Best executive courses in Chicago (United States)

American Management Association

Communicating up, Down and Across the Organization

Get heard—regardless of where you sit in the organization. It can happen at a moment’s notice: you need to communicate a new idea to senior managers, influence your colleagues to support your proposal or inspire direct reports to make a change. Are you prepared to communicate with anyone in your...

American Management Association

Responding to Conflict: Strategies for Improved Communication

Increase your success by proactively and positively managing conflict. Conflict in business is all too familiar—particularly under increased business pressures. Still, most of us lack basic conflict management skills. Rather than react to conflict on a purely emotional level, you can learn how...

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

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

The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results

People need to hear what you have to say. No matter how compelling the vision or how brilliant the strategy, without leadership communication, there is no execution. The ability to get buy-in, garner trust and inspire loyalty en masse isn't a skill you have to be born with. Now you can learn to...

American Management Association

AMA’s Training Certificate Program

Our training for trainers program: how to build confidence and engage your audience The training field can change fast, which makes training for trainers crucial. New methodologies. New discoveries about the way adults learn. Changing expectations from trainees—and from your company. Training...

American Management Association

Managing the Unmanageable: Tough People, Tough Situations

Be empowered to deal with challenges that impede morale and productivity One of the toughest parts of a manager’s job is dealing with and turning around problem employees. Whether it’s passive/aggressive direct reports or conflict resulting from generational or cultural differences, the issues...

Kellogg School of Management

Beyond Diversity

Executive Strategies for Constructive Disruption Beyond Diversity is not a traditional DEI program that introduces fundamental ideas and encourages executives to explore the possibility of change. Instead, this is a program designed to empower DEI leaders to take proven concepts and...

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

Technical Project Management

A best-selling seminar for managers and team members involved in IT and technical project management In just 3 days, you'll understand the unique challenges of managing IT and technical projects and discover how applying project management methodology can give you a step-by-step approach to...