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Certification and course directory

Every EA, Chief of Staff, and operator credential, in one filterable directory

56 certifications, courses, and executive-education programs across four categories, every price and format checked on the provider's own page. Filter by audience, price, and whether the credential gates on anything. Free, no signup.

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How this directory works

Every program here was checked on the provider's own page, price and format included, on the date shown in the directory header. Aggregator listings and search snippets go stale fast in this market, which is how a $2,450 program keeps getting quoted at $1,495. When a provider publishes no price at all, the directory says so instead of guessing, because several of the most prestigious programs make you apply before they tell you a number.

The filter worth starting with is the gate. Only a handful of these credentials require anything beyond payment: a real experience threshold, a proctored exam, or an admissions committee. Everything else certifies that you bought and finished a curriculum. That has value, but a hiring manager reads the two kinds very differently, and no other comparison sorts by it.

Before you spend anything: no certification is required to work as an EA or Chief of Staff, and none substitutes for evidence you can run the work. Our certifications verdict piece covers when a program is worth it and when the same money buys more elsewhere.

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The verdict piece ranks the Chief of Staff options; the salary tools tell you what the roles pay with every source named.