Leadership Edge Live

Your first HR hire can't fix your managers

You grew from 40 people to 300. Nobody taught the supervisors how to supervise.

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ONLINE, 30-MINUTES SESSIONS. NO TRAVEL. NO CONSULTANTS.

What this looks like

The owner is still the escalation path

01

Everyone wears every hat

With limited staff, everyone must juggle multiple roles; often stretching focus, time, and expertise.

02

Everything routes back to the owner

Supervisors bring problems, not decisions. You are stretched too thin.

03

HR is one person, part-time

Your one HR hire is buried in payroll. Coaching waits.

04

Good people quit for small reasons

Not pay. Nobody ever told them where they stood.

What it costs you

  • Replacing one employee: half their salary
  • You work 24x7 on tasks that you don't love
  • First-year turnover, again and again
  • Growth stalls; nobody can run teams
A manager at a desk working through replacement costs on a calculator

0.5x–2x

The cost of replacing one employee, compared to their annual salary — even by a conservative estimate.

Gallup, 2019

How it works

Small doses, real work, no travel

  1. 1

    Find the gaps

    A short assessment shows what people need.

  2. 2

    Start with one course

    Pick a course. 30-minutes a week, online.

  3. 3

    Add coaching for more impact

    Bring a real challenge and your coach will help you solve it.

  4. 4

    Continue to learn

    Stack courses over a year, not one offsite.

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Learning path

Where to start

Six ways in. Pick the one that matches who you're developing.

New leaders

Your First Time Managing

First-time supervisors at companies without formal training

There's no HR department to call and no formal training, so this path gives you the basics of setting expectations, delegating, and handling performance yourself.

  1. 1New Leader Boot Camp4 Weeks
  2. 2Adapting Your Leadership Style3 Weeks
  3. 3Delegating for Development3 Weeks
  4. 4Giving Feedback Through On-the-Spot Development Conversations3 Weeks
  5. 5Driving Results Through Goal Setting3 Weeks
  6. 6Performance Management3 Weeks

6 courses

Experienced leaders

Running It Without You

Owners, GMs, and directors who now manage managers

The owner still signs off on everything and growth is outpacing the structure; this path prepares a team of independent leaders.

  1. 1Today’s Leadership Challenges - The Experienced Leader Boot Camp3 Weeks
  2. 2Leading Leaders3 Weeks
  3. 3Fundamentals of Strategic Planning3 Weeks
  4. 4Financial Intelligence5 Weeks
  5. 5Leading Change4 Weeks

5 courses

Communication and conflict

Clearing the Air

Managers in close-quarters teams where tension spreads fast

In a small company you can't avoid anyone, so this path helps you raise the tough issue early instead of letting it sour the whole office.

  1. 1Emotional Triggers3 Weeks
  2. 2Managing Emotions3 Weeks
  3. 3Improve Communication Through the 4P Personality Styles4 Weeks
  4. 4Assertiveness Skills3 Weeks
  5. 5Conquering Conflict3 Weeks

5 courses

Developing people

Growing Talent In-House

Owners and managers building a bench without recruiters

You can't outbid bigger firms on salary, so this path helps you coach, engage, and promote from within before your best people start looking elsewhere.

  1. 1Developing Others: Your Top Priority3 Weeks
  2. 2Collaborative Coaching Conversations4 Weeks
  3. 3The Mentoring Mindset3 Weeks
  4. 4True Empowerment3 Weeks
  5. 5Building Employee Engagement3 Weeks
  6. 6Succession Planning Principles3 Weeks

6 courses

Built for your situation

Hiring Without an HR Team

Owners and managers who hire without HR support

One bad hire costs a ten-person company far more than it costs a big one, so this path covers interviewing, onboarding, and holding the standard.

  1. 1Competency and Behavioral-Based Interviewing5 Weeks
  2. 2Developing Positive Relationships at Work3 Weeks
  3. 3Creating a Culture of Trust3 Weeks
  4. 4Performance Management3 Weeks

4 courses

Built for your situation

Building Structure as You Grow

Owners and leaders adding people faster than process

Growth is outpacing your systems and everything still runs through the owner, so this path builds the planning, priorities, and meeting habits that scale.

  1. 1SOAR Analysis3 Weeks
  2. 2Turn Your Ideas into Results3 Weeks
  3. 3Practical Project Management5 Weeks
  4. 4Balancing Priorities5 Weeks
  5. 5Masterfully Managing Meetings3 Weeks

5 courses

Built for your situation

Making It Stick

Managers who assign work and end up doing it themselves

Nothing holds without a clear expectation and a follow-up, so this path builds the habits that keep work owned by the person who took it on.

  1. 1Driving Results Through Goal Setting3 Weeks
  2. 2Delegating for Development3 Weeks
  3. 3Giving Feedback Through On-the-Spot Development Conversations3 Weeks
  4. 4Performance Management3 Weeks
  5. 5Creating a Culture of Trust3 Weeks

5 courses

Built for your situation

Making Change Land

Managers asked to roll out a change they did not design

Change stalls at the manager's door, so this path covers explaining the why, handling pushback, and holding the new way until it sticks.

  1. 1Leading Change4 Weeks
  2. 2Developing a Growth Mindset3 Weeks
  3. 3Managing Emotions3 Weeks
  4. 4Influence Without Authority3 Weeks
  5. 5Weathering the Storm: Learning to Be Resilient4 Weeks
  6. 6Strengthening Teams Through Communication5 Weeks

6 courses

Start with one supervisor and one problem

Tell us what's breaking. We'll point you at one course and one place to start.

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