The Course

Eight-Module Leadership Certificate

Foundational Leadership

The seven pillars of Firm Foundations, built into a program you run with your own team.

17.5 contact hours. Four applied tasks inside your real team. A ninety-day plan you leave with, and a certificate carrying a credential ID anyone can verify.

DRIVEN BY LEADERS
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Your Name Here
has completed the eight-module program
Foundational Leadership
Seven pillars of team leadership — trust, mission, accountability,
culture, communication, and adversity.
17.5 CONTACT HOURS
Assessed by knowledge check, four applied tasks, and a capstone plan.
March 14, 2027
DATE COMPLETED
DBL-FL-0000-20270314
CREDENTIAL ID
Mark A. Greaves Jr.
ISSUED BY DRIVEN BY LEADERS

Your Certificate on Completion.

8Modules
17.5Contact hours
4Applied tasks
90Day plan

Who It Is For

Promoted, Not Trained

Most people running teams were good at the job below them. Nobody sat them down and explained how trust actually gets built, how to write a mission a team can act on, or what to say when the plan falls apart.

This is that training. Not theory, not a motivational series. Every module ends with something you do with your real team, and the work you produce is the point.

The Curriculum

One Pillar at a Time, in Order

01

Trust Is the Cornerstone

Why teams withhold effort, what your people are actually afraid of, and how trust gets built through repetition rather than declaration.

02

Mission and the Triangle of Control

Writing a mission your team can act on, and separating what you own, what you influence, and what you must release.

03

Architecting Sustainability: Accountability

Accountability as a structure you build, not a conversation you dread. Scorecards, cadence, and the line between accountability and blame.

04

Building a High-Performance Culture

Culture as a way of life rather than a poster. How norms form, how they harden, and how to change one on purpose.

05

Effective Team Communication

What to say to the room. Announcements, changes, bad news, and the rewrite that turns an edict into a message people can follow.

06

Effective Individual Communication

The one-on-one. Preparation, structure, the questions worth asking, and what to record afterwards.

07

Leading Through Adversity

What leadership looks like when the plan fails. Steadiness, honesty about what you do not know, and holding a team together under pressure.

08

Firm Foundations, Together

Tying the seven pillars into one operating approach, and building your own ninety-day plan.

Firm Foundations by Mark A. Greaves Jr.

What Is Included

Everything You Need to Finish

  • Eight recorded video modules, yours for the length of the program
  • A knowledge check after every module, drawn from a bank so no two attempts match
  • Four applied tasks carried out with your own team
  • A capstone ninety-day plan, read and returned with written feedback
  • A certificate recording 17.5 contact hours, with a verifiable credential ID

Start With the First Pillar

Trust is where every team either holds together or quietly comes apart. That is Module One.