Manager Essentials Certification: 5 Proven Practices for Leading Great Teams

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4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Build a high-performing team without micromanaging, burnout, or endless follow-ups. (4-week sprint | Certification | 1-year of support.)

Course overview

Crush Your Goals, Cut the Chaos, and Be Everyone’s Favorite Boss.

This program, grounded in science and real-world success, will give you the system and confidence to lead a high performing team, without stress, drama, or endless follow-ups.


It draws on the world's largest study of employee engagement — over 10 million workers across 150 countries — and from my own experience as a 4x CEO leading high-growth companies that earned “Best Place to Work” awards.


WHAT YOU'LL GET


5 Live Sessions — Engage with NY Times bestselling author Kevin Kruse as he personally teaches: DISC, Delegation, Feedback, One-on-Ones, Coaching.


Personalized Feedback and Coaching — Bring your real-world team challenges and get expert advice.


DISC Assessment: Unlock your behavioral styles to understand your strengths, limitations, and how to adjust to others.


Job Aids Toolkit — Get a ready-to-use library of checklists, conversation guides, and reference sheets for every skill you’ll learn in the course. 


Lifetime Access — Revisit every lesson, tool, and recording anytime you need a refresher or inspiration.


BONUS 1: AI-PROMPT RECIPES — complete prompt templates for managers (ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot)


BONUS 2: ONE-YEAR of EXECUTIVE COACHING — Get ongoing support from a real human coach via email or messaging to guide you, answer questions.


CORE SKILLS COVERED

7+ hours of live online class taught via Zoom. Each session builds practical skills you can use immediately with your team, blending proven psychology, real-world frameworks, and interactive coaching.


🎭 1. DISC PERSONALITY

Start by taking a validated online DISC assessment to uncover your unique style — your strengths, blind spots, and how you show up under pressure.

* Decode what drives and drains each behavioral style so you can read people like a book.

* Adapt your communication to connect, not clash, with every personality.

* Deliver stronger results by speaking each team member’s motivational language.

👉 Outcome: Flexing your style will reduce conflict and build trust with every person on your team.


🎯 2. EFFECTIVE DELEGATION

Learn to let go — the right way.

*Apply the P.A.C.E. Formula to assign work that empowers, not overwhelms.

* Match responsibility to readiness so your team grows with every task.

* Use check-points to maintain deadlines and quality.

👉 Outcome: Free up time to focus on strategy while helping others develop.


💬 3. EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK

Transform feedback from fear-inducing to future-focused.

* Use the B.I.G. MethodBehavior, Impact, Get Agreement.

* Shift from “gotcha” moments to growth conversations.

* Build a culture where candor and care coexist.

👉 Outcome: You’ll deliver feedback that fuels performance — not defensiveness.


👥 4. ONE-ON-ONES

Transform quick check-ins into your most valuable leadership habit.

* Make it their meeting--guide through questions

* Consistency is key--when to do weekly vs bi-weekly meetings

* Follow through and tracking for accountability.

👉 Outcome: You’ll elevate 30 minutes into meaningful momentum for your people.


🌱 5. COACHING WITH iGROW

Step into the role of coach, not just manager.

* Master the G.R.O.W. Model

* Use powerful questions to spark ownership and insight.

* Build confidence and autonomy through guided discovery.

👉 Outcome: You’ll coach with confidence and lead a team that thinks for itself.


COHORT LEARNING THAT GROWS YOUR NETWORK

In this small-group cohort, you’re guaranteed to have your questions answered and your challenges heard. You’ll learn alongside a tight-knit circle of peers who will challenge your thinking, share real-world insights, and champion your growth long after the program ends.

👉 Outcome: You’ll leave not just with new skills — but with a trusted network of fellow leaders.

Who is this course for

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FIRST-TIME MANAGERS

Are you moving from "buddy to boss"? Want to master leadership habits that will serve you for your entire career?

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EXPERIENCED LEADERS

Never had training in fundamentals of management? Looking to raise your employee engagement scores?

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STARTUP FOUNDERS

Do you realize you can't do it all yourself? Time to move from chaos to effective systems? This is for you.

What you’ll get out of this course

Lead with clarity and confidence, not chaos.

You’ll learn a repeatable system to guide your team with less stress, fewer follow-ups, and more accountability.

Understand what makes people tick.

