NEW! Training Manager Certificate:
Creating High Impact Training Departments for Organizational Success

A Series of 4 Online Sessions Starting May 6, 2025

Register Early! Course size is limited.

 

Certificate Overview

This course equips you with the skills to create a high-impact training department that drives organizational success through data-driven decision-making, effective leadership, and innovative learning products. You’ll learn to assess the alignment of training initiatives with organizational goals, manage budgets, and measure the return on expectations (ROE) for key learning programs. The course also covers developing and managing learning products, including ensuring consistent quality and stakeholder collaboration. In addition, you will develop strategies for leading teams through implementation, resource management, and technology integration while fostering a culture of continuous learning. The hands-on approach of the course includes synchronous sessions and self-paced activities, giving you the tools you need to lead training teams, manage every aspect of the training function, and collaborate with peers to share insights and best practices.

Bonus Items:

• You'll receive a comprehensive course manual with checklists, job aids, tips, and guidelines for aligning training initiatives, KPIs, financial management, product development, and leadership strategies. Additionally, you'll have access to a supplemental guide featuring tools, assessments, and development plans to help you lead effective training teams. All worksheets and checklists are available as downloadable templates.
• You'll also receive access to microlearning e-learning modules on topics like budgeting basics for training managers, ensuring consistent product quality, resource management during implementation, and inspiring and engaging training teams. To support leaders who manage dispersed teams, you’ll also receive a copy of the guide to best practices for supporting hybrid and remote teams.

Prerequisites:  
There are no prerequisites.

Who Should Attend:
This course is for training managers (with or without a staff) who need to learn the basics of establishing and running a training department.
 

Course Objectives

Session 1: Managing the Business of Training

• Assess the alignment between training initiatives and organizational goals.
• Evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure training impact.
• Apply financial principles to manage training budgets effectively.
• Explain the return on expectations (ROE) for key learning initiatives.
• Analyze trends to adapt training strategies accordingly.
• Leverage data analytics to understand the impact of learning effectiveness.

Session 2: Leading Teams in Creating Effective Learning Products

• Lead teams to create engaging, effective learning products.
• Guide efforts to ensure consistent quality in learning products.
• Support collaboration with stakeholders to define product requirements.
• Implement processes for updating training products regularly.
• Align the outcome of training products with organizational goals and learner needs.
• Select tools that support the development of interactive and engaging learning products.

Session 3: Planning and Supporting Initiative Implementations

• Guide teams in developing comprehensive implementation strategies with clear timelines.
• Ensure teams select appropriate learning experience strategies that align with learner needs and organizational goals.
• Lead teams in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of training initiatives.
• Empower teams to adjust training programs based on performance metrics and feedback.
• Oversee resource management during implementation.
• Support the integration of technology to enhance training implementation.

Session 4: Leading with Vision: Building and Sustaining a Quality-Driven Learning Teams

• Develop strategies for leading training teams effectively.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning within the department.
• Coach and mentor training staff for professional growth.
• Implement leadership techniques to inspire and engage training teams.
• Address team challenges with a focus on collaboration and the team’s mission .
• Apply digital tools to support remote or hybrid leadership and communication with training teams.

Sessions

During this certificate, you will participate in the four (4) sessions shown below. Each online sessions runs 1:00-4:00pm ET. In addition, approximately eight (8) hours, two hours per module, will be required for pre-course work, intercession assignments, and post-module reflection and action planning.

Session 1: Managing the Business of Training

• Explore ways to align training with business strategy to ensure your programs contribute to overall business success.
• Learn how to use KPIs to measure training impact by identifying key performance indicators that provide insights into your programs’ effectiveness.
• Gain an understanding of how to manage training budgets effectively, ensuring responsible use of resources while demonstrating value.
• Discover methods for calculating and presenting ROE (Return onn Expectations) for training, helping you communicate the value of your programs in clear terms.
• Understand how to adapt training strategies to industry trends by monitoring market conditions that affect training needs.
• Learn how to use your LMS for reporting and tracking, making the most of system capabilities to provide data-driven insights.

