The brief
What is this course, and who is it for?
This is a showcase course by Apollo Accreditation, the UK and EU course development and accreditation consultancy, built for new team leaders and managers. It shows how we design for leadership and management, and every activity below works in your browser.
The problem it solves
Many managers are promoted because they did the job well, and few receive training in how to manage. Habits form in the first few months in the role.
The programme gives new managers a private place to practise conversations, a self-assessment that shows where to focus, and two sessions with a coach.
What learners can do afterwards
- Assess their own management habits and pick a focus
- Run a performance conversation that is clear and fair
- Give feedback that describes behaviour, not personality
- Agree goals and follow up
The learners
Who takes it, and why do they finish?
- Who takes it
- New team leaders and managers
- Who usually buys it
- HR director, L&D manager or managing director
- Where they take it
- Self-paced units at a desk, plus two live coaching sessions online
- Why they finish it
- It is private practice on real situations, followed up by a coach.
Try it
What does the engagement look like?
These are working copies of activities from the course. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the course
What do learners see on screen?
Each activity part way through, as a learner sees it after the first choice.
Course map
How is the course structured?
Module by module, with the type of engagement in each and the time it takes.
| Module | What learners do | Engagement | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where are you now? | Self-assessment and choosing a focus | Self-assessment, Level 2 | 30 |
| Feedback that lands | Describing behaviour and effect | Video examples and practice, Level 3 | 90 |
| The performance conversation | Rehearse it, then plan your own | Branching scenario, Level 4 | 60 |
| Live coaching 1 and 2 | Small-group sessions with a coach | Live online | 180 |
| Ninety-day plan | Goals, delegation and follow-up | Template and reflection | 60 |
About 420 minutes in total. Levels 1 to 4 are our four eLearning interaction levels. To see which level fits your own module, use the eLearning level finder.
Specification
What is in the specification?
| Who takes it | New team leaders and managers |
|---|---|
| Who usually buys it | HR director, L&D manager or managing director |
| Format | Blended: self-paced units and two live coaching sessions |
| Length | 5 units over six weeks, about 8 hours |
| Interaction level | Level 4, Advanced, built to CPD standard |
| Engagement | Self-assessment with profile, Branching scenario, Reflection |
| Assessment | Self-assessment at the start and end, scenario scores and a ninety-day plan |
| Certificate | Branded completion certificate when the course runs on our platform, or your platform's own |
| Tracking | SCORM or xAPI package, with completion and scores in your learning platform |
| Accessibility | Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support built in |
| Languages | English in this showcase. Other languages translated and checked by a native speaker |
| Updates | Each cohort, with scenarios from your organisation |
How we would build it
How would you get a course like this?
The same five steps for every course, with one named person running your project.
- Free course diagnosticSend us the material you have. After a short call we send a written note on what it needs, within a few working days.
- Scope and scriptWe pair our learning designers with someone who has worked in your sector. You review and approve the script before anything is built.
- BuildBuilt in our own authoring tool, with captions and keyboard navigation included. As a guide, four to six weeks per interactive module.
- Test and changeWe test the package on your platform before you sign off. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and trackCompletion and scores in your platform, or ours. Want CPD Certification later? It is already built to that standard.
Evidence
What can you track?
- Self-assessment results at the start and the end
- Scenario paths taken, and how they change on a second try
- Coaching attendance
- Ninety-day plans submitted
Your version
Can you build this with our content?
- Your branding, your policies and examples from your own workplace
- SCORM or xAPI for your learning platform, or hosted on ours
- Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support as standard
- Translated versions for staff or students who work in other languages
- Built to CPD standard, so it can go forward for CPD Certification when you're ready
Adapt it
Where else does this course work?
The same design, rewritten for the people and risks of another setting:
- Team leaders in retail and hospitality
- Clinical team leaders
- Academic heads of department
- Charity and volunteer managers
Questions
Common questions about this course
Can the scenarios use our own situations?
Yes. We write them with people from your organisation, so the names change but the situations are ones your managers will recognise.
How long would it take to build a course like this?
As a guide, an interactive module takes four to six weeks from when we receive your material, and a straight conversion two to three. This course has 5 modules, so we plan it in stages, and you review each script before we build it.
Will it work on our learning platform?
Yes, in most cases. We hand courses over as SCORM or xAPI packages, which nearly every learning platform accepts, and we test the finished package on your platform before you sign off. If you don't have a platform, it can run on ours.
Portfolio
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