Emory Executive Education courses boost your business knowledge and acumen to meet your professional development goals. Through a broad range of offerings – from executive communication and design thinking to negotiations and artificial intelligence – you will learn strategy, tactics, theory, and practice. Each professional development course includes training from top experts in the field, networking opportunities with other business leaders, and much more.
      
      
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              Chief Medical Officer Program
December 8, 2025
      In today’s rapidly evolving and volatile healthcare landscape, there is a greater need than ever for sophisticated medical leadership in the C-suite that bridges clinical expertise and business acumen. Organizations and chief executives expect you to excel both as an operational leader and as a strategic business partner who can inspire as a care model innovator while setting the highest standards for quality improvement and patient safety.
The Chief Medical Officer Program from Emory Executive Education will equip you to lead and inspire colleagues across the organization with a shared vision that reflects the unique needs of patient care delivery and strategic business goals. The 9- to 12-month immersive learning journey is focused on providing the mindset, skills, and frameworks required for you to succeed as a CMO, from business leadership to overseeing clinical operations, influencing stakeholders, and spearheading quality improvement.
With this program, you will be prepared to create value and guide new business and care models to sustain the healthcare system. This program is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career and maximize your impact from the C-suite.
                | Topic: | Healthcare | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Chief Medical Officer Program | 
The Business of Coaching: Strategies to Boost Your Coaching Practice
January 16, 2026
      Whether you're a seasoned coach looking to expand your reach with a refreshed business plan, or you need a new direction and new business plan, this comprehensive program will help you:
• gain exposure to different types of executive coaching business models.
• learn the components of a sound executive coaching business plan. 
• understand the operational elements required to run an executive coaching business.
• identify and unpack the mindsets that may be getting in the way of you growing your business.
• explore target client possibilities and who you uniquely are as an executive coach. 
This virtual series is best suited for experienced, trained coaches and does not include education on how to coach.
Each live online session will be from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on the following Fridays: January 16, January 30, February 13, & February 27, 2026.
Payment Deadline: January 7, 2026
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | 4 to 9 Days | 
| Format: | Live Online | 
Executive Coaching Certificate Program
January 23, 2026
      Designed for those interested in further developing and formalizing their current coaching skills and/or for those interested in pursuing a career as a professional coach. The Executive Coaching Program consists of two parts – the Executive Coaching Foundations Certificate and the Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate.  Upon completion of Foundations and Advanced, participants will have the education, training, and mentor coach hours needed for the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  Cohorts are limited to 36 participants.
Application and Payment Deadline: December 12, 2025
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | Semester Long | 
| Format: | Live Online | 
| Certificate: | Executive Coaching Certificate Program | 
Digital Disruption and Transformation
February 1, 2026
      This course prepares you with the essential tools, frameworks, and understanding needed to lead organizations through the complex terrain of digital transition. Participants who complete the course can expect to:
Understand the core concepts of digital disruption and how it impacts businesses
Learn about the strategies to leverage digital transformation for competitive advantage
Discover the role of innovation in overcoming disruption challenges
Explore successful case studies of digital transformation across different sectors
Equip yourself with the tools to become a change agent in your organization
Understand the core concepts of digital disruption and how it impacts businesses
Learn about the strategies to leverage digital transformation for competitive advantage
Discover the role of innovation in overcoming disruption challenges
Explore successful case studies of digital transformation across different sectors
Equip yourself with the tools to become a change agent in your organization
                | Topic: | Analytics, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
AI & Machine Learning
February 1, 2026
      This fundamental course offers a thorough examination of AI and Machine Learning (ML) principles, technologies, and their business applications. Gain insights into how to unravel the complexities of AI and ML, spot opportunities to utilize these technologies in your business, and grasp the strategic and leadership implications. By blending theoretical expertise with practical wisdom, the course equips you to spearhead AI projects and cultivate an atmosphere conducive to technological innovation.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Driving ROI with Analytics | 
Leveraging Analytics for Growth
February 1, 2026
      This course equips you with the necessary skills to enhance business outcomes using data analytics. The foundation of this course revolves around grasping the essentials of data and analytical instruments for bolstering decision-making processes that lead to business enhancement. By prioritizing a strategy focused on the customer, it examines the ways in which analytics can facilitate measures to foster expansion through gaining new customers, nurturing existing relationships, and ensuring customer loyalty.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Technology and Strategy
March 1, 2026
      As innovations in technology progress, new capabilities and solutions unfold transforming the marketplace and society at large. This course focuses on the fundamental principles underlying various technological evolutions and how their interplay enhances the potential and opportunities for markets, businesses, and individuals.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Data Analytics for Leaders
March 1, 2026
      Dive deep into insights from the frontline of business analytics through in-depth exploration of analytic methodologies and their application in real-world scenarios. This course spans from the strategic deployment of data within organizations to fostering an analytical mindset for decision-makers. You will emerge adept at integrating data analytics into your strategic vision, operations, and innovation framework.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Applications of AI in Business
March 1, 2026
      This course introduces you to the vast potential that artificial intelligence brings to the table. By covering a wide spectrum of AI applications, you’ll explore how enterprises can harness AI for cost reduction and enhanced efficiency. Practical examples and case studies will focus on sectors like advertising and marketing.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Executive Communication & Leadership Presence
March 25-26, 2026
      In this 2 day, in-person experience, develop insights into your abilities as a leader and tap into skills you need to communicate upward, downward, across, and outside your organization. 
