Stepping into your first management role is a pivotal moment — and the right support makes all the difference. At Sparked Potential we design a training suite of courses tailored specifically to the development needs of aspiring managers: people who are about to move from individual contributor to team leader, or who have been promoted recently and want to get it right, fast. Our programmes are practical, evidence-based and rooted in the everyday realities of your business so participants learn skills they can apply from week one.
This learning pathway is for:
High-potential individual contributors preparing for promotion.
Newly promoted managers learning how to lead former peers.
Team leads who need structured people management skills.
HR and L&D teams wanting a ready-to-deploy development programme.
We design each course to reflect your sector, culture and the real work the participants do so learning transfers directly to the job.
We design with three principles in mind:
Practicality: Hands-on tools, role plays and work projects over theory.
Relevance: Content mapped to your organisation’s priorities and values.
Sustainability: Follow-up coaching and action plans to embed new behaviours.
Below are some of the course titles from our launch pack and promotional flyers — each course can be delivered standalone or as part of a cohesive pathway:
First Line Leadership: From Peer to Manager — owning the transition, setting boundaries and building credibility.
Coaching Conversations for New Managers — practical coaching frameworks to develop your people.
Structuring Performance: Objectives, Feedback & Reviews — setting meaningful goals and running effective performance conversations.
Hiring with Confidence: Interviewing & Selection for New Managers — inclusive interviewing, bias awareness and decision scorecards.
Prioritise & Deliver: Decision-Making and Time Management — tools for clearer priorities and better delegation.
Leading Everyday Wellbeing — spotting stress, supporting resilience and creating psychologically safe teams.
Managing Up and Across — stakeholder influence, expectation setting and navigating organisational politics.
Team Dynamics in Practice — building trust, resolving conflict and fostering collaboration.
(If you’d like, we’ll use the exact language from your launch flyer when building the final brochure.)
Every course in the suite follows the same proven structure so managers gain knowledge, practise new skills and commit to action:
Pre-work and assessment — short diagnostic to identify strengths and development priorities.
Interactive workshop — group learning, real scenarios and role-play (half or full day options).
Applied assignment — participants complete a work-based project or apply a technique in their team.
One-to-one coaching check-in — focused support to overcome real obstacles.
Measurement and follow up — short evaluation and reinforcement micro-learning to embed change.
We can deliver as in-person workshops, live virtual cohorts or blended programmes to suit hybrid teams.
Participants who complete the aspiring managers suite typically show:
Faster transition into managerial duties and clearer role confidence.
Better quality one-to-one coaching and development conversations.
More effective delegation and improved team productivity.
Increased inclusivity in hiring and day-to-day decision making.
Improved employee engagement and reduced early-tenure turnover.
We help you set measurable KPIs (e.g., speed to competency, engagement uplift, recruitment quality) so the programme impact is trackable.
We partner with you to design a programme that fits your people and your commercial goals. Our facilitators blend HR experience, line management experience and coaching accreditation — and we design every course in UK English with your workplace culture in mind. We use templates and toolkits you can keep, plus optional facilitator training so your internal leaders can continue the work after our engagement ends.
If you’d like a tailored proposal, we’ll start with a short scoping conversation to understand your promotion pipeline, critical competencies and timeline. From there we’ll produce a recommended curriculum, delivery plan and pricing — plus a sample flyer that uses the course titles you prefer from your launch materials.
Get in touch: info@sparkedpotential.co.uk | +44 (0)7974658035
Sparked Potential — practical, people-centred development for managers who are ready to lead.
