On June 21–22, JetSpeed successfully delivered a two-day Basic Management Training programme in Hangzhou for more than 20 middle managers from a US-based internet company. The participants represented a wide range of technical and project-management functions, including:
Front-end and back-end development team leaders
Mobile application development leaders
Project managers
Other middle-management positions
For many technically strong professionals, becoming a manager requires more than excellent technical knowledge. It also requires a new set of capabilities: understanding different personalities, communicating clearly, giving constructive feedback, managing conflict and motivating team members.
This training programme was therefore designed to help participants strengthen their fundamental management and people-leadership skills in an engaging and practical environment.
One of the key activities focused on personality colours. Through this exercise, participants explored how people with different personality and communication styles may respond differently to the same situation. They also learned that an effective manager should adjust their communication approach according to the individual and the context. This activity helped participants better understand:
- Their own communication preferences
- The working styles of different team members
- Why misunderstandings occur
- How to communicate with greater flexibility
- How personality differences can strengthen a team
- For managers leading technical teams, this awareness is particularly valuable. Even when team members share similar professional backgrounds, their motivations, communication preferences and responses to pressure may be very different.
At JetSpeed, we believe that effective management development should be practical, interactive and closely connected to real workplace challenges. We support international companies in China with customised management training, leadership development, team communication workshops and HR consulting solutions.
If your organisation is developing new managers or strengthening the leadership capabilities of its middle-management team, we would be pleased to design a programme based on your business environment and organisational needs.
