Communication and Professional Competencies Academy
Select from a curated series of programs built to support the development of your employees — across all levels of your organization — in key ‘soft’ and ‘cognitive’ skills.
The future of work is human — and it starts with interpersonal skills combined with the power of tech
In an era of rapid tech changes and interconnectedness, our workplaces increasingly thrive thanks to skills that transcend traditional job descriptions. For one, soft skills such as empathy, problem-solving, collaboration, and resilience have emerged as essential threads that weave through every facet of an organization. Additionally, cognitive skills like creativity, problem-solving, and decision-making are important pathways to innovation, efficiency, and ability to move the organization forward.
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For senior leaders, managers, and high potentials
Help your employees build communication and professional competencies to transform and grow your business.
For all teams
Help develop essential communication and professional competencies across your organization.
Executive education programs
For senior leaders, managers, and high potentials
Northwestern University Strategic Change Management
Acquire change strategy expertise to design impactful, sustainable initiatives. Develop practical skills for motivating change, overcoming resistance, and fostering business agility in a dynamic market.
Stanford (SCHE) Employee Wellness and Stress Management
Enhance resilience, well-being, and teamwork. You’ll learn about energy maintenance, unbiased approach, and community-building, and how to balance productivity and health. Cultivate mental tools, emotional wellness, and psychological safety. Lead by preventing burnout, prioritizing well-being.
Stanford (SCHE) Positive Psychology: The Psychological, Biological, and Social Aspects of Happiness
Discover a holistic approach to well-being that incorporates the latest research from the fields of positive psychology, well-being theory, and the neuroscience of emotion. Uncover practical strategies for enhancing happiness every day. Explore how the ‘state of flow’, mindfulness and meditation, and spirituality can positively
Stanford (SCHE) Psychology for High Performance
Learn a process-focused framework to develop cognitive flexibility, make positive lifestyle changes that optimize human performance and cultivate effective habits of successful people, and gain tools to achieve process-oriented goals and continual improvement.
Yale School of Management Executive Education Women’s Leadership Program
Uncover the unique strengths you bring to the workplace in this six-week course — and guide yourself, your teams, and your organization toward success. Increase your self-awareness, sharpen your networking skills, and amplify your leadership style.
University of Cambridge Communicating for Influence and Impact
In this course, you’ll learn about effective stakeholder communication techniques and how to create an impactful Personal Impact Plan to lead change initiatives. Gain skills to inspire innovation, build high-performing teams, and promote organizational sustainability through a shared vision.
Economist Education Professional Communication
Gain insight into creating high-impact content. Develop exceptional writing, editing and data visualization skills for clear, concise business communication in The Economist’s authoritative style. Learn to convey accurate, engaging and ethical information to multiple audiences.
LSE Negotiation Programme
Acquire essential negotiation skills to create value for yourself and your organization. Learn to interpret nonverbal cues and mitigate bias impact, while enhancing professional relationships and conflict management abilities.
Economist Education Data Storytelling and Visualisation
Develop a data-driven mindset for effective problem-solving and decision-making. Learn compelling data storytelling and impactful visualization skills, and its principles, to influence business outcomes tailored to audience needs.
Rice University Data Analysis and Visualization
Gain a strong foundation in data analysis fundamentals including statistical analysis and data mining techniques. Learn effective data visualization, storytelling, and presentation skills to impactfully communicate data-driven results to stakeholders. Learn Tableau, SQL, VBA to analyze and visualize data.
University of Oxford Executive Strategy
Examine the evolution of strategy and emphasises the importance of thinking strategically with a broad perspective and a long-term vision. Learn about strategy from Oxford’s unique viewpoint, which centres on the four Ps: purposes, players, partnerships, and processes. With this innovative approach to organisational strategy, wh
Northwestern University Data Visualization With Tableau
Learn tools and insights to communicate data and uncertainty using a leading platform in data visualization and business intelligence.1 Over eight weeks, you’ll explore best practices and techniques grounded in cognitive psychology and graphic design, and learn how to select the right visualization technique to make data easier
LSE Decision-Making: Judgements, Biases, and Nudges
A step-by-step guide to make better decisions by identifying biases and enhancing critical thinking competencies. Promote collaborative learning and gain global insights to develop creative, diverse solutions.
