Best executive courses in Chicago (United States)

American Management Association

Critical Thinking

Demonstrate clearer and more effective thinking in business Feeling overwhelmed? What if you could learn a process for thinking to make better decisions and create better solutions? Learn hands-on techniques to generate breakthrough ideas and solve your most pressing problems. In this course,...

American Management Association

Tools to set Priorities and Make Decisions Under Pressure (Managing Chaos)

Set priorities and learn to control chaos in the workplace Welcome to chaos—otherwise known as the world in which we all work today. Attend this seminar and get proven solutions for managing chaos and minimizing its negative impact. First, you’ll discover how you can harness the energy of a...

American Management Association

Developing Your Emotional Intelligence

Leverage emotional intelligence training to position yourself for personal, team, and organizational success Without strong and effective relationships in business, today’s fast-paced, team-based and global work environments can’t function with peak efficiency. Maximum results will not be...

American Management Association

Time Management

There is enough time in a day! Learn the most effective ways to manage it. Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so stretched to the limit you can't set priorities? Exhaust yourself daily without accomplishing your goals? Remember, every minute of your day impacts the business. If you...

American Management Association

Responding to Conflict: Strategies for Improved Communication

Increase your success by proactively and positively managing conflict. Conflict in business is all too familiar—particularly under increased business pressures. Still, most of us lack basic conflict management skills. Rather than react to conflict on a purely emotional level, you can learn how...

American Management Association

AMA’s Training Certificate Program

Our training for trainers program: how to build confidence and engage your audience The training field can change fast, which makes training for trainers crucial. New methodologies. New discoveries about the way adults learn. Changing expectations from trainees—and from your company. Training...

American Management Association

Fundamental Selling Techniques for the New or Prospective Salesperson

Start your sales career the right way—with this intensive introduction to selling. Because of the mounting pressure facing salespersons in today’s tough economy, this challenging profession is becoming even more competitive. But many prospective sales professionals don’t have a solid foundation...

Eli Broad College of Business

Railway Operations

A stand-alone module of our established and highly respected Railway Management Certificate Program, this five-day program covers the strategy and management of railway operations for both freight and passenger railways. We combine classroom presentation of concepts with discussions led by rail...

American Management Association

Extraordinary Productivity: the 5 Choices That Drive Success

Be your most productive self with this course based on the teachings of FranklinCovey’s 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity. By FranklinCovey—now available through AMA. The Extraordinary Productivity: The 5 Choices That Drive Success course is based on ideas and practices accumulated over...

American Management Association

Making the Transition to Management

Be the great boss from the start! Your former peers are now your direct reports. Do you know how to adopt the mindset of a manager, let go of your previous role and get work done through others? Can you communicate your priorities to your team? Or set mutual goals so you can increase...