darden short courses 2015

SHORT COURSES 2015

RECOGNIZED BY FINANCIAL TIMES AS NO. 3 IN THE WORLD FOR EXECUTIVE EDUCATION OPEN PROGRAMS

LEARNING.NEVER STOPGREAT LEADERS

Darden Executive Education helps leaders turn ideas into actions that drive results. Ranked in the top three of all open-enrollment programs in the world by Financial Times, our short courses are one- to three-week programs that enable you to build your credentials and stay at the vanguard of leadership and management, in formats that are convenient for working leaders.

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ATTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: TOP THREE IN THE WORLD

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Power and Leadership: Getting Below the Surface 12–17 April 2015 20–25 September 2015

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Leading for High Performance Call to inquire 7

Leading Mindfully 10–12 June 2015 28–30 October 2015

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The Women’s Leadership Program 15–20 March 2015 11

Managing Individual and Organizational Change 12–15 May 2015 15–18 September 2015

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True Leadership: Leading With Meaning 4–8 May 2015 13

Servant Leadership: A Path to High Performance 1–6 November 2015 13

Leading Teams for Growth and Change 1–5 June 20155–9 October 2015

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Project Management for Non-Project Managers Call to inquire 20

The Executive Program: Strategic Leadership at the Top 7–26 June 2015 21

Management Development Program: High-Performance Leadership

27 April – 8 May 2015 21

Management Essentials for Developing Leaders 7–12 June 2015 21

Leading Innovation: Transform Yourself, Your Team and Your Organization

5–8 May 2015 15

Design Thinking for Innovative Business Problem Solving 21–24 April 2015 17

Drive Business Growth and Innovation: Mindsets, Behaviors and Tools

9–12 November 2015 17

Learn or Die: How to Win the Innovation Game 17–22 May 2015 11–16 October 2015

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CONTENTSLeadership

Growth and Innovation

General Management

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Strategic Marketing Analytics: Leveraging Big Data 19–22 October 2015 28

Strategic Sales Management 20–23 April 2015 28

Developing Leadership Capability in the Corporate Aviation Function

27–30 October 2015 30

Managing the Corporate Aviation Function 15–20 March 2015 31

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Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers 22–27 March 2015 11–16 October 2015

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The Darden/SNL Executive Program in Bank Financial Leadership

23–27 February 2015 22

Strategic Decision-Making 7–10 April 2015 10–13 November 2015

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Strategic Thinking and Action 23–27 March 2015 25

Negotiating Success: A Learning Laboratory 28 September – 2 October 2015

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Strategy and Decision-Making

Financial Management

Negotiation

Marketing and Sales

Corporate Aviation

Many of our participants are preparing for increasing or new responsibilities, addressing competency gaps, updating their skills or looking for MBA-quality learning experiences without disrupting their work and family lives. Our certificate program makes it easy to do so. We’ve kept the process simple: Earn a certificate by attending four weeks of Executive Education programs, whether in one of our short programs or your organization’s custom programs. Tailor the sequence of classes to your own interests, experience level or professional goals.

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EARN A CERTIFICATE



12–17 April 201520–25 September 2015 $9,100

Motivate better team performance by improving your ability to influence and inspire your direct reports. Power and Leadership helps participants move beyond coercive, power-based leadership to a deeper, “level-three” model of true, enduring influence. Participants will reach new heights — literally — by applying the principles of teamwork and trust at a half-day ropes course.

POWER AND LEADERSHIP: GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE

Participants in Power and Leadership put their leadership skills to the test in a half-day ropes course.


Call to inquire for dates$9,100

Tackle the most complex organizational challenges facing executives. Leading Organizational Effectiveness equips participants to create and sustain high performance and align systems across the enterprise. Outperform competitors in customer service, implement lean thinking, and drive quality, innovation and productivity.

LEADING FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE

Leadership


10–12 June 201528–30 October 2015 $3,900

Drawn from neuroscience, psychology and management research, and inspired by mindfulness, yoga and acting methods, Leading Mindfully introduces the practice of skillful self-management so you can lead others more effectively. By learning to re-center in high-performance situations, you can develop a higher quality of attention, connect more authentically with others, lead more intentionally and produce better results.

LEADING MINDFULLY

Leadership


15–20 March 2015 $7,750

Develop your leadership strengths in an environment of female leaders. The Women’s Leadership Program will help you hone your skills as a visionary leader and prepare for increasingly strategic roles.

THE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

12–15 May 2015 15–18 September 2015 $7,750

Drive and manage change with strategies drawn from behavioral psychology. This program will help you manage disruptive change, as well as proactively drive innovative change by leveraging diversity of thought.

MANAGING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Leadership


4–8 May 2015 $7,750

Develop a leadership style personalized to your strengths. True Leadership helps participants reignite their sense of purpose as leaders. Participants learn to inspire confidence and commitment to a shared vision.

1–6 November 2015 $8,900

Optimize performance by helping others achieve their potential. Servant Leadership helps participants apply a values-based style of leadership focused on cultivating genuine relationships with employees, customers and suppliers. Translate purpose, vision, ethics and humility into your daily actions and relationships with direct reports.

TRUE LEADERSHIP: LEADING WITH MEANING

SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A PATH TO HIGH PERFORMANCE

Leadership


Experience daily on-water rowing during Leading Teams for Growth and Change.

1–5 June 2015 5–9 October 2015 $7,900

Cultivate a healthy, collaborative culture, even while undergoing organizational change. Through daily on-water rowing with an Olympian, you will learn to coach and lead through challenging conditions.

