Classes & certificates

Unlock team potential using Gallup's CliftonStrengths 34. Analyze your profile and learn to map team talents to optimize task allocation. Get actionable, science-backed strategies to boost collaboration and lead with strategic awareness.

Lead with confidence, not confusion. This course equips you with practical skills and tools to apply the project management lifecycle to your work and successfully support key initiatives.  Ideal for new managers and team members looking to advance their careers.

Stress and fear are natural responses to difficult conversations for all parties. We’ll explore specific techniques to help you master the moment. Learn to flex your communication style, prevent defensiveness and confidently deliver tough feedback and information.

Two-thirds of adults had at least one adverse childhood experience. Support traumatized staff while balancing compliance and boundaries. Learn practical approaches from our experts to build a more resilient, productive team.

Are you maximizing your leadership potential? Gain the clarity to define your role and style. Create a personal leadership philosophy and an action plan for ongoing development. Transform your self-awareness into impact.

Stop fearing defensive reactions; instead, develop a coach approach to feedback. Learn when to use it (and when not to), how to handle strong emotions and practice through role-plays and case studies. Get skills you can use immediately.

Consensus is an art and a science. Explore the best decision-making model for any situation. Leverage collaborative negotiation and listening skills to navigate challenges and find common ground. Practice your learning through the course’s skills lab.

Shift from reactive to strategic thinking! Learn to build flexible Objectives and Key Results that align your team’s daily work with long-term organization goals. Get practical change management skills and earn a recognized Strategic Planning badge.

How strong are the fundamental elements within your team? Learn to foster trust, secure commitment and drive accountability to transform team results. This interactive workshop includes self-assessments and a personalized action plan.

Learn foundational coaching skills and a coaching approach for facilitating personal and professional development through conversation. Participants will learn basic coaching skills, including maintaining presence, active listening, asking powerful questions and developing a coaching mindset.

Dispel management myths and create a framework for performance. Gain strategies to build motivation, mediate team conflict and apply proven methods for interpersonal trust-building. Learn to drive better engagement in today's fast-moving environment.

Go beyond Greenleaf’s original theories and apply servant leadership principles in your organization with a modern lens. Learn the behaviors that create shared purpose and engagement. Hear real-world examples and insights from top organizations.

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."

Psychological health and safety at work is a risk management approach to helping humans be and do their best within your organization. Join us for this course preview webinar on "Psychological Health and Safety at Work."

Intentional, strategic, and constructive mentoring can be a powerful tool for building a greater sense of belonging and engagement at work. Learn the fundamentals of being a good mentor through the research and the storytelling and interactions with your learning community.

Implementing AI can optimize your organization's mission. Gain practical skills for using AI tools for tasks like grant writing, fundraising and reporting. Develop sustainable and ethical AI practices that serve your organization's values.

Our brains are hardwired to react and protect us. This skills-based training teaches you to calm the fear-based Lower Brain survival center and activate the Higher Brain to facilitate creativity, critical thinking and interpersonal connection.

Change is inevitable, but disruption is not. Master the specific actions leaders must take to introduce and sustain change while successfully minimizing employee anxiety. Learn to identify and address resistance before it stalls your initiatives.

This class uses the DiSC® assessment to boost self-awareness and explore how personality and behavior impact our interactions. Learn to see things from different perspectives and leverage these insights to create powerful synergies in your team.

Please join us for this free webinar, which previews our upcoming course, Mastering Modern Presentation Skills, offered online this spring through UW–Madison Continuing Studies.