Professional & Leadership Development Certificates

MEA’s Professional Development Certificate Series are designed to grow your organization’s talent in a variety of business areas including management, customer service, computer skills, human resources and more.

Continuing education in this planned, modular approach can help prepare your employees to move to the next level in their career path.

MEA Leadership Advantage

Now also being offered in a cohort learning format.

Foundational Leadership Certificate Series

(formerly Leadership Advantage Level 1)

• Successful Communication
• Management Fundamentals (formerly “Supervision Basics”)
• Basics of Employment Law for Non-HR Professionals
• Managing People through Motivation
• Accountability: Stop the Blame Game!
• Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors

Advanced Leadership Certificate Series

(formerly Leadership Advantage Level 2) 

• Conflict Management
• Taking Flight with DISC
• Discipline & Termination Strategies for Managers
• Team Development
• Managing up the Ladder
• Performance Management More Than an Appraisal

Critical Leadership Certificate Series

(formerly Leadership Advantage Level 3)

• Emotional Intelligence
• Succession Planning
• Harnessing Organization Politics
• Driving Change
• Critical Conversations: Having the “Hard-to-Have” Discussions
• Strategic Thinking: Problem Solving & Decision Making

Upcoming Leadership & Professional Development Series

Learn more about MEA’s upcoming leadership “cohort” series both in-person and online. Download PDF

MEA HR Advantage

Human Resources Foundation

Level 1 Certificate Series

1. HR “Boot Camp” – Did HR Fall in Your Lap?
2. Basics of Federal Employment Laws
3. Basics of Compensation
4. Essentials of Recruitment, Employment & Retention

+ 1 elective

Human Resources Development

Level 2 Certificate Series

1. Effective Employee Relations, Recognition & Performance Management
2. FMLA Administration Workshop
3. Progressive Discipline & Termination
4. Compensation Plan Design

+ 1 elective

Strategic Human Resources

Level 3 Strategic HR Series

1. HR Metrics: ROI for HR Initiatives
2. HR Professional as a Business Partner
3. Building Training From the Ground Up

+ 1 elective

Critical Leadership Certificate Series

(formerly HR Advantage Level 4)

1. Emotional Intelligence
2. Succession Planning
3. Harnessing Organization Politics
4. Driving Change
5. Critical Conversations: Having the “Hard-to-Have” Discussions
6. Strategic Thinking: Problem Solving & Decision Making