Developed from15 years of extensive research and workgroup data and discussions
Connect, Develop, Inspire©
Great Managers connect with employees by communicating regularly and clearly, caring for them, and being fair. Great Managers develop employees by providing and seeking constructive feedback while providing growth opportunities. Great Managers inspire employees to give their personal best by recognizing their contributions and celebrating together.

CONNECT
Fair Treatment
Information Sharing
Approachability
Candid Communication
Feedback Seeking
Reliability
Care for Individual
Work-Life Balance
DEVELOP
Involvement in Decisions
Feedback Sharing
Development Focus
Guidance
Career Growth
INSPIRE
Personal Best
Expectation Setting
Recognition
Fun & Celebrations
Further….
The ‘Connect, Develop, Inspire’ framework for assessing and evaluating greatness or the ‘People Manager Effectiveness Index’ of a manager is a proprietary work created by Great Manager Research and Consultancy Private Limited, operating under the brand Great Manager Institute™. Any inspired usage of this term in any other literary work in a similar context, without appropriate credit to the author, is a violation of our copyright over this proprietary literary work.
Furthermore, we believe the following courses teach a manager how to excel in the above-mentioned areas:
- Purpose Building and Clarifying Expectations
- The Art of Recognition
- Supporting My Team
- Inform to Engage
- Effective Listening
- A Promise is a Promise
- Personal Connect to Engage
- Decision Making Involvement
- The Gift of Feedback
- Focused Skill Building
- Career Nurturing