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Tailored Contract Training

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Why hire a private consulting firm that tries to sell you one solution when you can partner with a world-class university whose performance consultant...

5s+/Visual Workplace

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

5S+ is the foundation for a disciplined approach to organizing and standardizing the physical condition of the workplace. Explore and practice the con...

Adobe Illustrator Essentials

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, ...

Adobe InDesign Essentials

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Summer

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create ...

Adobe Photoshop Essentials

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

This fundamental course covers Adobe Photoshop CC's most commonly used tools, menus and panels. You'll learn all the basics of Photoshop to effectivel...

Advanced ChatGPT

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Move beyond individual prompts and learn how to build repeatable AI-assisted workflows for complex professional tasks. In this advanced course, you'll...

Advanced Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

After taking this Advanced course in Data Analysis, participants will be able to perform inquiries that will be useful to the business or organization...

Advanced Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Expand your knowledge of Power BI Desktop to the highest level. This course focuses on the advanced capabilities of Power Query, Data Modeling and Rep...

Advanced Skills for Managing Projects

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Essential Skills for Managing Projects is a prerequisite for this program This one-day program focuses on the dynamics of communication on projec...

AI ChatGPT Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Unlock the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with ChatGPT, the fastest-growing app in the world. Learn how ChatGPT can dramatically increase your ...

All Certificate Programs

Location: Independence, North Canton, Cuyahoga Falls, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Choose from a variety of professional development opportunities offered in Independence, North Canton and through live virtual meetings on Zoom. Progr...

An Introduction to Lean Six Sigma

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

For years many companies have struggled with the dilemma of which improvement program to use: Lean or Six Sigma. While some continue to debate the iss...

Being an Accountable Employee

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In today’s workplace, employees are accountable for taking action, not placing blame. In this program, participants will identify the communication be...

Blueprint for Building Trust

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, the Kent State facilitator will assist participants with understanding the impact their behavior has on the rest of their organizatio...

Bookkeeping Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business or just looking to advance your career and ad...

Buddy to Boss: Making the Transition from Peer to Supervisor

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Moving into a leadership role is a natural progression in an employee’s career. Often this transition means that the new leader is now ‘in charge’ of ...

Building a Coaching Culture

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Coaching is no longer restricted to private conversations for the privileged few at the top. It is not just a perk for rising stars. Today coaching is...

Building a Culture of Accountability

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, participants will learn the importance of building relationships that support maximum accountability for achieving organizational suc...

Building the Spirit of Teamwork

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Are you looking for a better understanding of the team building process? If so, this program will guide you through the four basic stages of team deve...

Business Writing

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Take away the key practices you need to develop and hone your business writing communication effectively and successfully. Get the best practices for ...

CELEMI Agile Move™

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

In CELEMI Agile Move™, participants work in teams to explore and develop an Agile mindset. This digital business simulation is set in a fictitious com...

CELEMI Decision Base™-Sharpening Your Strategic Business Acumen

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Six capital-intensive companies are competing for customers in a highly competitive, rapidly changing marketplace. Participants take on the role of th...

CELEMI Exploring Change™

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Change management is an essential skill for every employee. The ability to engage employees in change is rapidly becoming a key element of business su...

CELEMI PartnerStock™-Unlock Your Supply Chain Potential

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Are you struggling with inventory levels and lead times? Do your colleagues continue cemented behaviors – despite directives, training and kickoffs? T...

CELEMI Tango™ - Success Through People

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

CELEMI Tango™ helps employees enhance their skills in attracting, developing and retaining the right talent and clients, and teaches them how to gain...

Certificate for Emerging Leaders

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Kent State’s Certificate for Emerging Leaders is designed to help those who have the potential and desire to be a leader or are new to leadership rol...

Certificate in Business Writing

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Discover the keys to successful writing for the workplace. Whether writing a report, memo, letter or publicity notice, business writing has some defi...

Certificate in Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Data Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace. Companies have vast amounts of data, but it is rare to have so...

Certificate in Project Leadership

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

While managing projects to the traditional project constraints of time, scope and budget are important, project leadership ensures that the organizati...

Certificate in Project Management

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Successful project management is a vital skill in today's business world. Organizations are faced with increasing pressure to complete projects in sho...

