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Essential Skills for Great Leaders

Essential Skills for Great Leaders

Video Run Time: 56 mins
© 2026
ISBN: 9781718239760
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  • ACE 0.1 CEC
  • ACSM 1.0 CEC
  • AFPA 1.0 CEC
  • COPSKT 0.1 CEU
  • Human Kinetics 1.0 Contact Hour
  • NETA 1.0 CEC
  • NFPT 0.2 CEC
  • NSCA 0.2 CEU
  • NSPA 1.0 CEU

Description

Essential Skills for Great Leaders demonstrates how you can go beyond leading from a position of authority and evolve into becoming the kind of leader clients and gym staff alike will want to follow. Presenter Mark Nutting brings over 40 years of personal training and health club management experience to lend his expertise to trainers and coaches looking to develop their leadership skills and motivate their followers. He shares the 10 essential skills to become exceptional at leading others within the context of personal training environments. 

Learning objectives

  • Discuss what you need to do personally to set the stage for becoming a great leader.
  • Describe what to cover in an initial introduction meeting with your new team.
  • Determine the needs of your followers, including what will help them get motivated and stay motivated.
  • Understand how the simple act of caring for your followers can reap dramatic results for them and your company or organization.
  • Explain co-elevation and how it can be an important way to have your followers achieve more beyond your direct input.

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Certified personal trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, and group fitness instructors.
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  • Business Development

Resources

  • Presentation slide handout (PDF)
  • Practice exam (Word)
  • Download the Copyright and Support document.

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    Video • 56 mins
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About the Presenter

  • Mark A. Nutting

    Mark A. Nutting, ACSM CEP, ACSM HFD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, brings the expertise of over 43 years of personal training and health club management to his work. He is the author of The Business of Personal Training. A longtime national presenter, his "Fitness Boot Camps for the Masses" has been a featured presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine's Health and Fitness Summit, the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Personal Trainers Conference, and the 2017 NSCA Japan Conference. 

    A highly skilled group fitness instructor, Nutting is also an award-winning personal trainer: He won the Personal Fitness Professional’s Trainer of the Year Legacy Award in 2016 and was named the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Personal Trainer of the Year in 2009. 

Course contents

  1. Video

    Video • 56 mins
  2. Exam

    Assessment
  3. Complete previous lessons to unlock

    Survey

    Assessment
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