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New Manager Foundations

Beginner 2 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsManagementLeadership transitionDelegationTeam relationshipsNew manager skills

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A LinkedIn Learning playbook for the hardest transition in most careers: going from doing the work to leading the people who do it.

Good for: First-time managers making the shift from doing to leading.

Skip if: You are an experienced manager or want advanced leadership theory.

Over about two hours it covers establishing your identity as a leader, building the right relationships, and the early habits that set new managers up rather than tripping them up — focused and, honestly, reassuring at a genuinely disorienting moment. It's aimed squarely at first-timers, so experienced managers or anyone wanting advanced leadership theory will find it basic. A LinkedIn Learning subscription covers it (usually a free trial first; free through many libraries), and finishing adds a completion certificate to your profile — a learning record, nothing more formal. The fundamentals of the doing-to-leading shift don't change (as of 2026).

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About this course

New Manager Foundations is a practical playbook for the hardest career transition: going from doing the work to leading the people who do it. Over about two hours it covers establishing your identity as a leader, connecting with and earning the trust of your team, guiding performance, motivating people, and managing change — without losing yourself in the process.

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Instructor

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Todd Dewett
LinkedIn Learning instructor

Taught by Todd Dewett, a leadership educator, author and speaker whose management courses are among the most-watched anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, squarely. It is designed for people stepping into management for the first time, addressing the shift from being an individual contributor to leading others — a transition many find harder than expected. It covers the mindset and practical basics new managers need, so it is exactly aimed at someone newly promoted or about to be, rather than experienced leaders.

The essentials of stepping into management: shifting your mindset from doing the work to enabling others, building trust with your team, delegating, giving feedback, holding one-to-ones, and managing former peers. It focuses on the practical realities and common pitfalls of the first management role, giving new managers a foundation to lead confidently rather than learning everything the hard way.

It is short — typically an hour or two — as a focused LinkedIn Learning course. That makes it an efficient way to prepare for or settle into a first management role, without a large time commitment. The real growth comes from applying the ideas while actually managing, so treat the runtime as the grounding and the job itself as where you develop.

Not by default — it runs on LinkedIn Learning, which is subscription-based — but a free trial is common, and many public libraries and universities give members full access at no cost. Check whether a library card or an institution you belong to already provides LinkedIn Learning before paying, since that quietly unlocks this course and the whole catalogue.

Yes, you earn a LinkedIn Learning completion certificate for your profile. Treat it as a signal of professional development rather than a formal qualification — management is judged by how you actually lead your team. The real value is the practical grounding for your first management role, which shows up in how you handle the transition rather than in the certificate.
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