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Coaching is the new professional phenomenon we have seen more of in the job market recently. Tons of young professionals and seasoned experts alike are taking on the coaching role to help businesses produce more effective results and take their growth to the next level. Executive and business coaches have become a powerful hire for entrepreneurs seeking to improve their effectiveness and efficiency in all areas – and there’s substantial evidence to back that claim up. According to a study by...

The Marketing Professional program outlines for students current theories of marketing, their effective application and concepts important to marketing goods and services, identifying and further defining target customers, targeting those customers and really reaching them through your messaging from both a domestic and global perspective. Students will explore the elements of market research, identifying target customers, branding, pricing, developing product offers, and developing marketing...

What is leadership and why is it important? How does a leader encourage change without triggering fearful resistance? What are the key elements to leading an effective team? What is the role of charisma in leadership? How can a leader achieve work-life balance? This suite of courses addresses all of these questions and many more. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, the courses in this suite, offered by our accredited...

Because organizations must innovate to stay alive in today's highly competitive marketplace, organizations need employees who can channel their creativity and innovation toward organizational challenges and goals. This suite of courses, offered by our accredited school partners, will first help you become re-acquainted with your own stores of creativity and innovation. Next, you are given a set of tools that allow you to leverage your creativity to identify and solve organizational problems....

An effective human resource management strategy is a valuable asset to any company, but those running small businesses often cannot justify designating a full-time HR professional to manage employee relations, compensation, policy-making, performance management, and employee appraisals. This suite of courses, offered by our accredited school partners, will teach you the basics of managing the benefits and policies that support an effective staff. What does an employer need to know about...

This online certificate program, offered by our accredited school partners, introduces non-financial managers to the essentials of finance. The course will help you become conversant in critical financial terminology, and you'll learn how to calculate key financial management indicators. You will learn how to assess your organization's financial health by reviewing balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow, and you will discover how finance and accounting tools can be used...

This online certificate program, offered by our accredited school partners, introduces key issues in entrepreneurship for those looking to start a business on their own. What does it take to build and grow a business from scratch? What personal characteristics are shared by successful entrepreneurs? What types of resources are available to budding entrepreneurs, and where can you find them? Learners who complete this program will have the answers to those questions and others that are...

Because corporate higher-ups and stakeholders can't support your ideas—or recognize you for them—without first understanding what they are, communicating clearly and concisely in written and oral formats is critical to your professional success. From clarifying and structuring your ideas to designing the PowerPoint slides that will best complement them, the techniques, interactive exercises, and checklists in this suite, offered by our accredited school partners, will help you create...

Our management program is ideal for individuals who are currently employed or looking to begin their career in a supervisory and/or managerial role. Over the course of your studies, you will learn the fundamental skills required of new and experienced supervisors and managers, and will be exposed to a broad range of topics related to the supervision and managerial process. In this program we will cover several different skills such as successful leadership, performance management, time...

This course explains the evolution from the transactional purchasing or procurement function into the strategic process of supply management. It introduces key concepts and ideas that can be used to successfully source and manage suppliers and to deal with issues that may arise across the supply chain. The course is divided into modules that explain supply management basics; describe strategic, ethical, and sustainable sourcing; and discuss supply chain leadership and integration. Course...

Students and working professionals alike will benefit from our online grant writing course. Over the course of this program, students learn the essential skills needed to research and write effective grant applications for public, private and government grants. Over the course of this program, offered by our accredited school partners, experienced grant writers with real world experience lead students step-by-step through grant writing processes that increase their chances of receiving...

Thinking about starting, owning, and operating a business? The Foundations for Start-Up and Business Owner Management certificate training program, offered by our accredited school partners, is perfect for anybody who has an interest in entrepreneurship or is considering starting, owning and operating their own business.