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Find your way forward. Whether you’re upskilling to advance your career, improve client/patient outcomes, pursuing a new passion or something in between, our flexible online, in-person and hybrid classes are designed to work with your schedule, here on the UW–Madison campus or wherever you are in the world. Use the search filters to find the class, badge or certificate that works best for you.

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Introduction to Inclusive Leadership

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Diversity & Inclusion
Refine your skills in relationship-building and learn how leading with curiosity and humility fosters trust and belonging within your team. Use activities and discussions to explore course concepts. Apply your learning to real-world scenarios so you can create an inclusive environment.
Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 15–17, 2024
    $440; gov't/nonprofit $340
    Live online
  • April 15–17, 2025
    $440; gov't/nonprofit $340
    Live online

Servant Leadership Certificate

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Develop a deep understanding of what it means to “serve first” as a leader and explore your relationship to this ideal. Go beyond the philosophy and learn the practices and behaviors that embody this leadership style – and how you can integrate it to your own.
Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 16, 2024–Nov. 7, 2024
    $2,150; gov't/non-profit $1,650
    Live online

Intrapersonal Communication: How Your Inner Voice Influences Your Outer World

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
The messages we process internally often impact how we communicate with the world around us. This course helps individuals understand their inner voice, the types and forms of intrapersonal communication and the tools for successfully using this skill in personal and professional environments.
Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 18–25, 2024
    $460; gov't/nonprofit $360
    Live online

Facilitating Effective Meetings

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Gain an understanding of the mechanics of managing a meeting well. Learn to develop an agenda, manage meeting dynamics, deal with disruptive behavior, keep the meeting on track, track assignments and record the decisions and actions of the group. The session includes templates and models.
Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 29–30, 2024
    $450; Govt./Nonprofit $350
    Live online
  • Feb. 18–19, 2025
    $450; Govt./Nonprofit $350
    Live online
  • May 14–15, 2025
    $450; Govt./Nonprofit $350
    Live online

Leading from a Distance: Team Building in a Hybrid World

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
We're seeing more organizations with employees who work from home, live in other states and often live in other countries. "Lead from a distance" by understanding the challenges and best practices. Build trust, navigate conflict, make decisions and conduct engaging meetings with virtual staff.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 6–8, 2024
    $460; gov't/non-profit $360
    Live online
  • May 13–15, 2025
    $460; gov't/non-profit $360
    Live online

Managing Time, Multiple Priorities and Interruptions

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Identify behaviors, create strategies that help you manage multiple priorities and handle interruptions so you are more effective at work. Cover the myth of multitasking, how daily goals and objectives lead to success, strategies and best practices in putting out fires and doing more than one job.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 6, 2024
    $360; gov't/nonprofit $260
    Live online
  • Feb. 13, 2025
    $380; gov't/nonprofit $280
    Live online
  • April 17, 2025
    $380; gov't/nonprofit $280
    Live online

Strategic Project Management: Optimizing Resources and Navigating Risks

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Advance your project management skills by diving deep into some of the critical components of managing a project. Going beyond the basics of project management creates a culture of learning, accountability, transparency, high performance and successful delivery.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 6–8, 2024
    Standard $590.00 Govt./Nonprofit $490.00
    Live online

Workplace Neurodiversity: Creating Spaces Where All Minds Can Thrive

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Diversity & Inclusion
Neurodiversity reflects the natural variation in human minds and how people interact with the world differently as a result. In the workplace, building awareness for how neurodivergence appears within it is the first step towards realizing the innovation and creativity a supported team can generate.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 6–13, 2024
    $450; gov't/nonprofit $350
    Live online
  • May 15–22, 2025
    $450; gov't/nonprofit $350
    Live online

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders: From Insight to Impact

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Explore the science of emotions and their impact on workplace behaviors. Use evidence-based tools to discover and develop your own Emotional Intelligence (EQ) skills and the agency to navigate pressure. Use the insight you gain to influence and support the EQ of your team.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 8–22, 2024
    $480; gov't/nonprofit $380
    Live online
  • March 20, 2025–April 10, 2025
    $480; gov't/nonprofit $380
    Live online

Professional Writing: Effective Workplace Communication

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Master the skills necessary to communicate effectively with internal and external audiences in today's professional environment. Learn techniques of document structure, grammar and style proven to enhance credibility and influence. Learn credibility-damaging errors and tips for avoiding them.
Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 14–21, 2024
    $370; gov't/nonprofit $270
    Live online
  • April 2–9, 2025
    $370; gov't/nonprofit $270
    Live online

Leadership

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Explore leadership characteristics and ways to strengthen your organization and support others' work. Learn about different leadership styles, public perceptions of leadership by sector and servant-leadership basics. Develop a personal leadership philosophy that contributes to your mission.
Upcoming Dates
  • Dec. 3–12, 2024
    $480; gov't/nonprofit $380
    Live online
  • March 25–27, 2025
    $480; gov't/nonprofit $380
    Live online

Communication Skills for Challenging Conversations

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Learn to handle difficult conversations at work and to listen and be assertive without weakening relationships. Better understand the complex nature of interpersonal communication and explore why misunderstanding is so normal. Apply the skills learned to conflict resolution and give performance feedback.
Upcoming Dates
  • Dec. 4–19, 2024
    $580; gov't/nonprofit $480
    Live online
  • April 3–11, 2025
    $580; gov't/nonprofit $480
    Live online

Fundamentals of Project Management

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills
Customizable
Gain foundational knowledge and explore best practices in project management to build the personal knowledge, skill and confidence you need to effectively lead projects. Whether you're leading your first project or looking for strategies to ensure project success, you will benefit from this class.
Upcoming Dates
  • Dec. 10–19, 2024
    $590; gov't/nonprofit $490
    Live online
  • Feb. 13–20, 2025
    $590; gov't/nonprofit $490
    Live online
  • June 18–26, 2025
    $590; gov't/nonprofit $490
    Live online

Trauma Informed Leadership: A Guide for All Managers

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
This course empowers managers to support team members impacted by trauma while maintaining personal and professional boundaries. Learn to balance compassion with productivity and navigate complex situations guided by employment law. Reduce stress, boost morale and build a stronger team.
Upcoming Dates
  • Dec. 10–11, 2024
    $490; $390 gov't/nonprofit
    Live online
  • June 10–11, 2025
    $490; $390 gov't/nonprofit
    Live online

A Coach Approach to Work Performance Feedback

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
This specially designed class will focus on the how-tos of adopting a coaching style for giving work performance feedback. This is a class for leaders and managers who are ready to learn this approach and who want to understand and practice the key elements to utilize them right away.
Upcoming Dates
  • Jan. 21, 2025–Feb. 4, 2025
    $475; $375 Gov't/Nonprofit
    Live online
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