Certificate of Training and Development

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Kent State’s Certificate of Training and Development provides you with the skills and knowledge necessary to design and deliver effective employee tra...

Champions Training

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

You will learn to become an effective Champion and/or Team Leader so that you can effectively support your continuous improvement initiatives. Underst...

Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

This course shows participants how to create a worksheet used to adjust the account balances and prepare the financial statements. Use the financial s...

Coaching Accountability for Impact on People and Results

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

The balance between productivity and work relationships is the key to team success. When people choose difficult behaviors that inhibit a culture of a...

Coaching Employee Performance

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program the facilitator provides a practice-based approach to assist participants in learning coaching skills. The focus is on techniques for ...

Coaching for Top Performance

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Are you prepared to get the best from your organization’s employees? The greatest impact managers and leaders can make on their organization comes fro...

Coaching Generations in the Workplace

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Each of the four generations in today’s workforce defines “work” differently, requiring diverse coaching techniques. Each generation has a unique pers...

Communicating With and Influencing Project Stakeholders

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

One of the major reasons for project failure is poor communication with stakeholders during the project. Stakeholders are the individuals who are invo...

Communicating With Influence for All Associates

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

There are many work situations that require the skill of influencing others: convincing one department to respect another's deadlines, presenting new ...

Communicating with Influence for Leaders

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In ever-changing organizational environments, achieving employees’ fast buy-in and meaningful commitment to change is a key competency for today’s lea...

Communication Strategies for Generations Working Together

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

There are several generations of customers and employees in most organizations today, creating new and unique customer service, management and teamwor...

Crash the Barriers: Build Your Team

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Learn how you REALLY operate within a team and how you set your team up for success or failure. This program is designed to teach you, as a leader, ho...

Creating a Shared Vision Facilitated Session

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this facilitated session, participants will come together to discuss their vision for their organization moving forward. With open discussion, they...

Creating an Accountable Culture

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In today’s empowered team environment, managers must encourage accountability for innovation, creative problem solving and effective performance. Thro...

De-Escalating Difficult Customer Interactions

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

This program is designed to assist anyone who interacts with customers either in-person or via telephone or email. Trying to maintain a "customer firs...

Dealing With Difficult Behaviors

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

One of the greatest causes of workplace stress is dealing with “problem” people: customers, co-workers, employees, or managers. Most people’s reacti...

DiSC®: Keys to Improved Communication

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Learn how behaviors, motivators and personal styles impact our relationships at work and at home. This innovative and interactive session is based on ...

Each One Teach One: Engaging Employees in Experiential Learning

Location: Independence

Term: Fall, Spring

This highly interactive program focuses on the Accelerated Learning Model of training for adults. You will: Create an Inviting, Supportive Learning En...

Effective Communication

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

In this program, participants will define the key elements of effective interpersonal communication and learn to apply the Communication Model. Each i...

Effective Copywriting

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Whether you are sending out a press release, communicating internally with a memo or promoting your own skills on LinkedIn, strong writing skills are ...

Effective Mentoring for High Potentials

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Are you interested in identifying your personal interaction style and how it impacts your mentoring style? Would you like to create an optimal mentori...

Effective Organizational Leadership: Engage and Execute

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

In this program, you will learn the characteristics of great leadership and identify the key elements of leadership, how they differ from management a...

Effective Performance Management for Managers and Supervisors

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Participants will review their role in managing performance. They will learn how to set and manage expectations and determine SMART goals. The facilit...

Emotionally Intelligent Teams

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

What makes some teams more successful than others? It is their level of trust and confidence in each other. Often, building trust can be difficult and...

Employment Law for Human Resource Professionals

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Are you interested in reducing your organization's risk of legal issues during employee management situations? In this program, you will learn and gai...

Enhancing Interpersonal Communication Skills

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Effective communication skills give you the power to achieve success in your supervisory role, as well as in all of your relationships. Influencing ot...

Entrepreneur Boot Camp

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Starting a business is something that all of us have thought about at one time or another. Everyone wants to be their own boss. Yet statistics show th...

Entrepreneurial Marketing

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

To succeed in today's marketplace, entrepreneurs must know how to effectively market their product or service. This course offers participants a step ...

Entrepreneurship Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Boost your chances of success for your new or small business and reduce your risks. Get the latest on planning your business, brainstorming business ...

