Managing With Impact

Equip managers with tools they can use every day to lead effective meetings, give feedback that builds trust, and create a culture where people perform.

The challenge for today's leaders

Managers shape the daily experience of work more than any other role. Yet most step into management with little or no training. They are promoted for past performance, then left to figure out how to lead on their own.

The results are costly. One-to-one meetings are inconsistent, team meetings lack focus, and feedback is avoided or delivered poorly. Employees disengage, conflict grows, and top performers leave. Without the right support, managers end up adding risk rather than driving results.

What this workshop covers

Managing With Impact gives managers a framework and practical tools they can apply immediately.

The session begins with self-awareness as a manager. Participants explore their own behavioural style and how it shapes the way they lead. They learn to recognise strengths and cautions, and how these show up in everyday management.

We then move to the manager’s most visible responsibilities: meetings and feedback.

  • One-to-One Meetings: How to run 1:1s that strengthen relationships, create accountability, and focus on employee priorities rather than just the manager’s agenda.
  • Team Meetings: How to design meetings with clear outcomes, balanced input, and shared ownership so time together drives collaboration and alignment.
  • Feedback: How to give and receive feedback in ways that build trust and drive improvement, using the TRUST framework (Truthful, Respectful, Understanding, Situational, Takeaways).

Throughout, participants apply the concepts to real scenarios from their teams. They leave with tools, templates, and a management system they can use the next day.

What makes our workshops different

Supporting managers is not optional. It is the fastest way to improve engagement, reduce turnover, and drive day-to-day performance.

75%

75% of employees leave jobs because of their manager, not the role itself.

23%

Organisations that invest in manager development see 23% higher employee engagement.

39%

Effective 1:1s and feedback are linked to up to 39% higher employee performance.

Trusted by leaders worldwide

The Predictive Index® has been used for more than 60 years to help leaders make better people decisions. Today it is applied in over 10,000 organisations across 90 countries, available in 70+ languages, with more than 38 million assessments completed.

What you gain from our workshop

After this workshop, participants walk away with:

Management toolkit

A management toolkit with templates and methods for 1:1s, team meetings, and feedback.

TRUST model

The TRUST model for feedback, giving managers a structured way to deliver feedback that builds trust and drives improvement.

Action plan

An action plan for their own team, created during the workshop, so managers leave with specific next steps to put into practice immediately.

Book this workshop

This workshop is available in-person or virtually, as a half-day or modular programme. Every session is facilitated by a People Optimiser consultant and designed specifically around your organisation’s managers and leadership culture.

Managing With Impact equips managers with the skills and tools to lead effectively every day. The result is higher engagement, stronger retention, and teams that perform.