Developing Managers in a Blue Collar Environment

You promoted someone good on the tools. Now they’re in charge of the crew. And things get weird. They don’t want to correct their buddy. They don’t want to report problems. They try to do it all themselves. Or they wait for someone else to handle it. That’s not a bad person. That’s a person […]

Individual Management Training: Build the Skills Every Leader Needs

You’ve worked hard for your promotion and are settling into your new individual management leadership role, but something still feels off. Could you have handled that disagreement between team members more effectively? Did you communicate your expectations clearly enough? Is it obvious to others that you’re not 100% confident in today’s decision? These questions are […]

Group Management Training: Empower Your Leadership Team

You’re in a room filled with your company’s top-performing leaders for team-based leadership training. Before you can raise your hand to ask another question, your colleague poses a question you would have never considered. Later in the session, you find yourself troubleshooting a challenge by bouncing ideas off a team member from another department. They […]

Management Styles: 4 Common Effective Leadership Styles

Do you draw inspiration for your management styles from a past role model in your career? Maybe you felt empowered by a boss who listened to your experience, felt supported by a mentor that gave you clear instructions when you were brand new in the industry, or felt inspired to push beyond your self-doubt and […]

The Root of Conflict: Part 2

While conflict is inevitable, a good manager will know how to spot the signs of conflict before it gets out of hand and be well-versed in tools to combat and stop conflict in its tracks. As discussed in Part 1, there are four main types of conflict in the workplace. A good manager can learn […]

How Managers Can Learn By Doing

With job creation on the rise, the increased need for new managers follows. Unfortunately, in recent data collected by the Harvard Business Review, the average age of first-time managers is 30, while the average age managers are receiving leadership training is 42. This time gap can lead to workplace complications and a greater sense by […]

How Do We Work with Generation Y?

“Tradition, tradition! Tradition!” – Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof Management styles of yore still lurk in the hallways of business big and small all around the world today. However, with Generation Y beginning to take a larger stake in those same businesses, it may be time for managers to take a look at those […]

Is Online Management Training Right for Me?

Name the employee you anticipate will step into a significant leadership role in your company. What if you scheduled a leadership training seminar through Front Line Leadership and he called in sick the morning of the program? What if a manager looked forward to the program so that she could grow in her leadership position, […]