Using the DISC model, you’ll decode personality types so you can communicate effectively, minimize conflict, and motivate every team member.

Save hours with AI-powered leadership tools.

You’ll get a ready-made “recipe book” of ChatGPT and Copilot prompts for managers so you can have an AI executive coach.

Deliver feedback that actually changes behaviors and improves performance.

You’ll transform feedback from a dreaded chore into a tool for growth—building trust, improving performance, and boosting morale.

Coach your team to think and act like owners.

Using the GROW model, you’ll ask better questions, foster problem-solving, and help your people build confidence and autonomy.

What’s included

KEVIN KRUSE, NY Times Bestselling Author & CEO, LEADx

Live sessions

Learn directly from KEVIN KRUSE, NY Times Bestselling Author & CEO, LEADx in a real-time, interactive format.

AI Prompt Library for Managers

Library of AI templates specifically designed for people-managers.

Executive Coaching

One full year of online access to a certified coach (human not AI)!

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Nov 10—Nov 16

    Nov

    10

    Welcome & DISC Assessment: Self-Awareness & Adapting to Others

    Mon 11/104:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    10

    Optional: Q&A and Leadership Clinic: Solve YOUR Team Challenge in Class!

    Mon 11/105:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 2

Nov 17—Nov 23

    Nov

    18

    Effective Delegation: Use P.A.C.E. to Empower Others & Free Up Time

    Tue 11/184:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    18

    Optional: Q&A and Leadership Clinic: Solve YOUR Real-World Challenges

    Tue 11/185:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Nov

    20

    Effective Feedback: Use B.I.G. to Change Behaviors and Improve Performance

    Thu 11/204:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    20

    Optional: Q&A and Leadership Clinic: Solve YOUR Real-World Challenges

    Thu 11/205:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 3

Nov 24—Nov 30

    Nov

    25

    One-on-One Meetings: Your Most Powerful Leadership Habit

    Tue 11/254:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Nov

    25

    Optional: Q&A and Leadership Clinic: Solve YOUR Real-World Challenges

    Tue 11/255:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 4

Dec 1—Dec 2

    Dec

    2

    Coaching: Use G.R.O.W. to Develop Problem-Solvers, Not Dependents

    Tue 12/24:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Dec

    2

    Optional: Q&A and Leadership Clinic: Solve YOUR Real-World Challenges

    Tue 12/25:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Bonus

    AI Prompts for Managers

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    Job Aids and Templates for DISC, O3s, Feedback, Coaching, and more

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Leadership Experts Rave About Kevin's Work

        Kevin gives practical advice for leading in a world that will never be the same.
John Maxwell

John Maxwell

Author, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
        Kevin will keep you amused, interested, and motivated to try new techniques to improve both relationships and results.
Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard

#1 NY Times bestselling author
        In my 30 plus years of leading Marines I can say with confidence that you are clearly a thought leader on the subject of leadership. Moreover, your presentation was engaging, provocative, and held the attention of a very tough audience. Bravo Zulu!
	John T. Boggs

John T. Boggs

Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)
        Kruse show the power of engaged employees for business success and provides practical guidance for how to achieve it.
Peter Capelli, PhD

Peter Capelli, PhD

George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School

Meet Your Instructor

KEVIN KRUSE, NY Times Bestselling Author & CEO, LEADx

KEVIN KRUSE, NY Times Bestselling Author & CEO, LEADx

NY Times bestselling author of 12 books, CEO of LEADx

He’s a New York Times bestselling author, Forbes contributor, and one of the most sought-after leadership voices in the world.


Kevin successfully co-founded four startups that won Inc 500 awards for fast growth and Best Places to Work awards.


Kevin Kruse has coached members of Congress, Fortune 500 CEOs, and startup founders. He published the world’s largest study of employee engagement—over 10 million workers across 150 countries—and literally wrote the book on modern leadership with the global bestseller Great Leaders Have No Rules.


Now—for a limited time—you can step directly into Kevin’s live, virtual classroom. This is your chance to learn from him in real time, apply his proven frameworks, and get personal coaching on your toughest leadership challenges.


Spaces are limited—and once the cohort fills, that’s it.


Don’t miss your opportunity to learn from one of the most respected leadership experts of our time.

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Want to bring this course to your company? Contact info@leadx.org to schedule a meeting.

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