While employees are the people who keep the ground running, senior management serves as the guiding light to take the organization’s goals to realisation.
It is important to groom next-gen leaders through senior management training so that they can take over responsibilities easily and understand expectations surrounding senior management leadership roles.
Being a good employee is one skill, but being in leadership roles and managing diverse teams requires a completely different outlook.
As a senior management consultant, I have delivered multiple senior management training and keynote speeches. In this article, we will delve deep into the reasons why senior management leadership is important and how I conduct them to bring out the best in any individual
How can senior management impact an organization’s culture?
Poor leadership skills and a workplace filled with conflict is a recipe for employee turnover, poor work output and, finally unhappy customers.
I once had an employee hand over his resignation letter to me. Upon close discussion, I realized that he had a lot of perceived notions about his management team and how he was being criticized and treated poorly. This shows how leaders play a crucial role in retaining talent
Some of the ways in which senior managers impact workplace culture include:
Promote open dialogue: It is vital for leaders to encourage free communication and willingness to listen to employee grievances or opinions.
A good leadership team helps to foster innovative ideas with regular brainstorming sessions with its subordinates to make them feel heard, encourage new ideas and to keep an eye out for top performers.
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Recognize Contribution and Celebrate Success: With a highly skilled senior management team, one can hope to be recognized for significant contributions and get consistent feedback on work done. This in turn helps motivate employees to perform better and with a positive mindset.
In fact, positive leadership also ensures fair compensation policies and rewards those with high potential. This helps to retain employee trust and improves productivity
Prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness: This is a no-brainer for organizations today hoping to make it big and be accepted by different communities at large.
With a diverse workforce including a good balance of female and male recruits, and differently-abled candidates, organizations put them in the good light of their customers which in turn helps them stay in the limelight.
Senior leaders need to be sensitive about matters concerning equality and inclusiveness in the workplace and ensure that there is zero tolerance towards harassment or bullying.
Champion workplace well-being programs: Senior management must take care of its employees. Developing clear and defined policies around long and short-term leaves, such as parental leaves, sabbaticals, and/or family emergencies, creates an inherent trust among employees
Empathising with personal issues is a crucial role of any senior leader and fosters a harmonious workplace for all.
Benefits of Senior Management Training
In order to groom senior managers for taking on high performing teams and also enabling them with the tools and techniques needed, it is important to understand the benefits of senior management training.
Improvement in managerial capabilities: Although the benefits of senior management training is not seen outright, they are equipped with tools and strategies to bring radical changes to the workplace.
Improved decision-making skills: People in senior management roles often have to take quick and bold decisions based on facts and past experience. Training equips them to evaluate every situation carefully and make data-backed decisions with ease.
Increase in productivity: As time passes, senior managers are able to allocate resources effectively to critical tasks, manage time and ensure smooth project execution and delivery.
Reduced turnover rates: Strong leaders are able to keep their team motivated with constant support and challenging work, and build a strong team morale. This helps employees feel heard and understood, thereby reducing turnover.
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Roles and responsibilities of a senior consultant
Senior consultants are often tasked with solving pressing company problems. Some of their roles and responsibilities include:
- A thorough analysis of existing financial records, processes and charts to identify underlying issues
- Contribute to the company growth trajectory by contributing to important company decisions like mergers and acquisitions, tapping into new market segments, improving existing processes and recommending new policies.
- Conduct training for employees at different levels to manage a new change or drive expectations.
Why train with Ritu Singal ?
As a certified trainer and mentor, I have helped senior managers time and again with my structured training programs.
I have also been a senior consultant for multiple companies and have guided them towards improving company policies and processes for a faster growth trajectory.
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My unique training style includes listening to senior managers articulate their problems and I help them devise and brainstorm suitable solutions in a collaborative environment. This helps me to provide a more practical training approach rather than go through already prepared material.
If you are on the lookout for an experienced coach with diverse industry experience in Retail, finance, HR, manufacturing and many others, you are in the right place.
