Level 3 Strategic Leader • Course 4/7 • ~120 min
Building a Corporate Academy
Design the learning architecture, academy model, and curriculum by employee segment — from the first flagship to the health-metric set.
Course 4/7 of the Level 3 — Strategic Talent Development Leader program. Complete all 7 courses to earn the overall certificate.
View the Level 3 program →What you'll get: Learn to 'build a school' instead of 'running classes': the structure of schools and pathways, an internal faculty on the leaders-as-teachers model, a build–buy–curate content strategy, a flagship-first launch, and measuring academy health with 4 metric groups. Case study: McDonald's Hamburger University — from a restaurant basement to a global manager-producing machine.
Who is this course for?
- Heads of L&D / Talent tasked with building an internal academy
- HR Managers at multi-site organizations who need to standardize capability
- L&D Managers who want to elevate the training department to an academy
After this course, you will
- Assess whether the organization needs an academy by 3 signals
- Design a school structure and learning pathway
- Build an internal faculty and a build–buy–curate content strategy
- Launch flagship-first and measure health with Reach–Quality–Impact–Engagement
Course content (5 modules)
Module 1
How does an academy differ from a training department?
When an organization needs a corporate academy — and McDonald's Hamburger University story.
25 min
Module 2
Learning architecture: schools and pathways
Design the academy structure: 'schools' by employee segment and learning pathways along career routes.
25 min
Module 3
Operating model: faculty, content, platform
Run the academy: internal faculty, a build–buy–curate content strategy, and platform selection.
25 min
Module 4
Launch and measure academy health
A launch strategy, a learning brand, and the health-metric set of an academy.
25 min
Module 5
Final test & certificate
A 10-question comprehensive test. Score at least 8/10 to earn the Building a Corporate Academy certificate.
10 min
Certificate in Building a Corporate Academy
Complete all 5 modules and score at least 8/10 on the final test to unlock the certificate — issued by Nhan Ha (Tony), MBA, SHRM-CP via TTD. Download the PDF, print it, and share it on LinkedIn.
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