Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager
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Information Technology (IT) managers require a specific skillset to properly create, oversee, and motivate their teams. This workshop provides the enhanced capabilities necessary to move from a subject matter expert to a role more in line with leadership. From developing an inspiring vision and empowering members to reach it, to meeting deadlines and evaluating results.
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$1,195.00
Aug 13 - Aug 14, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago- VILT
- Nov 19 - Nov 20, 2026
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago
- VILT
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This course has been approved for 14 PDUs | 14 CDUs
Understand how to make a smooth transition into management
Develop your authentic leadership style
Engage and empower staff to achieve excellence
Build high-performing, collaborative teams
Apply delegation best practices
Attract and retain great staff
Who should attend Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager Course
IT Professionals Transitioning to Management
IT Professionals who expect to or who have recently transitioned into a management role will benefit from this course.
Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager Course Outline
- Defining Success
- Developing Leadership Competencies
- Acting as Leader, Liaison, Figurehead
- Monitor, Disseminator, and Spokesperson
- Allocating Resources
- Acting Entrepreneurially
- Negotiating and Handling Disturbances
- Collaboration & Teams
- Creating, Facilitating, and Maintaining Teams
- Building a Team through Culture, Human to Human Relationships, Effective Communication, and Setting and Meeting Goals & Objectives
- Modern, Autonomous, Self-Organizing, and Cross-Functional Teams
- Building People with Challenging Work
- Willingness to Delegate
- Delegating Successfully - Preparing and Researching, Clarifying the Intent of the Task, Planning Your Delegation, Delegating Responsibility and Empowering Your Staff to Take Action, and Providing Ongoing Support and Oversight
- Attracting and Keeping Great People
- Managing Performance
- Knowing Your Staff
- Checking Assumptions
- Engaging Your Team
- Leading and Coaching for Success
- Managing Disruption
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FAQs on Transitioning into Leadership for an IT Manager
IT professionals who have recently transitioned into a management role or expect to move into one soon. It’s designed for those needing foundational leadership skills specific to managing IT teams.
Participants will learn to transition smoothly into management, develop an authentic leadership style, engage and empower staff, build high-performing collaborative teams, apply delegation best practices, and attract and retain top talent.
The course covers leadership competencies and roles, team collaboration and culture-building, effective delegation strategies, and techniques for managing performance and engaging staff to retain great employees.
No formal prerequisites are listed; the course is intended for IT professionals moving into or newly established in a management role, regardless of prior formal leadership training.
You’ll gain skills in acting as a leader, liaison, and spokesperson, resource allocation, negotiation, team-building, delegation, and strategies for engaging and retaining high-performing staff.