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NWTS Executive Academy™.
Self-paced courses for the leaders who make workforce decisions: practical frameworks, worked examples, exercises on realistic numbers, and written faculty feedback. $249 per course, 12 months of access.
Courses
Human-First AI Transformation for Executives
5 modules · 15 lessons · 4 exercises · capstone
Bring AI into your organization in a way that raises capacity, protects trust and stands up to scrutiny.
- Decide, task by task, whether to augment, automate or redesign work, and explain why.
- Estimate the capacity AI can realistically free, and what it really costs to capture it.
- Set up oversight, fairness and legal safeguards before AI touches employment decisions.
For CEOs, COOs, CHROs and senior leaders deciding where AI belongs in their workforce plan.
Strategic Workforce Planning
5 modules · 15 lessons · 4 exercises · capstone
Build a workforce plan that is tied to revenue, survives contact with reality, and earns the board’s trust.
- Tie headcount and capability to revenue, strategy and operating milestones.
- Forecast workforce supply: attrition, retirements, internal moves and skills.
- Model demand with drivers, productivity and AI adjustments.
For CEOs, CFOs, CHROs and HR and finance leaders in 50–1,000 person organizations.
Build, Buy, Borrow or Automate: Costing Workforce Options
5 modules · 15 lessons · 4 exercises · capstone
Put a defensible price, break-even and risk on every way to close a capability gap.
- Calculate the fully loaded cost of labor and the monthly cost of an unfilled role.
- Cost hiring, reskilling, outsourcing and automation month by month, including ramp-up.
- Find each option’s break-even month and peak cash exposure.
For CFOs, COOs, CHROs and leaders who must justify workforce investments with numbers.
Bias-Aware, High-Performance Leadership
5 modules · 15 lessons · 5 exercises · capstone
Make fair, evidence-based people decisions and build teams that perform at their best.
- Spot where bias enters hiring, assignments, reviews, promotion and pay, and close those openings.
- Run job-related, structured hiring and promotion processes that find the strongest people.
- Set clear expectations and give specific, even-handed feedback that raises everyone’s performance.
For CEOs, executives, people leaders and HR leaders who hire, develop, evaluate and promote people.
How the Academy works.
- Read and apply. Each lesson pairs a framework with a worked example, common mistakes and questions to take to your leadership team.
- Practice on numbers. Exercises use the same calculation engine as DecisionIQ, so you see break-even and exposure change as you change assumptions.
- Check your understanding. A five-question knowledge check closes each module; explanations show why each answer is right.
- Get feedback. Submit exercises, questions and a capstone for written feedback from the NWTS Academy faculty (AI-assisted, clearly labeled).
- Earn your certificate. A verifiable certificate of completion when you finish every requirement.
Questions.
How long do I have access?
Twelve months from purchase, on any device. Each course is a one-time purchase of $249; nothing renews automatically.
Who teaches the courses?
The NWTS Academy faculty. Lessons are built on The NWTS Method™ and written with AI assistance; faculty feedback on your exercises, questions and capstone is AI-assisted and labeled as such. Billing, account and anything that needs a person goes to Nikita R. Steals.
What do I get when I finish?
A certificate of completion with a verification link, once you complete every lesson, pass every knowledge check with 80% or more, and submit the capstone. It confirms completion on our platform; it is not an academic credit, accreditation or continuing-education credit.
Can I try before I buy?
Yes. The first lesson of every course is free to read.
What if it isn’t right for me?
If you haven’t opened any paid lesson, you can request a full refund within 14 days of purchase. See the terms.
Do I need DecisionIQ?
No. Courses stand alone. Some exercises use the DecisionIQ calculation engine inside the lesson, so you can practice on realistic numbers without a subscription.