Short Programs

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Short Programs Overview

Vanderbilt Executive Education offers proven and practical programs to help you 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 short programs throughout the year for open enrollment by individuals or groups. If you are interested in a short program for your team, department, or other groups within your organization, please contact Matthew Cox to discuss your needs.

If you have questions, please contact Matthew Cox.

Which Short Program is Right for You?

Which area of leadership would you like to focus on?

The following course may fit your needs.

Which strategic area would you like to focus on?

The following course may fit your needs.

What type of skills do you want to build?

Based on your career interests, the following courses may fit your needs.

Based on your career interests, the following courses may fit your needs.

Based on your career interests, the following course may fit your needs.

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Spring/Summer 2023

Strategy and Innovation
In this program, you will not only learn the innovation and concept development frameworks but will be able to immediately implement them upon return to the office. This interactive approach takes classroom learning a step further by applying the objectives of this course through prototypes and case studies. Working through the innovation process in this way will increase your success when you return to your organization and take on your next project. 

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Jun 21-Jun 23
$3,395
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Leadership
Whether you manage entry-level employees or executives, this program will help you build the competencies needed to coach effectively, build employee skills, address shortcomings, and develop leaders.

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Aug 29-Aug 30
$2295
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Fall/Winter 2023–2024

Leadership
Change is essential to organizational growth and progress. Through this intensely focused, hands-on program, you’ll learn research-based frameworks, models and strategies that will help you become a stronger leader of change within your organization.

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Sep 14-Sep 15
$2295
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Leadership
By the end of this highly interactive, three-day program, conducted by one of the nation’s leading business experts on executive leadership, you’ll be equipped to lead more effectively and achieve your professional and organizational goals.

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Sep 20-Sep 22
$3395
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Leadership
The higher you move up the management ladder, the more communication skills play a critical role in your ability to be an effective leader. In this interactive, live-online program, you’ll develop and practice techniques for communicating at a senior level.

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Oct 25-Oct 27
$2,295
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Strategy and Innovation
Through this highly interactive course, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of important skills for effective managers: how to act with strategic intent, exercise influence, build and maintain networks, seek and share information, anticipate emerging opportunities and challenges, and continuously innovate to improve structures and processes.

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Nov 6-Nov 7
$2,295
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Leadership
This program will provide you with the foundational knowledge you need to understand the numbers and speak the language of business. Through a series of discussions, exercises, and case studies, you’ll discover the meaning in the numbers and learn how to use your company’s financial data to build effective strategies for managing your company's financial resources.

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Nov 8-Nov 10
$3395
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Spring/Summer 2024

Leadership
Improve your management communication speaking skills, no matter the managerial or executive situation, through this unique 2-day program. Through analysis of your personal speech style strengths and weaknesses, you will leave this course with confidence knowing how to achieve your communication goals.

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Apr 22-Apr 23
$2295
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