Executive Certificate in Leadership & Management

Learn how to distinguish leadership from management – and which skills to apply in a given situation – with Notre Dame’s new Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management program! From tactics to strategy, you’ll study proven ways to identify your role and respond effectively. In addition to navigating the nuances that make leadership and management distinct but interdependent, you’ll employ a variety of self-assessment tools to modify and enhance your own style.

The online Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management program features three eight-week courses presented by the country’s leading experts in leadership and management – the same professors who teach at Notre Dame’s top-ranked Mendoza College of Business! Courses include:

Effective Leadership
Leading Teams and Organizations
Executive Leadership Strategies

Course Outlines

Effective Leadership
Instructors: Peter A. DeLisle, PhD; J. Michael Crant, MBA, PhD; David Hayes, MBA; Gaylen D. Paulsen, PhD; Paul J. Slaggert, MBA

The course is designed for exceptional individual contributors who have been called or have taken the lead on a team or project and have direct responsibility for guiding the work of others. You will use guided investigations, self-assessments and challenging problem-solving studies to develop your unique leadership style for success.

During this course, you will learn how to:

• Assess leadership effectiveness
• Successfully transition from individual contributor to manager
• Strengthen the relationships between leaders and followers to achieve positive outcomes
• Make timely decisions
• Manage and resolve conflicts

Leading Teams and Organizations
Instructors: Peter A. DeLisle, PhD; Paul J. Slaggert, MBA; David Womeldorff, MS; James S. O’Rourke, IV, MA, MS, PhD; David Hayes, MBA; Joseph A. Holt, JD; Leo Flanagan, Jr., PhD

The second course in the leadership and management series places students at the crossroads of tactics and strategy, providing the perspective and insight necessary to assess, interpret and respond to situations of uncertainly and complexity. You will learn to positively engage people, teams and organizations by responding to challenges with greater sophistication and confidence.

During this course, you will learn how to:

• Evaluate contingency models of leadership and performance
• Analyze the dynamics of delegation, empowerment and risk
• Leverage personal perspectives to enhance interpersonal relationships
• Build a high-performance team
• Address personal principles and values in decision-making
• Drive accountability and engage people

Executive Leadership Strategies
Instructors: James H. Davis, MEd, MBA, PhD; Peter A. DeLisle, PhD; Rajan Kamath, MBA, PhD; Margot O’Brien, JD; John A. Walker, PhD; Timothy J. Koegel, MS; Leo Burke, MA, MS

Strategy, foresight, creativity and integrity are the key concepts in this executive phase of leadership and management development. In the culmination of Notre Dame’s three-course program, you will learn to synthesize your skills and apply your abilities for developing intellectual capital and organizational culture.

During this course, you will learn how to:

• Capitalize on technological revolutions and apply transformational strategy
• Evaluate industry structure and conduct a competitor analysis
• Deliver exceptional presentations
• Navigate the legal aspects of business
• Implement value-based decisions
• Manage hyperchange

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