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Leadership Certificate Programs

Inspire. Motivate. Influence. Build top-performing teams. Find competitive advantage. Execute strategy. Lead change. Foster innovation. Cornell’s flexible certificate programs help you build the confidence, skills, and presence you need to lead your team to success. You’ll learn MBA-level concepts and practices from some of the world’s top faculty – and apply them immediately at work.

Courses:

  • Family Business Leadership Fundamentals
  • Managing Family Relationships
  • Stewarding Family Wealth and Values
  • Implementing Family Governance Systems
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Family members employed in running a family-owned business
  • Non-family employees involved in running a family business (key leaders, management)
  • Individuals interested in broad-based family business dynamics
  • Consultants
  • Lawyers
  • Accountants

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Courses:

  • Humor for Influence: Lessons from Ancient Rome
  • Humor in the Workplace: Lessons from Ancient Rome
  • Lessons in Effective Leadership from Ancient Rome
  • Maximizing Happiness as a Leader: Lessons from Ancient Rome
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Executives
  • Managers
  • Communications professionals
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Individual contributors
  • Public speakers

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Courses:

  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • Executive Presence

Who Should Enroll:

  • Aspiring leaders
  • Managers, senior leaders and executives
  • CEOs
  • Actors and performers
  • Anyone who wants to become more effective in connecting with others through increased ease and presence when speaking in public or private

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Courses:

  • Leading in a VUCA World
  • Developing and Communicating Vision and Strategy
  • Building Great Teams
  • Setting Internal and External Conditions for Success
  • Preparing for the Future
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Leaders and executives at all levels, in any industry

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Courses:

  • Building High-Performing Virtual Teams
  • Launching Virtual Team Projects
  • Virtual Communication, Constructive Conflict, and Collaboration
  • Decision-Making and Accountability
  • Diversity and Cross-Cultural Teams
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Leaders and executives in any industry who are leading or launching virtual teams
  • Individual contributors to virtual teams who aspire to a leadership role
  • Consultants who are brought in to support a project-based team virtually

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Courses:

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  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE
Leading Your Team (2 Elective Courses)
  • Leading Collaborative Teams
  • Leading Across Cultures
  • Effective Internal Coaching
  • Motivating People for High Performance
  • Mediation for Managers
  • Humor in the Workplace: Lessons from Ancient Rome
Gaining the Advantage (2 Elective Courses)
  • Quality and Service Excellence
  • Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations
  • Leading With Credibility
  • Leading for Creativity and Innovation
  • Humor for Influence: Lessons from Ancient Rome
Strategy (1 Elective Course)
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading Strategic Change Initiatives
  • Leading Organizational Change
  • Becoming a Strategic Leader
  • Making Strategic Change Happen
Negotiations (1 Elective Course)
  • Navigating Power Relationships
  • Negotiation Skills

Who Should Enroll:

  • Mid- to upper-level managers
  • High potentials with 3-5+ years experience

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Courses:

  • The Psychology of Getting Things Done
  • Identifying and Managing Emotions
  • Interpreting the Behavior of Others
  • Mastering the Essentials of Influence
  • Applying Strategic Influence
  • Building and Running Effective Teams
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Individual contributors
  • Managers and team leaders
  • Senior managers and executives
  • Any professional looking to become more effective at interacting with colleagues, clients, reports, or superiors

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Courses:

  • Women in Leadership: Navigating the Double Bind
  • Women in Leadership: Negotiation Skills
  • Women in Leadership: Using Emotional Intelligence to Drive Results
  • Women in Leadership: Giving and Receiving Feedback
  • Women in Leadership: Outsmart the Work-Life Balance
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • Mid- to-senior level managers
  • Anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of gender dynamics in the workplace

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Courses:

Core Courses
  • Quality and Service Excellence
  • Leading Collaborative Teams
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading With Credibility
  • Motivating People for High Performance
  • Coaching Skills for Leaders
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
Elective Courses (2 Courses)
  • Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations
  • Leading Across Cultures
  • Leading for Creativity and Innovation
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Leading Strategic Change Initiatives
  • Leading Organizational Change
  • Navigating Power Relationships
  • Becoming a Strategic Leader
  • Humor for Influence: Lessons from Ancient Rome
  • Humor in the Workplace: Lessons from Ancient Rome
  • Making Strategic Change Happen

Who Should Enroll:

  • High potential mid-level managers with 5+ years experience
  • Upper-level or senior managers with 5+ years experience
  • VP or C-level executives

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Courses:

  • Becoming a Powerful Leader
  • Building High-Performing Teams
  • Active Listening and Processing Feedback
  • Managing Team Performance
  • Managing Time and Priorities
  • Effective Interviewing
  • Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE

Who Should Enroll:

  • New managers
  • Professionals looking to move into a management role

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