A practical blend of workshops, peer learning, and real-world application designed to build confident, commercially aware managers.
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The mastermind goes beyond the workshop. It's where learning becomes action, through real accountability, peer challenges, cross-industry perspectives, and the kind of ongoing support that turns ideas into lasting workplace change.
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Your peers are managers facing the same pressures, different industries, same commercial reality. No theory. Just honest conversations with people who get it.
A self-leading manager doesn't wait for direction. They understand the commercial weight of their decisions and act accordingly, without passing every problem upward.
This is where you learn to manage priorities, communicate across the business, and lead yourself before you lead anyone else. That's where the real thinking happens.
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Your peers are managers facing the same pressures, different industries, same commercial reality. No theory. Just honest conversations with people who get it.
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A self-leading manager doesn't wait for direction. They understand the commercial weight of their decisions and act accordingly, without passing every problem upward.
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This is where you learn to manage priorities, communicate across the business, and lead yourself before you lead anyone else. That's where the real thinking happens.
Commercial fundamentals
Decisions & ownership
People & performance
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Most managers were never taught to read a business. They understand their function, but not the numbers behind it, the margin at risk, or how to make a case that gets taken seriously upstairs. This changes that.
Understanding the commercial side of the business isn't finance's job alone. These are the fundamentals every manager needs to make decisions that hold up.
The program is designed to create change beyond the room: managers who lead with more confidence, make better decisions, and contribute more commercially to the business.
After the program, participants become part of an active alumni network of managers and business owners operating at a similar level. It gives them a trusted group to pressure-test decisions, share perspective, and keep building capability over time.
120%
Year-on-year network growth
4.6x
Average increase in commercial responsibility
98%
Would recommend the program to a peer
12.4M
Combined revenue managed by participants
Short Intensive Course
Fast, low time investment
Lower cost
Content often forgotten within months
No mechanism for ongoing application
No peer accountability after it ends
The Manager Academy
Practical commercial development, not theory.
Reinforced over time through monthly masterminds.
Applied directly to real work while still in the program.
Built from what managers and business owners say they actually need.
A fraction of the cost and time of postgraduate study.
Part-Time MBA or Postgraduate
Deep, structured content
Costs around $30,000
Takes 2 or more years
Heavy academic workload alongside a full-time job
Significant theoretical content with limited workplace application
“Built around what organisations need their managers to understand, and what managers tell us they need to succeed.
— Dan Greco,
Co-Founder & Program Director, The Manager Academy
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Tell us what's happening in your business and what you're trying to fix. We'll be direct about whether the program is the right fit and what to expect.
