01 · CLARITY THAT SAVES REWORK
Get the expectation out of your head.
Define the purpose, owner, standard, deadline, and follow-up. Give your team a clearer target before the work begins.
From the Desk of Jerry Ervin
If you are responsible for developing managers, you know what happens when strong people are promoted without practical leadership training. The Manager Mastery™ Founder Cohort gives your managers shared tools, direct practice, and a 90-day rhythm for applying what they learn. Here is what the experience includes and how to discuss a cohort for your company.
Jerry Ervin
November cohort sold out. The next Founder Cohort begins December 4, 2026.
Manager Mastery™ Founding Company Cohort
You’ve promoted strong people.
Now help them lead.
Strong employees are often promoted before they receive practical manager training. Manager Mastery™ gives your managers a clear system for building trust, leading teams, and getting results through others.
Jerry Ervin leads six sessions for your company’s managers. Your team works on real conversations, delegation, feedback, meetings, and the challenges that keep landing with senior leaders.
5–12 managersSix founder-led sessions90-day implementation rhythm
You don’t need to work harder at the wrong job
Stop being the answer to everything.
Start building a team that can answer.
You redo the task because it’s faster. You answer the question because you know how. You put off the feedback because you don’t want the tension. By Friday, you’re exhausted—and next week depends on you all over again.
That pattern can change. Manager Mastery™ gives you nine specific leadership Shifts and practical tools to start changing it.
02 · FEEDBACK THAT COMES EARLIER
Say what needs to be said.
Prepare a specific, respectful conversation about the behavior, its impact, what needs to change, and the support you’ll provide.
03 · OWNERSHIP THAT CAN GROW
Stop taking the work back.
Delegate with clear expectations and the right support. Develop the person who should own the task instead of keeping yourself at the center of it.
Think about the next unclear handoff, avoided conversation, or decision that gets pushed back to you.
What would it mean to handle that moment better?See the approach before you decide
Take a closer look at Manager Mastery™.
Start with the short program overview. Then explore the 24-minute audio Deep Dive for a fuller introduction.
Short program overview · Press play
Manager Mastery™ Explainer Video
Meet the nine-Shift approach to building trust, leading teams, and getting results through others.
Open the explainer recording ↗Audio only · 24 minutes · Press play
Manager Mastery™ Deep Dive
Listen to a longer exploration of the program and the management challenges it addresses.
Open the audio Deep Dive ↗The Deep Dive is an audio-only recording delivered in an MP4 player. Press play to listen.
Put the dates on your calendar
Six sessions. One practical leadership foundation.
Bring the conversations, decisions, and team challenges you’re working through. Use the cohort to connect the nine Shifts to your everyday management work.
- Session 1Dec 4Friday · 2026
- Session 2Dec 11Friday · 2026
- Session 3Dec 18Friday · 2026
- Session 4Jan 8Friday · 2027
- Session 5Jan 15Friday · 2027
- Session 6Jan 22Friday · 2027
The cohort pauses for the holidays after December 18 and resumes January 8. Contact Jerry for the session time and registration details.
Why this Founder Cohort matters
The person who built the program
is in the room with you.
Your managers work directly with Jerry Ervin—the founder of Grow Yourself Academy™ and creator of Manager Mastery™.
- Six sessions with Jerry. Connect the learning to real conversations, decisions, and team challenges.
- A focused company cohort. Space for questions, discussion, and learning from how other managers approach the same problems.
- Practice between sessions. Take a tool to work, use it, and bring what you learned back into the conversation.
- A foundation you keep. Keep using the guides, tools, and implementation roadmap after the cohort.
“Come with a real challenge. Let’s work on how you lead it.”
Jerry Ervin
CEO & Founder, Grow Yourself Academy™
A complete toolkit for real management work
You leave with more than notes.
You leave with tools to use.
The Book explains the Shifts. The Study Guide supports reflection. The Workbook helps you prepare. The Assessment identifies development priorities. The Implementation Guide and 90 Day Roadmap carry the learning into work.
Explore all nine Shift video previews on the What’s Included page.
Manager Mastery™ Book
Understand the nine Shifts and the move from being the expert who produces to the leader who develops others.
Study Guide
Examine your habits, connect the learning to your team, and prepare for the conversations that matter.
Workbook
Use practical worksheets and examples to prepare for real management situations.
Assessment
The 90-question developmental self-assessment helps managers identify perceived strengths and development priorities. It is not a validated performance, diagnostic, or certification measure.
Implementation Guide
Turn the nine Shifts into deliberate workplace actions and continued practice.
90 Day Roadmap
Follow a practical rhythm to stabilize, build, and multiply leadership habits over time.