Essential Skills for Managing Projects

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

In this two-day program, participants will learn the essential concepts and methods to plan, manage and carry out projects. This is a hands-on progra...

Evaluating Employee Performance to Drive Accountability

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Dissatisfaction with traditional performance management processes are on the rise, highlighted by a recent study indicating that more than 75 percent ...

Exceptional Service for All Generations

Term: Fall, Spring

Do you interact with several generations of internal and external customers? Have you noticed how the expectations of one generation differ from anoth...

Exceptional Service for All Generations

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Do you interact with several generations of internal and external customers? Have you noticed how the expectations of one generation differ from anoth...

Exceptional Service for All Generations

Term: Fall, Spring

Do you interact with several generations of internal and external customers? Have you noticed how the expectations of one generation differ from anoth...

Facilitation Skills

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to both understand and deliver in-house facilitation services. The first day covers the foundation of ...

Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Professional - CELEMI Virtual Apples and Oranges™

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Do you know how to read and interpret financial statements? Are you comfortable discussing with your colleagues and leaders cost drivers, cash flow, f...

Fundamentals of Lean Kaizen

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Lean is a systematic approach to eliminating waste so that every process step adds value for the customer. Fundamentals of Lean provides an overview o...

GD&T

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

GD&T is the common language of engineering drawings. In 1994, the Industry Standard underwent a major revision. This comprehensive program covers all ...

General Ledger and Month End Procedures

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

In this course, learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will show participa...

Get to the Point! Delivering Clear and Concise Technical Information

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Delivering a clear, concise and polished technical presentation sets you apart! Participants will have the opportunity to present one brief technical ...

Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard computer illustration software. Use I...

How to Think About and Leverage Data

Term: Fall, Spring

For the business professional data is the voice of the process. This voice is used to distinguish between satisfactory and unsatisfactory products and...

Human Resources (HR) Fundamentals for Non-HR Professionals

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

In this program frontline leaders will learn about relevant human resource (HR) topics and functions that impact daily operations. Participants will g...

Identifying the Ideal Client

Location: North Canton, Cuyahoga Falls

Term: Fall, Spring

Many organizations struggle to clearly communicate what they do, who they serve, and why prospective clients should choose them. As a result, valuable...

Influencing Others

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, a variety of psychological techniques are presented and discussed. It includes a range of role plays and group discussions that will ...

Influencing Up

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

When you take the time to cultivate a productive working relationship – by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your superiors – everyone win...

Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Take away a practical strategy and techniques for implementing a social strategy for your organization or business. Learn the top five considerations ...

Intermediate ChatGPT

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Take your AI skills to the next level with this hands-on course designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, creatives, and anyone looking to...

Intermediate Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Many business decisions involve comparing groups for differences. For example, would men and women prefer different product features? In addition, rel...

Intermediate Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Delve further into Power Query to ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) your data. Build the Data Model using modeling features and relationships. Perform...

Internal Consulting: Building Your Consultative Skills

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, participants explore the many dimensions of the effective internal consultant. In the role of internal consultant you spend a lot of ...

Introduction to ChatGPT

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Unlock the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with ChatGPT, the fastest-growing app in the world. With over 100 million users within the first two ...

Introduction to Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Data Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace. Companies have vast amounts of data, but it is rare to have so...

Introduction to Minitab

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Participants will learn to use Minitab statistical software to analyze data using the basic tenants of the program. The Origins of Statistical Softwar...

Introduction to Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Gain insights into your data! Power BI (business intelligence) is a widely used business analytics service offered by Microsoft. Power BI Desktop is a...

Introduction to Social Media

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Get involved in the move from in-person to online communication. Learn what social media are and their role in your business and personal life. Find o...

Leadership Foundations Certificate

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa...

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is known as a highly trained team leader, communicator, statistical analyst and project manager. In this program you will ...

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

A highly trained professional, skilled in continuous improvement tools and techniques with the understanding of the concepts of Lean and Six Sigma, ca...

Learn Leadership Executive Overview

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, the facilitator provides executive leadership with an overview of Lean management concepts that will enable them to lead and support ...

Making Great Decisions

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

When was the last time you or your team sat down and evaluated the lessons learned from either a great decision or a bad decision? Managers, employees...

