Skills
Leading a team, including at a distance
Setting a checkable expectation, holding a follow-up conversation, handling a gap, keeping the link across several sites: leadership is a set of precise acts. They can be learned, and they make the difference between a team that follows and a team that moves.
Precise acts, not a posture
Leadership starts with a clear sentence: here is what I expect, here is how we will know it is done. A checkable expectation makes follow-up simple and the conversation calm, because the discussion turns on a fact rather than an impression. The certificate builds that full grammar — expectation, follow-up, gap, difficult situation, legal framework — and adapts it to teams spread across several sites, now the majority case in the sub-region's industry and services.
- Frame a checkable expectation and share it with the team
- Hold a follow-up conversation and an appraisal review
- Handle a performance gap through facts and a dated plan
- Keep a team spread across several sites working as one
Its place in the programmes
This table shows where the skill lives in the catalogue. It lets you check, before applying, that the volume matches your ambition.
| Teaching block | Programme | Taught hours | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leading a team | Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams | 30 h | Year 1 |
| Reviews and appraisal | Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams | 30 h | Year 1 |
| Conflict and difficult situations | Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams | 30 h | Year 1 |
| Team management | Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level | 200 h | Year 2 |
The level you reach
You lead a multi-site team, including reviews, appraisals and difficult situations, within the applicable legal framework. Level shows in volumes as much as in titles: here are both, side by side.
- teaching blocks
- 4
- of taught instruction
- 290 h
- credits in total
- 29
- professional qualifications concerned
- 3
Catalogue rule: one credit is twenty-five hours of work, ten of them taught.
The programmes concerned
Fees are stated in Guinean francs: per year for a long programme, as a single amount for a short course.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams | Professional certification | 4 months | 2 800 000 GNF in total |
| Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level | Master's degree | 2 years | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
The target functions
Each qualification carries a code from the official catalogue and is prepared through continuing education.
| Professional qualification | Target occupation | Level | Taught volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works Team Leader | team leader, assistant site foreman | 4 · Skilled employee and operative | 600 h |
| Business Unit Manager | branch manager, profit centre manager | 6 · Manager and professional | 800 h |
| Human Resources Manager | HR manager | 6 · Manager and professional | 800 h |
Before you decide
Does this certificate suit a first management role?
It is designed for exactly that: four months, remote, focused on the acts you practise from your first week in charge.
Is the legal framework of management covered?
A full block is devoted to it: a manager's obligations, the formal requirements of review meetings and how they connect to applicable employment law.
Is remote management addressed specifically?
It is the very subject of the certificate: communication rhythm across sites, check-ins, information flow and cohesion in dispersed teams.
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