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Set up your managers to succeed
Role cards, goal maps and a delegation ladder show managers what good looks like and where they decide.
Camderson Academy · CA-LM-015
Lead through other leaders with clarity, trust and care.
A practical, self-paced course for every person on the path to senior leadership. Shift your role, set expectations, cascade goals, delegate outcomes, coach managers, onboard new ones, keep a steady rhythm of accountability, stay close with respect, address gaps early, lead change and plan your next ninety days.
About 6 hours · 12 lessons · Advanced · Simple tools you can use right away · Self-paced · Tools you keep
Lead through others, one clear step at a time.
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Grow and support your managers
Coaching talks, launch plans and a steady check-in rhythm help managers build confidence and results.
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Lead the whole organization
Skip-level guides, change plans, decision tables and a ninety day plan help you lead across teams and build your bench.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
Practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.
- Describe how your job shifts when you lead managers and write clear expectations for the manager role.
- Set direction and cascade goals so every team can see how its work connects.
- Delegate outcomes and decisions to managers while staying informed.
- Coach managers, and select, promote and onboard new managers well.
- Hold managers accountable with care, stay close without going around anyone and address gaps early.
- Lead change through managers, align teams across the organization and plan your next ninety days.
Your toolkit
Simple tools for every step
Role Shift Map
List · Mark · Hand back · Build · Review
See where your time goes and shift it toward helping managers.
Manager Role Card
Results · People · Community · Decisions · Review
Write what you expect from a manager on one page.
Goal Cascade Map
Organization · Manager goals · Connect · Touch points · Review
Connect organization goals to each manager's team.
Delegation Ladder Sheet
Decision · Outcome · Limits · Rung · Check-ins
Hand over an outcome with limits and a decision level.
Manager Coaching Plan
Choose · Ask · Observe · Next step · Support
Plan a short coaching talk that asks before telling.
New Manager Launch Plan
Readiness · Stretch · Card · Buddy · Reviews
Prepare and support a new manager through the first 90 days.
Accountability Rhythm Sheet
Goals · Schedule · Note · Recognize · Records
Set a steady rhythm of check-ins, notes and recognition.
Skip-Level Conversation Guide
Tell · Ask · Promise · Themes · Close the loop
Listen to the team while protecting the manager's role.
Gap Conversation Plan
Facts · View · Causes · Plan · Follow up
Prepare a calm conversation about a gap in results.
Change Cascade Plan
Reason · Managers first · Messages · Questions · Adjust
Prepare managers before a change and keep talk two-way.
Decision Rights and Alignment Sheet
Decisions · Two-team · Problem · Test · Premortem
Say who decides what and test cross-team decisions.
Leading Managers 90 Day Plan
Goal · Habits · If-then · Bench · Review
One page that brings the habits together.
Clarify. Delegate. Coach. Grow.
Curriculum
Inside the course
4 modules, 12 lessons with worked examples
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Make the Shift to Leading Managers
Shift your role, write clear expectations for managers and cascade goals so every team sees how its work connects.
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Delegate and Develop Through Managers
Delegate outcomes, coach managers to coach and choose, promote and onboard new managers well.
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Hold Accountability and Stay Connected
Build a steady rhythm of accountability, stay close without going around anyone and address gaps early.
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Lead the Whole Organization
Lead change through managers, align across teams, make strong decisions and plan your next ninety days.
What is included
Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work
- 12 lessons, each with a written lesson, worked examples and figures, at your own pace
- A short stand-alone example in every lesson, drawn from many kinds of workplaces
- A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
- Leading Managers Templates (Word) for every teaching tool
- A practice tracker with live formulas, a solutions version and a reusable template
- Quick Reference Cards and the Practice Examples
- An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson figure
- Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
- A capstone you can build for your own team or from practice scenarios, with a rubric you use to check your own work
- Access to the Camderson Academy community
- A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You lead managers, or want to, and want a clear, caring way to do it
- You work alongside leaders and want to understand how to support them
- You want simple tools you can start using this week
It is not the right fit if
- You need personalized coaching, legal or HR advice for a specific situation
- You want a promotion promised to you
- You are looking for a professional credential
Your instructor
Meet your instructor
Taught by Camderson Advisory
A consulting firm for practical workplace skills
Your instructor is Camderson Advisory, a consulting firm that helps organizations build practical skills for the people who do the work. In this course, your instructor helps you lead through other leaders with clarity and care, one clear habit at a time.
About
About Camderson Academy
Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.
Training a team?
We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations that want everyone, in every role and department, to build the same skills. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any experience or a previous course?
No formal prerequisite is required, and every idea is explained from the start. The course is labeled Advanced because it covers leading through other managers. Familiarity with first-line management helps, and CA-LM-001 and CA-LM-003 cover those basics.
Who is this course for?
Directors, senior managers, rising leaders and the people who work alongside them, in any kind of organization and any department. The examples come from many workplaces, and the ideas fit schools, clinics, nonprofits, offices and service teams of every size.
How long do I have access?
Your access does not expire. We review the course on a regular cycle, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.
How long does it take?
About 6 hours in total, including the written lessons, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.
Questions about your purchase?
Email support through academy.camderson.com.
What tools do I need?
A spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice Calc), a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.
Do I have to use my own workplace for the capstone?
No. You can build your plan from the practice scenarios in the Capstone Practice Brief. If you use your own role, use sample details and leave out the names of real people and anything confidential.
Does the course recommend products or give professional advice?
No. It names no product, platform or provider as the one to use. It is general education, not legal, HR or employment advice, and it points you to your HR team, qualified professionals and the research and official guidance it draws on. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization or author named in the sources.
What does the certificate confirm?
You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and completing the capstone. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course.
How was this course written and checked?
This course was written and edited by Camderson Advisory. Sources are listed with the date each was read. Where a source could not be opened on that date, the Sources page says so. This course teaches skills for everyday work. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. Laws and rules vary by place and change over time, so talk with your own attorney or qualified professional about your situation. Last updated: November 2026. Next planned review: November 2027.
Lead through other leaders with clarity, trust and care.
Self-paced, about 6 hours, with a Workbook, templates, Quick Reference Cards and a practice tracker.
This course earns a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course. This course is general education about how leaders who manage other managers can set direction, delegate, coach, hold people accountable with care and lead change. It is not legal, HR, employment law, psychological or financial advice, it does not promise a promotion or any result, and it does not replace your HR team, your own leaders, a qualified professional or the official guidance named in each lesson. Workplaces, industries and laws differ, and employment rules change, so adapt every idea to your own organization and confirm current details with your HR contact and the sources named in each lesson. Several sources describe one company's own research or practice, a federal agency's guidance for its own workforce or an older report written for a different purpose, and they are summarized only as far as the pages read support. Research suggests patterns and does not promise results in any one team. Examples and numbers are fictional or illustrative. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any company, agency or author named in the sources and does not endorse any product.