Finish with a practical plan for stepping into management
Complete a management readiness self-assessment, set two focused development goals and create a 30-day trust-building plan tailored to your workplace situation.
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Foundations of Leadership
Self-paced - start anytime · 2 weeks + orientation
2-4 hrs / week · R990
2-4 hrs / week · R990
#2Ranked skill SA employers want in 2025: leadership & social influence*
2 WeeksTo a 30-day trust-building plan
Course Overview
A first management role can quickly erode confidence and team trust when the shift from doing the work to enabling others is left unexplained. In this course, you examine how your responsibilities, priorities, accountability and measures of success change when you become a manager. You learn to distinguish between leadership and management, decide what different workplace situations require, and build credibility when managing people who were previously your peers.
Through practical workplace scenarios, you develop the judgement to set fair expectations, create psychological safety and use timely, specific feedback to strengthen performance and trust. You finish with a management readiness assessment, two focused development goals and a practical 30-day trust-building plan tailored to a real workplace situation.
Delivered in Partnership with Alwin Education LTD
This TSIBA 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.
By the end of this course, you will...
Understand what changes when you become a manager
How responsibilities, priorities, accountability and measures of success shift from individual contributor to manager, and how to make decisions with the team’s outcomes in view rather than your own output
Know when to lead, when to manage and when to do both
Assess real workplace situations and choose the approach needed to provide direction, support people and deliver results.
Build credibility with people who were once your peers
Set clear boundaries, apply expectations fairly, create psychological safety and use timely, specific feedback to build trust and motivation.
Who is this course for?
About to be promoted, or newly promoted
The step from doing the work to being accountable for other people’s work is the biggest change in a career, and it usually arrives with a new title and no handover.
Typical job titles: senior analyst, team leader, supervisor, project coordinator, technical specialist.
First time manager
You were promoted from inside the team, and the relationships that made you good at the job are suddenly the hardest part of it.
Typical job titles: team leader, shift supervisor, assistant manager, acting manager, department lead.
Managed for a while, never shown how
You picked it up by imitation and instinct, it mostly works, and you want to know what good management is actually made of before a harder situation tests it.
Typical job titles: operations manager, branch manager, practice manager, store manager, small business owner.
Curriculum
Orientation module + 2 modules. Each module runs one week at 2-4 hours.
ORIENTATIONGet set up before module content begins
01Stepping into Leadership: Understanding the Role of a Manager
Start with what an effective managerial mindset actually involves — accountability, informed decision-making, delegating and monitoring progress — and how that differs from the mindset of a strong individual contributor. Then work through how responsibilities, priorities and measures of success change on the move to manager, and how to tell whether a situation calls for leading, managing, or both.
Output: a management readiness self-assessment and two development goals.
02Building Trust and Credibility as a New Manager
Work through managing former peers professionally — setting boundaries, applying expectations fairly, communicating clearly — and how everyday managerial behaviour builds psychological safety, so people feel able to ask questions, raise concerns and admit mistakes. Then look at how credibility accumulates through reliability, honesty, preparation and follow-through, and at feedback as the tool that keeps expectations and motivation consistent.
Output: a 30-day trust-building plan for a workplace scenario.
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What You Finish With
A management readiness self-assessment, two development goals and a 30-day trust-building plan
Fees & Payment
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Total course fee | R990 |
| Included | All course materials |
| Group / employer enrolment | Price determined by group size |
Becoming a Manager
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
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Build ready managers before you need them
The most common way organisations create managers is also the riskiest: promote the strongest individual contributor and hope the people skills follow. This course closes that gap in 2 to 4 hours a week across two weeks, fully online — participants work on their own situation, not a case study.
Talk to Us About CohortsA plan you can read, not just a completion tick
Each participant produces a management readiness self-assessment, two development goals and a 30-day trust-building plan.
Built around a full working week
2 to 4 hours a week, fully online, across two weeks. No travel, no days out of the business, no cover to arrange.
One shared method across the team
The same language for the manager’s role, the same understanding of psychological safety, the same approach to feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start?
Anytime - this is a self-paced micro course with no fixed intake dates. Enrol and begin your orientation module whenever suits you.
Do I need to already be a manager to take this course?
No — it’s built for people about to be promoted, newly promoted, or managing for a while without formal training. You’ll work from your own real situation throughout.
How much time does the course take each week?
2-4 hours a week across 2 weeks, plus an orientation module. Fully online.
What do I walk away with?
A management readiness self-assessment, two development goals and a 30-day trust-building plan for a real workplace situation.
Can my employer enrol a group?
Yes - cohorts can be enrolled for a team. Group pricing determined by group size.