LDR202 - Management Essentials for New Leaders: Aligning Your Team
Program Description
Your team can’t execute strategies that they don’t understand. This self-paced program gives newly promoted managers and early-career leaders like you a practical framework for cutting through the noise: clarifying priorities, mapping stakeholders, and leading conversations that create shared focus across teams.
You can sign up for this module individually, or register for the complete learning series here.
What You’ll Learn:
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the manager’s role in creating alignment around strategy and priorities.
- Apply a practical framework to connect purpose, priorities, and next steps.
- Use stakeholder mapping to identify where alignment and communication are needed most.
- Lead clearer conversations that reduce confusion and strengthen shared accountability.
Who Should Attend:
- Supervisors and middle managers with 0–3 years of experience
- Leaders responsible for coordinating work across teams or stakeholders
- Managers seeking to improve communication, prioritization, and alignment
- Professionals preparing for broader strategic responsibilities
Course Outline
- Understand why alignment breaks down in organizations.
- Connect team priorities to broader strategic goals.
- Map key stakeholders and cross-functional dependencies.
- Practice communication for clarity, focus, and follow-through.
- Build a team alignment action plan.
Instructors/Subject Matter Experts
Applies Towards the Following Certificates or Series
- Management Essentials for New Leaders Certificate : Management Essentials for New Leaders

Yolonda T. Evans is an accomplished transformation executive advisor and leader with more than 15 years of experience guiding organizational and workforce transformation across Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, and local small businesses. Her work focuses on helping organizations navigate complex change by aligning strategy, leadership capability, and workforce systems to achieve measurable and sustainable outcomes.