In today's age of digital transformation and AI-driven decision-making, technical skills and data literacy are just the beginning of becoming a great leader. To make a real impact, today's successful mid-level leaders must also be equipped with an impeccable awareness of themselves and those they lead. Learning Tree’s Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program develops a leader’s crucial self-awareness skills through our unique integrated learning model, which expertly combines training, assessment, coaching, and collaboration.
“Middle managers get a bad rap. Blamed for being bottlenecks, pilloried as bureaucratic and ineffective, and painted as the “bad bosses” who send good talent running, they often bear the brunt of harsh criticism and false beliefs.”
(“Employees See Middle Managers as an Organization’s Moral Compass” by Brooke Vuckovic, Havard Business Review, January 2025)
The Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program
This certificate program is designed to give professionals a deep understanding of what it means to be truly aware of themselves and those around them. From courses such as Amplifying Your Leadership Style, to Emotional Intelligence Essentials and Assertive Communication, this action-based, hybrid program provides not only the theory and tools for understanding yourself and others, but also real-world practice and a collaborative learning model that ensures practical application.
Program Roadmap
Kickoff Phase
- Program Kickoff
- Pre-Assessment
- Amplifying Your Leadership Style, followed by Group Coaching
Core Learning Experience
- Emotional Intelligence Essentials
- Conflict Management
- Time Management
- Assertive Communications
Courses taken in any order. Group Coaching is embedded throughout the program after each key module to reinforce skills.
Capstone and Completion
- Post-Assessment
- ROI Workshop
- Earn your Professional Program Certificate
Benefits of the Program
Graduates of the Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program will earn a Learning Tree Accelerating Leadership Certificate and gain all the fundamental knowledge and experience to continue a successful career as a leader of people and projects. They will learn how to:
- Identify and understand their leadership style, and how to amplify their impact on others.
- Discern the leadership style of others to better align organizational goals and objectives.
- Create compelling personal communication in increasingly complex environments.
- Manage their time more effectively.
- Resolve conflicts using modern conflict management techniques.
- Enhance leadership abilities through emotional intelligence.
- Foster a culture of awareness of self and others.
Our Integrated Learning Model
For all of our programs, we have developed a unique integrated learning model that optimizes skills training and promotes deep understanding of the material. We based this model on our extensive experience delivering outcome-based training and with the input and insight of the top practitioners and instructors in each field.
The model consists of four crucial elements required for deep learning:
Assessment
Each program begins and ends with an assessment, which is critical to ensuring that every student achieves their learning objectives. Our pre-program assessment identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each student to allow instructors and coaches to personalize their teaching interactions to meet participants where they are. Our post-program assessment allows us to assess and understand student progress and identify any areas where the student may need additional support.
Training
At the core of each program is in-depth instructor-led training offered either in-person or virtually to accommodate all student needs. In either case, students benefit from live lessons and interactions with experienced instructors with significant real-world experience in their areas of expertise, as well as with their fellow classmates. This training has 5 full courses, each of which address a fundamental topic of the program’s area of focus.
Coaching
The group coaching we offer in between each course is where some of the most important learning of our programs happens. With one dedicated coach throughout the program, students have the opportunity to regularly reflect on what they have learned, ask follow-up questions, dialogue with peers, and dig deep into the material to ensure a complete understanding.
Collaboration
Collaboration is a powerful element of our integrated learning model that maximizes deep learning by sharing experiences, knowledge, and tools among students (and instructors). This sharing of information creates a multiplier effect that not only improves learning outcomes but also provides opportunities to practice accountability, cooperation, communication, and more generally to expand one’s emotional intelligence and relationship management.
The Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program is comprised of the following modules:
The Certificate Program Kickoff serves as a crucial introductory event for participants, providing them with a valuable opportunity to connect with their program coach. During this session, participants will not only establish a rapport with their coach but also gain a clear understanding of the desired outcomes aligned with their organization’s goals.
The program launches with a comprehensive knowledge and skills assessment for each student to evaluate their individual mid-level leadership strengths, weaknesses, and gaps. This pre-program assessment will establish a baseline to assess knowledge and skills gained throughout the program.
There are five coaching sessions that are conducted throughout the program. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning, and allow for time for additional questions and further discussion. The coach’s role is to support participants in implementing and adopting the actions discussed during the coaching sessions.
Immediately after completion of course 5, Assertive Communications, each participant will receive a post-program knowledge and skills assessment to take a snapshot of their current competency levels. The results of this assessment are compared with the pre-program assessment to measure the knowledge and skills gained throughout each student’s journey. The results will be examined in the following ROI workshop.
The culminating ROI (Return-On-Investment) workshop is a four-hour virtual session in which participants review individual performance with the lead instructor and coach, and receive recommendations for how to best apply their new leadership knowledge and skills at their workplace. This session is scheduled about 30 days after the completion of the final course, followed by a brief virtual graduation ceremony to close the program.
Program Key Features
The Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program offers a comprehensive learning experience designed to equip participants with the skills and competencies needed to excel as mid-level leader. The program’s key features include:
- Six hours of pre- and post-program workshops.
- 8 hours of coaching between courses to reinforce learning.
- 5 days of instructor-led courses in person or virtual.
- Dedicated instructors and coaches throughout for a seamless experience.
- Instructors of the practice with decades of real-world experience.
- Deep action-based learning and real-time coaching and feedback.
Is it Right for Your Organization?
The Accelerating Leadership Professional Certificate Program has been specially designed with the needs of mid-level leaders in mind. If you have been in a leadership position for several years or are an executive looking to prepare your front-line leaders for leadership promotions, this program will provide just the right amount of knowledge, practice, participation, and coaching for learners to apply their new skills immediately and transition seamlessly into their role.
The Learning Tree Way
For nearly 50 years, Learning Tree has helped more than 65,000 organizations around the world – both commercial and government, large and small – train experts and leaders in a range of technical and business skills. We have heard directly from thousands of organizations about what they need most in leaders and where the biggest gaps exist.
We have learned that organizations require holistic leadership ̶. leaders who not only have the technical and business acumen to succeed, but also know how to communicate effectively and inspire others to be their absolute best individually or as part of a team.
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