Learn How to the Empower People Around You and Achieve More with Advanced Management Training This course is about developing your personal leadership style so that you can effectively empower the people around you and open yourself to bigger opportunities. This course is similar to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s $3,300 course on Transformational Leadership Strategies. On the other side of this course, you will:

Georgetown University (GU) – HCS Academy (HCS)

Georgetown University (GU) has developed a specially designed Advanced Management Programme, leading to an Advanced Professional Qualification (APQ) in Global Business Leadership and International Relations. This programme stems from an earlier initiative by HCS on the Global Immersion Programme, which was launched by Minister Heng Swee Keat in November 2013. This APQ aims to support Singapore’s SkillsFuture agenda and economic progress as Singapore moves to the next phase of development towards an advanced economy and inclusive society.... [-]

The changing nature of business means every manager will need to update his or her knowledge and skills to remain competitive. Pepperdine will work with your organization to identify specific needs and goals to deliver programs that support your business strategies. Our programs vary in length for maximum flexibility and provide an interactive, stimulating, and relevant learning experience. Programs can be held on-site at your company or at one of the Pepperdine campuses.

Our most popular programs include:Champions of ChangeA nine-month certification program, this offering walks employees through a real-time change management project as they learn how to create, lead, and empower strategic change in their organization.IT EssentialsThis three-day program bridges the gap between management and information technology departments. The goal is to increase understanding of the role of technology in today's business world and how it can catapult business toward accelerated success.... [-]

What you will learn:

You will learn to deal effectively and positively with change in the workplace.

Length:

One- half day session of classroom instruction followed by a series of web-based reinforcement tools

Purpose of this course:

To meet change with greater resilience. Learn how to anticipate change and respond proactively. Develop the skills to manage your coping and response strategies during periods of change.

About Seattle Research Partners, Inc.

Seattle Research Partners meets the learning needs of managers, supervisors, and individual contributors in organizations. Whether you are a small business owner, a human resource professional, a department manager or a senior executive, our PEAK Learning Program™ is designed to offer you top-quality learning and development experiences. We are educators and business leaders committed to the full development of professionals no matter their field or industry. ... [-]

What you will learn:

Using the book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Bossidy and Charan, this course is designed for executives and senior leaders who recognize the necessity of implementing strategies.

Length:

Four Half-day sessions

Purpose of this course:

To facilitate executive and senior leader thinking regarding the discipline of executing strategies for results. Learn how to close the gap between goals and results. Experience activities and techniques which help individuals understand execution is a discipline; a major job of a leader; and a core element of business culture. ... [-]

What you will learn:

Exploring the findings of Jim Collins in his best seller, Good to Great – Why Some Companies Make the Leap. . . and Others Don't, executives and senior leaders will explore the key disciplines demonstrated by the 11 GREAT companies and learn how to employ those disciplines in the people, thinking and actions of their own organization.

Length:

Four Half-day sessions

Purpose of this course:

Designed specifically for executive and senior leaders this Leadership Roundtable will facilitate learning to apply the distinguishing characteristics of the GREAT companies: disciplined people; disciplined thinking; and disciplined action. Learn celebrity leaders almost never lead good companies to greatness. Learn technology is an accelerator not a driver.... [-]

The rules of effective leadership change when entering the global environment of virtual communication, cultural differences, and conflicting needs and requirements. This action-oriented experience offers techniques for managing people from different cultures in order to work together more effectively on a day-to-day basis. Based on a behavioral simulation that takes place at multiple sites in real time, it provides an opportunity to practice new skills in a realistic setting with colleagues from around the world.

At the conclusion of this experience, you will be able to:

How can you manage yourself and your team in this dislocated environment to achieve and sustain a high performance culture? How can you stay motivated and motivating under increasing amounts of pressure and change? This program has been developed specifically to meet these demands. Courses such as Accelerated Learning and Risk Taking, Creative Thinking, Crisis Communication/Media PR, Effective Business Writing: From Email to Proposals, Confronting Conflict, and more can be taken as half day classes or combined in five class segments to fulfill a Certificate in Professional and Personal Effectiveness.Increase your professional and personal value through flexible one–half day classes that strengthen your leadership skills. Combine bundles of classes to earn bronze, silver, gold, and platinum certificates.OverviewDeveloping Professional and Personal Effectiveness is designed to help busy managers improve both professional and personal effectiveness in order to lead with greater vision and skills. Half-day classes are focused on practical tools and are designed to result in prompt and meaningful outcomes and are the same as those offered to SMU Cox MBA students through the Cox Business Leadership Center. Earn a bronze, silver, gold or platinum certificate from the only nationally-ranked business school in the metroplex and learn how to better manage yourself, your team and your projects.Who should attend?- Mid-level to senior-level who want to become more effective by strengthening their professional and personal skills - Entrepreneurs - Anyone working to fulfill a personal development planDates: Starts May, 2006 - check back for specific program dates... [-]

Corporate and personal accountability—two behavioral assets that can drive your organization and help deliver bottom line results. We’d all like to say accountability is a part of daily life in our workplaces. But if your organization is like many, you could use some tools to make accountability more commonplace.

