Prospect Development and People Development: Becoming an Effective Manager

Prospect Development and People Development: Becoming an Effective Manager

Thursday, April 2, 2026

1:00 PM-2:30 PM ET

Online

Have you recently (or maybe not so recently) been promoted to a management position and realized you’ve never received any formal training in overseeing and motivating individuals and teams? This interactive workshop will explore how effective management intersects with the work of prospect development. In the first part of the workshop, you will examine the compelling research on the profound role that managers play in so many aspects of the employee experience, and how to embrace the responsibility. You will learn a dynamic framework to help you identify both your managerial strengths and weaknesses, and to examine which manager skill domains your organization needs from you most right now.  In the second part of the workshop, you will have the opportunity to build your toolkit for people development.  First you will learn important distinctions between managing for performance and managing for development. Then, you’ll learn techniques and approaches for facilitating high impact 1-on-1’s and helping your people grow along their career trajectory.

REQUIREMENTS:
Must be a current manager or transitioning into a role with management responsibilities (i.e. this is not the right course for you if you want to learn more about if managing is right for you).

Attendees should expect to keep cameras on and actively participate in discussions.

PRESENTER:

Lou Bergholz founded Edgework in 2001 and has over two decades of experience working with teams, organizations and communities on their most pressing human capital and human development issues. Besides leading the company for over two decades, Lou has helped build Edgework’s unique Knowledge Lab, an internal research and learning hub that fuels all of Edgework’s design and facilitation work.

Lou brings to his consulting work a rare blend of design expertise, professional consulting presence and truly engaging and exciting facilitation. Lou’s passion for learning stems from years of work on the front lines of education and organizational development, across the United States and in Israel, South Africa, Malawi, Thailand, Namibia, Canada, Ethiopia, Gaza, Jordan, Ireland, Zambia, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Lou has worked in the boardroom, the classroom and in non-traditional educational settings, with populations ranging from executives from major corporations to young adults with life threatening illnesses.

COST:

$75 Members

$125 Non-Members

Are you a current or recently lapsed NEDRA member and want to attend this program for free? Apply for the need-based NEDRA Community Scholarship.  The deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 25th. 

LOCATION:

Attendees will receive a Zoom link a day before the event; this meeting will be held as a Zoom meeting and a recording will not be available. 

POLICIES & PROCEDURES:

• Registered attendees will receive a Zoom link to the program in question, including a password (if applicable).
• • One registration = one Zoom link = one admission to the program in question
  • Zoom links for registrants cannot be shared or redistributed to non-registrants – this is to ensure proper room size for presenters, and equitability to fellow NEDRA staff, members, participants, and attendees

• If a registrant cannot attend the program in question, they may contact programs@nedra.org to name a replacement attendee. Replacement attendees may incur an additional cost (e.g., a NEDRA member fee will not cover a non-member participant fee). Speaker/Volunteer benefit rules apply (e.g., speaker/volunteer benefits – including free or reduced-cost program registration – are non-transferable).

• Non-registered attendees will NOT be permitted to view or participate in the program in question, and will be removed from the program.
• Repeated violations may result in suspension of online programming registration privileges.

DEADLINES:

Registration for this event closes on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5PM or when the event is full.  Space is limited.