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People Management Bootcamp
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People Management Bootcamp
The People Management Bootcamp is a comprehensive development experience designed to build the mindset, habits, and capabilities needed to lead effectively in today’s complex, peoplecentred workplace. Grounded in modern leadership principles and organisational psychology, the programme blends practical tools, peer learning, experiential activities, and selfreflection to help people managers strengthen their leadership identity and create conditions for team success.
Through a sequence of five interconnected modules, managers explore the full spectrum of people leadership. They begin by establishing the foundations of transformational people management, learning how to step confidently into the manager role, set expectations, and lead with clarity and purpose. From there, they deepen their competence in team dynamics and collaboration, discovering how to build trust, navigate conflict, and create effective rhythms for hybrid teamwork.
The journey continues with managing performance and feedback, where participants practise setting meaningful goals, giving behaviourbased feedback, and navigating difficult conversations with empathy and accountability. They then expand into coaching, growth, and career conversations, developing the ability to unlock potential, cocreate development plans, and support meaningful career progression. The bootcamp culminates with wellbeing, safeguarding, and psychological safety, equipping managers to foster inclusive, safe, and healthy environments where people feel respected, supported, and able to perform at their best.
More than a training course, the bootcamp emphasises behavioural change and practical application. Through handson exercises, reflection, and ongoing development planning, managers build sustainable habits and a leadership approach rooted in selfawareness, compassion, accountability, and equitable people practices. By the end of the programme, participants will have a holistic toolkit to lead motivated, collaborative, and resilient teams that deliver meaningful results.
Target Audience : New people managers (Minimum Group- 10 Participants)
Format : Online, self-paced with peer learning
Approach : Practical tools, reflection, experiential activities
Bring your team on board! Organizations can participate with a minimum of 10 participants. Contact us at pm.development@undp.org to find out about teh fees and how to get started.
Modules
Transformational People Management
- By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between the role of an individual contributor and a people manager, articulating the mindset and behavioral shifts required.
- Apply empowerment practices to foster shared ownership and distribute decisionmaking within their teams.
- Establish clear expectations and boundaries, communicating them in ways that support accountability and trust.
- Navigate complexity and change, using adaptive leadership strategies to guide teams through uncertainty.
Leading Teams & Collaboration
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Build trust within teams, creating the foundation for high performance and psychological safety.
- Lead hybrid and remote teams effectively, selecting collaboration rituals and digital practices that enhance cohesion.
- Facilitate constructive conflict resolution, using structured approaches to surface tensions and move toward solutions.
- Drive clarity in team decision‑making, ensuring roles, responsibilities and processes are understood and agreed upon.
Managing Performance & Feedback
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Set meaningful performance goals that connect individual contributions to organizational outcomes.
- Embed continuous feedback practices into daily work through timely, behavior-based conversations.
- Conduct performance reviews that balance accountability with growth.
- Manage underperformance proactively, using behavior-based frameworks and structured difficult conversations to support improvement.
Coaching, Growth and Career Conversations
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Recognize when to coach vs. direct, applying coaching techniques to unlock team potential.
- Co-create Individual Development Plans aligned with organisational expectations and tailored to supervisee’s aspirations.
- Lead effective talent and career conversations, enabling supervisees to explore pathways and identify growth opportunities.
- Model a growth mindset, fostering a culture where experimentation, learning and reflection are valued.
Wellbeing, Safeguarding & Psychological Safety
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Promote psychological safety, ensuring all team members feel included, respected and able to speak up.
- Identify and mitigate biases, using reflective practices to create more equitable team environments.
- Apply safeguarding and anti harassment standards in daily leadership practice, ensuring a respectful and compliant workplace.
- Integrate wellbeing considerations into team routines, proactively supporting workload balance and mental health.
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