Managing Discipline

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Manage discipline effectively and your organization will observe reduced discord among employees, decreased numbers of grievances and increased produc...

Managing Transition and Embracing Change During Challenging Times

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

For the past several months we’ve been living in a scary, unpredictable world. Change is happening at an alarming rate both personally and professiona...

Marketing Using Social Media

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Develop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization using social media. Let your instructor guide you in exploring major soci...

Mastering the Sales Essentials

Location: North Canton, Cuyahoga Falls

Term: Fall, Spring

Are the sales techniques that your staff utilizes on a daily basis following a proven method of success, or are they simply implementing “trial and er...

Mental Bandwidth - Strategies for Team Leaders

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa...

Mental Bandwidth Basics

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Mental bandwidth is the moment-to-moment amount of brain resources that each person possesses. Like time and physical energy, there is a limit to the ...

Mentoring: The Quest and the Legacy

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Mentoring is thought of usually from the perspective of youth development programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters. Mentoring goes far beyond that an...

Micosoft Word - Intermediate

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Build your Word skills by learning how to create and manage styles, work with templates, format tables and columns, and use review and document manage...

Microsoft Excel - Advanced

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Apply the if and sum if functions; use a nested if function to evaluate complex conditions; use the round function to round off numbers, use pmt funct...

Microsoft Excel - Basic

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Learn how to use the help system and navigate worksheets and workbooks Create basic workbooks by entering and editing text, values, formulas and pictu...

Microsoft Excel - Intermediate

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Work with more advanced formatting options including styles, themes, backgrounds and watermarks Save workbooks as webpages and pdf files Insert and ed...

Microsoft Outlook - Advanced

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Manage the mailbox Work with notes and journal folders Manage calendar and contacts Work with collaboration features Templates and forms Business cont...

Microsoft Outlook - Intermediate

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Kent The Center for Corporate and Professional Development Microsoft Outlook - Intermediate Customize Outlook Work with multiple folders Customiz...

Microsoft Powerpoint - Basic

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Create presentations Add graphics, tables, charts to slides Rearrange and format slides Add transitions, animations, timings Print slides in different...

Microsoft Powerpoint - Intermediate

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Create and use templates and themes Add and modify graphics and multimedia Insert and customize tables and SmartArt graphics Design interactive and cu...

Microsoft Word - Basic

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Write and edit documents Format and adjust fonts, font sizes, colors, bullets and margins Cut, copy and paste text Add and modify graphics and tables ...

Motivating Employees

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Motivating employees is a critical skill for supervisors to engage their team in the organization’s success. Participants will review motivational the...

Moving Positively Through Change

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Change is difficult but it’s a fact of life. This session will help you to understand the process of change and give you ways to navigate and manage i...

Online Certificate Programs

Location: Virtual

Term: Flexible

Develop your skills at home with these online certificate programs! Complete these certificate programs in just a few short months. Engage with other ...

Online Industrial Maintenance Training

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Spring

Kent State University offers a nationally recognized Online Industrial Maintenance Technician Training program designed to meet the increasing demand...

Positioning Yourself as a Brand Ambassador

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this two-day program, you will: Instill Greater Level of Confidence as a Brand Ambassador (i. e., Media Spokesperson, Client Representative or Comm...

Power BI Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Gain insights into your data using business intelligence software – Power Business Intelligence. Power BI is a widely used business analytics service ...

Practical Agile Project Management

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

The Agile Project Management approach has been helping organizations reach strategic results since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001. Since then...

Practical Tools for Managing Workplace Anxiety

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

The workplace is one of the leading locations where people experience stress and anxiety.Workplace anxiety is a serious condition that affects two out...

Presenting a Persuasive Business Case

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Achieving buy-in from decision-makers requires a concisely prepared and dynamically presented persuasive message. Decision-makers often have preconcei...

Preventing Workplace Harassment

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, the participants will define and understand harassment terminology so that they can recognize what is and is not unlawful harassment ...

Prioritizing Projects, To-Do Lists and Interruptions

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

This program is for busy managers, supervisors, leaders and professionals who need to juggle multiple projects, tasks and interruptions. Learn to shri...

