Creative Business, Strategy and Leadership Certificate

Grow as a strategic thinker and develop agility and resiliency to lead through constant change.

Next Start Date: May 1, 2024

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5 Courses. 24 Weeks. 100% Online.

Whether you’re new to management, a first-line or middle manager, a team leader or a seasoned executive, the ability to successfully influence the teams you work with and guide the teams you lead through continuous change and transformation is important for your continued effectiveness as a leader and for the growth of your organization. Through the development and execution of strategy aligned with change management knowledge, you can build resiliency, agility and infuse new thinking within your teams and organization overall to capitalize on change, rather than being disrupted by it.

The Creative Business, Strategy and Leadership Certificate from Michigan State University will equip you to recognize the most potentially disruptive drivers of change—from both within the organization and from external market forces—assess the impact of disruptors on your organization, create an effective change strategy and lead the future of the organization with strategically aligned values, purpose, goals and vision.

This professional development program consists of five 4-week courses and one 8-week course that can be taken in succession for the Professional Certificate or individually by those transformational leaders and decision-makers who are looking to target certain skills and knowledge.

Required Courses

5 Course Program

External Market Drivers and Disruptors Course $1,150

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Developing Strategic Business Models Course $1,150

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Transformational and Visionary Leadership Course $1,150

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Developing a Creative Mindset Course $1,150

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Strategic Negotiation Course $2,040

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Total $5,890 $6,640

24 Week Program Save up to $750 on 5 course package

* Tuition is determined by the University and does not include books or other fees that may apply. These rates are subject to change at any time during the program or enrollment process.

What You'll Learn

Four 4-week courses and one 8-week course provide you with foundational knowledge in strategy development and innovation, including:

  • The what and the why behind your organization and its strategy
  • Methods to identify and assess key change indicators, and how to utilize in developing strategies to help avoid disruption, embrace change and leverage drivers of change as an advantage
  • Tools and models such as customer journey mapping to translate organizational purpose and goals into team goals to align your organization in a strategic direction
  • Development and application of your transformational leadership plan to set an aligned vision that drives individual, team and organizational performance toward that new strategic direction

Who Should Register

The five-course Creative Business, Strategy and Leadership Certificate is designed for the manager, senior manager, or executive tasked with leading strategy development at multiple levels and wanting to build resiliency, agility and infuse new thinking across the organization and align overall strategy, vision and goals.