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Empowering First-Time and Mid-Level Managers to Lead with Influence

Background: A Global Leader in Automotive Innovation

The client is a global technology company operating in the automotive sector, with a strong footprint in India and Malaysia. As a key supplier to top automotive OEMs, this organization is committed to innovation, sustainability, and performance. With an emphasis on operational excellence and people development, the company sought to create a unified leadership culture across its fast-expanding management cadre.

Faced with growing complexity in project execution, cross-functional collaboration, and team management, the client identified a pressing need to empower first-time and mid-level managers to lead effectively—especially under demanding, high-pressure situations.

Challenge:
Building Leadership Readiness Across Regions

As the organization expanded across geographies, it became evident that many frontline and mid-tier managers had strong technical capabilities but lacked leadership confidence and the skills required to influence, develop, and retain their teams. Additionally, cultural and communication gaps emerged due to the diversity in workforce demographics between India and Malaysia.

The client needed a leadership development solution that would:

  • Equip managers to take ownership of their role as team leaders
  • Build the capacity to influence without authority
  • Instil emotional maturity and resilience
  • Foster better team communication, collaboration, and coaching behaviours

Solution:
"Leading Others" – A Comprehensive Managerial Development Program

WINTEG Consultancy Services designed a dynamic leadership development journey titled "Leading Others" to address the specific challenges of emerging and mid-level leaders across both India and Malaysia.

Program Rollout

The program was rolled out to over 600 managers across India and Malaysia, delivered through face-to-face classroom sessions in cohorts of 20 participants per batch.

Duration: 4-day intensive learning experience per batch.

Program Objectives

  • Clarify leadership responsibilities and expectations in the context of a global organization
  • Develop both task-oriented and people-oriented leadership behaviours
  • Build skills in interpersonal effectiveness, emotional maturity, and coaching
  • Prepare managers to handle difficult conversations and navigate team dynamics
  • Improve influence, communication, and trust with direct reports

Training Modules Covered

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: Feedback techniques, influencing skills, and storytelling for impact
  • Emotional Maturity: Self-awareness, stress regulation, and relationship management
  • Developing Teams: Team synergy, coaching, motivation, and managing hybrid teams
  • Difficult Conversations: Assertiveness, feedback dialogues, transactional analysis, and conflict resolution
  • Leadership Primer: Understanding leadership types, delegation, visioning, and situational leadership

Methodology

The program used a blended experiential learning approach, including:

  • Pre- and post-training assessments (aligned with Kirkpatrick Level 2)
  • Role plays, self-assessments, structured activities, and case studies
  • Real-time simulations of challenging workplace situations
  • Facilitator-led reflections, storytelling, and feedback frameworks

Results:
A Regional Leadership Transformation

  • Improved Managerial Confidence Participants developed a clear understanding of their role as leaders, with a stronger ability to delegate, coach, and influence.

  • Stronger Team Dynamics Feedback revealed improved team engagement, communication, and clarity in expectations post-training.

  • Cultural Integration The program bridged behavioural gaps across India and Malaysia, fostering a shared language of leadership.

  • Scalable Success Given the overwhelmingly positive feedback and impact, the program has been institutionalized as part of the client’s leadership development strategy for future manager cohorts.

Conclusion:
From Managers to Influential Leaders

The "Leading Others" program has become a cornerstone in the client organization’s leadership capability framework. By enabling over 600 managers to lead with empathy, clarity, and confidence, the intervention is shaping a future-ready workforce that is aligned with the organization's global growth vision.

At WINTEG, we believe that leadership is not a title—it’s a behaviour. And we’re proud to have been part of this transformative journey.

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