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Executive Leadership

Certificate ID: LSMC02
Become an effective corporate leader by critically evaluating information, thinking and planning strategically, optimizing decision making, and generating new ideas for innovation in your organization.

Description

In an economy governed by uncertainty, increasing competitive threats, and expanding global opportunities, true business leadership training courses provide leaders with the skills necessary to differentiate their organization from their competitors, evaluate strategic options, and foster a culture of innovation and creativity.

The four-course business leadership development program has its roots in the Executive Education programs at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and the School of Hotel Administration. The business leadership training course content has been honed through the authoring faculty’s experience with major corporate clients and develops the skills critical to effective corporate leadership: the ability to think and plan strategically, make good decisions, and innovate.

In this series, participants develop an industry assessment analysis using Porter’s Five Forces model, create a competitive analysis of their firm, apply the scenario-planning process to their industry and organization, identify trend indicators to monitor, and outline key success factors and core competencies specific to their industry. In addition, they practice the following skills:

• Critically evaluating information
• Assessing the environmental factors that shape a company’s actions and options
• Generating new ideas for innovation in their organization
• Using both informal and formal mathematical methods for optimizing decision making

Who Should Take This Certificate?

This certificate series is appropriate to managers at all levels of the organization, as well as directors and company officers who are responsible for making their organization a leader in its industry.

Enrollment

To register, contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).

Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.

Courses in this Certificate

• Strategic Thinking

  • Strategic thinking is defined as both a way of looking at the world - particularly at challenging situations - and as a way of applying a set of techniques for framing and solving problems. It takes different forms in different situations, and certain levels of strategic thinking are more efficient for various industries and corporate cultures.

    In this course, participants learn the four basic levels of strategic thinking under which an organization can operate, and the circumstances under which an organization must shift to a higher strategic level. At the completion of the course, participants will be able to prepare a competitive analysis of an organization, with recommendations for strategic development based on an industry analysis and an understanding of the organization's history, culture, and current operations.

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• Scenario Planning

  • The complexities of rapidly expanding technology and economic globalization make it necessary for organizations to develop tools for strategic analysis to ensure their ability to compete as an industry leader. Scenario planning is a powerful tool used by the most successful corporations for strategic analysis and decision making, enabling an organization to chart a course or optimize its resource allocation in complex situations when the future is uncertain.

    In this course, participants learn to evaluate an organization's strategic position, competencies, and plans for expansion across a full range of potential future developments.

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• Executive Decision Making
  • In today's competitive business climate, it is imperative that executives know how to make key decisions quickly and decisively. Strategic decisions often entail considerable risks and can have long-range implications for the organization. In this course, participants will learn how to apply formal decision-making processes in order to reduce risk and choose the best course of action for their organization. They will learn methods and techniques for making critical decisions in a challenging environment with limited time and resources. This course focuses on how to maximize available assets, identify risks and obstacles, and gather the necessary data for an informed decision-making process.
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• Leading Through Creativity
  • Organizations that understand the creative process and foster this with employees find themselves at the top of their industry. They know how to harness the creative power of their workforce to develop new products and services. The creative process that leads to this type of innovation is often veiled in mystery and the misconception that one must be gifted to be creative. Creativity, however, is as much a matter of technique as intelligence. In this course, participants will learn a series of individual and group techniques designed to cultivate organizational creativity and the development of new ideas. Participants will learn to enhance their capacity for creative thought and will be able to use their abilities to develop their organization's ability to be innovative, resulting in increased market share and profit.
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Accreditation

Participants who successfully complete the four courses in the series receive an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.

ACE CREDIT Recommendation

The American Council on Education recommends this Certificate Program for 2 semester hours in Leadership, Management, or Business Administration in the upper division baccalaureate degree category.

HRCI Recertification

The courses in this certificate series have each been approved for six (6) Strategic Management recertification credit hours toward SPHR and GPHR recertification and six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

Technical Requirements

With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.

 
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