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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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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

June 25, 2026

Live online

$385 Standard; Gov't/nonprofit $285

Sep. 17, 2026

Live online

$385 standard
$285 gov't/nonprofit

Nov. 6, 2026

Live online

$385; gov't/nonprofit 285

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

July 13–15, 2026

Live online

$620 Standard
$520 Govt./Nonprofit

Oct. 26–28, 2026

Live online

$620; govt./nonprofit $520

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

July 14–28, 2026

Live online

$480 Standard
$380 Gov't/Nonprofit

Managing Your Brain for Managers: The Neuroscience of Leading Self and Others

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
Our brains are hardwired to react and protect us. Through this skills-based training, we learn to calm our fear-based survival center and activate parts of the brain that facilitate creativity, critical thinking and interpersonal connection.
Upcoming Dates

Sep. 15, 2026–Oct. 20, 2026

Live online

$600; $500 gov't/non-profit

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

Sep. 15–24, 2026

Group-paced

$620; gov't./nonprofit $520

Dec. 2–11, 2026

Group-paced

$620; gov't./nonprofit $520

Supporting Grieving Children and Teenagers

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Grief and Loss
Customizable
This 3-hour live webinar offers a developmentally informed look at how children and teens understand and express grief, recognize diverse grief responses, and explore how factors and context shape a child or teen's grief process.
Upcoming Dates

Sep. 22, 2026

Live online

$95

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

Sep. 22, 2026–Oct. 6, 2026

Live online

$530 standard
$430 gov't/nonprofit

Managing Your Inner Voice: Strategies for Positive Communication

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. 15–22, 2026

Live online

$470; gov't/ nonprofit $370

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. 11–18, 2026

Live online

$400; $300 gov't/nonprofit

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. 15–17, 2026

Live online

$490; gov't/nonprofit $390

Servant Leadership Certificate

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills
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
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Project Management for Everyone

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills
Customizable
Project Management for Everyone is designed to offer a gradual and effective introduction to core project management principles. Establish an understanding of foundational knowledge, concepts and tools related to project management. This course is ideal for individuals with little to no prior experience in project management or those seeking additional reinforcement before progressing to "Fundamentals of Project Management."
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.
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