Best executive courses in Chicago (United States)

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...

American Management Association

Making the Transition From Staff Member to Supervisor

Elevate your skills to a higher level of performance. Feel empowered to hit the ground running with the skills learned in this course. Be ready to take on any task and bring your best self to the job, while adopting new habits that will quickly get you on the path to greater success. In this...

American Management Association

Management Skills for New Supervisors

Develop the crucial management tools to help fully lead and motivate your team to higher productivity. Change is the norm. You are responsible for your own productivity and that of your staff. Your day-to-day dealings may now include colleagues, your boss and senior management who have...

Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Developing Major Gifts

Raise more money by receiving more major gifts. Consistent donors can become major donors when you effectively implement the Eight-Step Major Gifts Management Cycle. Identify and utilize your own communication strengths when meeting with donors to develop major gifts and increase your fundraising...

Kellogg School of Management

Leading Change in Nonprofits

For experienced nonprofit leaders and executives responsible for leading change initiatives, large or small, in their nonprofit organizations, this program focuses on developing the skills essential in preparing for and leading change. In this program, you will explore processes necessary to...

Kellogg School of Management

Leveraging Insights From the Kellogg Sales Institute: A New Fundraising Approach for Nonprofit Executives

High-impact influence skills for fundraising success Every interaction with a current or potential donor, board member or key stakeholder is a high-stakes opportunity for impact. As leaders of nonprofit organizations, you are uniquely positioned to bring in stakeholders based on how you...

Booth School of Business

Value Creation: Advanced Pricing Techniques to Boost Revenue

Discover a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach to optimize your firm's revenue. You'll leverage cutting-edge techniques to create pricing and monetization strategies that give your firm a competitive advantage—and create long-term value for your organization and customers. Changes in...

American Management Association

Strategic Thinking

Develop a strategic mindset to increase the success of your strategic plans. Learn how to strengthen your strategic thinking skills and encourage it in others. Through case studies and practical thinking exercises, you’ll stimulate your strategic thinking, learn to recognize patterns that impact...

American Management Association

Effective Executive Speaking

Take your public speaking to the next level! Speak, present and communicate with poise, power and persuasion. From presentations to public speeches, your effectiveness as an executive and future career hinge on your ability to step up to the podium, command attention and transform every...

American Management Association

Improving Your Project Management Skills: the Basics for Success

Build a solid foundation of project management knowledge, techniques and tools in this hands-on workshop that covers the entire project life cycle. As the business world grows more competitive, organizations find it necessary to take on an increasing number of projects. Unfortunately, these same...