Developing Self Certificate
In order to grow personally and professionally, you must utilize the continuous process of self-development. Come explore and build upon your strengths and talents via research-based assessments and other tools, and work to reduce stress and other unhealthy elements both at work and at home. Turn your challenges into opportunities while learning to operate efficiently and effectively. Join us to take full advantage of your current abilities, develop new skills, and maximize your potential.
Program Objectives
After successfully completing this program, students will be able to:
- Explore their strengths and talents as revealed through a research-based assessment, and connecting those attributes to life and career options and communication opportunities for contributing best to teams and working well with others
- Identify and develop techniques which promote effective use of time and productivity, as part of a personal action plan to reduce bottlenecks and wasted time
- Convert ideas into creative solutions by identifying and reducing creative blocks, reframing challenges into opportunities, and learning techniques for generating multiple ideas
- Identify the sources of workplace stress, explore the neuroscience behind stress, and learn to apply stress management techniques to achieve an appropriate work-life balance through a plan for reducing unhealthy stress and related behaviors
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Prerequisites
Students interested in this program should have already earned a bachelor's degree or possess equivalent professional work experience.
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
To receive the certificate, students must:
- Complete all four of the core courses
- Complete at least 18 hours of elective courses
- Attend at least 80% of the class sessions in each course
- Pass any end-of-class quizzes that are administered with a score of 75% or higher
- Satisfy all program requirements within 18 months
All courses are also offered open enrollment, meaning anyone can register for them regardless of affiliation with Emory or desire to complete the certificate program.
| Course | Price | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Discovering Your Strengths | $195 | 4 hours |
| Managing Stress in the Workplace | $195 | 3 hours |
| Managing Your Time & Productivity | $395 | 6 hours |
| Solving Problems Creatively | $395 | 6 hours |
| Course | Price | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Better Business Writing | $395 | 6 hours |
| Collaboration Skills & Strategies | $195 | 3 hours |
| Communicating Collaboratively ♦ | $95 | 5 hours |
| Creative Strategy & Visual Thinking | $695 | 12 hours |
| Effective Emails, Memos, and Letters ♦ | $95 | 5 hours |
| Emotional Intelligence | $425 | 6 hours |
| Executive Presence for the Non-Executive | $995 | 12 hours |
| Improving Your Listening Skills | $195 | 3 hours |
| Influence & Persuasion | $375 | 6 hours |
| Innovation in Teams & Organizations ♦ | $95 | 3 hours |
| Introduction to Critical Thinking ♦ | $115 | 7 hours |
| Networking for Success ♦ | $65 | 3 hours |
| Personal Branding ♦ | $65 | 3 hours |
| Personal Creativity ♦ | $95 | 3 hours |
| Personal Growth ♦ | $95 | 3 hours |
| Presentations: The Power to Persuade & Inspire | $395 | 6 hours |
| Professional Self-Advocacy in the Workplace | $375 | 6 hours |
| Resiliency Design | $195 | 3 hours |
| Speak with Confidence ♦ | $45 | 2 hours |
Who Will Benefit?
- Managers, supervisors and individual contributors
- Business owners and entrepreneurs
- Undergraduate and graduate students