Manager Essentials 3-Course Bundle

The Manager Essentials Bundle from High Tides Academy is a 3-course, self-paced learning series designed to help people leaders build inclusive, confident, and purpose-driven teams.

Each course combines practical frameworks, reflective exercises, and research-backed strategies that strengthen communication, trust, and equity-centered leadership. Participants earn up to 6.5 SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) upon completion of all three courses.

Included Courses

1. The Essential Guide for Effective Managers

Earn 1.75 SHRM PDCs
Define and strengthen your unique leadership identity by building trust, rapport, and authority.

•  Section 1: Introduction to your leadership brand
•  Section 2: Connect and build rapport with intention
•  Section 3: Set clear communication standards and expectations
•  Section 4: Build trust through transition and change
•  Section 5: Leverage authority with authenticity
•  Section 6: Bring it all together into a cohesive leadership approach

2. Managing Diverse Teams: A Beginner's Guide

Earn 2 SHRM PDCs
Learn to communicate as an advocate for inclusion and equity in your workplace.

•  Strengthen your ability to communicate across difference
•  Uncover personal biases and blind spots
•  Identify leadership strengths and areas for growth
•  Create a personalized leadership development plan with actionable milestones
•  Build capacity to manage diverse teams with confidence and care

3. Managing Diverse Teams: Building Equity into Systems and Processes

Earn 2.75 SHRM PDCs
Advance both personal and organizational equity goals using trauma-informed, actionable tools.

•  Identify your current phase of ally development
•  Define bystander bias and strategies to disrupt it
•  Use the SPEARS Framework to distinguish tokenism from authentic representation
•  Apply a trauma-informed lens to conversations about bias and identity
•  Implement a 5-step process for inclusive decision-making that builds trust and transparency

Together, these courses provide a comprehensive foundation in inclusive management and authentic leadership practice.

This isn’t just management theory — it’s an applied leadership experience designed for real-world integration.

With the Manager Essentials 3-Course Bundle, you’ll gain:

•  Over 6 hours of on-demand video learning broken into 150+ bite-sized lessons designed for easy, flexible progress.
  • 1 hr 12 min / 39 lessons — The Essential Guide for Effective Managers
  • 2 hr 57 min / 65 lessons — Managing Diverse Teams: Building Equity into Systems and Processes
•  Interactive learning tools — self-assessments, quizzes, fillable PDFs, articles, and job aids that help you apply each concept immediately.
•  Actionable growth plans that evolve across each course, supporting both personal reflection and professional performance.
•  Access to monthly Office Hours with High Tides executive coaches for live Q&A, accountability, and deeper integration of your new leadership practices.
•  Certificate of completion and up to 6.5 SHRM PDCs to recognize your ongoing professional growth.

Each lesson is designed to meet you where you are — combining clarity, accountability, and compassion to help you grow into a more grounded, effective, and inclusive leader.

Ideal for:

•  New and mid-level managers
•  HR and DEI professionals
•  Leaders seeking to create equitable, people-centered team cultures