Yale SOM Accelerated Management Program
Apply analytical problem-solving techniques and strategize competitively through mastering time value of money calculations, financial statement analysis, advanced valuation methods, and data-driven project valuation to make sound business and financial decisions.
Yale SOM Decision Making
Gain the ability to make more effective decisions personally and professionally. Understand how and why decisions are made by you and others. Analyze decisions systematically to avoid common decision-making pitfalls.
The London School of Economics and Political Science MBA Essentials
Learn the tools to master financial details, understand yo9ur strategic environment, and influence stakeholders to drive business success. With guidance from LSE’s esteemed faculty, you will gain an essential MBA toolkit to navigate the contemporary business environment. Acquire the necessary hard and soft business skills to gai
Northwestern University Strategic Change Management
Acquire change strategy expertise to design impactful, sustainable initiatives. Develop practical skills for motivating change, overcoming resistance, and fostering business agility in a dynamic market.
Stanford (SCHE) Employee Wellness and Stress Management
Enhance resilience, well-being, and teamwork. You’ll learn about energy maintenance, unbiased approach, and community-building, and how to balance productivity and health. Cultivate mental tools, emotional wellness, and psychological safety. Lead by preventing burnout, prioritizing well-being.
Stanford (SCHE) Positive Psychology: The Psychological, Biological, and Social Aspects of Happiness
Discover a holistic approach to well-being that incorporates the latest research from the fields of positive psychology, well-being theory, and the neuroscience of emotion. Uncover practical strategies for enhancing happiness every day. Explore how the ‘state of flow’, mindfulness and meditation, and spirituality can positively
Stanford (SCHE) Psychology for High Performance
Learn a process-focused framework to develop cognitive flexibility, make positive lifestyle changes that optimize human performance and cultivate effective habits of successful people, and gain tools to achieve process-oriented goals and continual improvement.
Yale School of Management Executive Education Women’s Leadership Program
Uncover the unique strengths you bring to the workplace in this six-week course — and guide yourself, your teams, and your organization toward success. Increase your self-awareness, sharpen your networking skills, and amplify your leadership style.
University of Cambridge Communicating for Influence and Impact
In this course, you’ll learn about effective stakeholder communication techniques and how to create an impactful Personal Impact Plan to lead change initiatives. Gain skills to inspire innovation, build high-performing teams, and promote organizational sustainability through a shared vision.
Economist Education Professional Communication
Gain insight into creating high-impact content. Develop exceptional writing, editing and data visualization skills for clear, concise business communication in The Economist’s authoritative style. Learn to convey accurate, engaging and ethical information to multiple audiences.
LSE Negotiation Programme
Acquire essential negotiation skills to create value for yourself and your organization. Learn to interpret nonverbal cues and mitigate bias impact, while enhancing professional relationships and conflict management abilities.
Economist Education Data Storytelling and Visualisation
Develop a data-driven mindset for effective problem-solving and decision-making. Learn compelling data storytelling and impactful visualization skills, and its principles, to influence business outcomes tailored to audience needs.
Rice University Data Analysis and Visualization
Gain a strong foundation in data analysis fundamentals including statistical analysis and data mining techniques. Learn effective data visualization, storytelling, and presentation skills to impactfully communicate data-driven results to stakeholders. Learn Tableau, SQL, VBA to analyze and visualize data.
University of Oxford Executive Strategy
Examine the evolution of strategy and emphasises the importance of thinking strategically with a broad perspective and a long-term vision. Learn about strategy from Oxford’s unique viewpoint, which centres on the four Ps: purposes, players, partnerships, and processes. With this innovative approach to organisational strategy, wh
Northwestern University Data Visualization With Tableau
Learn tools and insights to communicate data and uncertainty using a leading platform in data visualization and business intelligence.1 Over eight weeks, you’ll explore best practices and techniques grounded in cognitive psychology and graphic design, and learn how to select the right visualization technique to make data easier
LSE Decision-Making: Judgements, Biases, and Nudges
A step-by-step guide to make better decisions by identifying biases and enhancing critical thinking competencies. Promote collaborative learning and gain global insights to develop creative, diverse solutions.
Yale SOM Accelerated Management Program
Apply analytical problem-solving techniques and strategize competitively through mastering time value of money calculations, financial statement analysis, advanced valuation methods, and data-driven project valuation to make sound business and financial decisions.
