Overview
Vanderbilt Executive Education offers proven and practical programs to help individuals develop and strengthen critical business skills without the commitment of earning a degree. Become a more effective leader, broaden a skillset, or learn to think strategically.
We offer a schedule of open enrollment programs throughout the year for individuals or groups. If you are interested in a program for your team, department, or other groups within your organization, please contact Becca Yancey to discuss your needs.
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In Person
Vanderbilt offers open enrollment programs that will help you bolster your professional toolkit. You can choose programs to fill a particular knowledge gap or ones that will increase your overall competency in leadership, strategy, or management.
Online
Gain a competitive advantage and increase your value within your organization with an online certificate series or a live online open enrollment program.
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Upcoming Open Enrollment Programs
Fall/Winter 2025–2026
Management Fundamentals
Negotiation is no longer a soft skill—it’s a core leadership capability. Whether you are leading teams, managing high-stakes deals, or resolving complex disputes, your ability to influence outcomes sets you apart.
Taught by an expert in negotiation and conflict resolution, this experience goes beyond theory. Through a series of curated exercises and dynamic simulations, you will practice and refine strategies in real time, sharpening your skills and gaining the confidence to navigate any negotiation scenario with authority and clarity.Leadership
To lead effectively, you must understand the landscape in which you operate. Organizations are more than charts and structures—they are dynamic social systems where influence, interpretation, and execution unfold every day. This immersive, research-driven program equips experienced professionals to lead with insight, adaptability, and purpose in complex organizational settings.Participants will explore a practical framework for understanding how organizations truly work—and what that means for managing yourself, your relationships, and your work. Even in the presence of limited authority and competing priorities, this learning experience provides you with the tools to navigate ambiguity, build coalitions, and get things done.
Management Fundamentals
Elevate your financial expertise and drive organizational success. This immersive program equips participants with the skills to assess financial risks, interpret key metrics, unlock critical insights from financial disclosures, and make data-driven decisions with confidence.Guided by two seasoned experts, you will engage in dynamic discussions, hands-on exercises, and real-world case studies designed to strengthen your financial acumen and strategic thinking. Whether you are looking to sharpen your understanding or bridge knowledge gaps, this program is your fast track to mastering essential financial strategies.
Management Fundamentals
As leaders rise within an organization, their influence increasingly hinges on how well they communicate—not just what they say, but how, when, and to whom. This program empowers leaders to turn every message into a strategic opportunity. In this live-online, interactive program, you will go beyond theory to actively build a toolkit for high-stakes communication.
Whether steering through a merger, driving transformation, or instilling confidence in uncertain times, the skills gained will enable you to command the room, build alignment across diverse stakeholders, and guide organizations through moments of both opportunity and crisis.
More than just learning what to say, you will emerge with proven strategies and the confidence to influence at the highest levels—skills that will define your leadership and accelerate your impact.
Spring/Summer 2026
Leadership
Organizations thrive when leaders at the top are equipped to make strategic decisions, foster innovation, and guide teams through change with confidence. Executive Leadership challenges you to think bigger, lead bolder, and deliver lasting impact where it matters most: at the top.Whether you are navigating complexity, leading change, or seeking to distinguish yourself at the highest levels, Executive Leadership equips you with practical strategies you can apply immediately.
Management Fundamentals
Great ideas don't sell themselves—they need powerful presentation and persuasive speaking skills to transform into business results. This unique two-day program focuses on practical techniques for crafting persuasive presentations and moving others to action, providing a comprehensive assessment of your speaking style and highlighting both strengths and opportunities for growth.Designed for leaders who need to influence without authority, close complex deals, and drive initiatives across organizational boundaries, you will practice with real scenarios and receive immediate feedback on your speaking delivery. Extensive hands-on practice, video analysis, and peer feedback will enable you to develop the speaking confidence and persuasion skills to deliver messages that resonate, inspire, and drive action.
Leadership
Change is essential and inevitable for organizational growth but leading it effectively is a learned skill. In this immersive, research-driven program, you will gain strategies, frameworks, and the leadership mindset required to confidently guide change initiatives from start to finish. Whether you are launching a transformation, navigating resistance, or embedding new processes, this course equips you with the tools to take command of the entire change curve.
Through a highly interactive simulation, real-time feedback, and expert instruction, you will learn how to avoid common pitfalls, secure organizational buy-in, and sustain momentum across the change lifecycle. You will leave prepared not only to manage change—but to lead it with clarity, confidence, and measurable impact.
Strategy and Innovation
Drive organizational growth through strategic innovation in this executive-focused program. Learn to create an environment where leadership, culture, and self-awareness converge for breakthrough growth, then formulate a strategic innovation approach aligned with your organization's goals and market demands.
Master designing and developing market-responsive offerings through customer empathy, insights discovery, concept exploration, prioritization, and prototyping techniques. You will take a step further and learn strategies for driving adoption by securing internal buy-in, executing strategic product launches, and adapting to market feedback.
This comprehensive approach equips you with the tools to innovate effectively and translate cutting-edge developments into measurable market success.
Leadership
Leadership isn’t learned in theory—it’s forged in action.
This intensive two-day program is designed for leaders at every level who are ready to elevate how they lead people, influence culture, and drive measurable team performance. Unlike traditional programs, High-Performance Leadership: Building Teams that Win delivers an immersive, application-focused experience that strengthens the ability to lead with clarity, adaptability, and purpose under real-world pressure.
With Nashville as the backdrop, you will engage in high-stakes simulations and authentic leadership challenges that mirror the complexity, speed, and visibility of today's most demanding organizational environments.
To Be Scheduled
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Achieve organizational excellence by harnessing the strengths of workplace neurodiversity. Over this immersive two-day experience, you will engage in a series of practical, application-driven sessions—leaving you equipped with critical knowledge and workplace-ready strategies to foster inclusive cultures, attract and support neurodiverse talent, and design adaptable work environments. Embrace the richness of diverse perspectives and their power to drive innovation, enhance employee well-being, and propel your organization to the next level.
Grappling with a specific neurodiversity-related challenge in your workplace? Participants will be asked to bring an opportunity to work on “live” with experts and peers. Our interactive sessions offer a unique chance to apply learned strategies, reflect on learnings, and receive feedback and practical advice—all in real-time. Whether you are launching or enhancing a neurodiversity hiring initiative, improving workplace accommodations, fostering an inclusive culture, or just seeking to improve your ability to manage and lead a neurodiverse workforce you will leave with actionable solutions tailored to your organization’s needs, ready to implement and drive meaningful change.To Be Scheduled
$3,000