Sales Leadership Accelerator Certification: Sales Management Certification for Managers and Heads of Sales
A sales management certification for sales managers and heads of sales who were promoted for closing and now have to coach a team, run a forecast and build a rhythm the business can rely on.
Available in online and classroom mode.
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Sales managers & heads of sales
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Cohort based, part-time
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Online or classroom mode
The shift from top seller to certified sales leader
Great salespeople don't automatically become great sales leaders. This sales leadership certification builds the specific capabilities leadership demands, sales coaching, pipeline discipline, forecasting, hiring, and team accountability, and certifies that you can run a team, not just close deals.
You build the operating rhythm and test it with a peer group of leaders plus 1:1 coaching between sessions, so the cadence survives after the cohort ends.
- Focus
- Coaching, forecasting and team operating rhythm
- Format
- Peer leadership group plus 1:1 coaching
- Available in
- Online and classroom mode, cohort based
The problem
The challenge
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Promoted for selling ability, not leadership ability.
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Struggling to coach rather than simply close deals yourself.
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Inconsistent team performance and unreliable forecasts.
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No structured leadership framework to operate from.
Who it's for
Who it's for
Built for people who own a team and a number.
New sales managers
Promoted in the last 18 months and learning on the job.
Experienced leaders
Want structure and a credential behind how they lead.
Senior reps preparing for leadership
Building capability before the promotion, not after.
Outcomes
What changes in your team
- A weekly and monthly operating rhythm the team relies on
- Deal reviews that change deal outcomes
- Coaching conversations built on evidence, not opinion
- A forecast you can defend to the board
- Clear qualification and stage-exit criteria
- Development plans for every mid-performer
- Faster ramp for new hires through structured onboarding
- Less dependence on your own personal closing
Programme modules
Twelve weeks of leadership mechanics
From seller to leader
What to stop doing, and what only you can do now.
Coaching conversations
Coach behaviour and evidence instead of outcomes and opinions.
Deal reviews that work
A review format that improves the deal in the room.
Pipeline and forecast discipline
Stage definitions, coverage maths and honest calls.
Performance management
Diagnose skill versus will, and act early and fairly.
Hiring sales talent
Scorecards, structured interviews and evidence-based decisions.
Onboarding and ramp
A 30-60-90 plan that shortens time to first win.
Operating rhythm
The weekly, monthly and quarterly cadence you run permanently.
Learning methodology
Our approach
Practise leadership, not leadership theory.
Step 1: Assess leadership readiness
Baseline your team's pipeline, cadence and coaching quality.
Step 2: Build coaching and pipeline discipline
Rehearse real coaching and deal-review conversations in the room.
Step 3: Apply with your live team
Install the operating rhythm between sessions, with 1:1 coaching on how it went.
Step 4: Certify
Assessed on the leadership behaviours you demonstrate, not attendance.
Why Simpli5Sales
Why leaders choose this certification
Leadership-specific, not selling repackaged
Built for the job of leading, not a rerun of seller training.
Coaching and forecasting focus
The two capabilities that most decide whether a team hits its number.
Practitioner faculty
Facilitators who have run, rebuilt and scaled real sales teams.
A credential for career progression
Evidence of leadership capability you can carry into your next role.
Proof
What participants say
“My reviews used to be status calls. Now they change deals, and I stopped closing everything myself.”
“The forecast conversation with my CEO changed completely. I bring evidence now, not optimism.”
“Our last two hires ramped in six weeks instead of two quarters because onboarding finally had a structure.”
Programme details
Certification details
Editable from the CMS, cohort dates, fees and format are kept current here.
- Duration
- 12 weeks, part-time
- Commitment
- Fortnightly live sessions plus monthly 1:1 leadership coaching
- Format
- Live virtual cohort, in-company option for full leadership teams
- Cohort size
- Capped at 12 leaders
- Eligibility
- Currently leading at least two sellers, or about to
- Certification
- Simpli5Sales Sales Leadership Accelerator Certification on assessed completion
Your credential
What your certificate looks like
A sample of the credential you receive on assessed completion. Your name, the programme and a unique credential ID appear on the issued certificate.
Certificate of completion
This certifies that
Your Name Here
has successfully completed the assessed cohort programme
Sales Leadership Accelerator Certification
Sharat Sharma
Founder, Simpli5Sales
SIM5-XXXX-0000
Credential ID | Sample
Sample certificate shown for illustration. Issued digitally on assessed completion.
- Issued on assessed completion of your leadership operating plan.
- Signals you can run a team, a forecast and a coaching rhythm, not just carry a number.
- Shareable on LinkedIn and your resume, with a unique credential ID for verification.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Next step
Sign up for the upcoming certification cohort.
Tell us about your team, your number and where the rhythm breaks. We will confirm fit, share cohort dates for online and classroom mode, and recommend the right starting point.