First-time Manager

About the Facilitator

I am Sunil Kakarla, Co-founder of Rewire360. I am writing this in response to your linkedin post for Corporate Leadership Trainer. I'm an IIM Nagpur alumnus with 12+ years of cross-industry corporate experience (IT, FMCG, Biotechnology), most recently as Associate Director – Operations at Enveda, where I personally designed and delivered multiple leadership sessions for my teams. The sessions I bring to the table are, built on years of curated reading, structured courses, and real facilitation experience, refreshed with current research and fresh perspectives rather than recycled slide decks.

Program Overview

Great individual contributors are not automatically great managers. People are often promoted into management because they excel at their individual roles, but the skills required to lead people are very different from the skills required to perform a role well. The transition from Individual Contributor to People Leader brings a new set of challenges—building trust, communicating effectively, managing performance, handling difficult conversations, and creating accountability without micromanaging. First-Time Manager Excellence is a highly interactive and practical leadership program designed to help new and aspiring managers make this transition with greater confidence and effectiveness. The program focuses on helping managers: - Build trust and credibility with their teams - Communicate with clarity, empathy, and confidence - Lead diverse and multicultural teams - Coach and develop people rather than simply direct them - Handle difficult conversations and conflicts effectively - Create psychological safety within their teams - Improve employee engagement and ownership - Build accountability without micromanagement - Make the shift from doing the work to enabling others to succeed Rather than relying on theory-heavy learning, the program uses real workplace situations, case studies, role plays, discussions, reflection, videos, and hands-on activities. Participants get opportunities to practise how they would respond to situations they are likely to encounter as managers. The objective is simple: help first-time managers move from knowing what good leadership looks like to actually practising it in their everyday interactions with their teams.

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Who Can Attend

This program is designed for: - Newly appointed First-Time Managers who have recently transitioned into a people-management role. - Professionals preparing for their first managerial role and expecting a promotion in the near future. - Existing managers who are currently managing teams but have not received formal training in people management and leadership. - Managers looking to strengthen their people-management skills and become more confident in handling day-to-day team challenges.

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