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LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND TRAINING

Everyone benefits from leadership skills, regardless of their role or job title. Leaders bring out the best in themselves and inspire excellence in others. This certificate series explores how to bring value to where you are. Courses are focused on systems thinking, building your personal leadership brand, unleashing innovation, leading change, building and influencing culture, and enhanced communication through storytelling.

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WHO BENEFITS FROM A LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE?

Whether you are a leader today or see value in applying a leadership approach in your role, this certificate program offers each of the skills and key pieces of knowledge to be successful. It’s relevant to all industries and any skill level and offers a great opportunity for advancement.

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LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE COURSE OBJECTIVES

Courses are focused on systems thinking, building your personal leadership brand, unleashing innovation, leading change, building and influencing culture, and enhanced communication through storytelling. Courses will cover how to:

Deliver value from where you are.
Identify your preferred Leadership Style(s) and be able to experiment with different styles to build flexibility.
Learn to apply the design-thinking innovation methodology to solve problems and take advantage of opportunities.
Learn how to develop and empower employees to proactively respond to problems, contribute innovative ideas, and actively participate in implementing change initiatives.
Identify new behaviors that promote culture change in your team or organization.
Build your story to capture the attention of your audience.

WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE BW LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM?

The leadership courses can be taken together to earn a Leadership Certificate, or individually if preferred.

Classes are taught by accredited Baldwin Wallace professors.
Courses are open enrollment and not credit earning. Courses do provide Continuing Education Units for those whose careers require evidence of continuous learning.
Classes meet for a half or full day of learning (see individual class descriptions).
All courses take place in the fall of 2023, and the entire certificate can be completed by November 7, 2023.
Classes are held on BW’s beautiful campus, in Berea, Ohio.
Lunch breaks are provided.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PACKAGE

Register for our full suite of project management courses to get your certificate. Expand the accordions below to learn more about the objectives and specifics of each project management class.

This package includes all of the courses listed below. You will earn a Project Management Certificate upon completion.

Date/Time: April 4 - May 2nd, 2023, Tuesdays 9am - 4pm

Cost: $2,750.00

SESSION OUTLINE

Learn the skills and qualities it takes to deliver results, even if "project manager" isn't in your title. Doing more with less is often the way of the world today, so mastering the finesse and methodology of delivering results (project management) is essential in daily living. Everyone can benefit from learning PM skills that help us communicate better, work smarter and apply the time-proven tricks of the project management trade to any work situation. This five-week program bundles the 10, half-day sessions into a Project Management Certificate series. You will meet from April 4 to May 2 on Tuesdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an hour break, lunch is provided.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP COURSES

Expand the accordions below to learn more about the objectives and specifics of each leadership class. Register for one or as many as you like.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Dr. Bill Brake

Course Description: This course will explore historical and emerging concepts of leadership and building influence in the workplace. This course is built on the belief that you can provide value in any position. The course explores the concepts of the heroic leadership paradigm, positive upward influence, and contributorship.

Learning objectives: Participants will…

Describe how the concept of leadership has evolved.
Build a mindset of individual contributorship, bringing value to the organization.
Create a strategy for positive upward influence.
Energize your passion for leadership.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Dr. Bill Brake

Course Description: Systems Thinking acknowledges that we work in environments that have complex and complicated systems, rather than simple cause-effect relationships. Today’s organizations operate in an environment that is uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Navigating and leading in this environment requires a Systems Thinking strategy. This course provides a framework for Systems Thinking for analyzing and determining action, delivering value and positive influence.

Learning Objectives: Participants will:

Understand the Systems Thinking framework and how to use it for analysis and action planning.
Define the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) of the world.
Develop compassion, empathy, and mindfulness.
Be able to deliver from where you are.
Build a strategy for personal influence.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Sarah Spengler, MSOD

Course Description: This course explores leadership styles and how today’s complex work environment is changing how effective leadership is defined. The course includes personal reflection and discussion activities to help participants identify their core values and build a personal leadership “brand”.

