Management Academy

A learning journey for people managers

  • Personality Assessment + Debrief
  • 1 Live, Virtual Training Session per month
  • 1 Individual Coaching Session per month
  • 1 Leadership Lab (Group Coaching Session) every other month
  • An Integrated Leadership Development Plan
  • Self-Directed Learning Opportunities
  • Capstone Project (12 month project)

Time Commitment:  Approximately 1 hour per week

Cost: 

  • 1 person - $1,000/mo or $10,000/year
  • 3 people - $2,000/mo or $20,000/year
  • 5 people - $3,000/mo or $30,000/year
  • 30 people - $15,000/mo or $150,000/year (full custom cohort)

Credential:  CultureSync Certified Manager (must complete 12 months and capstone project)

Rolling Enrollment

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Our Program

A leadership accelerator designed to prepare managers to lead with emotional intelligence, build inclusive teams, and navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.

The CultureSync Management Academy is modular and open-enrollment.  The program offers a flexible progression to fit your team's needs. 

Participants
  • New and mid-level managers
  • Team leads preparing for broader leadership roles
  • Leaders seeking to refine their people leadership and strategic influence skills
Schedule
  • 1 Live Virtual Training Session per month
    • Currently offered on the 4th Thursday of every month 9:00-10:30am PT / 11:00-12:30 CT / 12:00-1:30 ET (additional options will be added as the cohort grows)
  • 1 Individual Coaching Session per month
    • Scheduled at your convenience
  • 1 Leadership Lab per month (Group Coaching Session)
    • Currently offered on the 1st Thursday of every month 9:00-10:00am PT / 11:00-12:00 CT / 12:00-1:00 ET (additional options will be added as the cohort grows)
Learning Objectives
  • People Management: Adopt essential skills in setting goals, clarifying roles, managing performance, and coaching for growth.
  • Team Leadership: Create psychologically safe, inclusive teams using tools like GRPI and lead through group development stages with confidence.
  • Strategic Thinking: Strengthen the ability to think systemically, make sound decisions in ambiguity, and apply micro-strategies to move from vision to execution.
  • Communication and Influence: Enhance clarity, alignment, and accountability through effective feedback, tailored messaging, and influential storytelling.
  • Leading Change: Navigate transition with agility and empathy; support teams through emotional and operational shifts with resilience.
  • Culture and Values: Align leadership behaviors with organizational culture; manage up, across, and beyond with strategic stakeholder engagement.
  • Strategic Self-Awareness: Deepen insight into leadership style and emotional intelligence; lead with composure under pressure.
  • Personal Effectiveness: Improve time and energy management to sustain focus, motivation, and adaptability in a demanding environment.
  • AI Literacy for Leaders: Build awareness of how AI can support you in enhancing decision-making, communication, and team effectiveness while balancing innovation with human-centered leadership.
Results
  • Alignment of leadership capacity with organizational strategy
  • Enhancement of accountability, engagement, and retention of high-potential leaders
  • Shift from managing tasks to inspiring performance and culture
  • Stronger team performance and engagement
  • Higher employee retention and satisfaction
  • Accelerated readiness of internal talent for future leadership roles

Integrated Growth Path Integrated Growth Path

Facilitated Training Sessions

Covering communication, delegation, feedback, team development, strategic thinking, and more. Offered on a rotating, open-enrollment basis.

One-on-One Coaching Sessions

Individualized coaching tailored to participants’ goals, supported by optional thematic tracks such as emotional intelligence, inclusion, performance management, and personal effectiveness.

Integrated Leadership Development Plan

A structured, strategic roadmap for professional and personal growth, co-created with a coach or completed independently.

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Capstone Project

Through leadership initiatives, team impact reports, journey portfolios, or case studies, participants have the opportunity to demonstrate their leadership journey and impact to their program peers and colleagues. 

Leadership Labs

Group coaching sessions focused on practical application of key leadership concepts using real-world scenarios.

Leadership Personality Assessment and Debrief

Validated assessment (e.g., Hogan or Enneagram) paired with a one-on-one coaching debrief to deepen self-awareness and leadership insight.

Self-Directed and Community Learning Opportunities

Includes curated resources, journaling tools, and online discussion options to enrich the learning journey.

Stop throwing your new managers into the deep end.

Our Management Academy will equip them with the skills they need to lead confidently, retain top talent, and deliver on your strategy.

Our Clients We Keep Great Company

Carolina has guided me through a transformative journey of both personal and professional growth. She helped me step back and examine my life holistically, creating the space and clarity to confidently embrace my authentic self. Through her thoughtful guidance, I identified my core values—principles I now consistently rely on to stay grounded and aligned in my decisions. She challenged long-held, limiting narratives and helped me replace them with a stronger, more accurate understanding of who I am and what I am capable of. As a result of our work together, I have developed a deeper sense of self-worth, clarity, and confidence. I am not the same person I was before working with Carolina—I am more self-aware, empowered, and genuinely excited about the future.
VP of Product Development |Global Beauty Company

Being an international medical graduate (IMG) in neurosurgery training in the Midwest has presented cultural challenges. My experience coaching with Carrie has been exceptional—she has been attentive to these challenges. She has provided thoughtful, practical guidance that has helped me navigate cultural and professional challenges with greater confidence.

Joyce Koueik
Pediatric Neurosurgeon |UW Health

CultureSync’s support has strengthened our leadership cohesion, improved communication, and brought greater clarity to our shared vision. We have seen measurable improvements in productivity, teamwork, and overall organizational alignment. CultureSync has become a trusted strategic partner, dedicated to our success and invested in elevating our culture, our leaders, and our performance. I strongly recommend their work to any organization seeking deeper alignment and stronger leadership effectiveness.

Barb Brown
Chief People Officer |Clay Lacy Aviation

Was brilliant to get beyond the book into operationalizing the thinking.  It was an enlightening and enjoyable couple of days.

Sean Seamer
Sean Seamer, CEO |MediaCom

The impact of Tribal Leadership workshops is nothing short of amazing. After one exposure to the ideas, people use the words on a daily basis. After several exposures, people lead and manage in different ways, and get better results.

Dorothy Meehan
Principal |Meehan Consulting Associates

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