Yale SOM Decision Making
Gain the ability to make more effective decisions personally and professionally. Understand how and why decisions are made by you and others. Analyze decisions systematically to avoid common decision-making pitfalls.
The London School of Economics and Political Science MBA Essentials
Learn the tools to master financial details, understand yo9ur strategic environment, and influence stakeholders to drive business success. With guidance from LSE’s esteemed faculty, you will gain an essential MBA toolkit to navigate the contemporary business environment. Acquire the necessary hard and soft business skills to gai
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HarvardX Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking
Learn to effectively use rhetorical devices in writing and public speaking. Distinguish substantive argument from empty rhetoric. Create persuasive op-eds, speeches, and presentations. Critically evaluate arguments and identify logical fallacies.
RIT Public Speaking
Master speech communication essentials including managing anxiety, organizing ideas, crafting impactful speeches, effectively critiquing others’ speeches, and clearly distinguishing main messages from supporting ideas to become a confident and compelling public speaker.
Doane University Professional Business Presentations
Gain skills to evaluate presentation organization, incorporate supporting materials, select appropriate software, apply design principles, utilize storytelling techniques, and create and deliver polished, professional presentations.
IBM Soft Skills: Present with Purpose
Master polished presentation skills including delivering confidently, creating engaging content tailored to your audience, effectively incorporating storytelling and props, handling unexpected challenges calmly, and designing impactful visuals to convey your message persuasively.
UC Berkeley Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work
Explore the origins of empathy, trust and cooperation while leveraging emotional and social intelligence to enhance organizational happiness and productivity. Develop empathy and conflict resolution skills and learn how to lead teams effectively with social intelligence.
UC Berkeley Mindfulness and Resilience to Stress at Work
Recognize stress impact on performance, well-being, orgs, and how to differentiate healthy vs. toxic stress. Learn how to harness healthy stress for success. Employ mindfulness for resilience, innovation, teamwork, and apply research-backed strategies for personal and org. mindfulness.
Indiana University Psychological Safety: Keys to Effective Virtual Teamwork
Boost understanding of psychological safety for remote teams: build trust, apply theories, assess risk, fill gaps, create a user manual, enhance virtual workplace safety through empathy, and set clear performance goals.
Davidson College Just Be Yourself: The Art of Acting in the Workplace
Enhance workplace communication skills: unscripted roundtable discussions, insights from diverse perspectives, rally team support, adapt for various interactions, identify roles, practice live and virtual techniques. Boost confidence, contribute in meetings, share ideas, and learn how to handle challenges.
The University of Queensland Working in Teams: A Practical Guide
Learn about team dynamics: types, lifecycle, and high-performance factors. Develop effective team skills: commitment, roles, leadership, and communication. Build high-performance teams with systems and conflict resolution tools. Adapt techniques for in-person and virtual settings.
RIT Teamwork and Collaboration
Gain a comprehensive understanding of group dynamics, motivation techniques, leadership styles, collaborative problem-solving approaches, conflict management, and assessment of team effectiveness to equip any team with the skills for improved collaboration, productivity and success.
IBM Soft Skills: Collaborate Effectively
Comprehend collaborative hurdles, team growth stages, and methods for both in-person and virtual teamwork enhancement. Acquire virtual meeting leadership proficiency for effective participation.
HarvardX Remote Work Revolution for Everyone
Obtain insights into optimizing remote work — elevate productivity, communication, and teamwork. Cultivate trust, select digital tools, adeptly manage remote teams, and strategize for successful remote work implementation.
University of Cambridge The Neuropsychology of Decision Making
Explore decision-making intricacies via brain structures and mechanisms. Gain insight into their development and impact on disorders. Understand roles of anatomical components, notably prefrontal cortex, and their connection to cognitive challenges.
IsraelX Critical Thinking: Fundamentals of Good Reasoning
Acquire a comprehensive grasp of foundational reasoning: adeptly identifying, formulating, and evaluating arguments. Topics encompass a broad spectrum, including the nuances of argument understanding, interpretation, evaluation, as well as the intricate logic within sets.
The University of Queensland The Science of Everyday Thinking
Embark on a journey of cultivating independent thought, embracing skepticism, and prioritizing data over personal bias. Delve into the realm of mental heuristics, enriching your decision-making prowess and honing the art of critical thinking.
