The 5 Key Ingredients
(& Secret Sauce)
for
High-Performing Middle Managers
Unlock the Secrets to Exceptional Leadership: 2-Day Workshop for Middle Managers
Are your middle managers ready to rise to the challenge and drive sustainable success in your organisation?
Welcome to “The Five Key Ingredients (and Secret Sauce) of High Performing Middle Managers”, a transformative 2-day workshop designed to build the capability, capacity, and confidence of your mid-level managers.
Why Middle Managers Matter
Middle managers are the backbone of any organisation, bridging visionary leadership with the day-to-day execution that drives results. Yet, navigating this critical role can be challenging without the right tools, mindset, and support.
Gallup reports that 70% of the variance in employee engagement of teams can be traced back to the direct influence of the manager.
This immersive workshop expands on the powerful keynote speech of the same name, diving deeper into the habits and strategies that define exceptional middle managers. Through engaging activities, real-life scenario exercises, thought-provoking discussions, and actionable takeaways, your middle managers will walk away equipped to lead with clarity, purpose, and impact.
“We learned in our research that all too often we expect them [middle managers] to be superheroes... We expect more of them than they can reasonably do in a given work week. It’s a recipe for burnout.” [Brent Cassell, vp, advisory for Gartner’s HR practice]
It's time to invest and develop your middle managers!
How They Work Together
✅ Capability ensures you know how to do the job.
✅ Capacity ensures you can handle the scope of the job.
✅ Conviction ensures you believe in and stand by your own leadership.
A confident middle manager balances these three areas:
‼️ Without capability, you can't lead self or others.
‼️ Without capacity, you can't lead others or amplify energy.
‼️ Without conviction, you can't lead self or maintain energy.
📌 Leading others will always be a challenge if self-leadership is not developed.
📌 As a middle manager, your team's success is your success, leading others is critical for business success.
📌 If your own energy or the energy of the team can't be sustained for focus and productivity, then results will suffer.
"Middle managers are critical for creating ‘civic’ engagement across the workforce – through communications, integrity, visibility, interaction and connections."
— Chartered Management Institute
Unlock the secret sauce to building confident, capable, and
high-performing middle managers!
What Middle Managers Will Gain
💡 Clarity Through Self-Awareness
Discover the power of self-awareness to identify strengths, mitigate weaknesses, and lead with authenticity. Learn how your values guide your decisions and shape your professional legacy.
💬 Mastering Communication to Uplift Teams
Explore the art of effective communication, enabling collaboration, trust, and alignment. Understand how “leaders are lifters” and learn techniques to motivate and empower your team.
🌱 Developing Others for Sustainable Growth
Uncover strategies to identify and nurture talent, cultivate innovation, and create a thriving culture of development and growth.
🏛️ Aligning with Organisational Vision
Align your actions with your organisation’s values and vision to ensure your work contributes to a lasting legacy.
👥👥 A Stronger Management Team
Your middle managers will build stronger connections and come together as a team, leading to more efficient management across and through the organisation.
What To Expect
📖 Interactive Learning
Dive into hands-on activities, real-world case studies, and group exercises designed to apply the principles of effective middle management.
🎤 Engaging Discussions
Participate in facilitated discussions that explore the challenges and opportunities of middle management, fostering peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.
🔑 Actionable Takeaways
Walk away with a practical toolkit tailored to your role, helping you tackle challenges and seize opportunities with confidence.
📋 Self-Assessments
Greater self-awareness through assessment and reflection, followed by action.
📈 Return On Investment
Assurance that your investment will be returned - improved productivity, engagement and culture through stronger leadership.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for middle managers who are:
💪🏽 Ready to strengthen their leadership impact.
🏛️ Eager to align their work with organisational goals.
🌱 Looking to foster team collaboration and growth.
👤 Middle Managers is a general term and can include:
... Frontline leaders
... Supervisors
... Team Leaders
... Heads of Departments
... Function Leads
🪑 Workshop size:
To ensure maximum engagement workshop size is set at
... Minimum 4
... Maximum 21
... additional participants will incur an extra fee.
Managers account for 70% of the variance in team engagement.
[Gallup]
I don’t just teach skills. I build leaders who inspire down, influence up, and collaborate across.
Middle managers are carrying heavier loads than ever before.
[Gartner/Cassell]
As this is a two day workshop, it will be no surprise that the lunch suggestion is ... 🍔
The journey to leadership excellence starts here...
Burger Workshop Objectives
Develop Self-Awareness and Leadership Authenticity
Equip middle managers with tools to identify their strengths, address their weaknesses, and lead authentically by aligning their actions with personal and organisational values.
Master Effective Communication for Team Inspiration, Motivation and Productivity
Enhance middle managers' ability to foster collaboration, trust, and engagement through clear, empathetic, and impactful communication strategies.
Cultivate a Legacy of Growth and Development
Empower middle managers to build a culture of continuous improvement by developing and nurturing talent within their teams.
