Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate

In the innovative and dynamic industry that is healthcare, executive leaders of the field must equip themselves with the ability to guide their organizations and teams through times of change. They must be able to lead their organizations through the physical change in addition to successfully interacting with multiple affiliated entities. An executive leader’s credibility, authority, and ability to keep a team focused and motivated are under constant scrutiny. And rightfully so—it’s the leader’s job to communicate strategy, negotiate skillfully, influence team behaviors, and deliver results. Simultaneously, leaders in healthcare must be able to master the quantitative and qualitative approach to innovation in the healthcare setting, focusing on the levers of strategy, measurement, leadership, and culture.

The Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate provides you with critical skills to lead your organization to success through a series of six core courses and two electives that give you the flexibility to customize the program to your goals. As a result of completing this certificate, you’ll have practiced concrete strategies to increase your effectiveness in leading your organization.

Core Courses

Elective Courses

Choose Two Courses

Key Takeaways

Evaluate initiatives for their applicability in reaching targets
Involve stakeholders in defining, refining, implementing, and evaluating the strategic plan
Recognize and compensate for psychological factors in yourself and in others that affect decision quality
Create a strategic vision for your organization and identify areas for improvement and potential growth
Devise employee-related practices that improve your organization and thereby enhance service outcomes to customers
Implement healthy team behaviors and functions
Diagnose team skill sets and develop a plan to build synergy and collaboration
Respond decisively and consistently when faced with situations that require a decision
Detect and address impediments to your credibility with subordinates, superiors, and others with whom you interact professionally
Evaluate factors that undermine employee motivation and engagement in your organization
Explore critical decisions such as when to negotiate, when not to negotiate, whether you should make the opening move in a negotiation, and how many issues you want to put on the table

What You’ll Earn

Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell College of Human Ecology and Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
64 Professional Development Hours (6.4 CEUs)
45 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification

Who Should Enroll

Clinicians, medical personnel and staff transitioning into administrative, management, director, or executive leadership roles
Healthcare professionals with supervisory, management, or executive-level responsibilities
Hospital and healthcare facility administrators
Department directors
VP and C-suite executives
Hospital board members

Total Investment

$4,800 with monthly payment options available
4 months to complete all the courses

How to Enroll

For more information on how to enroll, please visit Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate