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Harvard Business Publishing's Stepping Up to Management™

An online learning program for new and aspiring managers

Build the essential skills you need for a management career path through Harvard Business Publishing's Stepping Up to Management™. Designed specifically for environmental professionals, this program utilizes an exclusive online learning model to deliver management training that's practical, convenient and actionable.

Immediate on-the-job learning

No travel or staff time costs

Certificate awarded upon completion

Stepping Up to Management Online Learning Program

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Studies have shown that up to 90% of all managers fail to carry out their primary responsibilities: creating and implementing strategy and fueling innovation. Why? They lack focus and energy, avoid complex challenges in favor of busywork, and don’t delegate effectively.

Stepping Up to Management™ was designed specifically to address these challenges. This online program prepares professionals for a management career path by developing transferable people management and leadership skills.

What Are the Benefits of Online Management Training?

Easy-to-use online learning format

Delivered 100% online, training is consistent and easily monitored. Participants complete activities, worksheets, and comprehension tests.

Program completion in 3 months or less

The program can be completed on your own schedule, at your own pace. All modules end with a quiz to help make sure that you understand the material.

Immediate on-the-job learning

Useful concepts and tools can be integrated into the daily workflow so that new managers can quickly succeed in their positions.

Focus on the skills that matter most

A personalized learning program based on an initial self-assessment helps you prioritize modules according to your individual needs and role requirements.

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I liked the exercises... they really put the theory into practice. It's helpful to apply what you just learned to specific scenarios.

- Program Graduate

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The Stepping Up to Management™ series includes 8 modules:

1) Understanding Your New Role

Discover management misconceptions, how to transition, and how to avoid common mistakes made by new managers.

2) Working Through Others

Learn to manage relationships, develop a management style, and build employee relationships based on trust.

3) Managing Performance

Understand the importance of recognizing accomplishments, helping employees grow and develop their skills, setting objectives, delegating effectively, and coaching direct reports.

4) Organizing Resources, Time & Meetings

Handle administrative responsibilities efficiently, hold meetings effectively, and manage your time.

5) Managing a Group

Discover the key elements of creating a high-performing team—establishing clear processes, clarifying communication standards, developing group norms and culture, protecting the team, and determining team performance measures.

6) Supporting Your Boss & Organization

Understand your boss’s agenda, foster an atmosphere of partnership, develop unit and individual performance goals, and align those goals with the company’s strategic objectives.

7) Networking with Colleagues

Cultivate relationships with people both inside and outside your organization, and develop influence strategies to build and strengthen your network.

8) Evolving as a Manager

Examine your transition into management, evaluate your role as a manager and a leader, reflect on how you relate to others, and create a continuous learning path.