UC Berkeley Executive Education: Shaping Leaders for a Transforming World

UC Berkeley Executive Education offers transformational professional development at the intersection of innovation and human-centered leadership. Each year, Berkeley Executive Education helps over 14,000 professionals advance their careers and become leaders in their respective fields. Grounded in the distinct Berkeley Haas’ Defining Leadership Principles, the executive education programs develop both professional skills and personal values.

A Tradition of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) is UC Berkeley’s premier hub for innovation and entrepreneurship education. Established in 2005 within the College of Engineering, SCET empowers students, professionals, and global partners to develop the skills and mindset necessary to innovate, commercialize technology, and lead in the global economy. Berkeley Executive Education prides itself on empowering leaders to reach their full potential. As the second-oldest business school in the United States, challenging convention is at the heart of the Haas School of Business and a driving force behind all programs offered at Berkeley Executive Education.

Programs Tailored to Your Needs

Berkeley Executive Education offers a variety of short-form and intensive learning opportunities for individuals, groups of colleagues, or organizations. Programs are delivered in person, online, or hybrid formats to accommodate diverse learning preferences and schedules. Regardless of career stage or personal goals, there is a program to fit individual needs and empower participants to excel. Berkeley Executive Education offers immersive programs designed specifically for leaders and managers. Groups of colleagues can also attend any of the open enrollment programs to infuse new knowledge and skills and inspire change across the organization.

Learning & Development: Custom Programs

Berkeley Executive Education can create a bespoke program tailored specifically to a company’s needs and challenges.

Programs for Individuals

Berkeley Executive Education offers immersive programs designed specifically for leaders and managers. Delivered in person, online, or hybrid formats.

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Group Enrollment

Groups of colleagues can attend any of Berkeley Executive Education's open enrollment programs to infuse new knowledge and skills and inspire change across the organization.

Unleashing Human Potential

At Berkeley Executive Education, the mission is to help people discover their full potential and reimagine their future through transformational educational experiences.

Featured Programs

Berkeley Executive Education offers a range of programs designed to meet leaders where they are in their careers and life. Some of the featured programs include:

Leadership Communications Program: This program helps participants build confidence, presentation skills, presence, and AI acumen to communicate with clarity and inspire others.
The Berkeley Executive Leadership Program: Participants advance their leadership qualities, build skills to strategically address business challenges head-on, and apply strategic decision-making.
Storytelling for Financial Leaders Program: This program transforms financial data into powerful stories that align teams, influence strategy, and elevate financial leadership.
Venture Capital Executive Program: Participants learn how to select and secure VC deals, create a comprehensive investment strategy, and gain a deeper understanding of corporate VC.
Product Management Studio Program: This program dives into product management with design thinking, pricing strategies, portfolio planning, business model canvas, and negotiation tactics.
AI for Executives Program: Participants leverage AI's transformative power and acquire the strategic frameworks their company needs to thrive in a radically changing environment.
Product Management Program: Participants harness AI to understand their customer’s needs, facilitate the design of products & experiences, and boost their team’s performance.
High-Impact Leadership Program: Participants develop their authentic voice and turn their communication weaknesses into strengths through world-class theater techniques and storytelling.
Berkeley Transformative CHRO Leadership Program: Co-led by Laszlo Bock, this program prepares HR executives to gain knowledge and build credibility as leaders skilled at managing change and making a significant impact both within their organizations and in the HR field. The program benefits from the expertise of Laszlo Bock, Jenny Chatman, and Sameer Srivastava.
Leading Strategy Execution Through Culture: This program provides business leaders with research-based tools to nurture a positive company culture to achieve the company’s strategic vision.
Women’s Executive Leadership: This program addresses the need to fully embrace female power, authority, and leadership in today’s workplace.
Technology Leadership Program: This program helps business leaders understand new technologies and create a cohesive strategy around them in a rapidly changing technology landscape.
Berkeley Changemaker: The Berkeley Changemaker® is an inclusive leadership training founded on UC Berkeley’s core values.
Executive Program in Digital Transformation and AI Program: This program explores the role of AI, emphasizing how its potential can be harnessed across organizational processes.
New Manager Boot Camp: This program is designed to address all of the crucial skills managers need to work agilely and cause impact.
The AI-Forward Professional: This new five-week “Practical Field Guide” microcourse provides senior engineers and technical founders with a proven operating system for the C-suite.
AI workflows and build functional applications without coding: This new five-week intensive focuses on “builder-first” productivity, allowing non-technical professionals to design.

Learning Formats

Berkeley Executive Education offers various learning formats to cater to different preferences and schedules:

In-Person Programs: Participants can join on campus and experience the UC Berkeley campus in an immersive executive program. This format allows for deep engagement with renowned faculty, collaboration and networking with professionals from diverse industries and regions, and the acquisition of skills that can create an immediate impact in the workplace.
Online Programs: Participants can access the Berkeley ExecEd digital campus to bring the live classroom experience into their home, office, or on the road. Virtual learning enables seamless integration of professional development into a busy schedule. Balancing flexibility with intensity, the online format delivers real depth.
Blended Programs: These programs combine online learning with in-person immersions to deliver flexible and unique executive development programs. The online live class sessions and in-person immersions typically take place at the Berkeley Haas School of Business. The in-person energy is unmatched.

The Berkeley Advantage

Berkeley Executive Education is taught by world-renowned faculty from the Berkeley Haas School of Business. The programs combine a research-driven curriculum with industry best practices. Instructors are active leaders at the forefront of industry and research. Rapid advancements in AI will continue to transform the ways in which we work and live.

A Supportive Community

Participants join a supportive campus community focused on authenticity, leadership, diversity, and career success. They learn from professors who are among the most influential scholars in the world of business. Classmates are a smart group who don't let the tribulations of managing work and school faze them. Each year, Berkeley Executive Education cultivates a high-performing cohort of about 70 students to create the MBA for Executives class.

Global Perspective

Field immersion courses place participants on the ground in Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and in global business hubs like Shanghai or Copenhagen.

Real-World Impact

Participants gain skills that can create an immediate impact in the workplace. The live cases and leadership primers are transformative, and the frameworks taught change how participants communicate and lead cross-functional efforts.

Addressing Concerns about AI

UC Berkeley Executive Education recognizes the concerns surrounding artificial intelligence. While some individuals express nervousness about AI, acknowledging its potential downsides, many also recognize its positive impacts, particularly in fields like science. AI's ability to detect patterns in complex systems is accelerating discoveries in medicine and other scientific domains.

Participant Testimonials

Participants have praised Berkeley Executive Education programs for their practical frameworks, visionary thinking, and transformative impact. They have noted the amazing experience, the real depth of the online format, and the unmatched energy of the in-person programs.

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