Wake Forest University - Executive Education
Since the late 1980’s, Wake Forest Executive Education has been helping professionals gain the business knowledge needed to advance their careers and organizations. We do this by providing relevant, real-world learning opportunities that enhance performance and produce broad, sustainable value. Our purpose is to develop leaders in achieving higher levels of performance, guiding companies in developing the skills needed to lead across cultural and global boundaries, building deep bench strength in organizations for top-level positions (succession planning), improving the retention of key talent, and maximizing financial results.
Like the organizations they work for, individuals who succeed in today’s business world are the ones who never stop learning. At Wake Forest Executive Education, we offer open enrollment and customized programs that sharpen your talents as a business leader and improve your company’s competitive advantage. Our programs are specifically designed to provide highly personal education experiences that address real-world issues.
Wake Forest Executive Education specializes in professional development and rich learning experiences in Marketing, Data Analytics, Finance, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Innovation, and Strategy.
Custom Engagement Opportunities
By focusing first on your strategic business challenges, Wake Forest Executive Education provides targeted, quantifiable custom solutions for talent and organizational development. We collaborate with you in developing instructional plans to address desired leadership competencies and capabilities to ensure high performance. Fundamental to any engagement in executive education is our commitment to following some simple guiding themes: provide leaders with the education and tools to make immediate and meaningful impact, help them achieve optimal personal performance, instill a commitment to producing broad economic value, and be prepared to lead across diverse global boundaries.
With a commitment to transformative results, we thoughtfully create custom programs by tapping into our cache of business experts at Wake Forest. Additionally, our Academic Centers of Excellence provide outstanding industry research on markets and key management practices that are relevant and portable to our clients’ businesses. Programs can vary from simple half-day topic-based engagements to multi-week immersions addressing hi-potential talent development. Our experiential instructional techniques vary and may include: simulations, case study and problem analysis, job-specific projects, team competitions, 360-degree feedback sessions, role playing, and coaching.
WAKE TO WHAT’S NEXT
Meet the School of Professional Studies
The School of Professional Studies (SPS) is the newest school at Wake Forest University. SPS is expanding Wake Forest’s mission by providing innovative, cutting-edge and market-relevant programming built upon Wake Forest’s legacy of quality and excellence.
What is SPS?
With graduate degree and non-degree programs, including certificates and other credentials, SPS is an accessible, educational experience focused on supporting today’s working professionals with the skills and knowledge to take their careers to the next level.
Additionally, SPS offers custom educational programs to our corporate partners to support their talent development needs.
Why earn a degree or certificate with SPS?
ACCESSIBILITY
SPS programming is designed to be accessible and affordable to a variety of adult learners in the Charlotte community, and beyond. Return on investment is a critical factor we consider when developing programming to ensure high value for our learners. Our tuition rates are more affordable than residential programs, and we do not charge any additional fees outside of tuition.
FLEXIBILITY IN THE STUDENT/LEARNER EXPERIENCE
With a variety of offerings and flexibility in scheduling to fit your busy life, SPS programming is designed to support today’s working professional with on-demand, shorter, and specialized offerings.
CAREER-ENHANCING PROGRAMMING
Delivered by leading practitioners and academic experts, SPS programming is designed to address important and evolving needs in business and other professional sectors, today and in the future. Our courses are purposefully designed to reflect best practices in industry and the latest lessons derived from cutting-edge research. Their practical focus enables our learners to make a difference in their organizations as soon as their SPS learning experience begins.INNOVATION ENHANCED BY A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The launch of SPS represents an important new era for Wake Forest University reflecting the best of WFU’s tradition of excellence, combined with an innovative spirit and cutting-edge knowledge. Ours is an academic environment that’s both challenging and supportive.
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