People Driven Thinking

Develop and apply key leadership behaviors and negotiation skills to bring out the best in yourself and your team, drive performance, and equip yourself for organizational leadership.
 

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Program Dates
21 Jul - 22 Aug 2025
Location/Format
Online
Web/Online
Program Fee
$2,500 US
Key Benefits

Accelerate your ability to understand, reflect on, and apply key leadership behaviors to help you, your team, and your organization achieve key performance goals and bring out the best in your people.

  • Improve comprehensive business acumen: Develop a systematic approach to problem-solving with a deep understanding of core business concepts, tools, and frameworks
  • Strengthen your professional network: Identify and assess the strengths and gaps in your network with a personalized social capital questionnaire.  
  • Broaden strategic perspective beyond your functional area: Gain an enterprise-wide mindset that maximizes impact.  
  • Enhance communication and negotiation skills: Learn techniques for resolving conflicts and building high-value agreements with stakeholders.
  • Optimize team performance: Identify key indicators of team effectiveness and develop strategies to manage team dynamics.
  • Immediate application: Apply key concepts and insights immediately to real-world business challenges.
     
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Participants to Date
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Industries
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Countries
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Inside the Program
  • Future General Managers and/or next-level leaders who anticipate increased management responsibilities.
  • Technical experts moving into a broader management role.
  • Entrepreneurs/business owners and/or persons without formal business education looking to expand their comprehensive business knowledge.
  • Motivated professionals looking to gain a comprehensive business credential.

As leaders ascend corporate hierarchies, their work increasingly focuses on managing people and organizations. In this course, you will unpack the critical people skills you need to improve your leadership competence. \ You will gain the frameworks to diagnose, reflect on, and improve your leadership skills and work through evidence-based skills for leading others, teams, and organizations.

Every aspect of our in-person and online programs is designed to deliver you a truly world-class experience.

World-renowned Ross faculty experts will guide you through the latest tools and frameworks to enhance your individual and team leadership capabilities while you engage with global participants across diverse industries.

Program directors work closely with faculty before, during, and after the program to ensure you achieve your objectives. Through dynamic, immersive learning experiences–including assessments, simulations, expert panels, and action-based applications–you’ll leave with an actionable plan to implement meaningful change in your organization.

Program managers facilitate a seamless transition between classroom and off-site activities and assist with anything you might need–ensuring your focus is on learning, not logistics.

For more program details, including topics and structure, download the program brochure.

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The Experts

Learn from the same faculty who teach in our highly-ranked degree programs

Michael & Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations
Associate Dean for Executive and Corporate Relations
Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Management and Organizations
Jack D. Sparks Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Management and Organizations
Management and Organizations Faculty Doctoral Coordinator
Earn Credentials
Upon successfully completing the program:
  • Receive a digital badge to showcase on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
  • Earn credit(s) toward the Distinguished Leader Certificate (DLC) for qualifying in-person or online programs. (Only one eligible online program can be counted toward the DLC.)
Start Your Enrollment
People Driven Thinking
Dates
21 Jul - 22 Aug 2025
Tuition
$2,500 US
  • Fee includes program materials, assessments and simulations.
  • Fee must be paid in full in US dollars (net of any tax) before access to the course platform can be granted.
  • Program discounts may be available for selected programs; contact us for specific details.
  • See our Cancellation, Transfer and Substitution Policy.
  • Contact us for special team pricing. 

This course is part of the Accelerated Management Development Certificate Program

Format
Online
Location
Web/Online