Learn to Influence, Manage and Lead More Effectively!
No matter where you live or what your schedule, you can develop or refine key interpersonal and business skills online with the same experts who teach at Notre Dame's top-ranked Mendoza College of Business. Notre Dame offers three executive certificate programs that make you a more effective communicator, manager and leader - distinguishing you in any industry!
These 100% online programs are made up of three eight-week certificate courses, each building on the last in a step-by-step process. Every course is designed to quickly and effectively increase individual and organizational skill sets and success.
Executive Certificate in Negotiation
Negotiation Essentials
Advanced Negotiations
Strategies for Conflict Management
Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management
Effective Leadership
Leading Teams and Organizations
Executive Leadership Strategies
Executive Certificate in Business Administration
Principles of Business
Disciplines of Business
Applied Business Strategies
With each program, you will acquire new skills you can begin applying immediately and a new certificate that will serve as an important milestone. Students who successfully complete all three courses in a program will receive their Executive Certificate in Negotiation, Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management, or Executive Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Earning an executive certificate demonstrates a solid understanding of core leadership skills and illustrates your career dedication to your superiors and peers.
Business Administration (Executive Certificate)
The University of Notre Dame and University Alliance are pleased to announce the new Business Administration Certificate Track. The Executive Certificate in Business Administration is an intensive, 24-week program that covers the core dimensions of a traditional MBA program. Through these courses, students will acquire a strong, applied knowledge base of business economics, accounting, finance, marketing, and management.
The online Executive Certificate in Business Administration program features three eight-week courses presented by the same professors who teach at Notre Dame’s top-ranked Mendoza College of Business. The comprehensive professional development program uses a step-by-step approach, as each course builds on the last taking students through the most critical subjects taught in the MBA.
•Principles of Business
•Disciplines of Business
•Applied Business Strategies
Applied Business Strategies (Certificate)
Applied Business Strategies
This is the business endgame: defining strategy and implementing it in a real-world setting.
In Applied Business Strategies, you’ll learn how to bridge the gap between strategy and execution by way of competitive analysis, strategic planning and examining your company’s weaknesses and strengths from multiple perspectives.
As you progress you’ll acquire a suite of versatile tools that will help you identify, choose and implement business strategies that address individual, functional and organizational goals. You can then fine-tune your business approach using different instruments from this “toolkit” assembled by the experts at Notre Dame. You’ll also master the foundational knowledge required to successfully develop and implement an effective business plan – one that capitalizes on cross-departmental synergies and aligns with organizational goals.
With the right tools, skills and knowledge under your belt, you’ll have everything you need to achieve – and maintain – a competitive advantage.
Who Should Register?
Applied Business Strategies is open to anyone charged with increasing organizational efficiency, productivity or profitability. It is especially valuable for functional managers, small business owners, newly appointed executives and other professionals who wish to develop key business skills without the time and expense of traditional campus-based programs.
Disciplines of Business (Certificate)
Disciplines of Business
When your vision has no boundaries, there are no limits to your success. Develop a broader perspective that can help you achieve success in any business or industry.
In Disciplines of Business, you’ll gain a functional perspective as you explore other business areas and determine how you and your department fit into the broader organizational framework. You’ll develop a holistic view of operations, finance, marketing, enterprise valuation and other critical disciplines. This expansive new outlook will help you see how your business decisions impact the overall organization.
Who Should Register?
Disciplines of Business builds on the foundations covered in Principles of Business. It is open to anyone seeking a high-level overview of today’s most vital business topics, and is especially valuable for functional managers, small business owners, newly appointed executives and other professionals who wish to develop key business skills without the time and expense of traditional campus-based programs.
Principles of Business (Certificate)
Principles of Business
Encompassing a diverse range of principles, concepts, theories and calculations, the language of business has many different dialects. The most successful professionals are those who can comprehend, translate and manipulate all of them.
Principles of Business creates a solid foundation by familiarizing you with the vernacular used in different areas of the organization and incorporates the topics covered in many traditional MBA programs. You’ll acquire a working knowledge of organizational behavior and communications, accounting, economics, globalization and more – enabling you to understand various aspects of the business and strategize with individuals across different departments and levels of the company
Increased business fluency leads to better-informed decisions – empowering you to make more visible and valuable contributions to the organization as a whole.
Who Should Register?
Principles of Business is open to anyone seeking to expand their fluency in today’s most vital business topics. It is especially valuable for functional managers, small business owners, newly appointed executives and other professionals who wish to develop key business skills without the time and expense of traditional campus-based programs.
Leadership & Management (Executive Certificate)
Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management
Develop the leadership and management skills you need to excel in today’s ultra–competitive and rapidly changing business environment. In as little as eight weeks, you’ll acquire new skills you can begin applying immediately on the job along with a new certificate that will serve as an important milestone as you complete each course.
Notre Dame’s online certificate program teaches you how situational awareness and other factors impact leadership and management, and equips you with effective ways to assume the right role at the right time. This comprehensive professional development series gives you the knowledge and skills to:
- Assess needs and motivation of individuals at all organizational levels
- Enhance skill in giving and receiving feedback
- Sharpen your decision-making ability, coach effectively and resolve conflict
- Use self-assessment tools to develop your own unique leadership style
Who Should Enroll?
