Understanding Your Managerial Role - Key Responsibilities & Expectations

Introduction

Stepping into a management role can feel both exciting and overwhelming. One of the biggest challenges new and developing leaders face is understanding what is truly expected of them by their organisation, their team, and themselves.

In many organisations, people are promoted into management because they are good at their job, but are not always given clear guidance on what effective leadership looks like in practice. This can lead to uncertainty, overworking, and a lack of clarity in how to lead others.

This virtual classroom seminar provides a clear, practical framework for defining your managerial role. Through a blend of evidence-based insight, real-world experience, and discussion, you will explore how to create clarity, build confidence in your leadership identity, and make more intentional decisions that improve performance and trust within your team.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Understand the shift from ‘doer’ to manager and the mindset required to lead effectively
• Clarify the core responsibilities of a manager across tasks, people, and performance
• Identify organisational expectations - both explicit and implicit - and how to align with them
• Develop a more confident and intentional leadership identity
• Apply values-based leadership to guide decisions and behaviour
• Create clarity within their team to improve performance and reduce confusion
• Recognise and avoid common ‘accidental manager’ behaviours
• Identify practical actions to strengthen their leadership impact

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.