Mate to Manager

Upcoming Dates:

  • 31 March 2026
  • 26 November 2026

How to successfully move from being a mate to managing your mates

Synopsis

Chip McKibben’s “Mate to Manager” short course explores the challenges and opportunities you’ll face as you navigate the transition from contributing team member to team manager/leader.

With a focus on changing perspectives and adapting to your new role, you’ll explore strategies for crafting new relationships with your team, your peers and your manager.

This program will assist you to recognise the importance of building self-awareness in your new position.

Course Topics

  • Change your mindset from team member to team manager
  • Transition to your new role and develop broader business perspectives
  • Redefine and refine relationships with your workplace mates
  • Develop self-awareness and explore your identity as a leader
  • Manage your own workload while effectively meeting the needs and expectations of your team and colleagues

Our course covers how to make the transition; getting to know your team (again); boundaries; resisters; self-awareness; trust and respect; identify development needs; manager yourself; manage up; engage your team and create alliances.

Course Details

Delivery:  Inhouse or Virtual
 Structure:  Interactive Workshop
 Time:  1 day
 Class Size:  Max 15
 Cost:  On request

 

The Trainer - Chip McKibben

Chip McKibben brings with him 20 years of experience in strategic thinking, leadership training and high-performance team coaching.

He combines his experience as an Olympic athlete with his corporate experiences in Australia and the USA to provide support for business managers and leaders functioning within a high-performance environment.

His combination of skills helps to uncover a team’s intangible capabilities and turn them into core behaviours.

This not only provides a blueprint for success but also establishes the key indicators for your team’s future performance.

 

 

Course Summary

Course Length
1 day
Location
Virtual classroom or in-house
Fees and Inclusions
Please contact us for course fees or a proposal

Contact Us


Please contact Peak Services for course fees or a proposal for onsite/in-house training.

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07 3000 2148

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