Upcoming Certificate Programs and Workshops

The Executive Education Center at the Coles College of Business is dedicated to helping you and your organization succeed. As one of the country鈥檚 most innovative universities in teaching and learning, we design executive development programs using best practices in program customization, technology-enhanced learning and on-the-job application. Our classroom-based certificate programs and our digital badge mobile-learning programs are designed to help you reach your fullest potential as leaders, innovators and change-makers.

Executive Leadership Program for Managers and Directors

The next cohort begins January 16, 2025

A leadership development certificate program that integrates the best practices of classroom action-learning and gamified mobile-learning. The Michael J. Coles College of Business offers an Executive Leadership Program for Managers and Directors designed for busy professionals who want to take their leadership skills and their careers to the next level. Learn how to master the 8 leader roles and the 24 leadership skills.

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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program

The next cohort begins January 21, 2025

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program: Designed for those with little or no prior experience in Continuous Improvement, this program is an introduction to the tools and techniques of Lean and the DMAIC methodology of Six Sigma. DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) is a data-driven problem-solving approach that can be applied across all industries. Lean is the waste reduction tools and principles made famous by Toyota. LSS Green Belt participants learn the framework for solving problems and improving processes in a variety of hands-on projects and activities. During the program, participants will complete at least 3 LSS projects and leave the program with the tools needed to solve real world problems.

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Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional (CMAP) Program

The next cohort begins March 25, 2025

A popular certificate program in partnership with the M&A Source. Larry Stevens, CPA, after a long and distinguished career with PwC leads the program. Topics include M&A strategy, process planning, due diligence, financial analysis, transaction valuation, deal structuring, and negotiations.

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Leadership Excellence

The Digital Badge in Leadership Excellence program is designed for professionals at all levels who want to elevate their potential as leaders, innovators, and change-makers. Master the 8 leader roles and 24 skills that deliver excellence and make you a highly-respected leader inside your organization.

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Customer Centricity

Take the Customer Centricity framework and add value to your business as a trusted customer advisor.  Learn how to integrate and organize marketing functions around your customers by using the transformative power of a customer-centric marketing approach.

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Fundamentals of Professional Selling

Selling follows a defined road. But not all sales professionals were trained in the sales process. That鈥檚 where The Fundamentals of Professional Selling program comes to the rescue. Developed by the lead faculty at Coles College of Business Professional Sales Center, the online cohort-based program digs into in the sales process from initial contact to closing the sale.

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