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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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Strengths Discovery for Personal Growth and Team Building

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Workplace Culture & Belonging
Customizable
This course provides you with a deep dive into your Gallup Strengths results, giving you tools and strategies to boost collaboration and decision-making. Take this course to level up your leadership, build high-performing teams and lead with confidence.
Upcoming Dates

Dec. 5–12, 2025

Live online

$480 Standard
$380 gov't/nonprofit

May 1–8, 2026

Live online

$480; $380 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. 9–11, 2025

Live online

$490; $390 gov't/nonprofit

March 24–26, 2026

Live online

$490; $390 gov't/nonprofit

Trauma Informed Leadership: A Guide for All Managers

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
This course empowers managers to support team members impacted by trauma while maintaining personal and professional boundaries. Learn to balance compassion with productivity and navigate complex situations guided by employment law. Reduce stress, boost morale and build a stronger team.
Upcoming Dates

Dec. 17–18, 2025

Live online

$490 Standard
$390 gov't/nonprofit

June 9–10, 2026

Live online

$490; $390 gov't/nonprofit

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

Jan. 29, 2026–Feb. 12, 2026

Live online

$480; Gov't/Nonprofit $380

Facilitating Effective Meetings

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
Gain an understanding of the mechanics of managing a meeting well. Learn to develop an agenda, manage meeting dynamics, deal with disruptive behavior, keep the meeting on track, track assignments and record the decisions and actions of the group. The session includes templates and models.
Upcoming Dates

Feb. 18–19, 2026

Live online

$460; govt./nonprofit $360 

May 6–7, 2026

Live online

$460 Standard
$360 Govt./Nonprofit

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

Feb. 19, 2026

Live online

$385; gov't./nonprofit $285

June 25, 2026

Live online

$385; Gov't/Nonprofit $285

Managing Organizational Change

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
A key challenge for today's leaders is helping employees to understand the need for change. They must help employees discover new ways of working and embracing these new ideas. We explore strategies for communicating the need for change and building employee commitment to that change.
Upcoming Dates

March 17–18, 2026

Live online

$460 standard
$360 gov't/nonprofit

Maximizing AI for Nonprofit Efficiency

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills
Customizable
Learn how to ethically assess and strategically implement AI solutions that enhance your organization's mission. Gain practical skills in using AI tools for tasks like grant writing and impact reporting. Develop sustainable AI practices that prioritize and serve your organization's values.
Upcoming Dates

April 14–28, 2026

Live online

$590; $490 gov't/nonprofit

The Manager's Role in Work Satisfaction and Engagement

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
There are many myths about what managers can and should do to support employee work performance, satisfaction and engagement. Learn what decades of real-world management experience reveal about best practices and tools, plus gain insights into today's diverse and fast-moving environments.
Upcoming Dates

April 15–23, 2026

Live online

$590 Standard
$490 gov't/nonprofit

Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Transformation

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
Customizable
Strategic planning provides both a process and a set of outcomes that help you find answers to core questions about organizational identity and direction. Discover how to construct your organization's strategic plan, involve other stakeholders in its development and ensure successful implementation.
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.

Project Management Applied Learning Review

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills→Leadership & Management
The purpose of this final step in the Project Management (PM) Certificate is to give learners an opportunity to individually discuss their personal goals for applying best practices and skills of project management, to review important aspects of managing projects, to ask questions to further their learning and to demonstrate that they have achieved at least a basic level of understanding of project management.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Mentoring to Foster Inclusivity, Connection, and Engagement at Work

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