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Description
Great managers do more than supervise work. They inspire performance, align teams around a shared vision, build strong stakeholder relationships and help organizations achieve better results.
The World Class Manager Certificate is a practical leadership development program designed for aspiring, new and experienced managers who want to increase their impact, strengthen their leadership capabilities and build high-performing teams.
Through 12 interactive, self-paced modules, participants develop the skills needed to lead with confidence in today's workplace, including setting meaningful goals, coaching and developing employees, managing performance conversations, communicating with influence, optimizing productivity, building engaged teams, strengthening stakeholder relationships and contributing at a more strategic level.
Participants will learn how to:
- Lead high-performing teams by setting clear goals, driving engagement and developing people for long-term success.
- Communicate and influence effectively with stronger stakeholder management, meaningful conversations and executive presence.
- Increase your impact as a leader through better time management, productive meetings and a focus on high-value activities.
- Think strategically and lead with confidence by aligning team priorities with organizational goals and contributing to business success.
Whether you are preparing for your first leadership role, managing a team today, or looking to strengthen and refresh your management capabilities, the World Class Manager Certificate provides a comprehensive framework for becoming a more confident, influential and effective leader.
Save $200 when you register for this certificate program by November 30th.
Topics Include:
| Module | Learning Outcomes |
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| Module 1: 21st Century Management |
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| Module 2: Great Goal Setting |
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| Module 3: Inspiring Appraisals |
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| Module 4: Optimizing Your Time |
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| Module 5: Improving Communication |
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| Module 6: Better Meeting, Better Results |
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| Module 7: Understanding Our Customer |
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| Module 8: Creating a Stand Out Team |
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| Module 9: Developing Me, Developing My Team |
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| Module 10: Managing Up |
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| Module 11: Presenting with Presence |
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| Module 12: Being a Strategic Leader |
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The Global Growth Instiute (The GGI) set out to create something fresh, relevant and highly practical for you, as a manager, something that delivers as much for the CEO as it does for you and your team, The GGI been sympathetic to in the way they designed the content and learning process. All highly practical, trackable, mobile enabled, short burst and designed to make your learning experience better.
The 12 modules are a mix of short focused video’s, workbooks and assessments, designed around the habits of the great managers the GGI met in over 600 organisations in over 30 countries. They have worked with lots CEO’s and 1000s of leaders and managers from professional services firms to global distribution businesses. With one goal, to make explicit what great looks like and make it easy for busy people managers, whether that’s on the frontline or aspiring leaders, to sharpen their skills, on the go.
Key Takeaways
During this certificate, participants will:
- Learn how world-class managers create value for the organization.
- Set goals for the team that aligns with organizational business goals.
- Construct appreciative conversations for the benefit of appraisee and manager.
- Prioritize your time to focus on things that really matter as a leader.
- Make organizational messaging meaningful to the team.
- Better understand the needs of key stakeholders to deliver and even exceed expectations.
- Understand the building blocks of creating a standout team.
- Receive a framework to consider both individual and team development.
Earn a Digital Badge

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Who Will Benefit
This certificate will benefit CPAs who are new and aspiring managers who are looking to become world class managers and existing managers who would like to refresh and enhance their knowledge and skills.
How to Access the Course
This certificate is delivered in collaboration with the Global Growth Institute and you will need to register with them to receive access to the on-demand content. Details will be provided upon registration outlining how to access the course.
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Speaker(s)
Wayne Clarke is the founder of the World Class Manager™ platform, which has trained over 100,000 managers across 30 countries. His insight is sought by leaders from Fortune/ FTSE 100 companies to Governments and NGOs, advising more than 800 CEOs globally. In 2011 Wayne was made an Ambassador for JCI at the United Nations. Previous recipients of this honour include the past UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon. Wayne is a visiting lecturer at Bayes Business School and The University of Kent, and has been recognised as a Top 25 Most Influential Thinker for five years by HR Magazine. He began his career at Arthur Andersen/ Deloitte and went on to lead employee engagement for BDO, the fifth largest accounting network. He subsequently ran the advisory arm of Best Companies, producer of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list.