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This course covers the essential aspects of successfully developing and managing your business: operations, finance, growth and innovation, marketing, change, customer relations and HR. Designed for senior leaders and decision makers, it will help you better manage, grow and successfully take your business to the next level. This course has a hands-on evidence-based approach, and includes real-world case studies. By the end of it, you will be able to identify and better navigate the challenges that your business faces, and develop a concrete business growth plan for your specific business needs. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics.
Course specifics: blended in person and online delivery; 32 hours (indicative).
This course delves deeper into the challenges of corporate governance and finance today. Designed for senior leaders and decision makers, it explores corporate governance in a global context, sustainability, banking and finance, managing and leading people, AI, analytics and organisational decision making. Across theory and practice, this course gives you the opportunity to conceptualise wider sector challenges and develop applicable solutions. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics.
Course specifics: choice of in person or online delivery; 18 hours (indicative).
This executive education training course focuses on enhancing project management skills for professionals working at a high decision-making level. It examines best project management practices, strategies and mindsets; it likewise engages with best communication and operation management practices so that projects are not only better managed but also better implemented. As such, it offers a holistic and applicable approach to project management. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics and industry experts.
Course specifics: choice of in person or online delivery; 10 hours (indicative).
This course helps you identify and implement appropriate leadership behaviours in dynamic organisations operating in both national and international levels, and how to effectively anticipate, plan, implement and sustain change. It examines the difference between leadership and management, leading and influencing teams, strategic leadership and leadership in different cultures. It offers development activities to improve effectiveness and self-reflection, cultivating the leader's mindset. For its part, managing change a key challenge and key skill for any leader. This course offers advanced understanding of how change can be better conceptualised, implemented and managed across different levels within the organisation, from individuals to teams, in terms of psychology and operations, and at sectoral and societal levels. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics and industry experts.
Course specifics: choice of in person or online delivery; 20 hours (indicative).
This course helps you gain clarity regarding your professional role, development and life-work balance. It guides you in how to set meaningful goals and develop strategies to achieve them from both a personal and a professional perspective. Coaching plays a key part in developing a deeper sense of belonging, improving employee engagement, growing and developing a diverse workforce, and giving leaders and managers skills to facilitate a culture of growth and a positive mindset. This course is ideal for managers, business leaders and decision makers. Led by the University of Kent’s leading professionals and industry experts.
Course specifics: choice of in person or online delivery; 3 hours (indicative).
In today’s fast-changing world, this professional development training course addresses a crucial business concern: the risks and challenges of AI technology. It uniquely combines legal, regulatory and sector perspectives, and explores the different ways AI can be used for business optimisation, marketing and growth. By the end of it, you will improve your AI literacy, identify the potential of AI for your business or professional context, and learn how to draft key AI legal documents. This course is ideal for SMEs and professionals from any industry. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics and industry experts.
Course specifics: choice of in person or online delivery; 15 hours (indicative).
This course is designed to enhance your cultural intelligence (CQ). CQ refers to the capability to relate and work effectively across cultures. It encompasses one's ability to successfully adapt to unfamiliar cultural contexts and thrive in diverse settings. It comprises motivation, knowledge, strategy and behaviour. In today's globalised world, cultural intelligence is increasingly vital for both personal and professional success, enabling meaningful cross-cultural relationships and effective international collaboration. The course includes a standardised CQ assessment by the Cultural Intelligence Center. By the end of it, you will develop an action plan of how to best implement your CQ in your personal and professional contexts. Led by University of Kent facilitators certified by the Cultural Intelligence Centre.
Course specifics: online delivery; 6 hours (indicative).