LDR203 - Management Essentials for New Leaders: Driving Accountability
Program Description
Most strategic initiatives don’t fail because of bad ideas; they stall because managers don't have the tools to drive adoption and hold teams accountable. This self-paced program gives early-career leaders like you a practical playbook for translating organizational priorities into action, holding your teams accountable, and coaching everyone through the hard work of real change.
You can sign up for this module individually, or register for the complete learning series here.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Translate high-level priorities into clear expectations, checkpoints, and team actions.
- Apply practical methods to strengthen adoption and accountability.
- Use coaching conversations to reinforce ownership and performance.
- Build a simple plan to sustain momentum during change and competing priorities.
Who Should Attend:
- Newly promoted managers and supervisors
- Professionals moving from individual contributor to people leader
- Managers seeking to strengthen strategic thinking early in their leadership journey
Course Outline
- Explore why strategic priorities stall at the manager’s level.
- Turn high-level priorities into clear team actions.
- Strengthen adoption, accountability, and follow-through.
- Practice coaching conversations that build ownership.
- Sustain performance during change and competing priorities.
Instructors/Subject Matter Experts
Applies Towards the Following Certificates or Series
- Management Essentials for New Leaders Certificate : Management Essentials for New Leaders

Yolonda T. Evans is an accomplished transformation executive advisor and leader with more than 15 years of experience guiding organizational and workforce transformation across Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, and local small businesses. Her work focuses on helping organizations navigate complex change by aligning strategy, leadership capability, and workforce systems to achieve measurable and sustainable outcomes.