New Managers
Overview
Build confidence, clarity and momentum as a manager.
Ready to move from doing to leading? New Managers is a highly practical, purpose‑built program empowering individual contributors to successfully transition to people management.
Designed as part of ANZSOG’s Professional Learning Series, it delivers rapid capability uplift at a critical career moment – building core management skills required for leading teams with greater confidence, clarity and purpose in public sector contexts.
By focusing on the real demands of first-time and early management, the program covers essential development areas, equipping you with highly relevant and practical skills for immediate application. These include:
providing direction
managing work and communication flows
navigating coaching and difficult conversations
For organisations, New Managers offers a targeted, cost-effective investment in growing your frontline leadership capability. Both high-impact and accessible, it strengthens role readiness and team performance in alignment with public sector capability frameworks, helping you to build a strong foundation for sustained capability growth across your agency or department.
Who It's For
Build confidence and capability as a leader.
New Managers is perfect for those new to leading teams, or with up to 18 months’ experience. You’ll learn how to balance technical expertise with people leadership, guiding teams through challenges and strengthening relationships.
Turn professional experience into leadership confidence
Build skills to manage people and performance
Lead teams and influence senior stakeholders
Learning Outcomes
Skills for leading with clarity and impact.
New Managers provides evidence-based learning that can be applied immediately to maximise your impact as a leader.
Develop your leadership style to engage productively with a diverse mix of work styles and situations.
Implement management systems and structures that provide team members with clear direction and support.
Apply strategies that foster elevated team commitment and performance.
Learning Experience
Learning designed for balance, focus and connection.
Flexible design for real-world learning
Delivered digitally across four live, three-hour workshops over four weeks, New Managers focuses on what good management looks like. Each week, apply new ideas at work, then reflect and refine with your peers.
Interactive, applied and fully supported
Led by experienced facilitators, you’ll dive into real cases, group discussions and peer coaching. Learn alongside colleagues from different jurisdictions and agencies – all in a confidential, high-trust environment.
Time to reflect and grow
Small cohorts create time and space to focus on what matters most. You’ll share real challenges and explore solutions that fit your workplace and your leadership journey.
Accessible and convenient for busy professionals
Benefit from a premium digital learning experience designed to fit around work commitments and time zones, making professional growth achievable wherever you are.
Learning Approach
Grounded in expertise, built for performance.
Topics Covered
Key People
Faculty & Presenters.
Success Stories
What participants say.
The discussions helped me see management differently – I left with confidence, practical strategies and a network I still connect with.New Managers ProgramParticipant
For Organisations
Support emerging leaders across your jurisdiction.
How to Register
Ready to join the program?
October 2026
(4 x 3 hr Sessions)
Session 1: 7 October (10:00am – 1:00pm AEDT)
Session 2: 14 October (10:00am – 1:00pm AEDT)
Session 3: 21 October (10:00am – 1:00pm AEDT)
Session 4: 28 October (10:00am – 1:00pm AEDT)