The subject of this study is a systematic analysis of methods, techniques and means of retraining the manager personality. The problem indicated in the article, concerns the social order of society for training specialists who meet new market demands. It required educational institutions to start training on the profile that is quite different from what a few years ago had their graduates. In particular, a need to retrain personnel managers who have knowledge and skills in the field of personnel management process, motivation, organizational culture, socio-psychological atmosphere, organizational behavior, organizational diagnosis and management processes, with special attention to the formation of leadership skills of the manager personality, his/her personal and professional qualities, team activities, etc. In the experimental part of the study the process of retraining of the manager personality in the course of the additional professional education program Personnel Management was examined. The expert evaluation was given to the program, according to the results of which the retraining has a high potential for management training of senior and middle levels.