Excellence in Management: Unlocking Engagement & Performance
March 6 - April 17, 2025
Increase your confidence and competence as a manager by driving stronger team engagement and performance.
Outcomes you can expect from this live training course:
Increased clarity for your leadership voice and style
Improved engagement in 1:1s and team meetings
Better team performance using the proven 3Cs model
Adoption of the Fearless Feedback Model for mastering difficult conversations
Expanded view of how to develop your people & 8 proven tactics to do it
More effective career development conversations using Hindsight, Foresight, Insight
What People Are Saying
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HIGHLY recommend Excellence in Management. There wasn't a session where I felt like I wasn't leveled up. She is a great coach, who cares deeply and she shows it every day. I wouldn't be the amazing professional I am today without her.
Libby Schofield, L&D Manager
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“Training with you has been a step-function improvement in my management. Thank you so much!”
Claire Burke, Operations at Opendoor
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Absolutely game changing if you are a leader or aspire to lead. In the training now and every session there are immediate takeaways to implement with your team. Thx Katie!
Sean Twiss, Regional Manager, Opendoor
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"I can confidently say I feel exponentially stronger in my ability to lead, coach and manage after the time invested in this course! The ideas and themes were laid out so well and always applied to relevant, day-to-day application whether it be important feedback in 1v1's or creating a culture of accountability. Katie's personal management and coaching experience is incredible and there is so much that I "stole" from her throughout the course."
Emmett Jones, Manager of Customer Success, Vanta
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“I HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking Katie’s course, Excellence in Management. After taking this career changing course last cohort my leadership game has never been more influential. I’m having more profound & rewarding feedback conversations, feeling reinvigorated to challenge myself & my team, and approaching challenges in new ways.”
Patrick Foley, Manager of Learning Programs, Opendoor
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“I highly recommend this training course. I'm a better communicator and team lead as a result of this course and can honestly credit Katie for all of the growth I've experienced. The real cherry on top is that I enjoy my job more and my team is stronger as a result of Katie's guidance.”
Katy Romdall, Director of Global Events, Duolingo
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2 weeks into Excellence in Management, my leadership style changed for the better. I understood that being a manager didn't mean having all of the answers, but rather developing my people so that our org could scale. That meant being open, asking questions, following up, providing feedback, and relying on my instincts. Katie's course is well-developed and can elevate any leader's performance, no matter the tenure.
Katarina Rajic, Sales Manager, 7Shifts
FAQs
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This is a 6-part strategic management course.
Our schedule and sessions will be:
Thurs, March 6th 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Strengthening Your Leadership Voice
Thurs, March 13th 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Leading Engaging 1:1s & Team Meetings
Thurs, March 20th 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Creating A High Performing Team
Thurs, April 3rd 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Delivering Effective Feedback
Thurs, April 10th 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Developing Your People
Thurs, April 17th 9:00 - 10:30 PST - Leading High Impact Career Conversations
If you’re interested in this course for a team of managers, please reach out to discuss your needs, vision, and scheduling - katie@enduranceboss.com.
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This course is perfect for managers who:
Are hungry for professional development,
Want to be known for developing top talent,
Desire a boost to their virtual management abilities,
Could use additional tools in their toolbox for coaching, developing, and managing performance.
If you’re not yet managing people, send me an email and we can talk through additional options - katie@enduranceboss.com
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Excellence in Management received a kickass reboot as of Fall 2024!
New topics and new models have been introduced to help managers increase their effectiveness even further.
The 6 sessions in this course:
Strengthening Your Leadership Voice
Leading Engaging 1:1s & Team Meetings
Creating A High Performing Team
Delivering Effective Feedback
Developing Your People
Leading High Impact Career Conversations
Our first session is all about you and strengthening your voice and impact as a leader.
Then we get very tactical in the following sessions.
You will learn the keys to powerful 1:1s and team meetings. You'll learn a proven framework for how to deliver feedback, and even how to handle reactions to feedback.
Then we shift into team culture and performance.
You will learn the 3Cs - the proven Conditions for Success for high performing teams.
With that knowledge, you'll then take a journey into how to develop your people beyond just a promotion (hint: there are 8 ways to develop your people).
And you'll wrap up the course learning a valuable framework for leading career conversations with your people.
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The training course is capped at 12 leaders.
Development happens through conversation, and a small group enables us to go deep and address the real challenges and vulnerabilities facing managers and leaders today.
Because there are leaders from a number of different organizations, each person also gets to expand their perspective and learn from their peers.
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For individuals, the cost is $850. That includes 9 hours of development, an 85-page hard copy learning guide, and additional resources emailed as topics arise.
For teams or organizations who want Excellence in Management for their crew, please reach out to Katie to discuss needs, vision, timeline, and cost.
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Yes, many managers have successfully used their learning stipend for this course.
You can use this template to request approval:
Hi [manager]!
There's a leadership & management training course I'd love to take.
It teaches people how to be more impactful leaders who drive better business results.
I’ll strengthen my ability to empower others, learn how to lead stronger 1:1s and team meetings, and gain tactics to have better feedback and development conversations.
Most of all though, I’m going to learn how to drive team performance and have an opportunity to action plan using a proven model.
I believe all of these will help me more effectively drive business results.
The instructor is Katie Ceccarini, a Certified Executive Coach & Facilitator. She’s been managing and leading people for 20 years. She spent 10 years leading Customer Success training at Yelp and then was Head of Learning & Development at Opendoor where she built out their management and leadership programming. Now she works with companies like eBay, Munchkin, Reddit, Discover, and VMware to develop their people.
Here's a link to the course if you'd like to check it out.
It's $850, and this is a steal given the length of course, the resources, and personal attention I’ll receive.
Can I expense this?
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If you’re on vacation or something takes you away from a scheduled session, I will provide a recording.
Available Add-ons
In addition to the core program, I offer three powerful additions:
Executive Presence - a 90 minute session focused on influencing and communication tactics to step into your executive presence.
Leadership Coaching - training is wonderful, and what maximizes implementation is accountability. Add a series of 1:1 leadership coaching sessions onto the Excellence in Management program and improve your application of the program’s teachings.
What Katie’s Like As a Leader
“Are you looking for a leader who really changes the game? Then look no further than Katie Ceccarini. I had the absolute pleasure of being lead by Katie at Opendoor while serving in the Learning & Development Org while Katie was Director of L&D. Katie's monumental impact on my career has been driven by three main aspects; Her organic coaching style, her humility as a leader, and her top-notch communication skills. Katie’s coaching and leadership style have enabled me to grow in my career faster and more effectively compared to peers in other organizations and companies. The moment you hire on Katie, your life is forever changed because Katie is the REAL DEAL.”
— Patrick Foley
“Katie is a phenomenal leader. Throughout my time working with Katie she had the ability to listen deeply and had the rare gift of asking insightful questions to empower me to implement a set of goals and objectives to bring the best impact and benefit to my professional development. Katie’s human, objective, flexible yet challenging and supportive approach is exactly what I needed to propel to the next level. I highly recommend Katie to anyone who is looking for rewarding, rapid and visible results.”
— Andrea Riesen
“I had the luck of working directly for - and with - Katie for over 4 years. Throughout or time together, Katie continuously supported me through transitions, encouraged our team to be self motivated leaders and constantly communicated a vision we could relate to and accomplish. She works hard everyday at setting high expectations for her team, is not afraid to be vulnerable and model using her resources and clearly cares about the people she works with. Katie is extremely skilled in technical skills as well, and truly helped pioneer the Training and Quality Assurance team and expectations at Yelp.”