Stepping into management is one of the biggest shifts in any career — and most people make it without any real preparation. Your success stops depending on your own output and starts depending on how well you lead, delegate, prioritise and communicate through others, and that's exactly where new managers stumble. This course gets you ready for that shift before you make it.
Across six modules you build the manager's core toolkit: earning trust and credibility with a new team, including former peers, prioritising under competing demands, delegating without losing accountability, and handling coaching, feedback and difficult conversations with confidence — plus using AI responsibly as a management tool. You finish with a complete, personalised 90-Day Management Plan you can take straight into your first management role.
This TSIBA short course is delivered in partnership with Alwin Education Ltd. Alwin Education is a UK based digitally native network of locally accredited higher-education institutions that focus on expanding access, strengthening quality, and aligning every programme to labour-market demand. This course is aimed at giving working professionals a practical, career-focused learning experience underpinned by rigorous academic standards.
Not just a certificate, but a practical, personalised plan built module by module. A readiness assessment, a trust-building plan, a delegation plan and a conversation plan brought together into one plan you can use
including former peers, by building psychological safety and a 30-Day Trust-Building Plan for a realistic workplace scenario
use goal-setting and prioritisation techniques, including the Eisenhower Matrix, and build a decision-making method that's genuinely your own
match work to people's capabilities and development needs, set clear expectations, and monitor progress without micromanaging
practise a real management conversation, including a rehearsal with an AI role-play partner, before you're in the room
know where it sharpens your planning and decisions, and where your own judgement has to stay in charge
You are on track for a management role and want to arrive prepared rather than learning on the job.
Typical job titles: senior analyst, engineer, designer, accountant, sales representative, specialist.
You've just moved into your first management role and you want a practical playbook for your first 90 days rather than learning by trial and error.
Typical job titles: team leader, new manager, supervisor, department head.
You want evidence of management readiness you can put in front of a decision-maker.
Typical job titles: project coordinator, supervisor, senior specialist, team coordinator.
Orientation module + 6 modules + capstone. Each module runs one week at 4-6 hours.
Understand what actually changes when you move from individual contributor to manager. You’ll explore the managerial mindset and the difference between leadership and management.
Output: a completed Management Readiness Assessment and two personal development goals that anchor the rest of the course.
Tackle the most delicate part of the transition: managing former peers, building psychological safety and establishing credibility with a new team.
Output: a 30-Day Trust-Building Plan for a realistic workplace scenario.
Learn to manage competing demands using goal-setting and prioritisation techniques, including the Eisenhower Matrix, alongside practical decision-making frameworks and responsible AI support for planning. You'll apply it all in a priority-planning simulation.
Output: a repeatable decision-making method of your own.
Master what, when and to whom to delegate — matching work to people's capabilities and development needs, setting clear expectations, and monitoring progress without micromanaging.
Output: a structured Delegation Plan that keeps accountability visible.
Build confidence in the conversations managers can't avoid: coaching versus directing, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and planning difficult performance discussions. You'll rehearse a real management conversation with an AI role-play partner.
Output: a finalised conversation plan.
Bring it all together with agility, human-centred leadership and continuous learning, and explore how AI supports planning, reflection and coaching — without replacing your judgement.
Output: a personal management development toolkit.
Integrate everything you've built - your readiness assessment, trust-building plan, prioritisation method, delegation plan and conversation plan - into a complete, personalised 90-Day Management Plan that demonstrates you're ready to lead.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Total course fee | R3,990 |
| Included | All course materials, facilitated online delivery, portfolio feedback |
| Group / employer enrolment | Price determined by group size |
A shorter, more affordable starting point - self-paced and fully online. Credits towards the full course if you continue. This course helps aspiring and first-time managers understand their new responsibilities, lead former peers, build credibility and create a team environment where people feel able to contribute. You’ll finish with a management readiness assessment, two development goals and a practical 30-day trust-building plan.
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Talk to Us About CohortsEvery participant graduates with a 90-Day Management Plan built for their actual context, one you can review with them and align to your business priorities.
Designed around a full working week: 4–6 hours per week, fully online, studied in short sessions.
Every participant works from the same tools and vocabulary
No — the course is built for aspiring first-time managers, newly promoted managers and professionals positioning for promotion alike.
4–6 hours a week across six weeks, plus an orientation module. Fully online.
A complete, personalised 90-Day Management Plan, built module by module from a readiness assessment, trust-building plan, delegation plan and conversation plan.
