A Senior Leadership Certificate Program for Experienced Leaders in New England
You’ve got people who’ve been in leadership long enough that the basics are covered. They run their teams. They handle the routine. They’ve delivered on the operational side of the role.
What’s next? Leading other leaders, not just individual contributors. Translating strategy into work the team can act on. Making decisions in the gray areas where there isn’t a playbook. Sitting in cross-functional rooms where the dynamics are different from the team rooms they’ve mastered.
Principles of Leadership is built for these leaders. It’s the senior leadership tier of our leadership pathway, the natural progression after Foundational Leadership 101 and Foundational Leadership 102.
What Your Leaders Will Learn in 8 Modules
The modules build on each other, but each one delivers a specific framework or model the participant takes back to the job.
Module 1: Leading Diverse Workstyles
The Everything DiSC® Management assessment kicks off the program. This assessment focuses on managing relationships up, down, and across. Leaders learn how their style shapes the leaders they’re leading and how to adjust it for senior peers, executives, and direct-report managers.
Module 2: Embracing Your Leadership Role
The four ways senior leaders contribute with strategic impact, and which one each participant is currently underweighting. The shift is from “I’m a manager who’s gotten promoted” to “I’m a leader with a clear strategic contribution.”
Module 3: Dialogue-Driven Leadership
Active listening and communication at the senior level, where the conversations are higher-stakes and the listeners expect more. Leaders learn to break the communication patterns that worked at the team level but stop working at the leader-of-leaders level.
Module 4: Purposeful Direction with the ACE Framework
A working framework for setting expectations and building accountability when your reports are themselves managers. The ACE Framework gives leaders a repeatable structure they can use across teams and contexts.
Module 5: Impact-Focused Leadership with the SAR Model
Feedback that lands, especially when the recipient is a peer manager or someone with their own team to lead. The SAR model (Situation, Action, Result) gives leaders a clean structure for delivering performance feedback that drives improvement instead of defensiveness.
Module 6: Maximizing Results with the C.L.E.A.R. Path Framework
A practical model for translating strategic priorities into team outcomes. Leaders learn to apply C.L.E.A.R. across multiple teams and time horizons.
Module 7: Advanced Performance Management
Tough conversations at the senior level, including performance issues with subordinate managers (which feel different from performance issues with individual contributors). Build a culture of ownership instead of blame.
Module 8: Navigating Workplace Conflict with P.A.U.S.E. and S.P.E.A.K.
Two paired frameworks for emotional intelligence under pressure. P.A.U.S.E. is the in-the-moment de-escalation model. S.P.E.A.K. is the structure for the conversation that follows. Together they give leaders a practiced response for the conflict moments that used to derail them.
Who Should Attend
- Experienced Managers ready to evolve from management to true leadership
- Mid-Level Leaders seeking to refine and elevate their leadership approach
- Senior Supervisors preparing for expanded leadership responsibilities
- High-Potential Managers identified for advancement to senior leadership roles
- Department Heads looking to lead more strategically and intentionally
- Team Leaders who want to move beyond tactical management to strategic leadership
- Anyone currently in a leadership role who feels stuck in reactive patterns and wants to lead with greater purpose and impact
How Principles of Leadership Is Delivered
In-person at EANE
4 full days, hosted at our training location in Agawam, MA
Virtual
8 half-days, live online with the same content and the same DiSC® assessment
In-person at your location
Flexible scheduling for your team at your location
Everything DiSC® Management assessment
DiSC assessments are available in English and Spanish form. Everyone will get the English assessment to complete unless you contact us and request the Spanish form. The completed report will be sent in the language the assessment is completed in. Please note that the course will be delivered in English.
Registration Fee 2026
EANE MEMBERS | $1875 Per person for the series
FUTURE MEMBERS | $2150 Per person for the series
Principles of Leadership is typically eligible for the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Program grant. Our Training Grant Services team can confirm eligibility and walk you through the application.
For organizations sending 3+ senior leaders, especially as a senior leadership team development effort, talk to us about a private cohort or custom plan.
EANE’s Leadership Training Program Pathways
Many organizations want more than a single class. They want ongoing development options so leaders can keep building skills over time. EANE offers program pathways that support continued growth at every level.
Why Employers Choose EANE for Leadership Training
There are a lot of leadership training options. Here’s what makes EANE different.
Local trainers, in-region cohorts.
Our facilitators work with employers in New England every week. They know the regional employment laws, the industry context, and the realities of managing teams in MA, CT, and RI.
A pathway, not a one-off class.
Principles of Leadership is the last series in a path that includes Foundational Leadership 101, 102, and on-site reinforcement options.
90+ years of working with regional employers.
Manufacturing, banking, healthcare, mental health, nonprofits. We’ve built and refined this program in cohort around what’s actually working now.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Does our leader need to have completed Foundational Leadership 101 or 102 before Principles of Leadership?
No. Principles of Leadership stands alone for experienced leaders, including hires who’ve come into your organization with leadership experience from elsewhere. The pathway (101 → 102 → Principles of Leadership) is a recommended progression for leaders inside EANE’s system, but it isn’t a prerequisite for Principles of Leadership itself.
How is Principles of Leadership different from Foundational Leadership 102?
102 is the second tier of foundational manager development, built for managers 6 to 18 months in, with 4 modules across 2 days. Principles of Leadership is the senior leadership tier, built for experienced leaders moving toward leading other leaders, with 8 modules across 4 full days, the DiSC® Management profile (vs. the Workplace profile in 101 and 102), and a certificate at completion. Most organizations send their leaders to 102 a year or two before Principles of Leadership.
Do leaders get a certificate upon completion?
Participants who complete all 8 modules earn the Principles of Leadership Certificate from EANE. It’s a recognition that the leader has worked through the full 8-module senior leadership curriculum, including the named frameworks (ACE, SAR, C.L.E.A.R. Path, P.A.U.S.E., S.P.E.A.K.) and the DiSC® Management application. meaningful internal and resume signal.
Can we run Principles of Leadership on-site for our senior leadership team?
Yes, and this is one of the more common ways larger organizations use the program. A private Principles of Leadership cohort built around your organization’s actual senior leadership challenges typically lands harder than sending one or two leaders to a public cohort. Talk to us about a private cohort or custom plan.
Is Principles of Leadership eligible for the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund grant?
Typically yes. At the Principles of Leadership price point, the grant can offset a meaningful portion of the per-participant cost for eligible Massachusetts employers. Our Training Grant Services team can confirm eligibility and help with the application.
Will you accommodate a Spanish-speaking participant?
The DiSC® Management assessment is available in Spanish on request. Let us know when you register and we’ll send the Spanish form, and the report comes back in Spanish too. The course itself is delivered in English.
Do attendees earn HRCI or SHRM credits?
Principles of Leadership, like 101 and 102, is built primarily as leadership development, not as HR certification training, so it doesn’t carry HRCI or SHRM credits. If your team needs SHRM or HRCI-credit programming, our HR YOUniversity & Compliance Training catalog has those offerings, and our Communication Skills for Leaders workshop carries 3.5 SHRM and HRCI credit hours.