The nine Shifts
Nine Shifts. Nine tools.
A stronger way to lead the next situation.
These are the everyday moments that shape your team’s experience of you. Each Shift names what needs to change and gives you a tool to practice it.
- 01 · The Trust Shift™
From peer to trusted leader.
Tool: The Trust Builder™ - 02 · The Communication Shift™
From talking to clarity.
Tool: The Clarity Check™ - 03 · The Priority Shift™
From reacting to leading what matters.
Tool: The Priority Filter™ - 04 · The Team Shift™
From individual contributor to team builder.
Tool: The Team Capacity Map™ - 05 · The Feedback Shift™
From avoiding to coaching for growth.
Tool: The Feedback Planner™ - 06 · The Meeting Shift™
From status updates to decision-making.
Tool: The Meeting Outcome Tracker™ - 07 · The Conflict Shift™
From tension avoidance to fast resolution.
Tool: The Conflict Reset Framework™ - 08 · The Delegation Shift™
From doing to developing through others.
Tool: The Delegation Starter Map™ - 09 · The Identity Shift™
From expert to leader.
Tool: The Leadership Identity Audit™
Invest in the manager.
Strengthen the team.
For HR, Operations, and department leaders, this is an opportunity to support a manager who needs a stronger foundation—or an experienced manager ready to change habits that keep the team dependent.
- Build a clearer language for expectations and ownership.
- Support earlier feedback and more purposeful meetings.
- Help managers develop capability through delegation.
- Connect development to current workplace challenges.
The value continues after the session
Your managers’ next assignment.
Their next conversation.
The next team meeting.
That is where this program earns its place. Use the Clarity Check™ before you hand off work. Prepare with the Feedback Planner™ before you address a performance gap. Use the Meeting Outcome Tracker™ to close with a decision, owner, and deadline.
You don’t have to change everything at once. Start with a real situation, use the right tool, reflect on what happened, and keep practicing.
For a manager: a more deliberate way to lead.
For a company: practical development that connects to the work your teams already do.
Consider Manager Mastery for your company
Is this the right next step?
Is this useful for experienced managers?
Yes. The nine Shifts can help experienced managers examine established habits and strengthen how they build trust, create clarity, coach, delegate, and develop their teams.
Who is this company cohort designed for?
It is designed for companies developing a group of five to twelve managers. Owners, executives, HR, Operations, and department leaders can book a fit call to discuss their team.
What are the dates and session times?
The six dates are December 4, 11, 18, 2026 and January 8, 15, 22, 2027. Contact Jerry for the session time and participation details before completing registration.
Is this the full Leadership Certification System?
No. This cohort focuses on Manager Mastery™ and its nine Shifts. It is one Program within the broader Maker to Multiplier™ system.
For company leaders
Build manager capability
where the work happens.
The Manager Mastery™ Founder Cohort is a founder-led company program for five to twelve managers. Six sessions connect nine practical Shifts to the work your team needs to do.
A practical investment in your people
Give managers the tools and practice to lead through others—so fewer decisions, conversations, and daily problems have to come back to you.
Jerry Ervin · Founder, Grow Yourself Academy
What your company receives
A complete Manager Mastery™ development experience.
Six founder-led sessions
Work with Jerry Ervin to connect the material to your managers’ real situations.
Nine practical leadership Shifts
Build trust, clarity, priorities, team capacity, feedback, meetings, conflict skills, delegation, and leadership identity.
Manager Mastery™ Book
A shared foundation your managers can return to as they apply the work.
Study Guide and Workbook
Reflection, preparation, and practical exercises for current management challenges.
Manager Mastery™ Assessment
A starting point for identifying each manager’s development priorities.
Implementation Guide and 90 Day Roadmap
A 90-day rhythm to carry learning into everyday work and keep practicing.
Nine named tools
Practical support for conversations, assignments, meetings, and decisions.
Workplace application
Managers bring current challenges, try the tools, and discuss what they learn.
November cohort update
November is sold out.
Plan for the next cohort.
The next Founder Cohort begins December 4, 2026. Six sessions are scheduled for December 4, 11, and 18, then January 8, 15, and 22. Contact us to discuss fit, timing, and a Manager Mastery plan for your company.
Start with a practical conversation
Let’s look at your managers’ needs
and the work your teams are facing.
We’ll discuss your goals, the cohort structure, and whether Manager Mastery™ is the right starting point for your company.
Book a Manager Development Fit Call →Manager Mastery™ company cohorts are scoped to your organization. Contact Jerry to discuss a team of five to twelve managers.
Next cohort dates: December 4, 11, 18, 2026 · January 8, 15, 22, 2027
Questions?
707-800-9474 · Email Jerry