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Executive Education Courses

Find an Executive Education Program

Whether you're beginning your leadership journey or making the final step up to the C-suite, we have programs to meet your development needs.

See our full selection of programs below. To ask a question or learn more about Carlson Executive Education programs, download a catalog or reach out to Carol Roecklein at croeckle@umn.edu or at (612) 625-5412.

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Executive Presence

- | Wed - Thu
COST: $3,600.00

Discover the power of executive presence—a dynamic blend of leadership skills and behaviors that seasoned leaders need to hone in order to motivate, inspire, and influence executives, stakeholders, and team members.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

- | Tue - Thu
COST: $5,000.00

Increase your success with planning and executing an M&A deal. Learn analytical tools and frameworks to help better determine when and how an M&A transaction will maximize shareholder value. 

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Finance for Non-Financial Managers

- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,200.00

Attending Finance for Non-Financial Managers can help you internalize the fundamental financial concepts and terminology that will help you communicate effectively with your financial partners as well as increase your ability to make value-added decisions for your firm.

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Carlson General Management Program

- | Tue - Wed

This 6.5-day program spans 5 months (November 7-8, December 14, January 16-17, February 15, March 12-13) 

COST: $12,900.00

Accelerate the trajectory of your top talent and prepare them to take on enterprise-wide responsibility. The Carlson General Management Program is a senior-level development program designed to accelerate the pace at which rising leaders can successfully lead the business and lead others.

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Disruptive Innovation

- | Mon - Tue
COST: $3,600.00

This course will prepare leaders in diverse organizations and industries to spot industry disruption and leverage a disruptive innovation framework to position their businesses for the future.

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Business Analytics for Leaders

- | Mon - Tue
COST: $3,600.00

This course will demystify key concepts in business analytics, walk through use cases in a variety of industries and business functions, and ultimately teach you how to become an analytics and AI champion at your organization.

Professionals outside of Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis

Emerging Leaders Bootcamp

- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,100.00

This course equips emerging leaders for the challenge of leadership. Topics include managing teams, persuasive communication, negotiation, strategy, and relationship building.

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Creating & Executing Strategy

- | Tue - Thu
COST: $5,000.00

Learn how to develop a sound strategy and foster its implementation throughout your organization. Acquire tools and frameworks for keeping an execution effort on track. 

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Leading High-Performing Teams & Organizations

- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,300.00

Foster a Culture of Respect, Trust, and Engagement. Discover the power of leading a truly high-performing team, one that exceeds expectations and delivers significant value to your organization.

Professionals outside of Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis

Emerging Leaders Bootcamp

- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,100.00

This course equips emerging leaders for the challenge of leadership. Topics include managing teams, persuasive communication, negotiation, strategy, and relationship building.

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Finance for Non-Financial Managers

- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,200.00

Attending Finance for Non-Financial Managers can help you internalize the fundamental financial concepts and terminology that will help you communicate effectively with your financial partners as well as increase your ability to make value-added decisions for your firm.

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Leadership Agility

- | Tue - Wed
COST: $3,600.00

This two-day course equips participants to lead through complexity and change by embracing the concepts of leadership agility.

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Storytelling for Leaders

- | Tue - Wed
COST: $3,600.00

This intensive, active two-day course will teach you how to tap into the stories you have within you, and use them to authentically engage and inspire your audiences. 

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Effective Decision Making

- | Tue - Wed
COST: $3,600.00

This two-day course enhances participants' ability to make value-add, quality decisions at the right time. Participants will return to work with a decision checklist and other templates that can be used to help make important decisions rigorously.

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Leading Organizational Change

- | Tue - Thu
COST: $5,000.00

Prepare yourself to lead through organizational change. Model change behaviors and learn to develop a culture of teamwork and collaboration that supports transformation.

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MBA Essentials

- | Mon - Fri
COST: $5,700.00

Five days of in-depth work to polish your approach to critical business operations, enhance your understanding of data-driven decision-making, and refine your communication and leadership strategies.

Professionals outside of Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis

Emerging Leaders Bootcamp

- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
- | Tue - Thu
COST: $4,100.00

This course equips emerging leaders for the challenge of leadership. Topics include managing teams, persuasive communication, negotiation, strategy, and relationship building.

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Women in Leadership: Inspire, Influence & Impact

- | Wed - Thu
COST: $3,600.00

This program is designed to help women identify their strengths, develop leadership styles, and overcome any barriers that may be holding them back. 

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Strategic Negotiation & Collaborative Decision Making

- | Wed - Thu
COST: $3,600.00

Learn the art and science of building winning negotiation strategies. This program covers the basics of planning, distributive and win-win negotiations, group problem-solving, multi-party negotiations, and more. 

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Power & Influence

- | Wed - Thu
COST: $3,600.00

Effective people in professional capacities use personal influence to build team relationships and get work done. This course will teach you how to communicate effectively and build confidence in your ability to positively influence the people around you.

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Digital Transformation

- | Wed - Thu
COST: $3,600.00

In this two-day, interactive program, participants will sharpen their digital mindsets and become change agents as they reimagine their operations and businesses, including considering digital ecosystems versus traditional hierarchical structures. 

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