Professional Certificate in Digital Marketing + Professional Certified Marketer from American Marketing Association

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Two Great Marketing Leaders. One Powerful Course. Not only will you receive a DMI certification, but you also receive the Professional Certified Marke...

Professional Customer Service Communication Skills

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

What is your impact on both internal and external customers? Would they recommend you to others? Achieving individual and company goals, developing hi...

Project Leadership

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Organizing and managing the day-to-day activities of a project can be challenging enough. However, successful project managers must also have the skil...

Project Management Executive Overview

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

There is a noticeable trend among excellent organizations – they are moving toward a more project-oriented approach to managing their businesses. Proj...

Project Portfolio Management

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Successfully managing a single project takes a precarious blend of structure and socio-cultural skills. Managing a portfolio of projects is that same ...

Quick Changeover

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Quick Changeover is a five-step process aimed at reducing the changeover time in any process that requires the flexibility to adapt to changing custom...

Revenue Growth & Business Development Blueprint

Location: North Canton, Cuyahoga Falls

Term: Fall, Spring

Many organizations work hard to generate growth but struggle with inconsistency, unclear priorities, ineffective messaging, or a lack of visibility in...

Sales and Business Development Certificate

Location: Cuyahoga Falls, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Kent State’s Sales and Business Development Certificate equips professionals with the skills to generate stronger client relationships, communicate v...

Securing Project Success Through CELEMI Cayenne™

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Everyone wants to lead successful projects and be an effective project manager. However, project management is challenging. Time constraints, budgets ...

SHRM Certification Prep+

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Establish yourself as a globally-recognized human resource expert by earning the standard in HR certification: SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) a...

Social Media for Business Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Flexible

Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government and other ...

Standardized Work and Continuous Flow

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Standardized Work is essential to achieving and sustaining Lean processes. Standardized Work is a people focused tool designed to document current bes...

Statistical Process Control

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Participants will gain basic training regarding the use of statistical methods in order to assure consistent quality of a manufactured product or serv...

Strategies for Leading the Multigenerational Team

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Today’s workplace is affected by six generational mindsets. Each generation offers diverse assets to any organization. This program explains the ori...

Successfully Communicating Your Message

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Get your message across. Every business communication contains a degree of emotion and influence. Effective business communicators respond to the reci...

Supervision And Management Advanced Certificate

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

In addition to the Certificate of Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate, we offer a Certificate of Supervision and Management Advanced ...

Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Supervising and managing employees is an incredibly challenging role, especially in today’s ever-changing work environment. It comes with extraordinar...

The Business Plan

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

Whether starting a business or growing the one you have, a business plan serves as a roadmap and can help secure needed funding. In this course, part...

The ROI of Happiness: Proven Strategies for Becoming Happier and More Successful at Work

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

We’ve always been taught that if we work hard enough and achieve our goals, then we’ll be happy. But research shows that success comes as a result o...

Theory of Constraints

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

A system is only as strong as its weakest link. Generally, Lean tools that teach us how to create flow ignore this. We are taught to balance the line ...

Turning Conflict Into Collaboration

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Term: Fall, Spring

Conflict is natural within the workplace and a predictable part of working with others. Yet unresolved conflict negatively affects morale, motivation,...

Understanding Debits and Credits

Location: Online - Self-paced

Term: Fall, Summer

In this course, participants will learn about the accounting equation and the five categories involved in every business (Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s...

Understanding Emotional Intelligence to Increase Your Effectiveness

Location: Independence, North Canton

Term: Fall, Spring

Studies have shown that an individual’s level of Emotional Intelligence (EI) can be a greater predictor of success in the workplace than IQ. We see th...

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a powerful tool for analyzing information and material flow throughout an organization. You will learn the step-by-step ...

What Communication Style Are You?

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

The most productive work teams are those whose team members understand and adapt to the diverse communication styles of their colleagues. The facilita...

What's Preventing Your Team's Success? Overcoming the Critical Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

Based on Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team the facilitator will define the Five Dysfunctions of a Team Model. Participants will engage in a team ...

Working Together to Achieve Results

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In today’s collaborative work environments, it is imperative for employees to find ways to work together effectively to achieve required results. In t...

Workplace Bullying

Location: On-site or Client-Selected Location

Term: Flexible

In this program, participants will leave with an increased understanding of harassment and bullying behaviors and be able to identify warning signs of...
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