Many technical experts and subject matter experts aspire to a leadership position in their companies but the failure rate of success once they are in this role is very high. This webinar takes the mystery out of what it takes to be highly successful in making this transition work.

A Subject Matter Expert, (Engineering, Finance, IT, Consulting, Supply Chain) has many talents and skills often on the operational and technical side on their experience but frequently lack the “soft management” skills to make their transition truly successful. This webinar shares what soft skills are required and how these can be integrated into ones career and talent plans.

Attendees will learn

• Understand the reasons technical and subject matter experts often fail once they have been promoted to Leadership roles
• Assess your personal and professional skills to gage your potential to be a Leader
• Follow a straight forward development process to support a successful Leader role transition
• Review a case study of a successful and unsuccessful Leadership transition and become aware of the lessons learned
• Practice various “Soft Skills” to sharpen one’s ability to learn new human side skills in support of operational and organizational skills
   

Who should attend

• Corporate/organizational trainers and facilitators
• Independent consultants
• Managers responsible for training