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Title: Executive Development Programs
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: senior managers, executive, high potential employees
Consultant Usage: coaching recommendations
What’s it about? Many of you who read this Blog are familiar with the Executive MBA and equivalent programs offered though major universities and colleges. They are great places to send your senior managers and high potential employees. What you might not be so familiar with are the other programs, usually with a specific theme, these institutions offer executives. Below are just a few examples from some of the best known US universities.Â
I will start with two from Southern California, since a high percentage of our Blog readers come from that area:Â
UCLA offers:
Advanced Program in Human Resource Management: Visionary Global HR Management that Drives Business Results
African American Leadership Institute
Creativity and Innovation in the Organization
Entertainment and Media Executive Program
Latino Leadership Institute
Leadership Institute for Managers with Disabilities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Leadership Institute
Managing the Information Resource Program: New Leadership for the 21st Century
Medical Marketing Program
Women’s Leadership Institute
USC offers:
Master of Medical Management
Talent Management Asia/Pacific Business OutlookÂ
Implementing Strategy & Complex Change
Effective Negotiations and the Power of PersuasionÂ
Strategy Analysis for Organization and Human Resources
Up in Northern California there is a rich collection of executive courses offered through Stanford University. Just a few include:
Leading Family Firms
Financial Management Program
Executing Strategic Change
Executive Program for Women Leaders
Executive Program in Leadership: The Effective Use of Power
Executive Program in Strategy and Organization
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
Strategic Marketing Management
Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program
Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Integration and Competitiveness
Strategic Uses of Information Technology
In the Mid-West try Michigan for a variety of programs:
Advanced Finance for the Non-Financial Manager
Advanced Human Resource Executive Program
Becoming An Exceptional Coach
Business Acumen For High-Potential Leaders
Effective Sales Management
Family Business: Generational Challenges and Growth
The Healthcare Management Series
The Big Picture Series
In the East you can hit the money jackpot at Pennsylvania at the Wharton School:
Creating Value Through Financial Management
Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager
Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives
Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management
Marketing Metrics: Linking Marketing to Financial Consequences
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Wealth Management
RMA/Wharton Advanced Risk Management Program
The CFO: Becoming a Strategic Partner
And finally, you have a gazillion choices at the Harvard Business School and the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
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Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.
