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First-time manager essentials: Stepping up from colleague to team leader

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for new and newly promoted team leaders. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 45 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

By Dave Bui

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 10 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 45 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why the first month as a manager feels different · 8 min

    Before you begin · Priya's first week · What would you do first?

  • Lesson 2: What the organisation expects of a manager (and what it does not) · 8 min

    The manager's core jobs · Know your limits · Check

  • Lesson 3: Manager or leader? Your job day to day · 8 min

    My job now, my old job · The balance · Check

  • Lesson 4: Setting expectations and running your first team meeting · 8 min

    Say what good looks like · The first team meeting · A good first meeting

  • Lesson 5: One-to-ones, workload and asking for help · 8 min

    A one-to-one that works · Too much on your plate · Who can help you?

  • Lesson 6: Your first 90 days and the final assessment · 5 min

    Your plan · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At promotion, in a new-manager cohort, and in the first 90 days of a new role.

New and newly promoted team leaders, supervisors and managers; run by L&D with HR business partners.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Who managers ask about people questions
  • Link to your people policies
  • Link to your manager competency or leadership framework
  • The confidential route for raising a conduct or safety concern
  • Link to your employee assistance or wellbeing support
  • Link to the next course in your leadership path
  • Where course completions are recorded
  • Link to the self-paced course
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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