Leadership and Management

Executive Leadership Lessons Course

Executive Leadership Lessons Course
Becoming an effective leader doesn’t happen overnight. It can take years of experience and practice to gain the right combination of skills and techniques. USF’s Executive Leadership Lessons Course provides aspiring and current leaders the tools and techniques to immediately elevate their leadership abilities.  

Whether you’re an aspiring leader or you’ve been in a leadership role for a while, this course will help you unlock several key areas of your leadership potential. Live online classes will comprise discussion time for students to share their experiences as well as illustrative examples from combat operations.

Curriculum & Course Details

As a participant, you will explore the following class topics:

Fundamentals of Leadership
Communication
Servant Leadership
Developing Others
Teamwork
Executive Decision Making

Frequently Asked Questions

How will this course benefit you?

You’ll discover specific tools and techniques applicable to any environment, including: 

  • Methods for building a positive environment.
  • Techniques for encouraging maximum input from employees.
  • Repeatable frameworks for giving and receiving feedback approaches to communication.
  • Tactics to build trust in teams.

Ultimately, you’ll increase your self-awareness and set yourself apart as a leader in your organization.

Who should enroll?

  • Aspiring leaders seeking career advancement and career sustainability.
  • Seasoned leaders and teams.
  • Professionals looking for their first management opportunity.
  • Managers looking to upgrade their skillset.
  • Participants in USF’s other leadership and management programs.

Why choose USF?

  • Experience live online courses in a convenient, collaborative format.
  • Learn from leadership experts.
  • Earn a credential backed by a major research university.
  • Showcase your skills with a USF digital badge in your online profile.
  • Register on an open-enrollment basis –no application required.

Tuition & Funding Sources

As noncredit training programs, our courses are ineligible for traditional federally subsidized financial resources. 

We’re pleased to offer a 10% discount to USF alumni, USF faculty and staff, USF faculty and staff family members, USF students and veterans on the following courses and programs:

·       Human Resource Management Programs

·       K-12 Summer Camps

·       Process Improvement Programs

·       Project Management Programs*
*Excludes the already discounted PMP® Exam Preparation Course

·       Test Preparation Courses (SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT and LSAT)

How to Receive the Discount
The discount can be applied only at time of registration. Simply register for your course online and use one of the following discount codes during the checkout process:

·       USF Alumni Association Members: USFAAM

·       USF Faculty and Staff:* USFFS

·       USF Faculty and Staff Family Members: SUMMEROFUSF

·       USF Students: USFS

·       Veterans: USFVA

If you have questions or technical issues in applying a discount, call us at 813-974-0950.

* The discount is not valid for courses paid for by a USF Department. It is only valid for self-pay students.

Policies & Procedures

COURSE FEES 

Course fees must be paid before beginning a class.  Fees are posted for each course. Some programs have special registration procedures and requirements. These are posted on the program/course web page.  

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express, and company-approved purchase orders payable to USF Corporate Training and Professional Education. Personal checks, money orders, and cash are not accepted per university policy.    

ATTENDANCE 

To complete our open enrollment noncredit courses satisfactorily, you must attend 75 percent of multiple class meetings. One-day classes require full-day attendance. Some courses/programs may have additional completion requirements. Check the program description for details and/or check with your instructor. No course re-sits are allowed (participants that have not met the attendance requirement and are seeking a letter of completion for a course may re-register at full cost of attendance for a future offering).    

COURSE WITHDRAWALS/REFUNDS 

USF reserves the right to cancel any noncredit course, in which case registration fees are fully refunded. If it becomes necessary for USF to cancel, postpone or combine courses, or change a course location, you will be notified by email or phone. It is important that we have your current contact information. If a course is cancelled, you will receive a full refund. If a registration is received after the enrollment limit has been reached, a full refund will be issued. 

Withdrawals/Refunds from Corporate Training and Professional Education courses must be in writing, prior to the course start time.  Fees are associated with withdrawals/refunds. 

Submit requests via email to barnesk@usf.edu. No Withdrawals or Refunds will be issued after course start date.   

Allow 5-7 working days for credit card refunds and 6-8 weeks for check refunds. 

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