Crash Course for New Managers by Acumen

Being a boss isn’t easy, especially in the social sector. You need to keep your team motivated while they tackle tough problems. You need to deliver candid feedback without burning people out. You want to recognize high achievers while also getting to the root causes of poor performance. You have to manage the day-to-day details of a job, while also setting a bigger picture vision. You need to handle tough conversations in ways that feel productive and fair. None of this is straightforward.

In this self-paced crash course from +Acumen, new managers will gain practical skills from world-class instructors. This course bundles 3 of our top-selling Master Classes and combines them with additional new content and exercises.

These experts share some of the freshest thinking on management and leadership. This is not your typical human resources course. Instead, you’ll gain access to cutting edge ideas and interactive exercises to become a self-reflective, results-oriented leader early in your career.

This is a dynamic, 6-hour course that will combine video-based tutorials with hands-on exercises and real case studies from nonprofit managers. You’ll gain access to a 20-page workbook to prepare for your first days as a manager. We won’t cover all elements of management—which can take years to master—but you will gain some of the foundational skills to succeed in your first roles and lead your teams to productive results.

What You’ll Gain Access To:

• 20 page workbook for new managers to prepare for your first days leading a team
• Tutorial videos from leading experts and authors and accompanying exercises including quizzes, reflection activities, and short projects to prepare for your job
• A dynamic forum to share resources and trade ideas with other new managers across the social sector
• A Certificate for successful completion of all course requirements
• The ability to revisit any section of the course bundle as needed (the course is self-paced and starts whenever you have the time!)

About the Instructors:

• Seth Godin is a bestselling author, blogger and marketing guru. He has written 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages
• Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss without Losing your Humanity. Kim led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google and then joined Apple to develop and teach a leadership seminar. Kim has been a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and several other tech companies.
• Sheila Heen is co-author of the New York Times Business Bestseller, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most and Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It’s Off-Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered and Frankly, You’re Not in the Mood). She has been a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School since 1995 and spent the last twenty years with the Harvard Negotiation Project, developing negotiation theory and practice.
• Alexandria Lafci is the Co-Founder and Head of Operations for New Story Charity, which has been named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Nonprofits. Along with her founding team, Alexandria completed Y Combinator, the prestigious Silicon Valley accelerator. She was recently named to the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

What Participants are Saying:

• “Great quality curriculum presented in a fast-paced, applicable, results-oriented style, which I love.” –Alicia M.
• “Great insights on providing feedback to your manager, direct reports and others in the organization. I have recommended this course to others in our company.” –Jay E.
• “I liked the examples. Very honest accounts, could imagine them happening in my life and it encourages me also to then take these skills to use them to prevent similar encounters.” –Wan Yuan T.
• “Kim lays out a framework for how to use radical candor and provides numerous personal examples of how effective it could be. I found the class insightful and will definitely be applying what I learned to managing my team.” –Tony W.
• “The videos are personal and moving. The course work is focused, concise and reflective. All in all, the material flows well from one topic to the next. Seth’s passionate lectures, coupled with self-reflective writing exercises, have helped me decide my own direction.” –Vaughn G.
• “I enjoyed the fact that this course wasn’t theoretical. It never felt like I was sitting through a lecture. The writing prompts were an opportunity to reflect on my personal growth – something I rarely take the time to do.” –Ashley Y.