Learn to
Lead
Management Programmes
To curate skills and change behaviours through learning.
Stepping into management for the first time can be one of the biggest shifts in a person’s career.
Help your new managers make the transition with confidence, clarity, and practical support on our Build programme.
Designed around the real challenges managers face every day, we focus on the essential skills needed to lead people well and empower them to perform at their best.
New Managers. Experienced Managers.
New Managers. Experienced Managers.
Common Challenges
Managers are promoted, but not prepared.
Most managers step into leadership roles based on technical skill, not people leadership capability. Without support, they are left to learn critical management skills through trial and error.
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Manager efficiency is the biggest driver of performance.
Day-to-day leadership decisions, including how feedback is given, priorities are set, and conversations are handled, directly shape team engagement, performance, and retention.
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Poor manager habits and behaviours die hard.
Behaviours established in a manager’s first 6-12 months often become their default leadership style. Without any intervention, bad habits become embedded and harder to change later.
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Participants will leave the programme with greater confidence and stronger leadership skills.
Employees who feel supported by their line manager are 3.4 times more engaged.
Managers are responsible for the level of employee engagement across teams by;
70%
New Managers
Participants will leave this programme with confidence to be a people manager using toolkits to guide conversations, set behavioural examples and coach their teams to work effectively.
This programme drives consistency of management practice across your organisation.
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Newly appointed managers and team leaders
Supervisors with responsibility for people management
Technical specialists transitioning into management roles
Managers with up to 18 months of management experience
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Greater self-awareness to build their management style
To adapt communications to influence people and projects
To build positive working relationships
To conduct meaningful development and performance conversations
Support successful onboarding and development of team members
Using coaching techniques to build confidence, capability and accountability
To improve team performance and engagement
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Faster and more successful transitions into management roles
Greater consistency in management practice
Improved employee engagement and development conversations
Increased confidence in managing performance and people issues
Stronger team effectiveness and collaboration
A more capable and sustainable leadership pipeline
Experienced Managers
Participants will leave this programme with greater confidence, stronger leadership capability and evidence of the impact they have created within their teams.
The result is not simply better managers, but higher-performing teams.
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Experienced Managers with people responsibility
Orgs looking to improve performance and accountability
Leaders responsible for driving results through others
Managers preparing for more senior responsibilities
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Greater self-awareness to strengthen leadership impact
Communicate with influence and drive commitment
Build accountability and ownership with teams
Manage performance and priorities more effectively
Develop trust and strengthen team culture
Influence beyond own team to meet organisational goals
Apply practical leadership strategies
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Improved team performance and accountability
Stronger leadership capability across management tier
Increased ownership and proactive problem solving
More effective stakeholder relationships
Cross-functional collaboration
Greater consistency in management practice and decision making
Stronger culture supporting engagement and performance
This is Management
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People managers looking to strengthen their management capability
Project managers responsible for delivering through others
Stakeholder managers who need to influence and build effective relationships
Managers looking to develop strong management fundamentals
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Greater self-awareness to strengthen your management impact
Communicate effectively and influence others
Solve problems and encourage innovation
Motivate and empower others
Manage performance with greater confidence
Coach and develop others
Delegate effectively and build ownership
Apply practical management tools in your real-world context
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Greater confidence and capability as a manager
Stronger communication and stakeholder relationships
Increased ownership and empowerment within teams
More effective performance management
Improved problem-solving and innovation
Greater confidence in coaching and delegation
More consistent, people-focused management practice
Participants will leave this programme with greater confidence, stronger management capability and practical tools they can apply immediately in their role.
The result is more productive, influential and people-focused managers.
“Connect Three worked closely with our leadership team to design and deliver a management development programme that was practical, relevant and genuinely impactful in a complex operational setting.
Tennent’s
How we do what we do
Each programme builds on the capabilities developed in the previous stage, helping individuals strengthen their skills, expand their impact and prepare for greater responsibility.
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Glasgow Hub & Training Academy
2nd Floor, Rogart Street Campus
4 Rogart Street, Glasgow, G40 2AA
London Office
Scotland House, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS