Lindner launches program through the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute
The Carl H. Lindner College of Business has announced the LevelUp Leadership Development program through the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute, an open enrollment program offering for business professionals.
The program runs from Jan. 31 to May 9, 2025, with in-person class meetings taking place every other Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Warren Bennis Leadership Institute’s LevelUp program is one of Lindner’s Professional Programs. The programs are structured as short, concentrated bursts of in-person classes in a cohort model where participants can earn micro-credentials, making them different from formal degree or certificate programs offered by the college.
“Micro-credentials are a fantastic way to upskill quickly. It’s perfect for busy professionals who want hands-on, experiential training by some of the University of Cincinnati’s most accomplished faculty,” said Scott Dust, PhD, Kirk and Jacki Perry Professor in Leadership and senior director of Professional Programs.
Scott Dust, center, works with a group from the Valvoline Executive Leadership Development Initiative, a professional development and training program customized for Valvoline in summer 2024. Photo/Suzanne Buzek
These immersive learning experiences are open to business professionals at every stage in their career across all industries.
“At Lindner, we’ve worked hard to perfect the art of professional education,” said Dust. “We know the formula for ensuring that participants walk away ready to immediately make changes.”
The LevelUp program features 12 modules with topics including strengths-based leadership, influence, team collaboration, creativity and innovation, executive presence, negotiations, change management and more.
Assistant Professor-Educator of Management Anita Ingram, center, speaks with a small group from a customized employee training program. Photo/Suzanne Buzek
In addition to open enrollment professional programs, the college offers direct-to-employer programs, which are customized opportunities for a cohort of employees in need of upskilling and training.
"Our professional programs extend our college’s mission of empowering business problem solvers to our employer partners,” said Marianne Lewis, PhD, Lindner dean and professor of management. “Today’s leading companies are in a battle for talent, and investing in employee development ultimately helps these firms remain competitive and retain top talent.”
Learn more about the college’s professional program offerings. To explore custom offerings for your company or team, reach out to Dust directly at 513-556-7828 or via email.
Featured image at top: Exterior image of Carl H. Lindner Hall. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand
Empower business problem solving at your organization
The Lindner College of Business sits at the intersection of industry and academia. Through centers and institutes that offer in-house expertise and ways of applying cutting-edge research, to professional programs or development opportunities that individuals at every stage of their career can benefit from, we can help transform your organization. Explore what’s possible.
Latest UC News
- UC Latino Alumni Network's first leader has traveled far, in distance and lifeIt was a long way from her family’s cherry farm in Prosser, Wash., to the University of Cincinnati campus. But Princesa Olivera Rabinovich was determined to try a new path. She had set her sights on UC’s engineering program and its celebrated cooperative education offerings.
- CDC issues new guidelines to help manage potential IUD painSome women have taken to social media with their experiences of pain when having an intrauterine device, or IUD, inserted. Now the Centers for Disease Control issued guidelines to urge health care providers to address the problem. Priya Gursahaney, MD, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, recently appeared on Cincinnati Edition on WVXU to discuss the role that IUDs play in reproductive health care.
- $300K grant awarded to study airborne MRSA in health care settingsUniversity of Cincinnati researchers are working to minimize health care workers' exposure to infectious diseases. An Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation grant will fund a study on the presence of MRSA in the air in hospital settings.
- Biomedical engineering student contributes to cancer researchUniversity of Cincinnati PhD student Maulee Sheth has been named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science. A biomedical engineering student, she works in the Esfandiari lab on cancer tumor microenvironment research to better understand the disease. Through her time here, she has collaborated with researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the UC College of Medicine.
- Misinformation is having its moment in 2024 electionUC Professor Jeffrey Blevins talks to WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about misinformation in the 2024 presidential election.
- UC welcomes 10 new engineering faculty this fallThe University of Cincinnati welcomed ten new faculty members in the College of Engineering and Applied Science in mechanical engineering, industrial & systems engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, and engineering education.