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Thought Leadership for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Businesses around the world are managing through substantial uncertainty. Now more than ever, it is essential that leaders and their teams have access to the business knowledge and development opportunities that will help them thrive. During this critical period, we are highlighting the perspectives of Carlson faculty as they contextualize the ways businesses and the economy are being disrupted. Since the landscape is rapidly changing, we'll update this page frequently to provide fresh insight and expert perspective to help you navigate through this uncertain time.
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Carlson Executive Education Experience
The Carlson Executive Education experience is designed to immerse participants in the course topic and prepare them to return to their organizations with fresh energy and perspectives.
Courses are held virtually and at the Carlson School of Management Executive Development Center at the University of Minnesota. Course instruction is dynamic—with discussions of real-world applications across multiple industries. After the course, participants return to their organizations with new skills, ideas, and an expanded network of business relationships.
Women in Leadership: Inspire, Influence, Impact
Enhance leadership skills including negotiation, communication, and networking. Engage with accomplished women executives and learn from their successes and missteps. More
$4,500
Leading Transformational Change
Adopt a conscious approach to change and learn leadership behaviors critical to support transformation. Successfully plan, execute, and sustain significant change initiatives. More
Inclusive Leadership: Fostering Diversity to Drive Performance
Enhance your own inclusive leadership skills and learn a systems-design approach for fostering a profitable and diverse culture. Develop a plan for inclusive management at your organization. More
$3,200
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People Analytics: Building Business Value with HR Data
Adopt micro-behaviors that help you and your team access your best ideas, collaborate, and break out of old patterns of thinking. Learn the strategies and process for design thinking from thought leaders, including a session with improv theatre and innovation consultancy, Brave New Workshop.
Disruptive Innovation
Discover how to spot potential threats and opportunities in you business. Apply new concepts and practical tools for developing disruptive innovation solutions and new business models in you organizations. Apply the jobs-to-be-done framework to identify and shape new opportunities
Design Thinking: Unleash Organizational Potential
Adopt micro-behaviors that help you and your team access your best ideas, collaborate, and break out of old patterns of thinking. Learn the strategies and process for design thinking from thought leaders, including a session with improv theatre and innovation consultancy, Brave New Workshop.
The Carlson Executive Education Experience
The Carlson Executive Education experience is designed to immerse participants in the course topic and prepare them to return to their organizations with fresh energy and perspectives.
Courses are held in the Carlson School of Management Executive Development Center at the University of Minnesota. Prior to class each day, participants are invited to enjoy a hot breakfast while mingling with peers and course faculty. Course instruction is dynamic—with discussions of real-world applications across multiple industries. The conversation often spills over to lunch as participants reflect on the morning’s discussion and build new connections. After the course, participants return to their organizations with new skills, ideas, and an expanded network of business relationships.
Effective Negotiations: Maximizing Results &
Resolving Conflict
Improve negotiation outcomes and create value for all parties. Understand the psychology behind influence and negotiation tactics. More
Power & Influence
Learn the principles behind persuasion and acquire practical tools to become a more influential and effective leader. Enhance your ability to implement strategies, and initiate change. More
Emerging Leaders Bootcamp
Practice persuasive communication, negotiation, and using data to make a case. Increase your ability to execute complicated strategies, develop strategic relationships, and lead cross-functional teams. More
$3,500
Creating & Executing Strategy
Learn how to develop a sound strategy and foster its implementation throughout your organization. Understand why people resist change and how to approach challenges. More
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Learn critical financial fundamentals to confidently communicate with finance partners and understand how to analyze and evaluate financial decisions. More
$4,500
$3,900
$3,200
$4,500
$3,900
People Analytics
Realize the potential of your employee data to improve people-related decision-making and human resource strategy. More
$3,200
MBA Essentials
Comprehensive course to polish your approach to critical business operations, data-driven decision-making, communication and, leadership strategies. More
$5,000
Design Thinking: Unleash Organizational Potential
Learn how to innovate and strengthen existing business strategies using the design thinking methodology. More
$3,200
HR Leaders: Enhancing Your Business Impact
Learn how to collaborate as an advisor, build your influence, and develop business acumen to drive results. More
$3,200
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Two Things Companies Should Do Now to Set Up for a Post-COVID-19 Future
Almost overnight, executive leaders have been forced to operate in a hyper-digital environment with teams working remotely and consumers searching for online options for products and services. Digital transformation has been a priority for forward-thinking organizations but now it is a mandate for all. Here is how organizations should be planning for the new normal.
By Ravi Bapna
Associate Dean for Executive Education,
Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Business
Analytics and Information Systems
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Lessons from the Ongoing Pandemic: Strategic Sourcing in a Changed World
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the major global supply chain disruptions it continues to cause have brought considerable scrutiny to sourcing decisions. The crisis is raising fundamental questions about how leaders make supply chain decisions. These strategies can be used to make supply chains more resilient in moments of crisis.
By Anant Mishra
Associate Professor,
Supply Chain and Operations
OPERATIONS
How to Understand the Possible Impact of Government Stimulus
The principle behind stimulus spending is not complex: provide support for people and businesses who are losing income and prevent irreversible decisions such as bankruptcies. But the world has already changed and we should be ready for potential side-effects of the government's actions.
By Murray Frank
Professor, Finance
FINANCE
4 Ways to Be Well While Working from Home
As teams figure out new routines to work from home, there are still ways to make work better. Following the framework to “Work Hard. Have Fun. Choose Kind. Be Present”, here are 44 evidence-based habits to do your best work in any situation.
By Theresa Glomb
Professor, Work and Organizations
The Toro Company- David M. Lilly
Chair in Human Resources
HUMAN RESOURCES
It's Time for Service Industries to Re-Invent the Services they Deliver
During and following the pandemic, service managers must tap into their deep understanding of both their customers and their own operating systems. This will help them determine where opportunities, preferences, and potentially regulated necessities can be addressed. Service operating systems are typically more flexible than manufacturing systems; it is time to exploit the possibilities they present.
By Susan Meyer Goldstein
Associate Professor
Supply Chain and Operations
OPERATIONS
Innovating to Simplify the Enterprise in Times of Crisis
“When things get difficult, we cannot have business as usual.” As you think about how your own business will position itself during this time of turbulence, Rob Britton, former executive at American Airlines, shares how innovative thinking helped the airline industry rebuild after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
By Rob Britton
Carlson Executive Education
Educators Network
INNOVATION
Coronavirus and Messaging on Social Media
Get a data-driven understanding of the changing social media landscape due to Covid-19. Tania Yuki, CEO of social media insights company Shareablee, examines the transformation of social media behaviors in the U.S., throughout March 2020.
By Tania Yuki
CEO, Shareablee
MARKETING
Pricing Past the Pandemic to Rebalance Buyer-Supplier Relationships
Supply chain disruptions and erratic demand situations caused by the pandemic are transforming buyer-supplier relationships. Buyers are rushing to stock high-demand items and raw materials, seeking local suppliers despite higher costs, but delaying purchase and production of “non-essential” goods. With supply risk at stake, how should the suppliers match the buyers’ sophistication for mutual benefit?
By Rob Britton
Carlson Executive Education
Educators Network
OPERATIONS