Bridge the Gap Between Vision and Execution
Develop middle managers capability to connect organisational objectives with day-to-day operations, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
Strengthen Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills
Provide practical frameworks for tackling complex challenges and making confident decisions that drive sustainable success.
Foster Resilience and Adaptability in Leadership
Equip middle managers with strategies to navigate change, manage competing priorities, and thrive in dynamic work environments.
Inspire Action and Build Leadership Confidence
Encourage participants to embrace their role as leaders, inspiring their teams and contributing to a positive organisational culture.
What's Included
A 2-day live workshop packed with insights, strategies, and actionable steps with award winning, global expert.
Two Assessments + Reports + Development Plans: participants will complete both DISC and an Emotional Intelligence assessment which is debriefed during the workshop. Each participant received their unique report and plan for each assessment.
A full set of Management Success Cards, 65 self-coaching management skills cards.
Copies of Sally's books: The Productive Leader, Successful Feedback, DELEGATE, and SPARK.
The Best Is In The Middle mini book works as a great on-desk reminder of the key ingredients great leaders employ on a day to day basis.
Journal to capture notes, insights and actions.
One week check-in online 30 minutes meeting. All middle managers join an online meeting to check-in and share insights.
One month check-in online 60-90 min session. All middle managers join an online meeting to check-in and share insights, challenges, learning and to celebrate wins.
Three months of email follow-up support: middle managers can reach out with questions, issues, wins to gain one-on-one support for 3 months following the workshop.
90 Day Burger Challenge. Turn workshop insights into lasting leadership habits. Your middle managers will leave the two-day Burger Workshop energised, equipped, and ready to lead, so let's ensure real transformation happens when they apply those skills consistently. That’s why every participant gets exclusive access to the 90-Day Burger Challenge.
For Leaders of Participants
A program is only as sticky as the support behind it.
Before we start:
15-minute leader briefing
Participant Success Plan template
Tips for reinforcing learning
After 1-month check-in:
20-minute leader touchpoint
Share wins, address barriers, reinforce momentum
Real Return on Investment
How We Measure Impact
Pre-work survey 📋
Workshop observation 👀
30-Day Pulse 📅
90-Day Review 📊
Self-reporting as well as facilitator observation
Clear before-and-after data for real ROI.
Don’t let your middle managers settle for mediocrity. Let's unlock their potential and transform them into high-performing leaders who drive results and inspire those around them.
Call direct +61 401 442 464
Hi, I'm Sally...
Your Expert Facilitator
Sally Foley-Lewis inspires and skills managers to be high performing, purposeful and productive. Obsessed with leadership and professional development that ensures people reach their potential, Sally’s presentations and programs positively impact confidence, leadership and results.
... 2024 Educator Award for Excellence - VSAI
... 2024 Bronze: ROAR Awards – Leadership Award
... 2024 Professional Speakers Australia: National President’s Award for Outstanding Contribution
... 2023 Gold: ROAR Awards – Service Business of the Year
... 2023 Silver: ROAR Awards – Best B2B Business
... 2023 Bronze: International Business Award – Thought Leader of the Year: Business Services
... 2023 Gold: Beam Australia Awards – Emerging Leadership
... 2023 Silver: Asia Pacific Stevie Awards – Thought Leader of the Year
... 2023 Woman to Watch in Management – Women in Biz Global
... 2021 USQ Outstanding Alumnus of the Year – Business and Enterprise
... 2021 Silver ROAR Success Awards – Leadership Award
Also, named a LinkedIn Top Voice, Breakthrough Speaker of the Year and Female Entrepreneur of the Year, she is also a global Certified Professional Speaker, and has authored five books. The drive to support and skill middle managers comes from her own diverse roles, CEO and senior leadership experiences. She has also served on state and national boards. Sally delivers presentations, keynote speeches, workshops and coaching – live online and face-to-face - to skill managers, boost productivity, engagement and self-leadership.
Blending 20+ years of working with a diverse range of people and industries, in Germany, the Middle East, Asia and across Australia Sally has extensive qualifications, a wicked sense of humour and an ability to inspire and energise.
What People Say About Sally...
Sally says her wisdom is for middle managers but her smart thoughts and questioning nature really helps everyone examine their problems, motivations and create their own solutions. She does this with such a lightness of touch you sometimes don’t notice she’s done it. She’s remarkable. Book her to speak then book her to train. She’s fascinating.
Maz Farrelly
CEO Whsiperer
I loved your talk. You have such an important message to inspire those middle managers, who can feel stuck in the middle, and give them some tools to be more effective.
Leah Stockley
Co-founder of Let's Flow
A thought provoking session today with the humorous yet insightful Sally Foley-Lewis, CSP. It was impressive to witness someone so captivating in front of a virtual audience of hundreds.
Georgie Hams
Downer
Sally, thank you for being the champion of middle managers. You inspired me to see that we are all “middle managers” to our clients.
El Kwang
Creative Director, Eventprof
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