Payment Deadline: March 20, 2026
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
Chief Medical Officer Program
March 30, 2026
      In today’s rapidly evolving and volatile healthcare landscape, there is a greater need than ever for sophisticated medical leadership in the C-suite that bridges clinical expertise and business acumen. Organizations and chief executives expect you to excel both as an operational leader and as a strategic business partner who can inspire as a care model innovator while setting the highest standards for quality improvement and patient safety.
The Chief Medical Officer Program from Emory Executive Education will equip you to lead and inspire colleagues across the organization with a shared vision that reflects the unique needs of patient care delivery and strategic business goals. The 9- to 12-month immersive learning journey is focused on providing the mindset, skills, and frameworks required for you to succeed as a CMO, from business leadership to overseeing clinical operations, influencing stakeholders, and spearheading quality improvement.
With this program, you will be prepared to create value and guide new business and care models to sustain the healthcare system. This program is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career and maximize your impact from the C-suite.
                | Topic: | Healthcare | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Chief Medical Officer Program | 
Next Level Leadership: An Enterprise Perspective
March 31 - April 2, 2026
      This course is designed for mid-level leaders who are ready to move beyond team performance and begin operating with an enterprise-level perspective. The program emphasizes strategic thinking and organizational operations, helping participants shift from tactical execution to enterprise leadership. You will transform how you think and act, reignite your leadership journey, strengthen strategic impact, be equipped with a 90-day action plan to navigate organizational complexity and prepare for the next level of leadership.
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
Developing a Culture of Experimentation
April 1, 2026
      This course is designed with the specific goal of nurturing an innovative business culture. It emphasizes the importance of prioritizing experimentation and actively encourages risk-taking as an essential strategy to fuel growth and spark creativity. You will learn how to create an environment that not only supports but rewards innovative thinking and bold decision-making, laying the foundation for a dynamic and forward-thinking business landscape.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Data Visualization
April 1, 2026
      This course guides you through the fundamentals of data visualization, emphasizing the art of presenting insights in a clear and impactful manner. You will engage in practical activities to master the use of premier visualization tools, craft strategies grounded in data, and leverage informed choices to propel business achievements.
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Leveraging AI for Business Success | 
Leveraging AI for Business
April 14-15, 2026
      Leveraging AI for Business provides you with a deep understanding of these transformative technologies, in a non-technical, highly-interactive format, exploring existing and emerging developments of machine learning in data science, predictive modeling, and generative AI. Discover how to enhance your business strategy by understanding which AI technologies are most relevant to your business needs.
Payment Deadline: April 9, 2026
                | Topic: | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
| Certificate: | Excellence in Business | 
Disrupting Your Business Strategy
May 13-14, 2026
      Learn how to help your organization disrupt itself before anyone else does by exploring strategy, mission, and innovation and how they interact. Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to lead a more agile organization and respond successfully to change in customers during increasingly disruptive times. 
Payment Deadline: May 8, 2025
                | Topic: | Innovation, Strategy | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
| Certificate: | Excellence in Business | 
Presenting with Confidence for Leaders
June 17-18, 2026
      This 2-day course provides participants with the opportunity to practice communicating with key audiences and in critical situations. You will learn how to speak more confidently, clearly and comfortably, how to make compelling cases for investment to senior teams, executives and Boards, how to keep teams motivated and inspired in uncertainty or states of change and how to tell your personal story as a form of enhancing trust and inspiring others.
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
| Certificate: | Strategy & Innovation | 
Chief Medical Officer Program
June 29, 2026
      In today’s rapidly evolving and volatile healthcare landscape, there is a greater need than ever for sophisticated medical leadership in the C-suite that bridges clinical expertise and business acumen. Organizations and chief executives expect you to excel both as an operational leader and as a strategic business partner who can inspire as a care model innovator while setting the highest standards for quality improvement and patient safety.
The Chief Medical Officer Program from Emory Executive Education will equip you to lead and inspire colleagues across the organization with a shared vision that reflects the unique needs of patient care delivery and strategic business goals. The 9- to 12-month immersive learning journey is focused on providing the mindset, skills, and frameworks required for you to succeed as a CMO, from business leadership to overseeing clinical operations, influencing stakeholders, and spearheading quality improvement.
