
Based on over 70,000 Organizations, 5 million Surveys and 47 Contests. Focused on Improving Performance, Engagement and Retention
Best Places to Work Management Essentials Training
“We partnered with LSA Global to help us invest in our people. LSA designed a modular and customized management curriculum that allows us to deliver top quality solutions to our managers and leaders.
We consider LSA to be our learning and development partner and our LSA consultants to be an extension of our team.”
Lisa Bruun | SVP Human Resources | Ellie Mae, Inc.
“We consistently receive outstanding feedback about the quality of LSA’s Management Essentials Training Programs. LSA always aligns their solutions to our unique culture to meet our very specific requirements.
Thank you for regularly going above and beyond!”
Anna Meyer | VP Human Resources | Intuit
Even with the recent buzz around holacracies and self-managed work teams, the number of managers, the importance of management and the investment in management development is still growing.
We believe this is driven by flatter organizational structures intended to give managers wider responsibility over more employees in the hopes of decreasing costs while increasing performance, decision making and information flow.
But, according to research by McKinsey:
This is bad news. Bad managers make bad companies. The good news is that high performing managers make high performing companies.
According to Gallup, companies with higher performing managers realize a 48% increase in profitability, a 22% increase in productivity, a 30% increase in employee engagement, a 17% increase in customer engagement scores, and a 19% decrease in turnover.
Our people manager assessment center data and Best Places to Work research based upon over 500,000 annual employee engagement surveys, tells us that managers have a direct impact on four key metrics:
Based on Best Places to Work research with over 70,000 organizations and over 20 years of working with managers and their teams, our customized and highly experiential Management Essentials Training workshop uses small learning teams to help first-level managers improve those four management success metrics.
The results of the survey combined with interviews and what matters most for your unique situation drive the workshop design.
Participants’ insights, enhanced by practical management tools, targeted feedback, and peer coaching become pragmatic management strategies that can transfer directly back to the work environment.
Our Proven 5-Step Methodology – cont.
Example core modules include:
The follow-up data is reviewed in order to reinforce improvements and identify areas for further progress and on-going coaching.
Target Audience
First-level people managers and supervisors who want to improve employee performance, engagement, and retention in organizations who want to create one of the Best Places to Work.
To learn more about how to lift the performance of your people managers, please contact us.
Unlike generic management courses, this research-backed program is built on insights from over 70,000 organizations, 5 million employee surveys, and decades of performance data. The training is highly experiential, customized to your business realities, and focused on improving the four management metrics that matter most — employee performance, engagement, retention, and employee relations.
This program is designed for first-level managers, supervisors, and emerging people leaders who want to strengthen their ability to lead teams, improve accountability, increase employee engagement, and retain top talent. It is especially valuable for organizations seeking to create a high-performance culture and become an employer of choice.
Core modules typically include manager effectiveness, alignment with goals, employee recognition, retention risk, team effectiveness, trust-building, communication, and performance coaching. Each workshop is tailored to address the organization’s unique culture, business strategy, and management challenges.
The training includes action planning, peer coaching, follow-up coaching sessions, and re-survey assessments to reinforce behavior change and measure progress over time. Participants leave with practical tools, measurable goals, and a customized management action plan designed to create lasting impact back at work.
Organizations with highly effective managers consistently outperform competitors in profitability, productivity, employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and retention. Stronger managers can help increase profitability by 48%, improve productivity by 22%, and reduce turnover by 19%.
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