Program Management Leadership Certificate Program[less]

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Program management is a complex specialty on which all successful companies depend. Often misunderstood, program management is much more than a sophisticated project manager. Successful companies rely on program managers to knit together critical components of the enterprise, influence staff to get their best, manage interdependent projects across the globe, manage conflict constructively, communicate effectively and lead mindshare in the best collaborative way in the best interest of the enterprise and its employees.

The Program Management Leadership Program is specifically designed to develop the interpersonal and organizational leadership skills of the program manager. These human leadership skills enable technical skills to be effective.

This program has been designed based on industry research of best practices and core competencies required for success.

The certificate program is comprised of the following core courses and one elective course:

Instructional Design and Development Courses and Certificate Program [less]

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Well-run companies are finding it increasingly important to educate their workforce. Recent studies show that an increase in education and training investment is followed by improved performance:

• Learning is becoming an increasingly important function for companies to develop and maintain individual and organizational skills needed to sustain a competitive advantage, increase efficiencies, and improve business results. (IBM Research, January, 2006)
• As organizations face stronger global competition, business leaders recognize that employee learning and skills development is more important than ever to grow and sustain a competitive advantage. (ASTD, December, 2005)
• Companies that spend more than the average amount on training have a higher placement of internal hires, and that reduces, in real dollars, recruiting costs and downtime…"The other thing we're able to show is that companies that spend more on training have lower annual turnover." (Workforce Management, September 2001)

It logically follows that the effectiveness of today’s organization is positively correlated to the way in which training and education programs are assessed, designed, delivered and evaluated. Peak Performance Group’s (PPG) Training and Education Specialist Program empowers participants with practical, relevant tools and processes to create training and education programs that are aligned with business objectives and can be measured to demonstrate efficacy in supporting the organization.

Key Features and Benefits

The PPG’s Instructional Design and Development Program design is based on proven principles and theories from the disciplines of adult learning, instructional design, human motivation and learning, and developmental psychology.

The program features an integrated curriculum with measurable learning objectives tied to key competencies that are revisited throughout the seven modules and connected to the various phases of the training and development cycle.

Training and education are approached systemically and positioned as a value added function that supports broader organizational objectives and initiatives.

Instructional Design and Development Competencies

The Instructional Design and Development focuses on developing 10 critical core competencies. These competencies are integrated across the curriculum; revisited and reinforced throughout the program.


Figure 1 illustrates the ten critical competency areas that are developed and fostered throughout the program.

Program Candidates

The target audience for this program includes individuals who are new to the field of corporate training and education, as well as human resource generalists, organizational development specialists, technical specialists who make decisions about training and anyone whose primary responsibility includes managing designing, developing or delivering education, training and/or organization development programs.

Learning Engagement Model

The Instructional Design and Development Program is highly interactive, and employs real-life student case studies whenever possible. Students may be asked to read cases and relevant materials and work on case study projects between classes. Projects will be presented to the class for insights, ideas, critical analysis, feedback and collaborative learning. Courses are stand-alone and may be taken individually. When this option is chosen, pre-requisite knowledge and skills are part of a review session presented at the beginning of each class.

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Leadership Gateway Program® (Certificate Program)[less]

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Developing future leaders is the single greatest challenge that all enterprises face today. Corporate research over the last 30 years proves that those companies that invest in the development of leaders and maintain a bench strength of talent have a significant competitive edge demonstrated in profitability, adaptiveness and sustained and predictable results.

The Value Proposition

The enterprise can most efficiently and effectively improve executive continuity and increase leadership bench strength through the development of proven talent who have organizational knowledge, experience with the company, and demonstrated success with the enterprise’s products, markets and customers.

Internally promoted professionals will have demonstrated commitment and dedication and will incur less risk than hiring unknown and transient executives from outside the firm.

The Complexity of Leadership

Effective leaders are skilled at integrating business systems, organizational systems, and human development principles. A critical and complex component of the leadership quotient is being able to think and analyze systemically, understanding the inter-relationships and then isolating for root cause and solution building. The LGP® specializes in developing this sophisticated perspective.

The Broad Scope of Leadership

Today’s leadership requirements are not only complex but broad and global. Figure 2 outlines the diversity of management and leadership skills necessary for today’s executives to be successful in what is inherently and unavoidably a global economy.

Leadership Gateway Program® Candidates

The target audience for this program includes individuals who are currently successful managers, highly skilled technical specialists leading projects, or individuals who have been identified as high-potential employees. The Gateway Leadership Program® is an especially effective strategic tool in building depth and breadth to support executive continuity, bench strength, and global deployment plans.

The Leadership Gateway Program®:

• Is a transitional development approach for preparing management and leadership candidates for first line executive positions.
• Is a proven and critical tool in developing, screening and identifying leaders at an early stage and building long-term bench strength.
• Develops skills critical to leadership and enterprise success.
• Integrates enterprise case studies with all educational and developmental activities.
• Teaches leadership candidates how to think, as opposed to what to think.

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