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IT Management and Leadership Studies (ITMLS) Certification (ITMLS)

12 days
IT Leadership

Advance your IT management career with practical skills in leadership, budgeting, team development, AI governance, change management, and data strategy.

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Course Overview

This 12-week certification program helps IT managers and directors strengthen their leadership capabilities and understanding of the business of IT. Participants examine team development, budgeting, AI governance, technology adoption, data management, organizational change, and strategies for career advancement.

Course Benefits

  • Demonstrate stronger leadership presence, business acumen, and skill in managing up.
  • Apply effective approaches to hiring, motivating, retaining, and developing technical professionals.
  • Estimate, prioritize, and deliver an IT service catalog within budget constraints.
  • Navigate workplace conflict and difficult conversations more effectively.
  • Recognize ethical, security, privacy, and oversight considerations in AI governance.
  • Help introduce new technologies and guide organizational change.
  • Describe how data management supports analytics, AI, operations, and security.
  • Develop strategies for promotion and long-term career growth.

Delivery Methods

Public Class
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Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

Course Outline

  1. Program Orientation
    1. Introductions, logistics, system access, and program overview
  2. Building Technical Teams
    1. Finding, hiring, motivating, and retaining technical talent
  3. IT Budgeting
    1. Defining, estimating, prioritizing, and delivering the IT service catalog
  4. IT Leadership
    1. Executive presence, business acumen, and managing up
  5. Managing IT Teams
    1. Conflict resolution and difficult conversations
  6. AI Governance
    1. Oversight, ethics, security, and privacy
  7. Technology Adoption
    1. Introducing new technologies to IT and the wider organization
  8. Data Management
    1. Supporting analytics, AI, operations, and data security
  9. Developing Future IT Leaders
    1. Identifying and developing high-potential team members
  10. Time Management
    1. Individual and organizational time-management practices
  11. Change Management
    1. Influence-based messaging, gamification, and related approaches
  12. Career Advancement
    1. Positioning yourself for promotion and accelerated career growth

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

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