With this program, you will be prepared to create value and guide new business and care models to sustain the healthcare system. This program is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career and maximize your impact from the C-suite.
                | Topic: | Healthcare | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Format: | Asynchronous Online | 
| Certificate: | Chief Medical Officer Program | 
Executive Coaching Certificate Program
July 10, 2026
      Designed for those interested in further developing and formalizing their current coaching skills and/or for those interested in pursuing a career as a professional coach. The Executive Coaching Program consists of two parts – the Executive Coaching Foundations Certificate and the Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate.  Upon completion of Foundations and Advanced, participants will have the education, training, and mentor coach hours needed for the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  Cohorts are limited to 36 participants.
Application and Payment Deadline: May 29, 2026
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | Semester Long | 
| Format: | Live Online | 
| Certificate: | Executive Coaching Certificate Program | 
Executive Communication & Leadership Presence
October 7-8, 2026
      In this 2 day, in-person experience, develop insights into your abilities as a leader and tap into skills you need to communicate upward, downward, across, and outside your organization. 
Payment Deadline: October 2, 2026
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | 1 to 3 Days | 
| Format: | In-Person | 
Executive Coaching Certificate Program
October 22, 2026
      Designed for those interested in further developing and formalizing their current coaching skills and/or for those interested in pursuing a career as a professional coach. The Executive Coaching Program consists of two parts – the Executive Coaching Foundations Certificate and the Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate.  Upon completion of Foundations and Advanced, participants will have the education, training, and mentor coach hours needed for the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  Cohorts are limited to 36 participants.
Application and Payment Deadline: September 11, 2026
                | Topic: | Leadership | 
| Duration: | Semester Long | 
| Format: | Live Online | 
| Certificate: | Executive Coaching Certificate Program | 
Advanced Management Program in Healthcare
Coming Soon
      The Advanced Management Program in Healthcare from Emory Executive Education is a transformative learning experience that combines medical expertise with business management skills. The seven-month learning journey combines online and live online sessions to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the operational and management aspects of a healthcare organization and hone your strategic thinking and leadership skills. Designed by thought leaders from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, the Emory University School of Medicine, and Emory Healthcare, this program draws on their expertise in business management, healthcare management, patient care, and finance.
This unique and innovative learning journey includes a five-day on-campus immersion in the heart of the Emory ecosystem, which will give you further insights into leveraging healthcare technology through sessions with industry experts, management simulations, and networking events, as well as a capstone project that transforms your theoretical knowledge into practical skills.
                | Topic: | Healthcare | 
| Duration: | Self-paced | 
| Certificate: | Advanced Management Program in Healthcare | 
AI in Marketing
Coming Soon
      AI in Marketing examines the burgeoning role of AI in marketing decisions and actions. The course will adopt the customer equity framework, which links the value of the customer to the organization to the following components: customer acquisition, customer retention, and relationship development. The course will be built around these components, examining the application of marketing technology and AI to support growth through each component. We will use the customer journey to tie these components together.
                | Topic: | Strategy, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 
| Duration: | 4 to 9 Days | 
| Certificate: | Marketing | 
Alternative Investments
Coming Soon
      Compared to traditional investments, such as public stock, public bonds, and cash, alternative investments represent the largest and fastest growing asset class in the world. Alternative Investments include venture capital, private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and distressed securities. This class was designed specifically for executive MBA's interested in (i) how to start their own business, (ii) how to buy an existing business, (iii) how to invest in real estate, and (iv) how to optimize your personal investment portfolio. In addition this class is highly suitable for those students who have significant interaction with alternative asset managers. The class is divided into seminar-like sessions discussion (i) organization and strategy of the alternative investments industry, (ii) valuation, capital structure and term sheets, (iii) new venture financing, and (iv) deal structuring. The course is in a case/discussion format and is highly interactive. Four guest speakers will join us during the semester.
                | Topic: | Finance & Accounting, Strategy | 
| Duration: | Semester Long | 
| Certificate: | Finance | 
Applied Entrepreneurship
Coming Soon
      This course is designed to endow you with an entrepreneurial perspective, enhance your ability to use functional knowledge in an applied setting, and familiarize you with the skills and resources necessary for starting a new venture. By the end of the class you will be able to:
• Identify trends and opportunities in the marketplace
• Formulate new venture ideas
• Analyze your market and validate your customer base
• Present a competitive analysis of a specific industry
• Create a revenue model, forecast costs and demand, and assess potential profitability
• Understand how financing, venture capital and valuation work
• Utilize a business model canvas
• Put together and present a business plan and pitch
• Analyze ventures, both inside and outside of corporations
                | Topic: | Leadership, Strategy | 
| Duration: | Semester Long | 
| Certificate: | Strategy & Innovation | 
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