About STAR® Manager Certification
Overview
Management and leadership skills take time to master. While our understanding of what makes a ‘good’ leader changes from one day to the next, one thing remains constant — good leadership drives the culture and success of any organization.
STAR® Training and Certifications
Benefits of STAR® Manager Certification
For Individuals
- Fast-track promotion and become "the best manager in your company" through new coaching behaviours.
- Reclaim time and reduce stress by shifting from task-oriented work to empowering your team members.
- Enhance coaching skills like active listening, powerful enquiry, feedback, and structured 1:1s by applying the STAR Coaching Model®.
- Develop confidence and resilience through sustained behavioural change.
- Have a certification that proves your ability to directly increase engagement, productivity, retention, inclusivity and performance.
For Organisations
- Increases employee engagement and retention by training managers to adopt coaching mindsets.
- Improves performance and productivity based on data suggesting STAR® managers increase productivity by upwards of 47%.
- Delivers strong ROI (up to 100×) and contributes to overall revenue growth.
- Encourages agile mindsets, creativity, and team ownership in change or growth environments.
- Cultivates a coaching culture by embedding enquiry-led interactions across the organization to promote collaborative, inclusive workplaces.
Useful links
Useful links
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STAR® website
Documentation
Documentation
Study materials
Study materials
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Choose your learning style
APMG is not a training provider. Please contact accredited training organization's listed on our website for prices and dates. Alternatively, you can self-study for an exam directly through APMG.
Pass the exam & receive a certificate
When you are ready to take your exam, book an online timeslot yourself with APMG, or your training organization may organize this for you. If you pass your exam APMG will issue you with a digital badge for you to share!
STAR® Manager Certification levels
Ready to start your learning journey?
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Training organizations for STAR® Manager Certification
Testimonials
After completing the STAR® program, my approach to my team changed. By not taking on activities myself... I found I freed up 40% to 50% of my time, and projects completed sooner.
STAR® has had a major impact on how I operate as a professional, it has completely changed the way I work, giving me the knowledge and skills to develop on a personal perspective and to develop my team.
I gained more confidence in asking powerful questions and engaging employees in different activities. This helped me achieve my own objectives and become more effective as a manager overall.
I’m really surprised at how powerful these approaches are. I underestimated how much I still had to learn about developing people. I have taken away techniques to help in both my personal life as well as my professional life.
People who do this programme will see a significant improvement in their team performance and problem-solving abilities. It gives you the tools with which to tap into your teams latent talents and empowers them to bring their ideas and problem-solving skills to fruition, thus freeing up time for you to do other tasks.
STAR® is a programme that everyone should consider using. However well you think you know yourself and however good your management style is this programme helps you to find areas for improvement. It will help not just you but the people around you to become better empowered.
To learn the art of coaching gives you incredible benefits, not only in the workplace but in your home life as well. I gained a deep understanding and really learnt how to use the technique. The course is well put together, easy to understand and you receive so much support and help from a very friendly team. Well done and thank you.
Videos & Case studies
Videos
STAR® Manager: The art and science of asking questions
STAR® Manager: Supporting Agile behaviours
Case studies
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Agile in Action: Transforming Challenges into Achievements.
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FAQs
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- Self-study candidates can book and take the exam online from anywhere, with a proctor monitoring via webcam, microphone and desktop.
- After booking, you'll receive a registration email to schedule your session through the Candidate Portal, with exams available 24/7.
- APMG also offers limited public exam sessions at designated regional offices.
- The structure of the examinations depends on the level of certification.
- Generally, entry-level examinations (Foundation Certifications) have a range of 40 minutes to 60 minutes to complete a multiple-choice exam, which may include 40 to 60 questions.
- Practitioner examinations can range from 90 minutes to 120 minutes with an average of 80 complex multiple-choice questions.
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