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The transition from individual contributor to manager is one of the most significant shifts in a professional's career. Success in this role requires a new set of capabilities—from leading people and managing performance to influencing stakeholders and driving results through teams.
The Manager Accelerator Programme is designed to help emerging managers make this transition with confidence and effectiveness. Through a blend of behavioural assessments, experiential learning, simulations, practical tools, and workplace application, the programme equips participants with the mindset and skills required to succeed as people managers.
Focused on self-awareness, leadership, communication, performance management, decision-making, and team effectiveness, the programme accelerates the journey from high-performing individual contributor to capable and confident manager.
Furthermore, the FTM program incorporates action learning plans as a cornerstone of its design. After each module, participants are tasked with developing actionable plans that translate theoretical concepts into tangible strategies for implementation in their professional roles. These action learning plans serve as practical roadmaps for participants to apply their learning directly to their day-to-day responsibilities, driving continuous improvement and growth throughout the program.
By leveraging experiential learning methodologies such as simulations and action learning plans, the FTM program goes beyond traditional training approaches to deliver a highly engaging and impactful learning experience. Participants emerge from the program equipped with the confidence, skills, and insights needed to excel as effective leaders in an ever-evolving business landscape.
The objectives of the First Time Manager (FTM) Programme are to:
Foster self-awareness and understanding of the managerial role
Develop skills in managing performance, goal setting, feedback, and delegation
Cultivate leadership qualities and translate vision into actionable goals
Enhance communication effectiveness and influencing skills
Build capabilities in leading and managing teams through various stages of development
Develop critical thinking and decision-making abilities
Equip participants with conflict resolution strategies and skills
The programme is ideal for professionals looking to strengthen their leadership and people management capabilities.
A Three-Phase Learning Journey
Participants begin their journey with a FEBI Behavioural Assessment, followed by a facilitated debrief and guided reflection. This phase helps participants understand their strengths, development areas, leadership preferences, and managerial readiness before entering the workshop.
A highly interactive and experiential workshop focused on developing the core competencies required for effective people management and leadership.
Participants undertake an Action Learning Project focused on a real managerial challenge within their team or function.
The project provides an opportunity to apply newly acquired leadership and management skills in a practical business context, delivering measurable impact while reinforcing learning.
Participants conclude the journey by presenting their approach, outcomes, key learnings, and business impact through a facilitated virtual showcase.
The programme combines multiple learning approaches to maximize engagement, application, and retention.
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering Industry, Government and civil society through advisory and consultative processes. For more than 130 years, CII has been engaged in shaping India’s development journey and works proactively on transforming Indian Industry’s engagement in national development. With its extensive network across the country and the world, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. In the journey of India’s economic resurgence, CII facilitates the multifaceted contributions of the Indian Industry, charting a path towards a prosperous and sustainable future. With this backdrop, CII has identified “Accelerating Competitiveness: Growth, Resilience, Inclusion, Sustainability, Trust” as its theme for 2026-27, prioritising five key pillars. During the year, CII will align its policy advocacy, institutional initiatives, partnerships, and outreach to support Indian industry in strengthening these five interconnected pillars of competitiveness.
The CIl Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for leadership (CI-SNCEL) is part of CIl's Integrated agenda of building competitiveness through Centres of Excellence. ClI-SNCEL is one of the 13 COEs set up for enhancing development and progress through a diverse range of services. Established in 2009, Centre was initiated with the purpose of serving as a key facilitator of leadership development across various segments of business and socio-cultural demographics. CII-SNCEL was conceived on the core belief that the quality of leadership will play a vital role in enabling the 'new India' to succeed in its mission for inclusive growth and competitiveness and thereby becoming a frontrunner in the global economy. Grooming current and future leadership is top priority for the 'new India' which is characterized by start-ups, first generation enterprises, family run businesses, digital revolution, disruptive business practices, global headwinds and growth of new institutions.
The CII Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for leadership (CII-SNCEL) is part of CII's Integrated agenda of building competitiveness through Centres of Excellence.