Course : Line Managers

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. MPX
Price : 2080 CHF E.T.

Line Managers



Required course



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IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. MPX
  3d - 21h00
2080 CHF E.T.






Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Identify your role and responsibilities as a line manager
Adapting your managerial style to situations
Get employees involved and feeling committed
Develop the team members' autonomy to motivate them
Manage difficult situations

Course schedule

1
Roles and missions of the direct manager

  • Knowing your role, missions, and objectives.
  • Developing managerial expertise: Distinguishing technical skills and managerial skills.
  • Discovering the added value of a direct manager.
  • Restoring the importance and role of humanity in the managerial function.
Hands-on work
Group discussions and in large groups, case studies.

2
The power of the direct manager

  • Identifying sources of power.
  • Knowing the constraints and limits of power.
  • Understanding relationship mechanisms and power games between manager and employees.
  • Developing your authority and leadership: Balancing firm decisions and relational flexibility.
  • Getting your employees to commit to the department's/company's values, decisions, and projects.
  • Getting employees involved and instilling mutual trust: Group and individual management tools.
Hands-on work
Individual thinking through reverse perception.

3
Effective behavior: Situational management

  • Basic principles, objectives, advantages, and limits of different management styles.
  • Identifying your style: Self-assessment and case study.
  • Improving and adapting your style to different situations, contexts, and employees.
Hands-on work
Individual self-diagnosis of your dominant style based on standard case studies.

4
Developing employee autonomy

  • Understanding autonomy mechanisms: Skills and involvement.
  • Measuring employee autonomy.
  • Identifying and acting on motivation drivers.
Hands-on work
Individual interview scenarios.

5
Recognizing successes to encourage others

  • Understanding the failure or success spiral.
  • Recognizing successes to encourage others.
  • Positioning yourself as a facilitator of successes.
  • Using effective signs of recognition.
Hands-on work
Impact study of signs of recognition through reverse perception.

6
Difficult situations

  • Understanding how conflicts began and taking a step back.
  • Learning how conflicts escalate.
  • Better managing your own emotions, thoughts, and tensions.
Hands-on work
Role-playing of concrete cases provided by participants.


Customer reviews
4,7 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
GWENDOLINE B.
09/02/26
5 / 5

Very informative content illustrated by numerous examples.
ABOUBAKAR C.
09/02/26
5 / 5

A TRAINER LIKE CHRISTOPHE THE TOP NUMBER 1 ON THE PODIUM
GRÉGORY C.
09/02/26
5 / 5

Very interesting and very dense, I hope to be able to quickly apply all the concepts presented during the course.



Dates and locations
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Remote class

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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 13 Apr., 13 Apr., 27 May, 6 July, 10 Aug., 10 Aug., 14 Sep., 12 Oct., 12 Oct., 2 Nov., 30 Nov., 14 Dec.

LAUSANNE
2026 : 6 July, 12 Oct.

GENÈVE
2026 : 6 July, 12 Oct.