Best executive courses in Madison (United States)

Wisconsin School of Business

Business Process Improvement Using Lean six Sigma and Performance Metrics

All organizations are facing pressure to improve complex processes that are slow, error-ridden, costly, and maybe most importantly, frustrating to end-users and process workers alike. Process improvement, or continuous improvement, is not just for production and high-volume work centers. In this...

Wisconsin School of Business

Change Management

Success of businesses today is based on the ability to adapt quickly to meet changing market conditions. The challenge is most organizations struggle to effectively implement change – research has shown that the majority of organizational improvement efforts do not achieve their goals due to...

Wisconsin School of Business

Project Management: Planning, Scheduling, and Control

Project managers have much to think about—from project scope to team member dynamics, from schedule to cost constraints, from dealing with executive stakeholders to identifying future state requirements. This foundation course gives an applied and effective overview of project management and...

Wisconsin School of Business

Project Leadership Communication

As a project manager, you rarely have formal authority over your team. To be effective in this role, you must know how to lead and address conflict through relationship building and effective communication. This program offers specific strategies through which to navigate challenging...

Wisconsin School of Business

Business Acumen and Strategy

How will your organization create, sustain, and extend competitive advantage for the long term? Business acumen and strategy are the cornerstones of success in business. As your leadership responsibilities expand, you need to understand the impact of every decision on the strategic and financial...

Wisconsin School of Business

Coaching and Motivating in the Workplace

The days of command-and-control leadership as a standard way of managing people are long gone. When managers adopt a coaching mindset and approach it improves employee’s motivation levels, performance, and boosts satisfaction with both their job and manager. In other words, great managers are now...

Wisconsin School of Business

Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Professionals

Financial data is the universal language of business. Quarterly results, cost drivers, cash flow, working capital, net profits, margins — these are terms that reveal key issues facing your company. Even the most dynamic and well-liked business leaders will flounder if they lack overall business...

Wisconsin School of Business

How to Influence Without Direct Authority

Very few people have all the formal authority they need to get their job done — we are reliant on others across the organization (who don’t report to us) for decisions, solving problems, and executing tasks. Where our authority ends, influence picks up.  You will learn a six-part framework for...

Wisconsin School of Business

Leadership Beyond Management

Managers and leaders are instrumental in aligning resources to strategy and performance objectives. How you see yourself and your ability to approach opportunities and challenges has a direct impact on the effectiveness of your teams, processes, decision-making, and ultimately your...

Wisconsin School of Business

Project Management Essentials

Increase your productivity by establishing an efficient project management foundation. Using a simple, phase-based framework, this program will help you lessen scope creep and reduce project meeting fatigue. Through an immersive, one-day workshop you’ll gain 10 tools and templates to help you...