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Intermediate64h · 10 stages

The New Manager Program (12 Weeks + Extension) Roadmap

MBA-level curriculum: the core 12-week operating-skills program, then a structured 24-week extension (weeks 13–36) with 14 bonus modules — 6 from the six-lens stress test and 8 from the critical-skills set.

  1. 1

    Core · Foundation (weeks 1–3)

    8h

    Outcome: Role transition done. Weekly 1:1s install. Feedback delivered.

  2. 2

    Core · System (weeks 4–6)

    7h

    Outcome: Goals, delegation, hiring discipline in place.

  3. 3

    Core · Depth (weeks 7–9)

    8h

    Outcome: Calibration, coaching, and hard conversations practiced.

  4. 4

    Core · Scale (weeks 10–12)

    7h

    Outcome: Operating rhythm designed; change communicated; your own career stewarded.

  5. 5

    Extension · Gap closure (weeks 13–16)

    5h

    Outcome: Pay conversations and employment-law fluency installed.

  6. 6

    Extension · Operating reality (weeks 17–20)

    4h

    Outcome: Distributed/async fluency and peer-conflict mediation in your toolkit.

  7. 7

    Extension · Talent + AI (weeks 21–24)

    5h

    Outcome: Top performers retained; AI governed as an operating layer.

  8. 8

    Extension · Lateral leadership (weeks 25–28)

    6h

    Outcome: Stakeholder management, decision-making, and team-health detection in your toolkit.

  9. 9

    Extension · Operating leverage (weeks 29–32)

    6h

    Outcome: Manager dashboard live; meetings redesigned; crisis playbook written.

  10. 10

    Extension · Business fluency (weeks 33–36)

    4h

    Outcome: Financial framing for asks; personal productivity system installed.