CMI Recognized Middle Management Development Certificate
- Translate organizational strategy into unit objectives and communicate them to supervisors and teams.
- Lead and develop supervisors by delegating authority and coaching them on management issues.
- Influence senior leaders and peer departments using evidence-based proposals.
- Plan and lead a departmental change initiative with stakeholder analysis.
- Identify talent and succession needs in the unit and propose development actions.
- Create a personal leadership development plan based on 360-degree feedback.
- The Middle Manager's Position
- Linking strategy and operations
- Pressures and expectations from above and below
- Personal leadership assessment
- Strategic Awareness and Planning
- Understanding organizational strategy
- Translating strategy into unit plans
- Aligning resources with priorities
- Leading Managers and Supervisors
- Delegating authority to supervisors
- Coaching managers on people issues
- Building a management team
- Influence and Cross-Functional Work
- Influencing upwards with evidence
- Collaboration across departments
- Negotiating resources and priorities
- Change and Talent
- Leading departmental change
- Identifying and developing talent
- Succession planning for key roles
- Personal Leadership Development
- 360-degree feedback and reflection
- Building leadership presence
- Career development planning
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Program Professional Framework
CMI Recognized Middle Management Development Certificate
Program Overview
Middle managers connect senior leadership's strategy with frontline delivery, and their development has a direct effect on execution across the organization. This development program strengthens the capabilities middle managers need as they grow: strategic awareness and translating strategy into unit plans, leading other managers and supervisors, influencing upwards and across functions, managing change, building talent and succession, and developing personal leadership through 360-degree feedback and reflective practice. Participants work on a real departmental challenge and build a development plan for their next career stage.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Translate organizational strategy into unit objectives and communicate them to supervisors and teams.
- ✓Lead and develop supervisors by delegating authority and coaching them on management issues.
- ✓Influence senior leaders and peer departments using evidence-based proposals.
- ✓Plan and lead a departmental change initiative with stakeholder analysis.
- ✓Identify talent and succession needs in the unit and propose development actions.
- ✓Create a personal leadership development plan based on 360-degree feedback.
Target Audience
- Middle managers and heads of sections
- Department managers leading supervisors
- Senior specialists moving into management
- Managers in leadership development pipelines
Detailed Program Modules
01The Middle Manager's Position
- Linking strategy and operations
- Pressures and expectations from above and below
- Personal leadership assessment
02Strategic Awareness and Planning
- Understanding organizational strategy
- Translating strategy into unit plans
- Aligning resources with priorities
03Leading Managers and Supervisors
- Delegating authority to supervisors
- Coaching managers on people issues
- Building a management team
04Influence and Cross-Functional Work
- Influencing upwards with evidence
- Collaboration across departments
- Negotiating resources and priorities
05Change and Talent
- Leading departmental change
- Identifying and developing talent
- Succession planning for key roles
06Personal Leadership Development
- 360-degree feedback and reflection
- Building leadership presence
- Career development planning
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants address a real departmental challenge by preparing a unit plan, stakeholder and change approach and talent actions, and submit a personal leadership development plan informed by feedback.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.


