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Manager Academy Participation Guidelines

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Attendance expectations

We are excited you are a participant in the Stanford Manager Academy. Your journey as a leader includes a financial investment from the university and your department. While we understand emergencies arise, it is important to make mutual commitments to this program. We are fully committed to providing a quality learning experience, and we ask participants to do the same by engaging in their scheduled classroom sessions. 

Participants are expected to attend a minimum of 75% of the classroom session (for example, if the session is two hours long, 90 minutes would be considered minimum attendance). In addition, participants will attend workshops within their scheduled cohort and cannot attend workshops with a different cohort.

Make-up sessions 

If a workshop is missed, participants can complete the coursework via the FranklinCovey accelerators. After the missed session, these notifications and resources will be sent automatically from the FranklinCovey Impact Platform. Please note that accelerators are not awarded retroactive credit in the FranklinCovey Impact Platform. If more than three classroom sessions are missed, participants will be marked as incomplete in the program.

The Inclusive Leadership course is the only course not facilitated by FranklinCovey. Attending the scheduled session is critical; there are no make-up sessions. If a participant is unable to attend their scheduled Inclusive Leadership workshop, please immediately email learningdev@stanford.edu.

Dropping from the program 

We understand that work and life can be unpredictable, and you may need to drop from the program. Because the university and the sponsoring department have funded each individual’s participation, the sponsoring department will be charged a cost if the Manager Academy program is dropped after the drop date. Participants who drop after the deadline will be charged the program fee ($1,000). If the Manager Academy program is dropped prior to the drop deadline, there is no cost.

To drop from the Manager Academy program, please email your request to learningdev@stanford.edu.

Session/Cohort Program Drop Deadline
Fall 2024 Aug. 9, 2024 
Winter 2025 Jan. 31, 2025