Leadership & Management Development Programs
From first-time manager fundamentals to senior leader strategy — practitioner-led programs that build managers people actually want to work for.
Great Managers Aren’t Born — They’re Trained
Promoting your best individual contributor into management and hoping they figure it out is the #1 cause of preventable employee turnover. Great managers aren’t instinctual — they need frameworks for performance conversations, documentation habits that protect the company, coaching skills that retain good employees, and enough employment law literacy to avoid costly mistakes.
Catapult HR leadership programs are built around real management scenarios — the kind your HR team gets pulled into every week. Led by certified HR practitioners who’ve handled these situations firsthand. Every level of manager walks away with skills they can apply Monday morning.
Who This Is For
- Newly promoted managers who’ve never managed people before
- Mid-level managers struggling with performance conversations or documentation
- Senior leaders building succession depth and strategic people skills
- HR teams drowning in manager-escalated issues they shouldn’t be handling
- Organizations with high manager-related turnover in the past 12 months
What You’ll Walk Away With
- Managers who can handle difficult conversations without HR on a three-way call
- A consistent performance management framework used across every department
- Documentation habits that hold up in terminations and legal challenges
- Coaching skills that keep high performers from walking out the door
- Employment law basics that prevent accidental exposure before HR hears about it
What’s Included
- +First-time manager essentials curriculum
- +Performance management and discipline skills
- +Coaching, mentoring, and feedback models
- +Employment law for non-HR managers
- +Difficult conversation and conflict resolution frameworks
- +Strategic HR and business acumen for senior leaders
- +SHRM PDC and HRCI credit approved
HRCI Approved
PHR, SPHR, GPHR Credit Eligible
SHRM Preferred Provider
SHRM-CP & SHRM-SCP Eligible
Trustpilot 5.0 Stars
Rated by HR Professionals
Regional HR Experts
Serving the Southeast Employers
The Manager Impact You Can Measure
Leadership development that pays for itself in reduced turnover and fewer HR escalations.
Fewer HR Escalations
Trained managers handle their own performance conversations, accommodation requests, and conflicts — reducing unnecessary HR involvement by 30-50%.
Lower Turnover
Employees leave managers, not companies. Managers who coach, document, and communicate effectively retain their teams at significantly higher rates.
Reduced Legal Exposure
Managers who understand employment law basics make far fewer accidental mistakes that create disability, discrimination, or retaliation claims.
“Before Catapult, our managers called HR every time they had to deal with a performance issue or difficult employee. After the workshop series, most of them handle it themselves — and they document it correctly. Our HR team went from firefighting to actually doing strategic work.”
— Carlie S., VP of Human Resources, Regional Healthcare System, NC
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this program — answered by our certified HR practitioners.
Is this program appropriate for managers at all experience levels?
How is this different from generic management training we can find online?
How long does a typical leadership development program run?
Can we bring this training on-site to our location?
Do HR staff earn recertification credit for facilitating or attending these programs?
Your Managers Are Making Decisions Every Day — Are They Ready?
Let’s talk about where your management team is today and which program format would have the biggest impact.
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