Training Manager Certificate:
Managing the Training Function for Bottom-Line Results

A Series of 4 Online Sessions Starting December 2, 2026! 

Register Early! Course size is limited.

 

Certificate Overview

With the right practices, any training program can accelerate performance while delivering economic benefits; and as a focused and practical manager of a training function, you can lead the charge within your own organization. In this certificate, focus in-depth on effective methods to manage the entire scope of your organization's training effort. You will examine practical ways, sound techniques, and proven ideas to manage your organization's training and yield tangible, bottom-line results.

Bonus Items:

• You will receive a Training Manager’s Tool Kit which contains the Training Function Systems Audit.
• a 16-point Instructor Competency Inventory
• a 32-point Course Designer Competency Inventory

Prerequisites:  There are no prerequisites. Some knowledge of training design and presentation is helpful, but not required.

Who Should Attend:

This certificate program is designed for training managers, performance consultants, "departments-of-one" who run a training function for an organization or business unit, or those interested in joining their ranks. People in each of these areas will find these four fast-paced sessions engaging and full of proven ideas, tools, tips, checklists, and more.

 

Course Objectives

In this certificate you will learn to:

• Identify gaps in key training and development roles needed in your organization.
• Develop a vision, mission and function priorities statement.
• Use practical recommendations to prioritize and keep your sanity as a ‘department of one’.
• Practice using training function audit tools to benchmark your function and identify areas for improvement.
• Use an eight step consulting approach to manage your training function.
• Learn how to contract for results, not just training activities/events.
• Assess your skill level with seven key consulting roles and determine when to use each.
• Use a nine-part plan to build alliances and work successfully with line managers and employees.
• Practice how to gain management's commitment to performance improvement.
• Describe the training manager’s role using 5 diagnostic tools to determine performance problems:
  Use:
  • Performance analysis to determine if training is the issue.
  • Goal analysis to make vague requests more specific.
  • Survey approach to sort out needs vs. wants.
  • Contextual analysis to identify how, when and where to conduct training.
  • Post-training performance analysis to identify what hinders transfer of training.
• Identify essential elements of performance enhancement plans and training proposals.
• Review options for contracting with your internal clients.
• Identify powerful yet simple techniques to market your training function.
• Evaluate how you supervise and develop trainers using a 16 point competency tool.
• Describe the training manager’s role using 4 tools to supervise and coach instructors.
  Identify:
  • How to use a skill performance checklist to provide useful feedback.
  • How to use five steps of adult learning when facilitating any course.
  • Pacing of methods to avoid boredom
  • Why instructors don’t perform as expected.
• Evaluate how you supervise and develop course developers using a 32 point competency tool.
• Describe the training manager’s role using 4 design tools to supervise and coach course developers.
  Identify:
  • Who needs training.
  • The best way to do a task.
  • The best learning activities to meet instructional objectives.
  • How much practice is required to learn a skill.
• Develop criteria for buying external resources and packaged programs, and hiring consultants.
• Identify specific techniques to assess transfer of learning.
• Apply four tactics to improve learning transfer and involve managers in the process.
• Identify methods to cost justify training and monitor a training budget for classroom and online training programs.
• Develop an action plan to get results.

Go Here for Complete Sessions 1-4 Outline

 

Instructor

Maria Chilcote
Certified Licensed Provider, The Training Clinic

Course Dates

2026:  

Session 1:  Wednesday, December 2, 2026
Session 2:  Friday, December 4, 2026
Session 3:  Monday, December 7, 2026
Session 4:  Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Rain Date:  Friday, December 11, 2026
The "Rain Date" is a date to reserve on your calendar. It will be used in the unlikely event that an earlier session can not run as planned due to technical difficulties or a speaker emergency

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)
 

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 qualifies for a maximum of 12 points.