Developing Managerial Effectiveness

An office meeting of six people with Halifax Harbour in the background.

Helping Managers Work Smarter, Lead Better and Achieve Results

Cost

$765 

Format

Online
* Instructor-led | 3 partial days | 12 hours

Next course date

November 17-19, 2026 (9:00am - 1:00pm Atlantic Standard Time)

This course helps new managers identify ways to become both efficient and effective. Participants will assess their strengths and weaknesses and develop goal plans for increased effectiveness. You will look at time use effectiveness from an individual as well as an organizational perspective.

Effectiveness includes both strategic, high-level planning and day to day prioritization and delegation techniques. The number one rated need for employees is to work for effective and efficient managers; this program will help you develop the skills to be that manager.

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Priority Management

  • The difference between Effective and Efficient
  • Fire Fighting Traps
  • Priority Management
  • Decision-making abilities needed to manage multiple priorities
  • Establishing techniques for ensuring staff are managing their priorities as well

Planning

  • Defining Productivity - What is Your Time Worth?
  • Introduction to strategic and departmental planning
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly planning
  • Setting effective goals

Building Effective Teams

  • Managing Interruptions,
  • Delegation, and saying “no”
  • Group Decision making
  • Developing and measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Holding effective meetings

Personal Plan of Action

  • Leave with a personal plan of action to take forward into your role as a new manager

By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 

  • To examine individual strengths and weaknesses in productivity, adaptability, and effectiveness
  • To explore priority management and the transition to the role of the manager using action-oriented objectives
  • Tips, tools and templates for effective management
  • To develop a personal action plan for the transition to the role of a manager

You will benefit from this course if you:

  • are a new leader of a team
  • are contemplating a career transition to management
  • are a professional and/or staff member who has recently, or will be assuming a management position within your organization

3 partial days, 9 am - 1 pm, Atlantic Time

March 23-25, 2027 

June 15-17, 2027 

Certificate Pathways

 

Make Executive & Professional Development part of your learning journey.

This 12-hour course counts towards the Applied Certificate in Skills for New Managers (36 hours) and the Professional Certificate in Leadership Foundations (60 hours), allowing you to stack courses toward a broader leadership credential

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