Future Leaders Professional Certificate Program

Program 7224

  • Duration: Multi-Week
  • Language: English
  • Level: Foundation

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 business leaders must also be equipped with "soft skills" like communication, creativity and problem-solving. Learning Tree’s Future Leaders Professional Certificate Programme imparts these crucial but undervalued leadership skills through our unique integrated learning model, which expertly combines training, assessment, coaching, and collaboration. 

This certificate programme is designed to give professionals a deep understanding of all the foundational leadership skills they need to take the next step. From courses such as Tools for Productive Communications and Making Effective Presentations to Coaching Essentials and Leading Innovation in Teams, this action-based, hybrid programme provides the theory and tools for great leadership, real-world practice, and a collaborative learning model that ensures deep understanding.

Future Leaders Professional Certificate Programme

Key Benefits

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Inspire, motivate and empower teammatesand direct reports
  • Facilitate clear and effective communicationin increasingly complex environments
  • Delegate tasks clearly
  • Develop a proactive customer-focused approach
  • Enhance leadership abilities through emotional intelligence
  • Make compelling and impactful presentations
  • Unlock employee potential to maximise productivity and performance
  • Deal with difficult situations and people
  • Foster a culture of innovation

Key Features

  • Six hours of pre- and post-programme workshops  
  • 10 hours of coaching between courses to reinforce learning  
  • 6 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   

Programme Schedule

The Certificate Programme Kickoff serves as a crucial introductory event, providing you with a valuable opportunity to connect with your programme coach.

During this session, you will not only establish a rapport with your coach but also gain a clear understanding of the desired outcomes aligned with your goals.

In this module, participants learn the fundamental management skills and leadership competencies, including how to motivate and empower teammates with passion, facilitate effective communication, delegate tasks clearly, develop a proactive customer-focused approach, and enhance leadership abilities through emotional intelligence.

There are five coaching sessions conducted throughout the programme. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning and discuss steps involved in perfecting your capstone project.  

Productive communication is essential for a new leader, and yet is often overlooked in a leader’s development. 

In this module, participants establish a mindset for productive communication and learn key techniques, including communication in a complex environment, authenticity, and adaptability, as well as the several main communication styles.  

There are five coaching sessions conducted throughout the programme. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning and discuss steps involved in perfecting your capstone project.  

Once a leader has established a mindset for productive communication, the tools needed for productive communication need to be explored and practiced. 

In this companion module to Preparing for Productive Communication, participants will explore and practice critical productive communication tools, including how to listen and understand, how to ask effective questions, non-verbal cues, how to have tough conversations, reflection and affirmation, and more. 

There are five coaching sessions conducted throughout the programme. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning and discuss steps involved in perfecting your capstone project.  

This course is ideal for improving a leader’s presentation skills, especially for those who regularly give presentations as part of their job, or anyone who wants to build their communication skills. 

Participants will learn key elements of effective presentations and how to identify and target audience needs to create impactful presentations. 

There are five coaching sessions conducted throughout the programme. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning and discuss steps involved in perfecting your capstone project.  

Successful organisations realise that to be truly successful, employees must perform at their very best. In the Coaching Essentials module, new leaders will harness a coaching mindset and leverage proven coaching techniques to develop the potential of those they lead. 

Participants will explore what it means to be a coach vs a manager, and will learn to foster a supportive environment that benefits individuals and the organisation. 

There are five coaching sessions conducted throughout the programme. The purpose of these coaching sessions is to review the prior modules, solidify the learning and discuss steps involved in perfecting your capstone project.  

For the new leader, creating a team innovation mindset is critical.  Leading innovation is an essential skill yet, can be intimidating for the uninitiated. This practical module leads participants through a set of tools that can be used to foster team innovation. 

The ROI (Return-On-Investment) Workshop is a four-hour virtual session where the participants meet with the lead instructor and lead coach to review individual performance on actions-to-be-taken throughout the FLP, and to offer any final recommendations on learning adoption to the participants. 

This session is scheduled approximately 30 days after the completion of Module 6.  A general discussion of the results of the Post- Programme Knowledge & Skills Assessment will also be conducted.  There is also a brief graduation ceremony to bring closure to the FLP and the process. 

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We highly recommend attending at least 90% of the full programme in order to gain the deep knowledge, skills, and connections that will help advance your project management capabilities and career potential.

All programme sessions are recorded and the videos will be made available on demand so you can catch up on any missed material in your My Learning Tree account.

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