What is Mid-Level Management?
Middle or mid-level management is the intermediate management level that is accountable to top management and is responsible for leading lower-level managers. Since middle managers work with both senior leaders and entry-level managers, being able to communicate clearly and develop strong professional relationships with people at all levels of the organization are extremely important middle-level management skills.
The Business Case for Middle Management Training and Development
The research is compelling and cannot be denied: an organization’s success is directly correlated with the skills and capabilities of its mid-level managers. The responsibilities and challenges leaders face in rapidly changing business landscapes are as complex as they’ve ever been. Yet many of these managers lack mid-level management training, and they are unprepared to take on the demands of their role and ill-equipped to lead others successfully.
What Skills do Middle Managers Need?
Mid-level managers are key members of an organization; they are the linchpin in its structure and the gatekeepers of its success. Operating from this vantage point comes with some distinct challenges. Not only do mid-level managers need to be effective at developing front-line leaders, but they also have to communicate and collaborate across the organization and balance current operational demands with positioning the organization for long-term success. What this means is that they have unique development needs—and in most organizations, those needs go unmet. Organizations cannot expect to simply hire highly capable mid-level leadership; there just aren’t enough candidates with superstar middle-management skills in the talent pool. Equipping the organization with top-notch leadership requires mid-level management training and development from within.
CMOE’s Middle Management Training Program
CMOE’s Mid-Level Management Training provides leaders with the most critical skills needed at this level to drive results for an organization:
- Align the Team
- Coach for Results
- Think and Act Strategically
- Demonstrate Self-Awareness and Composure
- Follow Through and Be Accountable
- Lead Groups to Solutions
- Solve the Tough Problems
CMOE’s research and experience show that these topics are the mid-level management skills that must be mastered to execute the organization’s strategy and build a strong foundation for long-term success. That said, CMOE understands that every organization is unique—and we have the ability to customize your mid-level management training workshops and development program to meet leaders’ exact needs and the competencies they need to develop for the organization.
Objectives and Outcomes
As a result of participating in CMOE’s leadership-development program, Mid-Level Management Training: Developing The Skills That Drive Success, participants will be able to:
- Facilitate communication with front-line leaders, leaders of other functions, and senior leaders as well as customers, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Understand the dynamics of managing in the middle and lead others with an enterprise mindset.
- Shape and share a clear strategic direction that aligns with the organization’s overarching strategic priorities.
- Coach and engage their team of leaders.
- Actively develop and grow the capabilities of the leaders who report to them to strengthen the organization’s leadership pipeline.
- Respond flexibly to business challenges, solve problems, and make decisions.
- Build the company’s culture and brand by creating the conditions for the workforce to have a rewarding experience at work.
Our Leadership Programs for Middle Management Training
Management Training
Invest in your managers with over five decades of expertise to guide you. Understand and deliver the type of development leaders need.
- Deliver a variety of formats and structures depending on the team’s needs.
- Receive consultation on creative sustainability plans from instructional designers and facilitators.
- Incorporate development initiatives into your existing framework.
Bottom Line Leadership
Let data guide your leadership practices and drive long-term business outcomes.
- Help leaders connect their roles to the organization’s bottom-line performance.
- Access immersive, application-driven experiences that inspire real change.
- Maximize your team’s strengths with the help of performance metrics and coaching practices.
Communication for Managers
Develop the confidence and competence to communicate with ease, influence, and impact.
- Encourage managers to adapt communication styles to better establish connections and trust with others.
- Identify and address communication barriers.
- Facilitate emotionally challenging conversations with compassion and productivity.
Our Approach
Our relevant and highly-applicable program addresses real challenges and key competencies that are unique to mid-level managers, equipping them with the skills needed to drive results for the organization. The engaging, practical, and experiential nature of our program helps leaders efficiently address opportunities for improvement, build on their strengths, and return to work feeling more capable and confident in meeting the demands of their role.
Customized Lens: The hallmark of our program is that we align the topics, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to your organization’s leadership-competency model and expectations. We also provide relevant tools that support the organization’s priorities.
Accountability & Sustainability: We are acutely focused on accountability and sustainability measures to ensure the program generates targeted results, has a clear impact on retention and engagement, strengthens the leadership pipeline, and establishes a common leadership language across the organization.
Qualitative & Quantitative Approach: Using a proven learning process combined with ongoing learning on the job, mid-level managers are immersed in an impactful and integrated learning journey.
Get Started with a Complimentary Consultation
Call CMOE today for a complimentary consultation on how to build an effective middle management training program, and discover how mid-level management training strengthens the skills of middle managers, ultimately improving the entire organization.
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Delivery Options
In order to meet the specific needs of each client we partner with and make the most of the learning and development investment, CMOE offers programs in the following formats and lengths:
Instructor-led training (delivered onsite by a CMOE subject matter expert/facilitator)
Digital learning program (self-paced or live)
Blended and layered solution (combining instructor-led training and digital learning)
Train the trainer services (certifying internal trainers in CMOE’s world-class programs)
Curriculum integration (deliver the topic in conjunction with another topic or event or build it into a development curriculum)
4-16 hours (8 hours preferred) for instructor-led variable for digital learning
Contact a CMOE Client Services Specialist to discuss a targeted solution that is right for your organization.
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