Becoming an Agile Manager in a Complex World

Management & LeadershipConfidence & Self-AwarenessManagers≈ 15 min

Key skill: Leadership & vision

Summary

Since 1910, managers have taken on seven roles (boss, chief, coach, facilitator...) and must hold contradictory demands: innovate without changing the rules, empower without allowing room for error. This module helps you navigate these paradoxes with agility.

Target audience

Managers looking to acquire the fundamentals of management.

Learning objectives

The manager's roles have evolved and intensified to the point of becoming an almost impossible mission.
Grasp the complexity of the manager's role within a company that is itself grappling with complexity.
Face the 5 management paradoxes that make this role so challenging (and so exciting!)
Take on the 7 new challenges asked of managers, which demand agility and resilience

Module outline

StorytellingAn exploration of how the manager's role has evolved since 1910, and the complex, contradictory challenges they face
ArticlesParadoxes in the workplace: analysis and key figures · The club sandwich of manager responsibilities
Expert videoExploring the manager's many hats and the paradoxes they face
AnchoringQuiz and True/False to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

Models & methods

Managerial club sandwich; the 7 manager roles (1910-2020); management paradoxes; the MacGyver syndrome (doing more with less).

Research-based

Model of the seven manager roles (1910 to 2020) attributed to the Innovation Managériale website.