Session 2: Leading Teams in Creating Effective Learning Products

• Learn practical strategies to lead teams in designing effective learning experiences that engage and support organizational goals.
• Gain insights into how to ensure consistent quality in learning products by establishing simple standards and processes.
• Explore how to collaborate effectively with stakeholders to ensure training products align with business priorities and meet learner needs.
• Discover easy-to-implement methods to maintain up-to-date training products by regularly reviewing and updating content.
• Understand how to align learning outcomes with business objectives, ensuring that training supports both organizational goals and learner needs.
• Learn how to select tools that support interactive learning, helping your team create engaging and effective learning products.

Session 3: Planning and Supporting Initiative Implementations

• Learn how to develop a clear training implementation plan that keeps your rollouts on schedule and within scope.
• Explore how to select appropriate delivery methods, choosing between in-person, virtual, and blended options based on learner needs.
• Discover simple tools and strategies for monitoring training implementation progress to ensure programs meet their objectives.
• Learn how to incorporate feedback to improve training by collecting and using input from learners to make necessary adjustments.
• Gain insights into coordinating resources and communication effectively during implementation, ensuring smooth project management.
• Understand how to use technology to support implementation, integrating platforms to streamline the process.

Session 4: Leading with Vision: Building and Sustaining a Quality-Driven Learning Teams

• Explore practical leadership skills to lead your training team effectively, guiding them in achieving department goals.
• Learn strategies for encouraging a culture of continuous learning, fostering an environment that promotes ongoing development.
• Gain techniques for providing coaching and feedback to your team, helping them grow and improve their performance.
• Explore ways to motivate your team, fostering engagement and a sense of ownership in their work.
• Learn practical approaches to addressing challenges within your team, resolving conflicts and managing common issues.
• Discover how to utilize digital tools for remote leadership, ensuring effective communication and management in hybrid or remote settings.

Session Assignments 
During this certificate, you will participate in the four (4) sessions shown above. Each online sessions runs 1:00-4:00pm ET. In addition, approximately eight (8) hours, two hours per module, will be required for pre-course work, intercession assignments, and post-module reflection and action planning

Instructor

Hadiya Nuriddin
Hadiya Nuriddin is an award-winning talent development professional with over two decades of experience in learning strategy, instructional design, elearning development, and facilitation. With Duets Learning, she’s worked with many companies on a variety of topics. She holds an MEd in curriculum studies, an MA in writing, and the CPTD and CQIA designations. She wrote the books Quality Management in L&D and StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect.

Course Dates

MAY 2025: 

Session 1: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Session 2: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Session 3: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Session 4: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Each session is 3 hours in length.

All sessions start at 1:00pm Eastern Time (New York time). Here is the time of the sessions listed in various time zones:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Mountain Time (MT)
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Central Time (CT)
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time (ET)

For times in other cities, visit Time & Date Converter. All sessions are recorded. In order to earn your Certificate of Completion, you must log in for and participate in each live course and successfully complete any homework assignments by specified deadlines. Recordings of sessions are intended for review purposes only.
 

Course Rates

Early Bird Registration 30+ days prior to course start date: $1,245

Registration within 30 days of course start date: $1,395

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Course Equipment

IMPORTANT - You'll participate in online and collaborative activities in a number of ways, each designed to provide a unique means to interact and learn from experts and colleagues. All course delivery software operates at Internet connection speeds of 56.6 kbps or better, on PC, Mac and Unix platforms. Courses will use teleconferencing or VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol.) The login instructions emailed to you approximately one week prior to the start of the course will outline platform use as well as any headset requirements or suggestions. Each registrant must provide their own laptop or desktop computer and other equipment (such as a headset, if noted in your login instructions) in order to fully and successfully participate in the course. Please test your login information a minimum of 48 hours in advance on your course start date on the computer you will be using for the course.  
 

ATD Initial Eligibility and Recertification

Training Magazine Certificates have been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials.  For questions on initial eligibility and recertification, visit ATD Certification Institute. 

This program has been approved for a maximum of 12 points.