Be Among the First.

The Profession of Transformation Management Begins Here.

Every profession has a turning point. Project management had PMI. Agile delivery had the Scrum Guide. Change management had Prosci.

Now, Transformation Management
has the 3E Standard™.

For decades, transformation has left organizations exposed. Sponsors see budgets drift with little to recover. Project managers are scapegoated when authority is unclear and commitments go unsecured. Teams give their best effort only to watch recognition disappear the moment priorities shift.

The 3E Standard™ changes that. For the first time, transformation is codified: its forums, deliverables, and disciplines defined so legitimacy can be measured, governed, and practiced as a profession.

From that canon come the first credentials of their kind: the Certified Transformation Consultant (CTC™) and the Certified Transformation Manager (CTM™). They do more than confer status. They validate a discipline with measurable ROI, certifying that you can govern transformation in ways that protect scope, secure authority, and deliver outcomes that last.

 

Endorsements reserved for those who meet the Standard.

Certified Transformation Manager™

(CTM™)

Premier credential for leading transformation at scale.

  1. Command of the 3E Standard™: securing legitimacy and continuity across the enterprise.

  2. Equips senior professionals to shape vision, direct resources, and safeguard the future of transformation.

  3. Validates readiness to govern transformation as a leadership mandate: ending drift, safeguarding commitments, and directing the organizational vision.

Certified Transformation Consultant™

(CTC™)

Foundation credential for guiding transformation.

  1. Master the 3E Standard™: the cycles, forums, deliverables, and signature skills that legitimize outcomes.

  2. Equips professionals across roles and industries with the discipline to cut through ambiguity, translate risks, and align stakeholders.

  3. Validates readiness to challenge wasted effort, surface hidden risks, and advise against drift culture.

The discipline of transformation has always been practiced.

You’ve seen it in leaders who refuse to let teams suffer through ambiguity, who insist promises made are promises kept, and who hold authority to account when outcomes are at risk. The instinct has always been present. What’s been missing is a standard.

The Certified Transformation Consultant (CTC™) and Certified Transformation Manager (CTM™) provide that standard.

Together, they codify the discipline, define its practices, and recognize those prepared to uphold them. A CTC™ validates readiness to advise, align, and surface risks with fluency in the 3E Standard™. A CTM™ distinguishes those equipped to lead at scale, governing feasibility, authority, and legitimacy across the enterprise.

Both credentials are examined directly against the 3E Standard™, the first canon of transformation management.

Below is an overview of the disciplines tested, and how expectations progress from the foundation CTC™ to the flagship CTM™.

Decision Speed

CTC™: Surfaces risks and options quickly, ensuring sponsors and teams can act without delay.

CTM™: Directs decision flow as a leadership mandate by securing authority, accelerating approvals, and removing ambiguity that stalls outcomes.

Action Closure

CTC™: Guides forums to closure, recording decisions so commitments are visible and enforceable.

CTM™: Holds closure as a governance duty by ensuring promises are honored, gaps are resolved, and execution stays credible from start to finish.

Continuity of Lessons

CTC™: Captures outcomes and lessons in Legacy Maps so knowledge survives beyond the project team.

CTM™: Embeds continuity at the enterprise level by turning lessons into institutional memory that endures across cycles, leaders, and audits.

Portfolio Value Protected

CTC™: Protects individual initiatives by aligning scope, feasibility, and authority at the ground level.

CTM™: Safeguards portfolio-wide investments: ensuring millions in transformation spend are governed with legitimacy, not lost to drift or duplication.

Confidence in Records

CTC™: Maintains Scope Agreements, Delivery Briefs, and Legacy Maps so projects remain transparent and auditable.

CTM™: Upholds record discipline as a leadership mandate by ensuring clarity, dignity, and accountability in every record that survives turnover and external review.

Legitimacy is not argued.
It is practiced.

The exams is built directly from the 3E Standard™.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Most certifications test project mechanics or change adoption. CTC™ and CTM™ are the first to codify transformation management itself: the discipline that secures legitimacy, protects outcomes, and governs across silos. They validate skills that executives and boards measure in ROI, not ceremony.

    • CTC™ is the foundation credential: ideal for professionals who support or advise transformation: project managers, consultants, change leads, analysts, and team leaders across industries.

    • CTM™ is the flagship credential: built for senior professionals ready to govern transformation end-to-end, lead sponsors and teams with authority, and direct high-stakes portfolios.

  • Both exams are drawn directly from the 3E Standard™, the first published canon of transformation management. CTC™ tests fluency in forums, deliverables, and cycle discipline; CTM™ raises the bar to governance: feasibility, authority, legitimacy, and continuity at scale.