The Manager's Toolkit is a cohort program for thoughtful, ambitious middle managers ready to evolve from traditional authoritative leadership to a modern, empathy-driven approach. Participants shift from feeling overwhelmed to becoming authentic coaches who empower their teams and achieve deeper fulfillment.
Cycles also start June and August
THE CHALLENGE YOUR MANAGERS ARE FACING
Your experienced managers are hitting a wall—and it's impacting team performance, engagement and retention
HUMAN LEADERS FOR HUMAN BEINGS
Bridge the gap from where your managers are to where they need to be
THE TRANSFORMATION YOU'LL SEE
Watch your middle managers become the confident, authentic leaders your organisation needs
For your organization: higher engagement, improved retention, stronger communication, and a better leadership pipeline.
For managers: realizing their potential, making meaningful contributions, and achieving career success with work-life balance.
STRUCTURED PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
OUTCOMES
Two managers. Two vastly different outcomes
Tom and Maria are both Regional Distribution Managers for a national grocery chain. Tom is an old-school boss, while Maria is trained in modern, human-centric leadership.
How will a typical week turn out for each of them?
Click here to find out.
Orientation plus 14 Online Modules
Resources to help you orientate and prepare for the program proper.
Gone are the days of the hard-driving old-school boss. Behavioural science tells us there's a better way to inspire and motivate people. In this foundation module, we'll explore what it takes to become a Great Team Leader.
Confidently run shorter, more effective meetings. Foster psychological safety and engagement. Gain the trust and respect of your team!
Guide your team through the change cycle. Get into the emotional lane. Manage resistance. Thrive on change! ---------------------------- Develop and apply your Emotional intelligence (EQ). Lead with Empathy.
Take decisions with business insight. Consider profit drivers and key performance metrics. Grow business acumen to optimise value, short- and long-term.
Set clear expectations with your reports. Manage performance all year round. Encourage personal growth. Adopt a coaching style to build motivation and accountability.
“Exceptionally high-class professional training program. I recommend we extend this program to all middle managers to build an in-house generation of leaders. A MUST DO program for all managers. ”
“I took a lot of useful skills from the program. Some of them really work to help me manage time and be more efficient. The workshop sessions are good for recap and force you to practice the skills.”
“MTK has been one of the finest management courses I have taken. What I have learned is incredibly life changing. My leadership skills have been overhauled and I am confident that my team is going to enjoy the changes that have come with the skills I have learned.”
“This program is very comprehensive and the content is up to date, the discoveries I learned are mind-blowing, and I would recommend this to any leader, manager, and supervisor in any workplace, school or church.”
Ronald, Senior Manager, Uganda
“If you're a manager looking to upskill and make a meaningful impact on your team, I highly recommend this training. Let's work together to create a more supportive, inclusive, and high-performing work culture!”
Ivan, Senior HR Manager
There's no such thing as a natural leader. Everyone starts out with shortcomings as well as strengths. Leadership potential doesn't depend on the traits you possess.
It emerges from the values you choose and the skills you learn".
Adam Grant Wharton Professor and Author
TRANSFORMATIVE OUTCOMES
Understand the leadership behaviours that foster employee engagement and team performance
Adopt a leader's mindset based on your character strengths, personality and inherent human values
Acquire the tools and techniques that bring a modern leadership style to life
Transform your identity. Be a more relaxed, confident, successful leader.
Find greater joy in your work and in your life. Be a more human human being.
"This program has been incredibly rich in content, with a strong emphasis on practical applications.
It covered all the leadership aspects I expected to learn, and as a result, I feel more confident in my leadership abilities. I no longer operate in uncertainty.
Therefore, I rate it as an excellent endeavour".
Senior Manager, Uganda.
PRAISE FROM A SENIOR CLIENT
Ivan is Human Resources Operations Manager at the
Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda.
He was accountabe for vendor selection and
program delivery, and also attended the program
PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR
STEPHEN ASBURY
Management and Leadership Specialist
Creator of The Manager's Toolkit
Program Instructor
"I'm passionate about providing managers with the mindset and skills to be human leaders. Now, I focus all my time on this one program, The Manager's Toolkit. The world needs more human leaders. Millions more."
MD of Frontera Leadership Development (Pty) Ltd.
Former SVP and Country Head, Capgemini Consulting
Former Director and Partner, Deloitte Consulting
BSc Eng, MBA
Author of The Modern Manager (2023)
Co-author of The Winning Way (1989)
"Stephen guided and shadowed the team in a new approach to learning, with a lot of patience and empathy."
Caroline A. Senior Manager,
Medical Institute, Uganda
