Overview/Description
You work for The Electric Car Company. Recently your boss, Sonya Black, promoted you to Marketing Manager. Your main focus is now on managing the activities of others.
You'll initially find that some of your coworkers' expectations of you have changed. Some of your former colleagues will have trouble accepting your promotion, and you will need to respond appropriately to their negative reactions. This will involve confronting and overcoming their concerns and behaviors. You will also need to resolve conflict between team members.
As a new manager, you will need to resist the temptation to continue doing your old job. When Sonya assigns your team to handle the launch of your company's newest electric car, you will need to effectively delegate the tasks involved, resisting the urge to do most of the work yourself. To ensure the success of the launch, you will have to motivate your team members. This will require you to listen and respond to the individual needs of each of your team members.
This simulation is based on the Moving into Management series and contains links to the following SkillSoft courses: mgmt_03_a02_bs_enus, mgmt_03_a03_bs_enus, mgmt_03_a04_bs_enus.
Target Audience
Anyone who is about to be promoted or who has just been promoted to a first management or supervisory role.