Leadership and Human Capital Management

EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS LEADERSHIP:
NEW RULES FOR THE GAME

Announcing a new executive leadership certificate for mid- to senior-level professionals looking to improve their leadership skills and organizational effectiveness.

Focused on developing potential and growing skills needed to thrive in today’s competitive business environment, the year-long program is comprised of core courses that provide a comprehensive overview of strategic business leadership; options for concentrations in Managing the Business, Managing the People, or Managing the Process that allow students to align their education with their career goals; and a final capstone project. Students take on a real organization as a client, understand its actual leadership issues disclosed by the board or senior executives, and work to focus and apply course content and techniques learned throughout the program to solve them—culminating in a final presentation.

The executive certificate program provides professionals with an overview of strategic business leadership. Upon completion, participants are able to:

Create and implement organizational strategy
Align business units with organizational strategy
Understand capital and finance as tools to leverage their competitive edge
Maximize long-term organizational sustainability
Develop critical leadership skills
Create and maintain high-performance teams
Create value added integrated cross-functional disciplines
and communications
Develop efficient resource management across complex settings

Students are required to take both core courses and choose two courses from each of the three concentrations. Students are also required to take the Special Project in Strategic Business Leadership, which runs throughout the entire program of study (one year) and is presented as a final project for the completion of the program. The entire certificate program consists of a total of nine courses. Each course runs for one and a half days. Courses are offered quarterly in pairs for a total of four, three-day sessions. The Special Project is incorporated into the meeting pattern as four hours per quarter, and worked on throughout the entire year.

CORE COURSES (Required)

Business Strategy and Ethics
Finance as a Second Language

CONCENTRATIONS (Choose two courses from each)

Managing the Business

Funding the Organization: Generating the Top Line Revenue Necessary for Sustainable Success
Driving Growth through Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Creating Organizational Effectiveness
Special Topics: Managing the Business

Managing the People

Leadership Cluster:
(Students must choose one course from this list):

Leadership and Management
Gender Differences in Leadership
Contextual Leadership (Profit, Not for Profit, Government, Agency, Association)

And one course from this list:

Global Talent Management, Work Life Balance, and Retention
Managing Diversity
Special Topics: Managing the People

Managing the Process

Business Metrics and Business Intelligence
Communication and Presentation Skills for Professionals
Developing a Client Orientation: Marketing and Public Relations
Special Topics: Managing the Process

SPECIAL PROJECT IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS LEADERSHIP (Required)

Total Required Courses for Certificate: 9

Click here for an application to the Executive Certificate in Strategic Business Leadership program.