Management Development

Smeal’s proven expertise in management and leadership development empowers you to build a dynamic, customizable learning journey. We will partner with you to design a program tailored to your organization’s strategic priorities, talent needs, and core competencies. The courses below illustrate the possibilities—we’ll collaborate to create a solution that delivers measurable impact. Choose your format and pace: onsite, online, or blended delivery; modular sessions to multi-day intensives; options for coaching, assessments, and applied projects. Partner with our faculty to create role-based tracks for new supervisors through seasoned middle managers, ensuring learning transfers to real results. Ready to build a stronger leadership pipeline? Contact us to explore how we can customize a program for you.

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Management Development

Overview

Smeal’s proven expertise in management and leadership development empowers you to build a dynamic, customizable learning journey. We will partner with you to design a program tailored to your organization’s strategic priorities, talent needs, and core competencies. The courses below illustrate the possibilities—we’ll collaborate to create a solution that delivers measurable impact. Choose your format and pace: onsite, online, or blended delivery; modular sessions to multi-day intensives; options for coaching, assessments, and applied projects. Partner with our faculty to create role-based tracks for new supervisors through seasoned middle managers, ensuring learning transfers to real results. Ready to build a stronger leadership pipeline? Contact us to explore how we can customize a program for you.

Earn a Certificate

Recognize progress and build expertise with stackable credentials. Participants can earn professional certificates by following established pathways—or we can create a customized certificate track aligned to your organization’s competencies and roles. Select from our existing courses or combine customized modules to build a coherent, measurable pathway. 

Our certificates not only validate skills but also drive engagement and retention. Let us help you design a certificate program that aligns with your strategic goals and empowers your workforce. 

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Courses

Developing Middle Managers

Learn key managerial competencies in planning, communication, decision making, and more this highly interactive 5-day classroom experience complemented with online resources. Successful completion awards a Professional Certificate in Functional Management, 3.5 CEUs, and 35 SHRM PDCs.

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Management Essentials

This five-module series is designed to help you develop and sharpen skills that relate to managing in today’s workplace environment. Each module will provide specific learning objectives, experiential learning activities and exercises, and real-world examples.

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I think many of my career choices were made based on necessity and personal responsibilities. This training was effective in helping me to see where I can take myself professionally, based on abilities and interests.
Colleen Miller, Physical Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
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