Best executive courses in United States

McCourt School of Public Policy

Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate

The Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program is designed to strengthen the leadership and management capacity of individuals working in or with nonprofit organizations. The program gives participants the skills necessary to respond to the complex challenges and opportunities facing...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Managing Teams for Innovation and Success

Bring effective team management and innovation to your company with actionable strategies, experiential team-based simulations, and design thinking. Managing Teams for Innovation and Success takes a strategic, global approach to every aspect of teams: creating, managing, and leading them. Great...

The Wharton School

Venture Capital

Venture capital is the fuel that drives emerging companies and ambitious entrepreneurs worldwide. But for every successful, disruptive, trailblazing start-up, there are dozens of other businesses that fail, even after receiving multiple infusions of capital. Venture Capital, a program from...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Executive Leadership Development

Learn to lead with confidence in this rigorous, general management program for executives on the verge of achieving even greater things. Executive Leadership Development is a comprehensive, experiential program that encompasses analysis to action — with an emphasis on the action. It’s a unique...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Mergers and Acquisitions

Tackle the entire M&A process through an interdisciplinary curriculum and a hands-on, weeklong team simulation project. Through a dynamic mix of lectures, case studies, class discussions, hands-on learning, and visits from guest speakers, this program provides critical insights and powerful...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Customer-Focused Innovation

Learn about cutting-edge social science frameworks and design thinking techniques in a unique partnership between Stanford GSB and d.school. Clean models. Dirty hands. Customer-Focused Innovation is the perfect blend of theory and practice, strategy and innovation — an opportunity to flex both...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

The Emerging CMO: Strategic Marketing Leadership

Transform marketing in your organization with strategic frameworks, customer-centric innovation, and persuasive communication and leadership skills. With an ever-expanding mandate, today’s CMOs need to own the customer experience, think strategically, and communicate with purpose to give their...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program

Develop powerful negotiating skills in a rigorous, highly interactive program combining hands-on simulations with research-based discussions. In this intensive, in-person program led by Stanford GSB faculty, you’ll spend most of your time actively negotiating with fellow participants — all...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

Leverage diverse research, proven methodologies, and design thinking for change management in this collaboration between Stanford and Harvard. A systematic framework. Silicon Valley innovation. Real-world implementation. Experience all three at Leading Change and Organizational Renewal. This...

Stanford Graduate School of Business

People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies From Silicon Valley

Gain a competitive advantage using Silicon Valley models and mindsets to recruit, retain, and inspire people for performance and growth. Talented people are your company’s most valuable asset and, bottom line, your key to success. Silicon Valley companies have proven this again and again....