Onboarding new managers: leading healthily from the start

People who lead for the first time are often promoted overnight and then left alone. Yet the first months shape how someone leads – and how the team fares. A fixed start ensures that every new manager knows what healthy leadership means in your company, which duties come with it and whom to turn to. This guide applies all year: whenever someone takes on a leadership role for the first time.

What belongs in the start?

A conversation about expectations and scope with their own manager. An overview of the duties that come with leadership – for example safety instructions, risk assessment or occupational reintegration management under § 167 SGB IX (German law) – and who provides support. A list of contacts. And an experienced manager as mentor for the first months.

Why a mentor?

Many questions only come up in everyday work: How do I approach someone who is often absent? What do I say when the team is overloaded? A mentor from within the company answers such questions quickly and without judgement.

What does it cost?

Mainly time for planning and mentoring. You will find training in healthy leadership in the marketplace. Once set up, you can use the start for every new manager.