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About the Program

May 5 – 19, 2026

This management and leadership development program is designed to improve your skills and increase your knowledge, preparing you to tackle complex challenges, comprehend cost analysis, drive change, and effectively manage health care departments and divisions.

Online
Leadership and Management
Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization

Program Fees

  • Standard Price $2,950.00

Program Overview

This management and leadership development program is designed to improve your skills and increase your knowledge, preparing you to tackle complex challenges, comprehend cost analysis, drive change, and effectively manage health care departments and divisions. With a strong focus on interactive learning, case studies and small group discussions, the format of this program ensures you will leave ready to maximize your strengths, build and engage strong teams, and position yourself for both short- and long-term success. In particular, you will:

  • Engage in negotiation, conflict management and leading outside of your area of responsibility 
  • Build a network of health care professionals from prominent organizations from across the globe 
  • Understand and develop your personal leadership style 
  • Improve your strategy, finance, and policy skills 
  • Build and sustain high functioning teams 
  • Sharpen your problem solving and change management skills 

    Upcoming Program Details

    • Identify leadership styles, strategies and approaches to improve personal navigation of challenges and opportunities
    • Understand design thinking and how it can be used as a process for stimulating innovation in your organization
    • Use interest-based negotiation, multidimensional problem solving, meta-leadership, and other effective techniques to build collaboration and manage conflicts across complex health care systems
    • Gain a firm grasp of appropriate financial management for your department or organization
    • Understand and leverage your skills to transform and lead groups into productive, high-performing teams
    • Develop the crucial qualities, actions, and approaches necessary to be a successful leader
    • Improve capacity to manage change in your organization
    • Develop a leadership toolkit that can be implemented immediately on return to your organization

    This program is well-suited for executives and emerging leaders in both clinical and nonclinical roles from across the health sector. Ideal participants include:

    • C-Suite and Senior Executives
    • Clinical and Administrative Managers
    • Group Practice Executives
    • Health Systems Executives
    • Hospital Physicians and Administrators
    • Medical Directors
    • Nurse Executives
    • Physician Managers
    • Health Care Program Directors
    • Dyad Partners in Health Care Organizations

    Credits & Logistics

    All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.

    This program also contributes to the three-program Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization. Click here for more information

    This program does not offer continuing education credit.

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