
New Leader
2272 USD
Session One - Getting to know the Stranger in the Room: Yourself
In this first session we will be focusing on surfacing your most fundamental perspectives, which shape how you perceive people and situations - but almost certainly without you being aware of their presence.
Session Two - Are you Leadership Ready?
In this second session, we will be looking back on your past successes - and then looking forward to understand what may need to change, and where you can find the levers to achieve that change in a sustainable manner.
Session Three - Field of View: Understanding your Vantage Point
In this third session we will be taking a more strategic view of your contribution; what does your sweet spot as a leader look like? It is probably somewhat bigger than you realised; it is certainly more powerful.
Session Four - PeopleOS: A framework for understanding people
In this fourth session, we are going to turn things on their head. Everything we have covered so far can be turned inside out, to give you a powerful framework for understanding people, how many of them will differ from you - and how that works to your advantage.
FAQs
I already suffer from impostor syndrome: is this going to make it worse?
Not at all. Your Birkman.me New Leader package is going to show impostor syndrome the door; and it is easy to see why. Most people becoming a leader for the first time are given little to no real preparation (and the same can be said for supervisors and managers, as well). Any time you are 'dropped in the deep end' with no preparation, that leaves you vulnerable to thinking "maybe I shouldn't even be here" - because you have no idea what you are supposed to be doing. The truth is that pretty much anyone can become a good leader - but not everyone will want to do the hard work to get there. Your Birkman.me New Leader package is going to help you work through what you need to be focusing on, and particularly the areas in which you may need to develop some new behaviours that line up with perspectives you didn't realise you had. And yes, most people will have one or two areas where that is going to be harder, going on nigh impossible; but there the solution is to learn you may have a blindspot, and plan intentionally to take account of that.
I have been tasked to lead some very smart, talented people: what if I lose them?
If you are worrying because you think that your leadership style might mean they get fed up and go, that is a very valid fear; but not if you are prepared to do something about it. The saying is true, that "people don't leave jobs, they leave supervisors..."; but your Birkman.me New Leader package is the antidote for this worry. We are going to help you understand yourself and your own reactions to people and situations; and then we are going to help you understand the areas in which you are going to need to build bandwidth, and think differently about what "being a leader" even means. Some of it is about how you manage yourself; some of it is about how you train and empower those you are leading to start making their own decisions and giving themselves and others a lead. We have seen new leaders who were leaving a big wake, and then totally changed the way they did things, just because we helped them gain a little self-understanding. We are confident that what you learn through the process will also make a positive difference, both to you and your people.
I did great as a manager; why is everything suddenly ambiguous and 'fuzzy'?
Welcome to leadership: you are absolutely not the first person to find the transition challenging. The line between management and leadership can be drawn in all kinds of places, but the most helpful boundary is the one where you no longer have clear, hard-edged "line authority" to tell your people "you will do x and you won't do y"; instead there are all kinds of people over whom you have no authority or even formal connection, and you need to use influence and soft power / persuasion to get them onboard, in order to meet your organisational objectives. The good news is that you almost certainly have levers within yourself that you can use in order to change gears and become a successful person of influence within your organisation - which after all, is a significant part of what leadership is about.
I work for an SME / Family-owned Business - this programme sounds too Corporate.
Turn the implied question around: do you think your current business should stay at the small end of the market, or do you have plans to grow? SMEs generally, and especially Family-owned businesses, are the real engine room of the economy; alongside their naturally more entrepreneurial culture, they have huge need of more professionalised leadership. Our view is that in order to grow you need people who understand themselves, understand leadership and are willing to make developing others as leaders, their number one priority. That is solid gold at any level in the marketplace.
This is a big investment; I already did MBTI / DiSC / Hogan / StrengthsFinder2.0
If you say, 'I want to upgrade my car', you could mean you want to source a pair of pink fluffy dice for the rear view mirror and some speed stripes for the sides; or you might mean that you want to swap out the standard engine for a race-tuned Cosworth V8. Those are all upgrades; but clearly you get to choose what you want to pay for. So yes, we are making a big investment in your success: the best tool on the market, ancillary materials based on 25+ years of our experience and success, and at least four hours with one of our highly skilled Birkman Certified Professionals. The outcomes are going to be significant in building your career and future success, and we can guarantee that you will get actionable insights and a level of consultant support that none of the other tools can possibly provide.
Is this going to get back to my boss?
Only if you tell them or share your report with them. Even if they are the one paying for this, the information belongs to you alone, unless they have reached a different agreement with you, beforehand. We can advise you on how best to share your data if you would like to. Our approach when we work with leaders is always about supporting development, not ruling people out. We frame it as "Here are the things that person A needs to work on, and here are the things person B needs to address"; some of those areas may be the same, some different. Everyone has work to do: helping with that is why we are here.
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