Business Management Course: From Management to Leadership

Mastering the fundamentals of business management is critical to success in any industry, but in today’s global economy, these skills are more important than ever.  As organizations face disruption, intensified competition and profit challenges, leaders need core business management skills to tackle these problems that cut across traditional boundaries.

This business management certificate program will teach you a range of essential skills needed to advance your career, including leading transitions, improving your financial acumen, understanding market dynamics, developing operational command of your business, and designing and executing business strategy.  Participants will engage in an MBA-inspired curriculum focused on skills that drive business success.

Through highly interactive lectures, case discussions, exercises, and workshops, you will return to work as an empowered leader equipped to manage across the organization.

Benefits of a Business Management Course

By participating in this business management course, you will:

• Navigate leadership transitions and refine your leadership brand
• Improve your ability to influence across the organization and shape culture
• Advance your financial acumen to drive profits and deliver value
• Cultivate a customer-centric mindset: create value for and from your customers
• Learn to build and sustain operational excellence
• Gain insight into strategy and how to build a competitive advantage
• Apply concepts learned in a team workshop and receive peer feedback
• Collaborate with peer business leaders and enjoy multiple networking opportunities
• Earn a Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Who Should Take This Business Management Course

This business management course is designed for managers across industries and functional areas who are making or recently made a transition to a higher level of business leadership or management. Working professionals who are starting a business, human resource professionals, consultants, and business administrators may find this program particularly useful.

New or aspiring managers with less than 7 years of experience looking for a comprehensive leadership program would be well served by our Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders program.

Rising business managers: Download and edit this request letter to convince your supervisor that attending this program will make you a better leader for your team and your organization.

How You’ll Learn

Business Management: From Management to Leadership is hosted in-person on Harvard University’s campus.

The five-day course will be taught in an interactive classroom setting where participants will have the opportunity to network and collaborate with each other and with their knowledgeable and experienced instructors.

Enrolling in the Business Management Program

Registration is open until one week before the program begins, and seats are limited.  Secure your spot before the class fills.

You may cancel free of charge until 14 days prior to the start of the program. After that you may apply your tuition to any future program within one year.

For more details, visit our FAQ page.

Cost

Business Management: From Management to Leadership is a five-day program in our state-of-the-art classroom space in the heart of historic Harvard University. Program tuition is $6,150 plus the cost of travel for this program.

The On-Campus program fee covers:

• All Instruction
• All program materials and Harvard notebook and pen
• Full breakfast
• Full lunch
• Coffee and snack breaks
• Cocktail and Networking reception
• Tour of Harvard Yard
• Certificate of Completion

Visit our FAQ page for more information about cost and payment.