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85% of managers get zero training. Become the exception.

You Can Manage is a series of workshops that turns the often-abstract role of management into The Essential Five.

Five practices that create engaged teams, drive results, and transform workplaces.

You don’t need to master all five at once, but it helps to know where to start.

Take our quiz for a quick, honest look at your strengths and where there’s room to grow. Answer 15 short statements and we’ll show you exactly where to focus first. 

The Framework Behind Being a Great Manager 

The series moves through all five Essentials – from the self-awareness that grounds good leadership, to connecting your team with the wider organization.  

Join a public certificate program or bring the full five-day training in-house for your team, so you or your leaders can learn the full framework.

Or pick the workshop that targets exactly where you want to grow.

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01 | Start with You

Ground your leadership in your values, mindset, and self-awareness.

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02 | Invest in People

Build the trust that makes performance possible. 

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03 | Build the Team

Turn a group of individuals into a healthy, aligned team.

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04 | Advance the Work

Set strategy, sharpen your systems, and create real accountability.

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05 | Strengthen the Organization

Lead beyond your own team and guide change with confidence.

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Not sure where to start?

Join one of our upcoming live You Can Manage – The Essential Five Framework workshops. It’s a half-day training where you’ll learn the core elements of effective management, evaluate your success through your team’s performance, engagement, and well-being, and walk away with a plan to develop your highest-priority growth areas. 

Different Paths to Fit Your Goals 

Stand-Alone Workshops 

Start with your highest priority growth area and create your own development plan.

Take one or more of the workshops in whatever order you want.

 

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Intensive Five-Day Certificate Program 

Move through the full framework alongside other managers. 

  • A completed leadership charter 
  • A 30-60-90-day people investment plan  
  • A team health action plan  
  • An accountability plan  
  • A six-month development plan  
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Self-Paced Certificate Program 

Work through all five Essentials on your own schedule with fully on-demand, self-paced videos.

Coming in 2027

Want to bring this to your organization?

Strengthen your leadership team with a private workshop, or build consistent management practices with the certificate program.

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Praise for the You Can Manage Book

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“Less theory, more practical tools – exactly what new managers need on day one. I wish I’d had this book when I stepped into my first management role.”

—Minette Norman, Author, The Boldly Inclusive Leader

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“If you want your leaders to step up with confidence, this is the playbook. It’s fast, clear, and packed with insights that actually move a team forward. A must-read for anyone who manages people.”

—Tyler Gompf, CEO, Global Drain Technologies

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“I’ve read a lot of management and leadership books, but this one feels different in the best possible way. You Can Manage offers practical, actionable tools that managers can use every day to create workplaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued.”

—Marion Cooper, President and Lead Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Your questions answered

Yes! The Essential Five framework outlined in the You Can Manage workshops can help new managers lead their teams well.  

Yes! Regardless of your job title or whether you manage one person or 100, these workshops are for you.  

Trust follows competency – when you invest in becoming a stronger manager, your team feels it. You Can Manage builds competence from the ground up, so that your team can rely on you to show up consistently, have one-on-ones that build trust, and lead with more clarity and follow-through.  

Yes, you’ll receive a certificate for every workshop you complete, whether it’s a live session, an on-demand recording, or a full certificate program. 

Right now, you can book individual workshops. In 2027, we will be adding pre-recorded on-demand videos and launching our first public certificate program. Private training is also available: we can bring any single workshop or all five as a certificate program to your whole team. 

Yes, employee engagement is directly tied to how well managers lead, and that’s exactly what You Can Manage was created to improve. Through The Essential Five framework, this training builds trust, clarity, and consistency that creates long-term engagement. 

Stop figuring it out on your own.

85% of managers never get trained for this job – you don’t have to be one of them. 

Whether you start with one workshop, work through the self-guided path, or spend five days fully immersed with us, every route leads through the same five Essentials, and every route ends with you leading with more clarity and becoming the manager everyone wants. 

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