The Trust Shift
From Peer to Trusted Leader
The Maker to Multiplier™ System
Stop Doing It All Yourself. Start Leading Teams That Perform Without You.
Grow Yourself Academy™ provides practical manager training and leadership development for growing companies. We help you find the leadership gap that matters now, build the right skills, and grow teams that can perform without you doing it all.
0 ProgramsOne connected leadership pathway
0 ShiftsPractical behavior change
Real toolsBuilt for everyday leadership
0 daysImplementation and follow-through
Know Where to Start
40 Questions.
Four Leadership Areas.
One Starting Point.
See whether your clearest constraint is managing people, directing time, transferring ownership, or building leaders.
What It Does
Find the Leadership Constraint Creating the Most Drag.
The Maker to Multiplier™ Assessment is a 40-question leadership assessment for managers and growing companies. It is a practical diagnostic—not a personality label. It shows which leadership area needs attention now and recommends a useful Grow Yourself Academy™ starting point.
You leave knowing where to focus first, so development addresses the real bottleneck instead of adding more random training.
See how the assessment works“You were promoted because you were great at the work. Leadership asks you to become great at building the people who do the work.” Jerry Ervin · The Maker to Multiplier™ Theory
Active learning built around the work managers are leading now.
The Management Gap
Being Good at the Work Does Not Automatically Prepare Someone to Lead It.
Many companies promote strong employees into manager roles without giving them practical manager training. Senior leaders stay pulled into daily problems. New managers fall back on doing the work themselves.
- Senior leaders remain the default problem solvers.
- Urgent requests repeatedly displace important work.
- Feedback arrives late because hard conversations are avoided.
- Delegation becomes task dumping instead of development.
The Recommended Starting Point
Start With Manager Mastery™—Then Keep Building.
Manager Mastery™ is the recommended starting point for many leaders, but it is one part of the complete Maker to Multiplier™ pathway. This homepage introduces the system; the program page carries the full detail.
The Communication Shift
From Talking to Clarity
The Priority Shift
From Reacting to Leading What Matters
The Team Shift
From Individual Contributor to Team Builder
The Feedback Shift
From Avoiding to Coaching for Growth
The Meeting Shift
From Status Updates to Decision-Making
The Conflict Shift
From Tension Avoidance to Fast Resolution
The Delegation Shift
From Doing to Developing Through Others
The Identity Shift
From Expert to Leader
What the Company Receives
- A six-week founder-led cohort for five to twelve managers
- Sponsor alignment around manager-development priorities
- A shared leadership language across the participating team
- Baseline and follow-up developmental self-assessment
- A practical 90-day implementation rhythm
- A follow-up review of application and next steps
What Managers Receive
- Nine focused Manager Mastery™ Shifts
- Nine tools for everyday leadership situations
- Guided reflection, discussion, and workplace practice
- A stronger approach to trust, clarity, and priorities
- Tools for feedback, meetings, conflict, and delegation
- A clear path from individual expert to team leader
Built to Be Used
Books, Study Guides, and Tools That Stay Connected to the Work.
Grow Yourself Academy™ materials give leaders practical language, reflection, and tools they can return to during real conversations, meetings, decisions, and delegation moments.
The booklets shown here are part of Manager Mastery™. Each program has its own focused materials within the complete Maker to Multiplier™ system.
- Book
- Study Guide
- Workbook
- Assessment
- Implementation Guide
- 90 Day Roadmap
Preview selected samples and see how the resources support practice at work.
Continue the Journey
Four Additional Programs Extend the Maker to Multiplier™ Journey.
The complete Maker to Multiplier™ system includes five Programs and 45 Shifts, with Force Multiplier™ as the Bonus Program. Manager Mastery™ is the recommended starting point; the four additional Programs offer other reference points, not a required order.
Grow Yourself Academy™Executive Time Mastery™
Active Program
Executive Time Mastery™
Helps leaders strengthen how they direct time, attention, priorities, and leadership capacity.
Explore Executive Time Mastery™Grow Yourself Academy™Delegation Mastery™
Active Program
Delegation Mastery™
Helps leaders move work through others while developing capability, judgment, accountability, and ownership.
Explore Delegation Mastery™Grow Yourself Academy™Leadership Mastery™
Enrollment-Window Program
Leadership Mastery™
An advanced leadership program focused on building leaders, strengthening culture, developing successors, and creating leadership continuity. Available during specific enrollment windows.
View Leadership Mastery™Grow Yourself Academy™Force Multiplier™
Bonus Program
Force Multiplier™
The Bonus Program within the Maker to Multiplier™ pathway. It is not a public standalone starting point.
Learn about the Bonus ProgramHow Development Becomes Action
Assess. Develop. Implement.
Manager development works when people can see where to start, practice a better approach, and use it in real work. Simple. Practical. Repeatable.
1
Assess
See the current habits, confidence, and leadership constraint that deserve attention first.
2
Develop
Practice focused conversations, practical exercises, and the nine Manager Mastery™ tools.
3
Implement
Use a 90-day rhythm to carry the tools into real work, reflection, and follow-through.
Founder-Led Development
Practical Leadership Development With Jerry Ervin.
Jerry works directly with participating managers. He connects each leadership Shift to the conversations, decisions, priorities, and team problems they face now.
The experience is built around practical workplace application: understand the Shift, use the tool, reflect on what happened, and lead the next situation more effectively.
“It’s not easy, but it’s possible.”
“Practice makes practiced.”
“If you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.”
“Managers are successful when they have the right tools.”
Direct founder facilitation
Real workplace application
Shared manager language
Practice and follow-through
Start the Conversation
Talk Through the Leadership Constraint Affecting Your Team.
Book a Manager Development Fit Call to discuss what your managers are facing, where leadership consistency is breaking down, and which Grow Yourself Academy™ starting point fits best.
Clarify the manager challenges affecting the business.
Identify the managers who would benefit most.
Review the cohort structure and implementation rhythm.
Choose a Time That Works for You
Open the secure Google appointment page and select an available time.
Book a Manager Development Fit CallFrequently Asked Questions
Questions About Manager Training and Leadership Development
Manager and leadership development helps people build the practical skills to lead teams, set priorities, communicate clearly, give feedback, resolve conflict, delegate work, and develop others.
The Maker to Multiplier™ Assessment is a 40-question practical diagnostic. It identifies the leadership area creating the most drag and recommends a useful starting point.
It is designed for new, developing, or inconsistent managers who need a practical framework for leading people, priorities, conversations, decisions, and team performance.
The Manager Mastery™ Founding Company Cohort brings five to twelve managers from one organization into a six-session, founder-led development experience supported by a 90-day implementation rhythm.
Managers work through nine leadership Shifts and nine practical tools covering trust, communication, priorities, team capacity, feedback, meetings, conflict, delegation, and leadership identity.
No. The full Maker to Multiplier™ Leadership Certification requires completion of Manager Mastery™, Executive Time Mastery™, Delegation Mastery™, Leadership Mastery™, and the Force Multiplier™ Bonus Program, completion of all Capstones, and a score of at least 85% on each quiz.
We don’t make leadership easy. We make it possible.
Start with a conversation about your managers, your current leadership gaps, and the outcomes your company needs.