The TU Center for Executive and Professional Development is pleased to team up with Partners in Leadership to bring you this one-day immersion in accountability training. Based on the best-selling book, The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability, the workshop is designed to improve the effectiveness of individuals, teams, and entire organizations by increasing the levels of individual and team ownership and accountability at all levels of the organization.... [-]

The Extraordinary Leader is designed to help leaders shift their way of thinking about leadership from the conventional idea that leaders are born to the fact that anyone can be a great leader.

What separates an average leader from an extraordinary leader? Internationally acclaimed leadership authority Jack Zenger provides some compelling answers that demystify leadership and explain five key insights that distinguish a truly extraordinary leader from a good or “average” leader.

Based on the book of the same name by Zenger and Joseph Folkman, this two-day program will change the way you think about leaders. It challenges the conventional wisdom that great leaders are “born.” Forget whining about how your colleague had all the “advantages.” Learn why and how anyone can be a great leader! And then learn how to do it.... [-]

Our TU Mini-MBA offers an application-driven curriculum while reflecting topics in a standard MBA. The program focuses on key issues managers deal with daily—and those daily decisions that impact the bottom line.

We start with the most important business concept—how to deliver better bottom line results! As one of only three educational institutions in the nation licensed to use Paradigm Learning’s Zodiak Financial Strategies Simulation Game, The Center for Executive & Professional Development is proud to offer our certificate program with the Zodiak game as a learning platform that helps tie in daily management issues and decisions with the bottom line. It gives managers a big picture view of where they “fit” in their organizations and how their decisions—good or bad—impact the bottom line.... [-]

Overview As business competition intensifies and technology leapfrogs with new advancements, many companies are formulating growth or transformation strategies to increase shareholder value. While formulating the new strategic direction is critical, many companies are facing tremendous challenges of re-building the organization to execute the new strategies.Building Organizational Capability for Strategic Implementation provides a systematic framework to help companies determine their required organizational capabilities under new strategic direction, and to re-align employee competency, company culture, and organizational governance based on the new organizational capabilities.

Who Should Attend Executives from all functional areas with responsibility for implementing company's strategies and improving organizational effectiveness are best suited for this program. Including general management and management teams, project teams, HR practitioners, business unit, functional unit and geographic managers and their management teams.... [-]

* Discover the elements in your organization that foster resiliency in your employees * Bring out the full potential of your people to help them be their best * Learn how to lead yourself and others in pursuit of high-quality personal connections * Explore the link between energizing networks and high-performing organizational performance * Acquire a framework for making a profound difference in your life and in your organization

Who Should Attend Senior managers in any function who want access to next-practice tools and skills for leading people and organizations.

Learning Objectives This program brings together a full array of individual, group and strategic leadership tools to help build positive organizations that will achieve extraordinary individual and organizational performance.... [-]

Today, confusion — not a smooth, steady course — often reigns in organizations and businesses. In fact, says Stephen R. Covey, we’re now in a “permanent whitewater world.” Not only are good management skills important, but effective leadership is also vital. Through this course, the 4 Roles of a Leader, participants receive the tools, processes and context to lead successfully, even in times of turbulent change.

What will you learn

This course consists of four sessions conducted one afternoon or evening What you will learn: Using materials created by Franklin Covey, you will learn to apply the four roles of leadership to the workplace.

The Institute for Innovative Leadership is a partnership between IU Northwest and Northwest Indiana's community and business leadership throughout all sectors. The Institute is designed to create a binding link between educational experience and leadership practice.

The Leadership Development Program is the core of the Institute. Through this program upper level students who have demonstrated strong leadership potential will be competitively selected to participate in an exciting and challenging set of activities.

Learning Guidelines

Four guidelines are established to provide a philosophical foundation that directs the structuring of all program activities. The Leadership Institute Program is designed to provide: ... [-]