Leadership in business: courses designed for lasting influence
Great leaders are made through experience, reflection, and continuous learning. Kelley’s leadership training helps individuals develop the emotional intelligence, communication, and decision-making skills necessary to become the leaders they always wanted to work for. Our faculty—many of whom have held senior leadership roles in multinational corporations—combine academic expertise with real-world challenges, providing leadership development programs for companies and individuals. Through evidence-based programs, coaching, and peer discussions, you’ll refine your leadership style and gain the confidence to lead in times of change and uncertainty.
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Business leadership training opportunities
In-person
AI Applications for Project Management Leaders
Today’s most effective leaders know how to deliver results efficiently.
AI Strategy for Executives
In this online-only course, you'll examine artificial intelligence through three critical lenses: building leadership skills for the AI era, mastering cutting-edge AI technologies, and evaluating the strategic impact of AI on organizational performance.
Custom program option for organizations
Applied Leadership
Get the practical tools to solve complex challenges, inspire teams, and drive measurable results.
Building Trust
Through self-assessment, discussion, real-world scenarios, and hands-on practice, you’ll learn what builds credibility and connection at work and how to diagnose which part of trust is missing when it breaks down.
Online, synchronous
Communicating with Confidence
Build the skills you need to become a successful and effective communicator who can influence others directly.
Data Storytelling
Learn how to transform complex analyses into clear, compelling stories that influence stakeholders and drive better business decisions.
2-day course in Indianapolis
Developing the Effective Technical Leader
Compliment your technical expertise with leadership skills that prepare you and your team for rapid change.
2-day course in Indianapolis
Emerging Leaders
Boost your ability to understand various situations and better assess the challenges you face as a leader.
2-day course in Indianapolis
Frontline Leadership
Develop practical leadership and management skills that help you navigate your responsibilities as a leader.
Leading High-Performing Teams
Managing people well takes focus, empathy, and structure. The Managing People course teaches you how to build better teams through clarity, accountability, and trust.
Leading Organizational Change in the AI Era
Master the practical side of change leadership with the use of AI tools to manage change, provide clear communication, stakeholder analysis, and the skills to lead people through uncertainty.
Online, asynchronous
New Manager's Toolkit
Acquire skills on how to handle the most common management challenges.
In-person or online
Power of Presence
Develop practical tools and an individualized action plan to strengthen your influence and leadership presence with this highly interactive executive presence course.
The Self-Aware Leader
Boost self-awareness, clarify values, set goals, and build emotional intelligence while using commonly available tools introduced in our AI learning courses to make work faster and more effective.
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Business Acumen
Develop the skills to lead organizations effectively and advance in the digital workspace. Kelley’s business acumen courses empower professionals with the knowledge to drive results in competitive business environments.
AI and Technology
Stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital world. Learn how machine learning and data analytics are transforming industries and gain the skills to implement and technology-driven strategies in your business.
Operational Excellence
Learn proven frameworks and prepare for important exams. Kelley’s operations experts help you implement real-world strategies to drive business performance.
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Insights from faculty. Applied for today’s leaders.
Access recorded webinars led by Kelley School of Business faculty featuring key topics in leadership, management, technology, operations, and finance. Each webinar session offers a practical introduction to the concepts and strategies taught in our executive education programs, delivering expert perspectives and actionable insights you can immediately apply in your role.
Explore our Leading with AI executive education series
Strengthen your ability to spot where AI creates true business value through Kelley’s function-focused short courses in our Leading with AI executive education series. Build essential leadership skills in decision-making, communication, and accountability, and put them into action immediately through an Action Learning Project designed to deliver measurable impact for your organization.
Earn a digital badge for each Action Learning Project and course completion, take four courses and earn an AI certificate, or maximize your advantage by completing the full series. Upcoming courses are enrolling now, so reserve your spot today.
Discover custom training solutions for your organization
Partner with the Kelley School to design training programs tailored to your organization’s goals. We work with organizations of all sizes to develop custom programming for your team. Our professional development offerings can be customized to meet your unique needs, using our academic curriculum as a foundation.
To explore customized solutions, contact Kelley Executive Education Programs at kelleypd@iu.edu.
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