LEADING TEAMS FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE


5–8 May 2015 $6,500

Generate innovations that outpace the competition. Incorporating Thomas Edison’s legendary process for innovation, this program will help you develop new opportunities with more ingenuity and promote a culture that drives innovation.

LEADING INNOVATION: TRANSFORM YOURSELF, YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ORGANIZATION

Leadership



9–12 November 2015 $6,950

Grow your organization organically through innovation. This program provides participants with a growth methodology that resolves the tension between operational excellence and innovation.

21–24 April 2015 $7,750

Design thinking helps you break through your messiest business problems with a systematic approach to uncovering creative insights and new solutions. This program will help you decrease the risk and cost of your projects, gather insights from your customers, test assumptions early and prototype new concepts.

DESIGN THINKING FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS PROBLEM SOLVING

DRIVE BUSINESS GROWTH AND INNOVATION: MINDSETS, BEHAVIORS AND TOOLS



17–22 May 201511–16 October 2015 $7,900

Innovation requires that we think differently, that we free ourselves from the restrictions of our mental models in order to explore, discover, experiment and create. In this program, learn the surprising ways the mind really works and how emotions are integrally intertwined in cognitive processing. Gain a suite of innovation tools that support critical thinking, conducting innovation experiments, collaborating, managing self and learning.

LEARN OR DIE: HOW TO WIN THE INNOVATION GAME


Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne teaches in Learn or Die.


PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR NON-PROJECT MANAGERS

Call to inquire for dates and tuition

For executives leading or working with project management teams who need to speak the language and understand the tools of project/program management.


THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP

Three Weeks: 7–26 June 2015 $29,500

For senior executives with 12 or more years of management experience

MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS FOR DEVELOPING LEADERS

One Week: 7–12 June 2015 $6,750

For new managers or those ready to build cross-functional expertise

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: HIGH-PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP

Two Weeks: 27 April – 8 May 2015 $19,500

For specialized managers moving to general management positions

FOR LEADERS ON THEIR WAY UP

General Management


22–27 March 2015 11–16 October 2015 $8,900

Gain financial acumen to make wiser business decisions. You will learn to interpret financial reports, make choices that improve the bottom line and work effectively with financial executives.

23–27 February 2015 $6,995

Develop strategy, leadership and enterprise financial-management skills tailored for bank executives.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS

THE DARDEN/SNL EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN BANK FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP


Financial Management


7–10 April 2015 10–13 November 2015 $7,750

Make complex decisions by analyzing the risk and value of available options and mapping out a plan of action.

STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING


23–27 March 2015 $7,750

Shift to higher levels of thinking to overcome uncertainty, constant industry transformation, growth and profit pressures, new competitors and evolving business models.

STRATEGIC THINKING AND ACTION

Strategy and Decision-Making

28 September – 2 October 2015 $7,750

Conduct and win negotiations that leave both sides satisfied. You will engage in live, face-to-face negotiations and learn strategies that apply in both personal and professional situations.

NEGOTIATING SUCCESS: A LEARNING LABORATORY



Negotiation


20–23 April 2015 $4,900

Motivate your sales force and create strategies to consistently hit your revenue targets, year after year.

STRATEGIC SALES MANAGEMENT

19–22 October 2015 $4,900

Determine which of your marketing initiatives are measurably improving sales and profits. You will learn to determine which customer segments are most profitable and how to reach them.

STRATEGIC MARKETING ANALYTICS: LEVERAGING BIG DATA

Professor Paul Farris teaches in Strategic Marketing Analytics.


Marketing and Sales


27–30 October 2015$8,550

For chief pilots and other aviation managers: Improve your leadership, think more strategically and create high-performing service operations.

DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY IN THE CORPORATE AVIATION FUNCTION


15–20 March 2015 $9,100

Develop financial and operational expertise in the corporate aviation field.

MANAGING THE CORPORATE AVIATION FUNCTION

Corporate Aviation


During Darden Executive Education programs, you will stay at the Inn at Darden, located on North Grounds of U.Va. — the only university in the U.S. to be declared a United Nations World Heritage site and one of National Geographic’s Top 10 Wonders of the World. Consistently ranked among the world’s best for food and accommodations by Financial Times, Darden’s facilities are designed for executive comfort. Between lively learning sessions, you’ll keep up your strength with food acclaimed for its quality, much of which is organically grown at area farms. At the fully equipped gym, you can keep your physical prowess as keen as Darden’s programs will keep your mind.

INN AT DARDEN

Charlottesville tops lists for most charming (Trip Advisor), brainiest (The Atlantic), tastiest (Southern Living), coolest (Men’s Health), most book-loving (Livability), happiest (National Bureau of Economic Research) and simply the best (Money, Kiplinger, Yahoo and too many others to count). It’s not just a small town — it’s a destination. Known for sophisticated cultural resources, its natural and architectural beauty, and an eclectic mix of shops, galleries, vineyards and historical landmarks, Charlottesville offers something for everyone. After class, you can experience the Blue Ridge Mountains, a restaurant scene so lively The New York Times calls it a “culinary arms race” and the historic estates of three presidents (Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe), all in one charming town.

CHARLOTTESVILLE


Darden Executive EducationUniversity of Virginia Darden School of Business100 Darden BoulevardCharlottesville, Virginia 22903USA

www.darden.virginia.edu/[email protected]+1-877-833-3974 U.S./Canada+1-434-924-3000 Worldwide

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