Business Leadership
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE || INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA - Agents of change know that opportunities for innovation frequently reside within the challenges that today’s businesses must confront. Learn to leverage your own unique personal leadership style to confidently and effectively lead from an earned position of strength.
This program is perfect for...
...professionals seeking to further develop effective leadership and management skills and individuals aspiring to ascend to new positions with increased responsibility and decision-making authority. You will learn tools to maximize your as well as your team’s efforts through critical self-evaluation, challenging case studies, and creative team-building exercises.
What you'll learn...
Methods to influence, manage and lead effectively.
Skills to make informed decisions and lead change throughout an organization.
Strategies/ Tools to accelerate your on-boarding time with a new organization.
Ways to understand ‘the other’s’ point-of-view and create leverage to maximize value of outcomes.
Marketing communication tools and techniques that can be used to build both a competitive advantage and boost brand equity.
Strategies / Tools to develop emotional intelligence and strategic thinking to improve decision-making skills.
Courses
Communication Elective (Minimum of 4 Units Required):
- BUSAD X432 - Business Negotiation (Fall/Winter/Spring) - 4 units
- MGMNT X476 - Communication Skills for Professionals (Spring) - 4 units
Courses are offered across 4 academic quarters: fall, winter, spring and summer. For more information visit Approved Academic Calendar.
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UCSB/ Community Certificate
International Diploma
Individual Courses*
$600
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Complete Cost
$2,550
$10,245
“With the knowledge that I have gained through the Business Leadership program I able to thrive in my role as an engineer with leadership skills.”
-Pavan Ramkumar