Leadership for mid level managers

"Through the current project ""Leadership for mid level managers"" we've created a consortium of 6 partner organizations, from 4 countries and all the partners were implicated until the end of the project, according to the initial agreements. The project had 3 main objectives being:1. Exchange best practices in order to improve the common knowledge base of all consortium partners in regards to development programs aimed towards mid-level managers from small, medium and large companies our specialist’s time management, development of a career plan path and communications skills.2. Create a common baseline analysis in regards to the struggles and issues that mid-level managers from small, medium and large companies are confronted in companies from various European countries.3. Identify areas of improvement for the partners’ current leadership training programs, mainly effective communication, feedback, motivation and engagement.The project results and activities were concluded in an international analysis report, covering the issues that mid-level managers from small, medium and large companies located in the partner countries are confronted with. It consist of series of case studies run by each partner organisation. Initially we considered to analyse 18 case studies in the consortium and we succeeded to analyse 20 case studies. Through the international report and the case studies, partners were able to exchange best practices. Furthermore, the best practice approach helped the partners to identify skill gaps within mid-level management. Broader HR skills and technical tools has been identified as the main elements to develop.At the five transnational project meeting we had a total number of 71 participants.The partners also conducted a total of 3 training demos on mid-level management, used to increase knowledge and training capabilities of the participants: educators, trainers, experts and middle managers. At trainings we had a total number of 41 participants. The trainings covered topics that should increase mid-level managers’ leadership skills like: communication, teamwork, delivering feedback and employees’ motivation. A few tools were presented and discussed like: feedback methods, job description forms, evaluation systems of the employees (KPIs system), personality tests. At the end of the project, all partner organizations and our representatives have extended knowledge, from a national to a European level, and we improved our expertise about leadership training."