Learning objectives: Participants will…

Understand how our current volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) world/environment is changing what we need from effective leaders.
Identify their own personal values and strengths related to leadership.
Be able to describe why asking for feedback (and taking it well) is a leadership strength.
Identify their preferred Leadership Style(s) and be able to experiment with different styles to build flexibility after the class course.
Consider the opportunity of intentional personal branding connected to leadership.
Discover a variety of resources for continued exploration and learning.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Cost: $325

Instructor: Dr. Lori Long

Course Description: Constant change and uncertainty in today’s workplace has created a need for all levels of your organization to creatively problem-solve and innovate to stay ahead. However, some leaders get in their own way when looking for innovation. Approaching challenges with an entrepreneurial mindset coupled with an innovation toolkit can help leaders drive innovation. This course will provide you with insights on how to use the design-thinking methodology to find and create new opportunities and solutions. This course provides a framework for eliminating barriers to innovation and unleashing the creative capacity of your people.

Learning Outcomes: Participants will…

Understand the role that innovation plays in meeting organizational goals and the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset.
Learn to apply the design-thinking innovation methodology to solve problems and take advantage of opportunities.
Be able to identify and overcome organizational barriers to innovation and foster an entrepreneurial culture that supports innovative activity.
Learn strategies to help employees develop an entrepreneurial mindset and innovative capacities.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $325

Instructor: Dr. Lori Long

Course Description: This course equips leaders with the essential knowledge and skills to lead change successfully, whether a simple change in process or a significant enterprise-wide change. The course will include a framework for understanding change and an overview of the leader’s role in facilitating the change process, including helping employees embrace and value change.

Learning Outcomes: Participants will…

Develop an understanding of the change process and learn a framework for leading change.
Identify barriers to change and develop an understanding of why people resist change.
Develop skills and learn tools to provide effective support to employees to work through change, including communication and change implementation strategies.
Learn how to develop and empower employees to proactively respond to problems, contribute innovative ideas, and actively participate in implementing change initiatives.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Dr. Andy Dohanos

Course Description: This course outlines cultural intelligence's motivational, knowledge-based, strategic, and action-oriented dimensions. Cultural intelligence refers to an individual’s ability to engage effectively and appropriately across international and domestic cultural boundaries. Participants will expand their knowledge of culture’s impact on communicative behavior, explore barriers to their effectiveness, and develop plans to improve their ability to engage cross-culturally.

Learning Objectives: Participants will...

Recognize the influence of culture on perception, behavior, values, and beliefs
Summarize and compare important cultural value orientations.
Develop a strategic plan for improving intercultural communication skills.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Sarah Spengler, MSOD

Course Description: This course explores team and organizational culture and why culture deserves the attention of leaders. We will talk about a working definition of culture and key culture elements that support high-performing teams. We will do a practice activity related to a key opportunity for culture influence.

Learning objectives: Participants will…

Understand how our current volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) world/environment is changing what we need from effective leaders and how culture plays into high engagement and performance.
Be able to describe key cultural elements that support high-performing teams.
Identify their own organization or team’s key culture elements and evaluate these against the ideal.
Identify possible tactics and new behaviors that could promote culture change in their team or organization.
Practice one key opportunity for culture communication.
Discover a variety of resources for continued exploration and learning.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $650

Instructor: Heidi Harris

Course Description: This course provides learners with a way to improve communication through storytelling. Learners will practice creating and sharing purposeful stories that connect to others, builds confidence, and enhances interactions. In this interactive and experiential course, learners will apply open-scene work and improv to practice sharing a narrative.

Learning Outcomes: Participants will:

Understand how the theories of acting create effective communication.
Build narratives to build a common understanding.
Apply tools and techniques to enhance interactions.
Build your story to capture the attention of your audience.

HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU REGISTER?

Reach out to our team - We’re happy to help. Just email us at bwpd@bw.edu.

REFUND AND TRANSFER POLICIES

All scheduled classes will be held.
Individuals who cannot attend a scheduled class can transfer their registration to a future program or another individual.
Transfers must be completed 5 business days prior to the program's start.
Refund Policy: Course registrations are non-refundable. Due to the preparation of these courses, we are not able to offer refunds at this time.