First Time Managers ..

At MSD there is a global program for first time managers to groom them and help them as far as all the core and critical skills are concerned to be a successful manager . India is a country fraught with first time managers across all sectors let it be the more traditional ones or the sunrise ones . Reasons obviously being that the economy was on a general upswing since the past couple of years and we were in a great need of managers so people with a certain degree of technical proficiency got selected , were put on a fast track . So we have a set of highly talented people who are in need of all kinds of technical , behavioral inputs let it be in the form of Assimilation programs , On the job training , Induction programs , coaching and not to the mention the ubiquitous Leadership programs !! Thus there is a mushrooming of Leadership programs and vendors in India . Each organization based on their unique needs would design interventions which will support the target group and business . But we really need to put in focused energy and effort on First Time Managers where the interventions are probably designed in phases and spread from the initial posting and placement period to the settling down period and even after a year or so .