Managerial leadership transitions can occur for many different reasons including selections to fill vacant roles, promotions, lateral moves, geographical transfers, and others. The MLET is a 5-day action-learning course that prepares individuals for these types of transitions so as to understand how planning and executing a smooth transition can help everyone stay focused on the work and business at hand with a minimum of time and energy lost to concerns about the change in leadership.  

 

Course design actively employs the 4-step experiential learning model described above. 

 

MLET goals: 

• Awareness and understanding that the dynamics of managerial leadership transition are largely due to anxiety about the likes, dislikes, capability, communications style, and ways incoming managers will act.  

• Awareness and understanding of the importance that transitions occur efficiently and effectively particularly during times of persistent needs for better quality, on time delivery, and budget discipline 

• Development of comprehensive outline of what to do and when before, during, and after a leadership transition 

• Understanding how to use effective interviewing techniques to gather information and collect data 

• Understanding how Development of a thoughtful and thorough Managerial Leadership Transition Plan to include:  

• Conducting assessments of the organization, the big picture environment within which the organization operates, the internal and external factors affecting the organization, and situations needing attention (SITNAs) 

• Conducting and facilitating a 1-day Leadership Transition Meeting (LTM) 

• Making effective task assignments and project management 

• Conducting 30-60-90 day follow-up assessments, and Providing appropriate feedback and reporting up and down the chain of command as required 

 

MLET Approach: 

Course goals are pursued and achieved using a specifically targeted set of approaches and modalities including: 

• Effective interviewing and data gathering techniques 

• Listening skills 

• Organizational assessment tools and techniques 

• Problem identification, problem solving, and decision making  

• Outcomes-Methods-Resources Planning  

• Group/team process consultation 

• Lectures and presentations 

• Breakout groups 

• Use of audio/video