

ATD Certificate in Strategic Leadership
Develop your leadership currency.
Accelerate your leadership skills through simulations and hands-on activities that prepare you to take the next step in your career.
Leading others is fundamental to your talent development success. This strategic leadership program immerses you into a full simulation, integrating the leadership competencies talent development professionals need into a typical organizational challenge.
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Leading others is fundamental to your talent development success. This strategic leadership program immerses you into a full simulation, integrating the leadership competencies talent development professionals need into a typical organizational challenge.
Through assessments, simulations, role plays, and individualized feedback you will discover your personal leadership style. Learn to influence team members, build organizational relationships, and manage change while aligning actions and priorities with strategic direction. Leave the program with an individualized development plan and a commitment to action that includes clear next steps to take to become a strategic leader.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
- Cultivate your leadership competencies and self-awareness to motivate and lead others through change and uncertainty.
- Build collaboration skills so you can leverage relationships for improved performance.
- Learn effective leadership techniques to coach and mentor teams and individuals to achieve higher levels of engagement.
- Inspire and lead staff by demonstrating essential leadership skill development.
- Reinforce communication required to maintain trust and awareness.
- Model personal awareness, regulation, and development.
- Leverage assessment results to align and collaborate with the team.
- Respond to others’ needs collaboratively.
- Use feedback to refine your own leadership.
- Lead self and others through change and uncertainty.
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ATD Certificate in Strategic Leadership—Lynn Lewis
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ATD Certificate in Strategic Leadership Brochure
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Participants attending this course may be involved in one or more of the following areas:
• Aspiring or new managers or supervisors of departments or functions
• High potential candidates interested in positions of management
• Project leaders assigned to manage teams.
ATD Education programs are designed primarily for learning professionals – trainers, instructional designers, and organizational development practitioners – but also greatly benefit anyone within an organization who is responsible for developing others, from managers to human resources specialists.

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Things to Know
ATTENDANCE
For full-day face-to-face and live online programs, participation in all originally scheduled days of the program, including both face-to-face and live online formats, is mandatory in order to receive the certificate of completion and CEUs. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Participants who fulfill the attendance requirement will receive a certificate at the end of the program.
For multi-week, live online programs with five or more sessions, one missed live session can be made up by listening to the session recording in full. Participants who miss more than one live session will not be eligible to receive the certificate. To be marked complete for that one session, please email [email protected]. For programs with four or fewer sessions, attendance at all live sessions is required to receive a certificate. All sessions will be recorded and available for participants to review throughout the program for your reference.
ATD requires active participation throughout the program to receive credit. Active participation in live online sessions includes, but is not limited to, participating in virtual classroom activities, discussions, breakout sessions, and intersession work. Please note that using a tablet or mobile device significantly limits your ability to fully and actively participate.
If you meet the eligibility requirements, a certificate will be issued to you through the ATD Learning Platform at the end of the program.
CREDITS
14.0 learning hours
1.4 CEUs awarded
This program is eligible for 14.0 professional development hours or recertification points from the ATD Certification Institute (ATD CI) for the APTD or CPTD credential.
This program has been approved for 14.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
This program is valid for 14.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrm.org/certification.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
A laptop computer with Wi-Fi capability is required for both face-to-face and online programs. Please do not bring mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc.) in lieu of a laptop. There will be no computers available on-site for participants. Note: You might not have an optimal experience if you are using Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to access your courses. Chrome is the recommended browser.
ATD LEARNING PORTAL
Enrolled in a program? Sign in to the ATD Learning Portal with your ATD account credentials two weeks before the first day of class to:
- Engage with your facilitator and peers.
- Access pre-work assignments.
- View any technical requirements.
- Review logistical information.
TRANSFERS/CANCELLATIONS
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ATD HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY
View our health protocols for in-person courses.
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