Best executive courses in Chicago (United States)

Karrass

Effective Concensus

Your everyday interactions with the people you work with—whether casual discussions or formal meetings—are not just interactions. They are important negotiations that impact your career in a very real way. Selling yourself and your ideas is a critical internal negotiation. As is being heard and...

American Management Association

Getting Results Without Authority

Unleash your personal power to negotiate, influence and persuade Whether you’re dealing with bosses, colleagues, staff members or senior management, the ability to win respect, influence people and cultivate cooperation is absolutely essential to career success. In this persuasive skills...

American Management Association

Project Team Leadership: Building Commitment Through Superior Communication

Create more successes through enhanced project leadership, communication and negotiation skills. The demands of a project leadership role are unique. You must learn how to serve both the needs of your team members with the needs of the project—not an easy task. Project leadership requires a...

American Management Association

Women's Leadership Certificate Program

Build vital leadership competencies and earn AMA’s Women’s Leadership Certificate Women at every level of an organization can be strong leaders—bringing essential skills like team leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen to their roles. To flourish as a leader, a woman needs not only...

American Management Association

Presentation Skills Workshop

Transform yourself from inexperienced speaker to skilled presenter. In this 1-day seminar, you’ll learn to communicate effectively and persuasively and become comfortable with your own style. Develop key presentation skills and learn how to present your ideas with conviction, control, and...

American Management Association

Leading With Emotional Intelligence

Ignite commitment and help your employees reach their greatest potential. Why does emotional intelligence (EI) matter? Because at the core of every outstanding leader are the abilities to connect, achieve, inspire and act with resilience. Now you can learn to apply the best practices of an...

American Management Association

Essentials of Project Management for the Nonproject Manager

Learn and apply basic elements of PM to your job to support project success. To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. This unique seminar is designed for individuals with little or no...

American Management Association

AMA’s Comprehensive Project Management Workshop

Plan. Execute. And monitor your projects Delays, cost overruns, or quality problems can wreck your project. Keep it on course with this 5-day overview of project management. Aligned with PMI’s PMBOK®, this workshop helps you master the entire project management process. You’ll earn 35...

Kellogg School of Management

Developing High Performing People

People-Focused Strategy & Alignment Guided by our expert faculty, you and your fellow nonprofit executives will be challenged to examine your personal values, and explore how to understand emotional intelligence and the role it plays in having difficult yet effective conversations. You'll learn...

American Management Association

Women Leading With Impact: Resilience and Strategic Risk-Taking

Develop the skills and mindset to transform challenges into growth opportunities Why do some women thrive professionally while others are passed over for career advancement opportunities? The answer is often a lack of resilience and resistance to taking risks—due to a variety of factors. For...