This dynamic program benefits professionals at all levels – from team leaders focused on a specific project, to managers of work groups and departments, to executives who determine an organization’s strategic direction and culture. The Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management program is open to anyone interested in gaining and improving their leadership tools and skills.
Effective Leadership (Certificate)
Learn to Take the Lead!
With the Effective Leadership certificate you’ll learn proven techniques that will give you the skills to make better decisions, resolve conflicts, improve employee performance and lead change throughout the organization. Through guided investigations, self-assessments and challenging problem-solving studies you’ll develop your own unique leadership style for success.
Who Should Enroll?
The Effective Leadership course is designed for exceptional individual contributors who have been called or have taken the lead on a team or project level and have direct responsibility for guiding the work of others.
Executive Leadership Strategies (Certificate)
Learn to Take the Lead!
Enroll in the Effective Leadership program and you’ll learn proven techniques that will give you the skills to make better decisions, resolve conflicts, improve employee performance and lead change throughout the organization. Through guided investigations, self-assessments and challenging problem-solving studies you’ll develop your own unique leadership style for success.
Who Should Enroll?
The Effective Leadership certificate is designed for exceptional individual contributors who have been called or have taken the lead on a team or project level and have direct responsibility for guiding the work of others.
Leading Teams and Organizations (Certificate)
Develop Your Unique Leadership Style
Leading Teams and Organizations certificate program places students at the crossroads of tactics and strategy, providing the perspective and insight necessary to assess, interpret and respond to situations of uncertainty and complexity. You will learn to positively engage people, teams and organizations by responding to challenges with greater sophistication and confidence.
Who Should Enroll?
Whether you presently hold a leadership role in your organization or you would like to, the Leading Teams and Organizations certificate program gives you the skills and knowledge to effectively handle real-world leadership challenges.
Negotiation (Executive Certificate)
Executive Certificate in Negotiation
Enroll in the Executive Certificate in Negotiation program and gain the power to improve your interpersonal relations, develop more effective decision-making strategies, and enhance your influence and success in any business setting. In as little as eight weeks, you’ll acquire new skills you can begin applying immediately on the job along with a new certificate that will serve as an important milestone as you complete each course.
Each course features unique online negotiation exercises, allowing you to partner with classmates for one-on-one interaction that tests your knowledge and sharpens your skills. These exclusive online exercises include immediate debrief lectures to ensure optimal learning outcomes. This comprehensive professional development series gives you the knowledge and skills to:
- Work more effectively one-on-one, in groups and across cultures
- Better understand the role of interpersonal skills in influencing outcomes and achieving greater success
- Tap into your own leadership competencies and learn to lead more effectively through both verbal and non-verbal communication
- Develop strategies to produce optimal outcomes while working with difficult people and difficult situations
Advanced Negotiations (Certificate)
Negotiate Your Way to the Top!
Advanced Negotiations aggressively builds on the foundations presented in Negotiation Essentials. This certificate focuses on influencing and negotiating effectively in the face of complicated situations. You'll learn how changes in the negotiation context, such as adding or removing players, impact the negotiation process. You'll learn optimal tactics and strategies for working one-on-one, in groups and at a distance. And you'll explore communication strategies, enabling you to work more effectively with multiple groups and across cultures, addressing challenges ranging from simple gender differences to emerging global issues.
Who Should Enroll?
This certificate, created for students who have completed Negotiation Essentials, is uniquely designed to improve interpersonal skills and professional interaction, to drive your success and advance your career.
Negotiation Essentials (Certificate)
Maximize Your Influence!
The Negotiation Essentials certificate program will help you build a solid understanding of competitive interaction and develop the tactics, strategies and interpersonal skills necessary for success when competing over resources, direction or ideas. It is ideal for professionals who want to enhance their core negotiation skills and become more effective business leaders and communicators. It provides knowledge and techniques that will enable you to strengthen your skills in any business setting. You will have a chance to practice what you've learned by engaging in hands-on simulations, ultimately leading you to an understanding of what processes fit your own individual personality and approach.
Who Should Enroll?
Negotiation Essentials is designed to bring those with little or no formal negotiation training up to speed while helping seasoned negotiators re-examine their foundational skills and break any bad habits they may have developed over time.
Strategies for Conflict Management
Solve Problems Without Damaging Relationships!
The Strategies for Conflict Management certificate focuses on the critical skills associated with handling difficult people and situations, highlighting the kinds of negotiation and influence processes that yield optimal outcomes, keeping relationships intact. You will examine ways professionals mediate hotly contested disputes and learn to effectively manage disputes among colleagues or subordinates. This program will also help you improve your own performance during confrontations as well as your approach to working before, during and after conflicts. You'll have hands-on opportunities for practice, so you can work to improve critical negotiation and conflict-management skills.
Who Should Enroll?
This certificate is ideal for professionals in any industry who need to negotiate and influence with confidence – particularly when faced with heated disputes.