Rockhurst Leadership Institute

Executive MBA cohort

Rockhurst Leadership Institute

Long known for its business and management degree programs, Rockhurst is now extending more targeted offerings to Kansas City companies looking to bring practical, focused development to its managerial staff from team lead to executive. 

For over 40 years the Rockhurst Executive MBA program has taught more than a thousand professionals in the critical aspects of leadership skill and overall business acumen. In our leadership education offerings we carve out key parts of that program to provide firms some focused micro-programs in the areas of communication, management, and leadership.

What is the Rockhurst Leadership Institute?

Program Options

Details

Advanced Leadership Certificate –

Open Enrollment
  • Individual participants are enrolled as students in a cohort of peers from multiple organizations
  • Lock step schedule is determined by Rockhurst
  • Classes are held at Rockhurst
  • Bill can be paid by the individual using employer tuition reimbursement policy or the organizational sponsor
  • Participant earns a credit-bearing certificate that can be stacked toward an MBA

Advanced Leadership Certificate –

Company

 
  • Exclusive cohort group (minimum of 10 students)
  • Flexibility in the schedule and location of class meetings
  • Participant earns a credit-bearing certificate that can be stacked toward an MBA
  • Negotiated agreement terms would be established by mutual execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Leadership Custom Program
  • Either credit-bearing or non-credit content delivered by Rockhurst faculty according to client specifications
  • Negotiated agreement terms would be established by mutual execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Who are the target audiences?

Experienced and High Potential Managers: These are people in charge of units. High potential refers to inexperienced managers that the company has identified as having high potential to continue in the role and, perhaps, advance to more senior roles.

Team Leads and Supervisors: These are people with additional responsibilities for some area or sub-unit but aren’t involved in any significant planning. They do tend, however, to have influence on team or individual performance.

What are the different focus areas?

Communication: These courses focus on strategies to be a better communicator in organizational and interpersonal interaction with others. Participants will learn individual strategies for effective communication as a leader.

Management: These courses focus on strategies for how be an effective boss that can provide focus and direction, delegate effectively, bring people together to accomplish common goals, and identify and plan opportunities. Additional key strategic competencies of financial management and information management are offered. These courses approach the functional areas of finance and data analytics from a strategic perspective. 

Leadership: These courses help the participant hone their personal qualities of a leader and learn additional strategies for how to implement change in their teams, departments, units, and firms. This offers a solid complement to the management focus.

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