Course : Managing colleagues following a promotion

succeed in your new role

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. ANC
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Managing colleagues following a promotion

succeed in your new role



The appointment of an ex-colleague as manager represents a major change, and attitudes of resistance to change can develop within the team. The new manager needs to know how to establish his or her position and develop actions that facilitate acceptance and trust.


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  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




The appointment of an ex-colleague as manager represents a major change, and attitudes of resistance to change can develop within the team. The new manager needs to know how to establish his or her position and develop actions that facilitate acceptance and trust.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Take stock of your strengths and weaknesses for this new position
Creating the conditions for a successful appointment announcement
Successfully positioning yourself with colleagues
Asserting your authority to influence
Establish the conditions for effective day-to-day management, particularly when dealing with delicate situations.

Intended audience
All employees who have recently been promoted to a managerial position within their team.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Role-playing and case studies to help you transfer what you learn to the field. Feedback from experience.

Course schedule

1
Define your talents and areas of development for this new position

  • Identify new missions.
  • Identify your strengths and weaknesses in relation to your future responsibilities.
  • Take stock of your management styles.
  • Identify how to adapt your management style to different personality types.
Hands-on work
Self-diagnosis of management styles.

2
Preparing for a successful appointment announcement

  • What form should the announcement take?
  • When and how to tell the team?
  • Negotiate a team takeover plan or approach with N+1.
  • Have his N+1 specify the detailed content of his new missions and his roadmap.
Hands-on work
Draw up an action plan for the team's recovery, to be validated by its n+1.

3
Successfully positioning yourself with new colleagues

  • Be introduced by your n+1 to successfully pass the relay.
  • Speak up during the presentation.
  • Outline the team takeover process.
  • Detail your new missions and roadmap.
  • Announce meetings as part of this process.
Role-playing
Speaking at the n+1 appointment announcement to former colleagues.

4
Asserting your authority to influence

  • Conduct individual interviews.
  • Conduct meetings to present and organize the team project.
  • Conduct team project launch and follow-up meetings.
  • Establish operating rules with your N+1 to establish your legitimacy.
  • Dealing with resistant employees.
  • Dealing with close ex-colleagues.
Role-playing
Conduct a (re)framing interview with a reluctant or [[close]] employee.

5
Creating the conditions for effective day-to-day management

  • Project management.
  • Determine team organization and operating rules.
  • Allocate tasks.
  • Adapt your management style to each personality type.
Role-playing
Present the team project and give a common vision to the new team.


Customer reviews
4,8 / 5
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AURELIE P.
16/03/26
5 / 5

to have the same teaching materials as the facilitator
YASMINA S.
16/03/26
5 / 5

The practical examples given by the trainer helped me to better understand the content of this training course.
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16/03/26
5 / 5

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Publication date : 06/11/2025



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.

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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 14 Sep., 16 Nov.

2027 : 22 Mar., 22 Mar., 14 Oct., 14 Oct., 6 Dec., 6 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 14 Sep., 16 Nov.

2027 : 22 Mar., 14 Oct., 6 Dec.



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.