TOP 10 PROBLEM INDEX
for
MANAGER–RELATED ISSUES
(Identify YOUR “pain point” and our recommended solution “medicine”)
PROBLEM - COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
EXAMPLE: Unclear or incomplete instructions from managers cause misaligned work, delays, frustration, and operational breakdowns across teams and departments.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 50 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Confident Communication • Interpersonal Method
Choice
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.4 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Strong Presentation Delivery • Cross-Cultural
Communication • Executive Communication Skills
PROBLEM - UNADDRESSED PERFORMANCE
EXAMPLE: Managers avoid performance issues, causing declining results, teammate frustration, missed deadlines, and larger organizational problems over time.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 46 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Addressing Performance Issues • Effective Appraisals
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.0 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Performance Planning • Challenge Top Performers •
Employee Growth Management
PROBLEM - NEW MANAGER STRUGGLE
EXAMPLE: Promoted employees lack management skills, leading to delegation failures, stress, confusion, and declining team engagement and performance.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 45 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: First-Time Manager • New Manager Challenges
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.3 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Delegation Skills • Conflict Handling • Team
Development
PROBLEM - DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
EXAMPLE: Feedback is avoided, issues escalate, morale drops, conflicts grow, and HR becomes involved in preventable workplace problems.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 55 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Meaningful Conversations • Feedback Skills
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.4 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Positive Feedback Mindset • Diplomacy and Tact •
Conflict Confrontation
PROBLEM - LOW ACCOUNTABILITY
EXAMPLE: Employees miss deadlines, avoid responsibility, blame others, and weaken overall execution due to unclear expectations and poor follow- through.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 54 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Accountability Basics • Managing Commitments
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.6 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Performance Documentation • Delegation Skills •
Follow-Through Management
PROBLEM - PRIORITY CONFUSION
EXAMPLE: Teams waste time because priorities shift constantly, expectations lack clarity, and managers fail to communicate what matters most.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 52 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Goal Alignment • Time Prioritization
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.1 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Strategic Thinking • Managing Workloads • Execution
Planning
PROBLEM - CROSS-TEAM DISCONNECT
EXAMPLE: Departments operate independently, fail to coordinate, duplicate work, and create delays, frustration, and inefficiency across the organization.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 55 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Cross-Functional Navigation • Cross-Team Leadership
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.4 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Team Collaboration • Shared Goals • Teamwork
Mastery
PROBLEM - WEAK DELEGATION
EXAMPLE: Managers hoard work, bottleneck decisions, overload themselves, lower engagement, and stunt employee development and organizational scalability.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 60 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Delegation Essentials • Task Assignment
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.2 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Team Trust Building • Performance Tracking •
Coaching for Growth
PROBLEM - EMPLOYEE BURNOUT
EXAMPLE: Excessive workload, unclear expectations, and ongoing stress create exhaustion, disengagement, irritability, errors, absenteeism, and turnover risk.
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 56 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Stress Management • Focus Techniques
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.3 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Resilience Training • Motivation Skills • Workload
Balancing
PROBLEM - REMOTE WORK DRIFT
EXAMPLE: Remote employees become disengaged, slow to respond, misaligned on priorities, and less collaborative without strong communication and accountability
QUICK FIX - Completion Time: 53 minutes
Required SkillSets courses: Virtual Communication • Remote Expectations
ADVANCED FIX - Completion Time: 2.2 hours (Includes the Quick Fix courses and also the below noted courses)
Required SkillSets courses: Hybrid Leadership • Virtual Team Building • Remote
Collaboration
