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Leadership, finance, marketing, operations, negotiation, and project management — including free MBA preparation.
All categories · 10 courses
FreeBusiness & LeadershipFor early-career professionals, managers and future business students who want their writing and speaking to get results. You will learn to plan messages around audience and purpose, write clear emails, reports and proposals, run productive meetings, present with confidence, handle sensitive news and communicate across cultures. Ten lessons, about 12 hours of study.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical foundation course for non-finance managers and professionals preparing for business or management study. You will learn to read the three financial statements, calculate and interpret key ratios, build and challenge budgets, analyse costs and break-even, manage working capital and appraise investments. Ten lessons with worked examples and activities take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical foundation for new and aspiring managers who plan work, organise people and lead teams. You will learn what managers actually do, set direction, build accountability, motivate people, adapt leadership style, give feedback, delegate, run one-to-one meetings and handle a first ninety days. Ten lessons with worked examples take about twelve hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical foundation for managers and professionals preparing for business or management study. You will learn to use demand, elasticity, costs, pricing, market structure, opportunity cost, marginal analysis and simple game theory when you make executive decisions. Ten lessons with worked examples and activities take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical foundation for people who plan offers, talk to customers or prepare for business and management study. You will learn how marketing creates value, how to segment, target and position, and how product, price, promotion and place fit a chosen customer, including digital channels and the journey. Ten lessons with worked examples take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipAn intermediate course for managers who speak for a team, a function or an organisation. You will practise executive presence, structure persuasive messages, handle difficult conversations, prepare principled negotiations using BATNA and ZOPA, and communicate in a crisis and across cultures. Ten lessons with worked examples take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA foundation course for supervisors, planners and professionals preparing for operations or management study. You will learn how operations create value, map processes, find bottlenecks, balance inventory, manage quality, read supply-chain risk and score suppliers. Ten lessons with worked examples and a final mini-project take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical course for students and early-career professionals moving from study toward work. You will shape a credible career story, gather evidence of skill, write a useful public profile, hold respectful informational conversations, tailor applications, prepare for interviews, and keep networking habits that stay honest. Ten lessons with worked examples take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical course for professionals who lead change alongside day-to-day work. You will distinguish projects from operations, charter work, build a work breakdown and schedule, manage risk and stakeholders, choose between agile and predictive delivery, and report status that supports decisions. Ten lessons with worked examples take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
FreeBusiness & LeadershipA practical course for exporters, logistics coordinators, policy staff and students preparing for international business study. You will compare regional trade blocs, apply rules of origin and tariff choices, handle non-tariff barriers, use single windows, diagnose corridor bottlenecks, and choose trade-finance and settlement tools. Ten lessons with worked examples take about 12 hours.
11 lessons · Capstone Exam · Certificate
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