Earn the Carnegie Mellon University Certificate in Executive Leadership
Our Certificate in Executive Leadership is documented recognition of your continued commitment to advanced professional education at the highest levels.
This designation demonstrates your dedication to maintaining cutting-edge skills, as well as the exceptional training you’ve received from a recognized top-tier university. The Certificate in Executive Leadership allows you to create your own path to success, merging your unique career and personal goals. Its flexibility allows you to complete programs online, in person, and in a hybrid format (both in person and online). Pursuing the Certificate in Executive Leadership allows you to further the capabilities critical to your individual professional advancement.
Benefits of our certificate include:
- Expand your job skills for career advancement.
- Stay current in your profession.
- Grow network of peer professionals.
- Explore a new field.
- Differentiate yourself with a credential from Carnegie Mellon University.
How do I earn the Certificate in Executive Leadership?
Certificate in Executive Leadership
Candidates can earn the Certificate in Executive Leadership by completing a minimum of 10 Tepper Education Units (TEUs) within a three-year period. Each of our executive programs is assigned a specific number of TEUs according to the program’s breadth and depth of curriculum.
You have the flexibility to select and combine programs from a range of topic areas, including analytics and AI, communication, diversity and equity, innovation, and strategic leadership. You can build a personalized pathway to earning the certificate based on your industry, role, and objectives. Our program managers are also available to guide you in choosing the programs best suited to your needs.
Sample Pathway
AI for Business Communication (2 TEUs)
Communicating Complexity (2 TEUs)
Executive Presence (2 TEUs)
Improv-Based Communication (2 TEUs)
Strategic Communication (2 TEUs)
Sample Pathway
Business Analytics: Data-Informed Decision-Making (3 TEUs)
Leadership as a Daily Challenge (4 TEUs)
Leading with Emotional Intelligence (3 TEUs)
Emerging Business Applications of GenAI (1 TEU)
Certificate in Executive Leadership + AI
As the birthplace of artificial intelligence (AI) more than half a century ago, Carnegie Mellon University has long been a leader in interdisciplinary artificial intelligence research and education. Tepper Executive Education is proud to offer a certificate concentration that empowers participants to lead the adoption of cutting-edge AI business applications. This certificate allows you to dive into practical applications, best practices, and strategic integration, helping you stay future-ready as new tools emerge, processes evolve, and complex challenges are addressed. Advance your expertise in creating, analyzing, and problem-solving with AI, positioning yourself to tackle tomorrow’s challenges today. To earn your Certificate in Executive Leadership + AI, participants must earn 5 out of 10 TEUs from completing Tepper Executive Education AI programs.
Sample Pathway
Leadership as a Daily Challenge (4 TEUs)
Design Thinking with AI (2 TEUs)
Emerging Business Applications of GenAI (1 TEU)
Transformational AI and Business Strategy (3 TEUs)
Advanced Certificate in Executive Leadership + AI
Participants who have already earned the Certificate in Executive Leadership may qualify for the Advanced Certificate in Executive Leadership + AI by completing an additional 5 TEUs from AI-focused programs. (Note: prior TEUs used toward the fulfillment of the Certificate in Executive Leadership requirements may not be used toward the requirements for the Advanced Certificate.)
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Meet the Tepper Executive Education Faculty
Laurence Ales
Professor of Economics
Senior Associate Dean for Education
Distinguished Service Professor
of Entrepreneurship
Associate Teaching Professor of Business Communication
Assistant Teaching Professor
of Business Analytics
Professor of Organizations
Heinz College & Tepper School
of Business
Associate Teaching Professor
of Business Ethics
Associate Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy
Frank A. and Helen E. Rish Assistant Professor of Operations Research
K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies
Executive Coach and Author
Executive Coach and Adjunct Professor of Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Show off your success with digital Smart Certificates from Tepper Executive Education and CV Trust.
Upon successful completion of our executive education programs, you will receive a secure, certified, digital version of your certificate to share with recruiters, employers, and professional and personal networks. Partnering with CV Trust allows each certificate holder access to the CV Trust web-based platform to manage all of their certificates in one place and access them from anywhere, anytime. Smart Certificates may be sent as a secure .pdf or with a personal hyperlink.
With Smart Certificates, you can:
- Receive instant access to verified digital credentials.
- Store credentials in a secure, web-based platform.
- Share credentials across social networks, such as LinkedIn, and via e-mail.
- Prevent fraud and make having additional copies of certificates easier and more accessible.
* Pursuing a Certificate in Executive Leadership also qualifies you for a 10% discount after completing your first program toward the certificate.
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