Quickstudy Manager Builder

Bite-sized content for busy managers

Build your people skills

Imagine your workday with these management skills at your fingertips...

Manage and communicate effectively with your boss
Correctly diagnose performance problems
Solve issues in a timely manner
Increase team productivity and meet business objectives
Build a team of excellence

Motivate your team members
Deal with a variety of personalities and behaviors
Provide proper feedback
Deal with workplace conflict
Gain your team's trust

Does this sound like the kind of leader you wanted to be?

Good. Because you CAN LEARN to be like one.

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Bite-sized content for busy managers

Here's why managers love this course...

Bite-sized Content

Because sometimes you cam simply squeeze in 15 minutes of daily training in your busy schedule
Multifaceted Training

Because there's more than one approach to growing your leadership skills
Your Personal Leadership Library

Get the next management episode on demand just like your favorite TV show
Downloadable Tools & Helpful Examples

So you have the right tool for management occasion

The mobile training was different from what we have had in the past. Managers liked it because it was a short regular chunk to learn each day.

Each manager learned differently and applied the training differently, but both the content and the format contributed to their success.

Thierry Pregliasco

McDonald's Restaurant Owner

I have learned so much from the QuickStudy Manager Builder courses, not just professionally but personally as well. I surprised myself: I thought I wasn't the online type!"

Sandy Love

People Manager, McDonald's

My name is Marie Gervais

and I'm the CEO of Shift Management Inc.

Throughout my life, something that has always really bothered me is how unhappy many people are at work.

After thinking about the issue, it occurred to me that very few people at the front or middle management level actually get the kind of tools, resources and training THEY NEED TO LEAD.

How can you resource your team if you yourself

don’t have the necessary resources?

In 2008, I started a company to focus specifically on that middle spot where employees who are good at operations are promoted to management.

The Quickstudy Manager Builder focuses on the people side of management, particularly leadership, communication, conflict resolution and intercultural relations.

Access the course now and you'll also get a BONUS COURSE - "Effective Meetings to bring out the talents of your team"

Choose to take charge of your

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT today!

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Quickstudy Manager Builder is for you if:

You are a busy supervisor or manager who needs fast professional development
You are an aspiring leader seeking a knowledge advantage
Long-term courses are difficult to fit into your schedule
You like working in bursts, small chunks or on time-bound projects
You want to be reminded about a theme a little each day
You have a specific people management issue you need new skills to solve
You are a self-starter

START RECEIVING THE GUIDANCE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR

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WHAT'S INCLUDED?

- Four Modules plus BONUS Course "Effective Meetings" -

Module 1: Manage Up

This course will help you see and understand your manager's particular characteristics clearly while learning to respond, initiate and pace your communications in ways that bring out the best for both of you.

Recognize boss' needs
Communicate necessary information or solicit necessary information from your boss to address his/her requests
Engage the boss in problem solving or troubleshooting on issues of concern
Communicate in a way that shows your boss you want to meet the business objectives and satisfy customers

Module 2: Lead for Results

In this course, you will learn what, how, why, and when to measure efforts towards a goal and armed with your data, how to build climate of continuous improvement with clarity and courage.

Use numbers, not activities to measure business outcomes
Be accountable for reaching results
Courageously address problems and uphold standards
Balance coaching with encouragement and challenge

Module 3: Motivate, Coach, and Align

In this course, you will learn what motivates people, how to deal effectively with a variety of behaviors and tips out the best in your team members. Who wouldn't feel more confident with these strategies in their back pocket?

Correctly diagnose team member performance problems
Provide clear direction, monitoring, and follow up
Listen, paraphrase, and response respectfully
Balance comfort and challenge for each team member

Module 4: Build Teams

This course shows how trust is built and maintained in the workplace, how to recognize and use talents and then use the talents of the team to solve workplace problems.

Gain and maintain trust
Develop an eye for talent
Encourage team excellence
Solving team problems

Module 5: Timely Response

In this course, you will learn why you might be avoiding conflict and what to do about it based on your own personal conflict style. You will also make a strong connection between productivity and timeless that few other strategies address.

Why managers avoid dealing with conflict and what to do about it
Seeing the difference technical and adaptive issues
Productivity and timeless
Juggling multiple roles without losing focus

BONUS Course "Effective Meetings"

Session 1: "Effective Meetings Overview" topics are:

Meetings and human needs
Phases of meeting effectiveness
Behaviours that hinder
Behaviours that help

Strategies used are:

Drawing out participation
Watching for "talent clues" and using them
Dealing effectively with difficult personalities
Encouraging individual expression while building unity of thought
Operationalizing outcomes

Session 2: "Effective Meetings Must-Haves" topics are:

Starting with your own attitude
Meetings are structured conversations
Preparation for structured conversations and leadership for outcomes
Six meeting conversation designs

Strategies used are:

Consider the % of time you spend with each type of meeting and what this tells you
Work with checklists that help structure each conversation
Orient your leadership to achieve three meetings outcomes

Session 3: "Use Your Team Talents, Now" topics are:

Getting individual input
Recognizing and identifying talent
Using individual talents during and after meetings
Building unity of thought towards desired outcomes

Strategies used are:

Drawing out participant comments before, during and after the meeting
Watching for "talent clues" and using them
Remembering who can do what - a few systems to keep track
Encouraging individual expression while building unity of thought
Sharing the leadership for more collaborative outcomes

Session 4: "Managing Difficult People in Meetings" topics are:

An ounce of prevention can deflect potential conflicts
Differentiating between unnecessary and resolvable conflict
Checking your own bias and judgement
Indirect ways to stop meeting conflict
Types of negative behaviour, expected patterns to watch for
Direct recommendations to deal with the behaviour

Strategies used are:

Behaviours that hinder and help: Prevention tools to set the tone for auto correction
Hot topic, cool presentation: Recognizing charged language and choosing neutral language
Expressing comments as specific actionable items
Moving from judgmental to non-judgmental statements
Getting others to identify the obstacles and to name their own behaviours
Leading rather than forcing