Fullbridge Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills
Delve into comprehensive learning encompassing problem framing, systematic processes, solution development, user needs identification, design thinking, research planning, and the art of constructing impactful survey designs.
HarvardX Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking
Learn to effectively use rhetorical devices in writing and public speaking. Distinguish substantive argument from empty rhetoric. Create persuasive op-eds, speeches, and presentations. Critically evaluate arguments and identify logical fallacies.
RIT Public Speaking
Master speech communication essentials including managing anxiety, organizing ideas, crafting impactful speeches, effectively critiquing others’ speeches, and clearly distinguishing main messages from supporting ideas to become a confident and compelling public speaker.
Doane University Professional Business Presentations
Gain skills to evaluate presentation organization, incorporate supporting materials, select appropriate software, apply design principles, utilize storytelling techniques, and create and deliver polished, professional presentations.
IBM Soft Skills: Present with Purpose
Master polished presentation skills including delivering confidently, creating engaging content tailored to your audience, effectively incorporating storytelling and props, handling unexpected challenges calmly, and designing impactful visuals to convey your message persuasively.
UC Berkeley Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work
Explore the origins of empathy, trust and cooperation while leveraging emotional and social intelligence to enhance organizational happiness and productivity. Develop empathy and conflict resolution skills and learn how to lead teams effectively with social intelligence.
UC Berkeley Mindfulness and Resilience to Stress at Work
Recognize stress impact on performance, well-being, orgs, and how to differentiate healthy vs. toxic stress. Learn how to harness healthy stress for success. Employ mindfulness for resilience, innovation, teamwork, and apply research-backed strategies for personal and org. mindfulness.
Indiana University Psychological Safety: Keys to Effective Virtual Teamwork
Boost understanding of psychological safety for remote teams: build trust, apply theories, assess risk, fill gaps, create a user manual, enhance virtual workplace safety through empathy, and set clear performance goals.
Davidson College Just Be Yourself: The Art of Acting in the Workplace
Enhance workplace communication skills: unscripted roundtable discussions, insights from diverse perspectives, rally team support, adapt for various interactions, identify roles, practice live and virtual techniques. Boost confidence, contribute in meetings, share ideas, and learn how to handle challenges.
The University of Queensland Working in Teams: A Practical Guide
Learn about team dynamics: types, lifecycle, and high-performance factors. Develop effective team skills: commitment, roles, leadership, and communication. Build high-performance teams with systems and conflict resolution tools. Adapt techniques for in-person and virtual settings.
RIT Teamwork and Collaboration
Gain a comprehensive understanding of group dynamics, motivation techniques, leadership styles, collaborative problem-solving approaches, conflict management, and assessment of team effectiveness to equip any team with the skills for improved collaboration, productivity and success.
IBM Soft Skills: Collaborate Effectively
Comprehend collaborative hurdles, team growth stages, and methods for both in-person and virtual teamwork enhancement. Acquire virtual meeting leadership proficiency for effective participation.
HarvardX Remote Work Revolution for Everyone
Obtain insights into optimizing remote work — elevate productivity, communication, and teamwork. Cultivate trust, select digital tools, adeptly manage remote teams, and strategize for successful remote work implementation.
University of Cambridge The Neuropsychology of Decision Making
Explore decision-making intricacies via brain structures and mechanisms. Gain insight into their development and impact on disorders. Understand roles of anatomical components, notably prefrontal cortex, and their connection to cognitive challenges.
IsraelX Critical Thinking: Fundamentals of Good Reasoning
Acquire a comprehensive grasp of foundational reasoning: adeptly identifying, formulating, and evaluating arguments. Topics encompass a broad spectrum, including the nuances of argument understanding, interpretation, evaluation, as well as the intricate logic within sets.
The University of Queensland The Science of Everyday Thinking
Embark on a journey of cultivating independent thought, embracing skepticism, and prioritizing data over personal bias. Delve into the realm of mental heuristics, enriching your decision-making prowess and honing the art of critical thinking.
Fullbridge Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills
Delve into comprehensive learning encompassing problem framing, systematic processes, solution development, user needs identification, design thinking, research planning, and the art of constructing impactful survey designs.
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