Leadership that starts with knowing yourself
Most new managers get promoted for being great at the work, then thrown into leading people with almost no training on how to actually do it. The High-Performance Manager is Level 1 of our Leadership & Management Program series, built specifically for aspiring, supervisory, and first-line managers. It focuses on the core operational skills and the human-centered mindset that turn a capable individual contributor into a manager people genuinely want to work for.
We recommend:
In-person or online
14 weeks
12-20 people
What you’ll learn & do
This program empowers your teams to:
- Understand your personal style as a manager, and where it helps or gets in your way
- Master workload and prioritization, avoiding distraction and making space for what actually matters, for you and your team
- Delegate like a Productivity Ninja, empowering your team while reclaiming your own time
- Replace fear with clarity when giving feedback, so hard conversations stop getting avoided
- Role model self-awareness, self-care, and sustainable productivity for the people who report to you
94%
of participants would recommend our workshops
Who is this program for?
- Aspiring managers preparing to lead a team for the first time Supervisory and first-line managers or team leaders already in the role
- Organizations wanting to build a bench of self-aware, human-centered leaders, not just technically skilled ones
What this program offers
- Learning that lasts. Every participant gets access to the Productivity Ninja® Academy, extending the ideas well beyond the program itself.
- A full 14-week program, not a single session, so new habits and mindsets actually have room to take hold.
- Six live masterclasses plus six small group coaching sessions, alongside weekly self-led implementation and assignments.
- A cohort kick-off session and a program finale, giving the experience a real beginning and end.
What you’ll do
Over 14 weeks, your leaders move through six live masterclasses covering manager style, workload and prioritization, delegation, feedback, and sustainable productivity, paired with six small group coaching sessions to work through what’s actually coming up in their day-to-day. Weekly self-led implementation and assignments keep the learning active between sessions, bookended by a cohort kick-off and a program finale.
What happens when managers lead this way
When managers learn to lead well, everything changes:
- Managers understand their own style well enough to adapt it, not just default to it
- Delegation happens with real trust, not just task-dumping
- Feedback conversations happen sooner, and land with more clarity and less fear
- Teams feel genuinely led, not just managed
- Managers role model the sustainable habits they want their own teams to adopt
Program Participant
“The program was engaging, useful, relevant, clear and supportive. It opened my mind to new ideas, tools and effective methods, which in turn has refreshed my approach to work.” Helen Rouse
Benefits & Results
Immediate benefits
- A clear understanding of your own management style, and where to flex it
- Practical workload and prioritization skills you can apply the same week
- Real confidence to delegate, not just hand off tasks
- The ability to give feedback with clarity instead of avoidance
- Sustainable productivity habits you can model for your own team
What your organization gets
- Higher levels of psychological safety, kindness, resilience, engagement, and performance across teams
- Lower levels of stress, overwhelm, frustration, and staff turnover
- A genuine leadership bench, not just a group of people with the title
- Managers who role model the culture your organization actually wants, not just the one it has by default
Frequently Asked Questions
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Because leadership habits don’t form in a day. Spreading it over 14 weeks with live masterclasses, coaching, and real assignments means managers practice each skill on real situations, not just theory.
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No. It’s built for aspiring managers preparing to lead for the first time, as well as supervisory and first-line managers already in the role.
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It’s Level 1. Once your leaders complete The High-Performance Manager, they can move on to The Influential Leader (Level 2) and The Visionary Leader (Level 3) as they grow.