Leading Change, Professional Certificate

Program Overview

Become an Expert in Leading Change With Your Leading Change Professional Certificate

Learn to help your organization manage change. Change is inevitable, but whether it’s planned or emerges unexpectedly, you can be positioned to lead.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s online Leading Change Professional Certificate program will prepare you to lead your organization through change by offering leadership training in three key areas:

  • Understanding yourself. Recognize your own leadership style, how you are perceived as a leader and how best to optimize yourself as a leader.
  • Understanding those around you. Work collaboratively with your diverse team and approach your leadership role in a way that encourages a high level of buy-in and successful performance.
  • Leading with confidence and clarity through change. Experience leadership training that boosts your problem-solving skills, process-mapping abilities and organizational prowess.

Our Leading Change Certificate program upskills individuals in managing change in their organizations, catering to both planned and unexpected scenarios. Through our professional leadership training, you will learn about different leadership styles, how to build trust and rapport with your team members, and how to implement change effectively. Our professional certificate in leading change is ideal for early- to mid-career managers, project managers and HR professionals involved in change initiatives.

There are no prerequisites to enter the program.

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  • Delivery
    Online & In Person
  • Duration
    8 Courses
  • Admits
    Anytime

What Do Our Instructors Say About the UNC Charlotte Leading Change Professional Certificate Program?

“A great leader possesses several key qualities that inspire and guide others toward success. The best way to train leaders is through a combination of formal training programs, practical experiences and ongoing support. I think what a lot of leaders miss is that your primary responsibility as a leader is your people. It’s not the day-to-day stuff. It’s the people first.”

– Crystalle Ramsey, Instructor for UNC Charlotte’s Leading Change Certificate program
Courses

The program requires 8 courses for completion consisting of

  • six required courses in leadership and change management, along with
  • a choice of two electives in DEI-related areas.

Take the courses in any order you wish and begin at any time. Complete 8 courses to earn the certificate or take any course/s independently.

Required Courses to Complete Certificate (Take all 6 full-day courses)

Elective Courses to Complete Certificate (Choose TWO half-day courses)

Outlook

What Can You Do With Your Leading Change Certificate?

Lightcast, a global leader in labor market analytics research, collects job data from UNC Charlotte graduates. Lightcast surveyed our professional certificate graduates who list “change management” as a skill. These graduates described their current jobs, which included:

  • Early career and mid-level managers and leaders
  • Project managers engaged in change initiatives
  • Human resource professionals engaged in change initiatives

Individuals who were surveyed were employed by organizations such as:

  • Wells Fargo
  • Spectrum
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • JLL
  • Ally

They have obtained job titles such as:

  • Business change manager
  • Human resources manager
  • Project manager
  • Global analyst
Why UNC Charlotte?

Why Earn Your Leading Change Certificate From UNC Charlotte?

By choosing UNC Charlotte’s Leading Change Professional Certificate program, you will enjoy a number of advantages, including:

Earn your professional certificate at your speed. Our flexible self-paced online certificate program allows you to continue working as you complete the certificate courses. To earn the certificate, you will complete eight courses (six required plus two electives). While most students study part time and earn their certificate in about 1.5 years, depending on your availability and timeline, you can earn your certificate much faster.

Take advantage of flexible program options. Start your program at any time. Our professional certificate program is offered 100% online with mostly asynchronous (classes with no set times) core courses. Electives are offered as live online courses or on campus at the Dubois Center in Uptown Charlotte. Take the courses in any order you wish. Choose the options that works best for your interests and your busy schedule.

Learn from faculty experts. Our instructors possess extensive leadership training experience and incorporate case studies, simulations and interactive activities to provide real-world context and application of the concepts learned. Crystalle Ramsey is the lead instructor for the Leading Change Certificate program. She has led numerous teams in a variety of industries for the last 25 years. Crystalle is considered an expert in teaching learned leadership, especially in hybrid work environments. Learn more about Crystalle.

Program Cost

The Leading Change Certificate Bundle Fee: $1,819. By paying for all of the courses in the Certificate up front you can enroll at a discounted rate. A savings of $321!

Or pay as you go for each course. Cost varies for each individual course from $215 to $285.

Financial Options are available including:

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