Description:

The Manager Academy is a dynamic leadership development experience designed to empower frontline leaders at Sutter Health. Through a series of interactive sessions and practical learning experiences, Manager Academy helps participants cultivate managerial courage, emotional intelligence, and inclusive leadership practices. The program also emphasizes operational excellence, equipping leaders to effectively manage their business units in alignment with Sutter Health’s Mission and Leadership Commitments. Each session includes pre-work and post-work assignments to reinforce learning and encourage reflection. Participants will engage in a structured journey that includes: - Live and/or virtual sessions - On-the-job application (performance/process improvement) projects - Peer learning and collaboration - Access to curated leadership resources Manager Academy is more than a training; it's a transformational experience that supports leaders in becoming confident, compassionate, and capable stewards of their teams and departments.

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Social Worker

Other Healthcare Professionals

Students of Health Professions

Physical Therapist

Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate awareness of Emotional Intelligence strengths and opportunities around: Self Awareness, Self-Management, and Relationship Management.
2. Identify strategies, such as mindfulness practices, to support your Emotional Intelligence.
3. Create an actionable plan to support your ongoing growth and development in areas of opportunity for your Emotional Intelligence.
4. Create a conversation plan to continually strive to demonstrate inclusive conversation skills that support an inclusive and belonging environment through courageous conversations.
5. Explain and coach others on the change process and underlying concepts of change management.
6. Integrate change management frameworks, such as ADKAR and CLARC, into your SCL2 experiential learning project.
7. Apply a foundational understanding of how habits work, how to create meaningful leadership habits, and create systems to sustain successful leadership practices that are tracked through self-reflection and accountability partners.
8. Summarize various approaches to team problem solving and practice the skill application through coaching demonstrations.

Course summary

Available credit:

29.50 ANCC
Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Sutter Health designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 29.50 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
29.50 ASWB-ACE
Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 29.50 continuing education credits.
29.50 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 29.50 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
29.50 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 29.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
29.50 PTBC
Physical Therapy Board of California
Sutter Health designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 29.50 PTBC credit(s). Physical therapists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens:

02/11/2026

Course expires:

06/07/2026

Rating:

Multiple Sutter Locations

United States

Cohort 26 is Virtual
Cohort 27 will be hybrid and have locations in person at: 4830 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, CA and 2700 Gateway Oaks, Sacramento, CA

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D

Committee Member(s)