UC Berkeley's: New Manager Boot Camp

The Art and Science of Effective Management

You've worked hard to develop expertise in your field, and you've been rewarded with a management position that brings a new set of challenges. Mastering the art and science of effective management requires an additional set of skills – beyond what got you here. Unlock the full potential of your team, and yourself, at UC Berkeley's New Manager Boot Camp.

This intensive management training program is designed specifically for recently promoted engineers and scientists who want to excel as leaders in the dynamic high tech and life sciences industries. The program includes a combination of lectures, case studies, and individual and group exercises designed to give you tools that will immediately enhance your ability to lead effectively. Award-winning faculty and industry leaders from the worlds of high tech and life sciences will team up in this two and a half day program to ensure you are ready to face the following challenges:

• Engaging and inspiring others
• Assembling and retaining the best talent
• Prioritizing and making quality decisions
• Navigating your organization’s unique power structure to get things done
• Mastering the art of personal, group, and remote communications

The program also provides a unique opportunity for a peer-networking forum, facilitating cross-pollination of ideas and best practices.

Dr. Homa Bahrami, Faculty Director, Introducing the New Manager Boot Camp

Location

The program will be held at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley which was recently ranked the #1 full-time MBA program in the United States by The Economist.

Program Topics

• Leading and Developing Others: How do you ensure that your team members are excited about their work, the team, the company? How do you manage difficult people? What do you do about conflicts between team members? How do you lead people who were your peers yesterday?
• Team Structure: How many people can you effectively manage? How do you determine roles for team members? How do you manage dispersed, multi-cultural teams? What is technology's impact on organizational structure and business processes?
• Time Management: How do you balance team management, planning for the future, and day-to-day decision making? How do you keep your team focused without micromanaging?
• Hiring and Firing: How do you find good people and assess if they are a fit for your team? How do you take action when you have a poor fit -- quickly, professionally, and without threat of lawsuit?
• Communicating Effectively: How do you harness the power of communication?

Who Should Attend

The UC Berkeley New Manager Boot Camp was designed to jump start the management careers of engineers and scientists who have been recently promoted into supervisory roles. The program is also ideal for engineers or scientists considering future roles in management.