Emory Executive Education

Excellence in Business Certificate

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Certificate

MOVE FORWARD PURPOSEFULLY

Designed to be entirely customized, this certificate allows you to craft your own journey with any of our short courses or for-credit extended learning courses. You will be equipped with the cutting-edge knowledge to lead your team, enhance your department, and guide your organization to success. Take your capabilities a step further and enhance your expertise with the Excellence in Business Certificate. More information to come.

How the Certificate Program Works

  • Choose Your Courses

    Choose any four Emory Executive Education short courses or for-credit Extended Learning Courses and complete within three years.

  • Take Your Career to the Next Level

    With the Excellence in Business Certificate, you’ll be ready to take your career to the next level and guide your organization to success.

Certificate Completion Requirement

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Excellence in Business Certificate

A total of four courses over a three-year timespan is required to complete any given Emory Executive Education certificate. Candidates who require additional time to fulfill their Excellence in Business Certificate should discuss their specific needs with one of our learning advisors. A certificate is a great opportunity to meet your continuing education needs and professional development goals.
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Benefits

• Become a more effective leader
• Expand your communication skills
• Level up your business skill sets
• Help your organization and team to reach their maximum potential

Payment Options

Pay up front for all four courses and receive 20% off, or pay as you go and pay the list course price.
Topic
Type
Format
Certificates

Applied Entrepreneurship: Moving from Concept to Reality

January 9 - April 24, 2023
In this course, students will get firsthand experience in running a fictional business from the perspectives of the CEO and the senior management team. As a member of the senior management team, your role will be to handle all the major tasks associated with the building of a successful new business.
Topic: Leadership
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate

Supply Chain Management

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course will help you develop a right supply chain for your product or service; design a robust supply chain under operating uncertainty (tariffs, exchange rates, trade policy) and 'black swan' shocks (e.g. pandemics); understand the value created by a supply chain and develop value-based pricing; reduce inefficiencies in your supply chain through an improved network design, better facility location, and inventory decisions; quantify carbon footprint of a supply chain; gather supply-chain intelligence from various data sources.
Topic: Innovation, Strategy
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Strategy and Innovation Certificate

Venture Capital & Private Equity

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course surveys private equity, with an emphasis on the financial and economic tools useful for leveraged buyout and venture capital investing. The course is divided into three modules, beginning with an introduction on the organization and strategies of private equity funds. The second module covers examples of the basic types of private equity transactions, and the third module expands on these types by studying transactions with options and hybrid financing structures.
Topic: Finance & Accounting
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Strategy and Innovation Certificate, Excellence in Business Certificate

Marketing Channel Strategy & B2B

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course is ideal for individuals who currently work in or are targeting opportunities in consulting and strategy, industrial sales and buying, marketing management, entrepreneurship and business development. Students will unpack "the black box" of organizational channels, distribution, and retailers that create the routes to market between the firm and its end user or customers. In this course, students will learn how to capture and leverage this value through the careful selection of channel partners, the application of appropriate incentives and pricing agreements, the design and management of multiple channels.
Topic: Marketing
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate, Excellence in Business Certificate

Digital & Social Media Strategy

January 9 - April 24, 2023
In this course, students will be able to design and develop a digital and social media campaign that will generate a positive ROI; analyze and evaluate what makes an effective digital and social media campaign; will demonstrate the ability to present a digital and social media plan in a persuasive and compelling manner; understand digital and social media strategy, and will also understand how to calculate the ROI of an effective digital and social media campaign.
Topic: Marketing
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: Live Online
Certificate: Strategy and Innovation Certificate, Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate, Excellence in Business Certificate

Managerial Leadership Program

March 13 - April 13, 2023
The Managerial Leadership Program (MLP) is a five-day course delivered across two modules that builds on your success and leadership potential as a top performer within your organization. Focused on raising your individual leadership capacity, MLP concentrates on honing your abilities to affect team success. You will put what you’ve learned into practice during MLP’s Team and Leadership Simulation to expand your skills in managing yourself and your team. During your experience you will also have a one-on-one session with an executive coach. March 13-15, 2023 & April 12-13, 2023
Topic: Leadership, Strategy
Type: Modular Programs
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate

AI and Machine Learning for Business

Unscheduled

AI and machine learning are at the center of disruption and rapid change facing almost all sectors and industries. To compete in today’s digital economy, you must understand these transformational technologies to differentiate your business. The AI and Machine Learning for Business course will build your foundational understanding of these concepts in a non-technical, highly-interactive format, exploring existing and emerging developments of machine learning in data science, predictive modeling and artificial intelligence and how it is changing the way we work. Gain a more robust understanding of these technologies, the language and how to incorporate them into different business functions in your organization to accelerate productivity and gain a competitive edge.

Topic: Analytics
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Strategy and Innovation Certificate

Executive Communication & Leadership Presence

Unscheduled

In today’s business environment, executives must guide their organizations using the best communication possible to navigate challenges and obstacles faced. Executive Communication & Leadership Presence empowers current and aspiring executive leaders to communicate with confidence, success, and inspiration to their audiences and organization. This short course will enhance your business communication skills with focuses on confidence, clarity, message structure, persuasion, and authority.

Topic: Leadership, Strategy
Type: Short Course
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate

Executive Women's Leadership Program

Unscheduled

In the Goizueta Executive Women’s Leadership Forum, you’ll examine the power of storytelling, develop a personal leadership narrative, and discover how you can leverage your own story to drive your organization’s culture, strategy, and direction. Join your peers in this dynamic program to discover the role executive narrative plays in leading organizations and inspiring high-performing teams.

Topic: Leadership, Innovation, Strategy
Type: Modular Programs
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate

Featured Faculty

  • Scott Sanchez

    ADJUNCT FACULTY & PRODUCT INNOVATION OFFICER, DELUXE CORPORATION

    Scott Sanchez is an innovation leader, with extensive experience in innovation, product management and design, and a history of making simple, yet impactful products and experiences that delight customers. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member for Emory Executive Education at Goizueta Business School. He has brought a customer-driven approach to innovation to organizations of all sizes across many industries to help invent and reinvent products and experiences to create sustainable growth, while unleashing innovators along the way.

  • Tom Smith

    Associate Professor in the Practice of Finance

    Tom Smith is an expert in the areas of labor economics, pricing, film finance, sports economics and finance, and the economics of the entertainment and health care industries. He’s regularly featured on television and radio – CNN, NPR, and The Huffington Post to name a few. An energetic and enthusiastic instructor, Smith helps participants expand their thinking and develop a more holistic view of finance.

Want to know more?

Please speak with one of our learning advisors to learn more about this course and discover how Emory Executive Education can help you meet your continuing education needs and professional development goals.
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