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Business Certificate Programs

Our non-degree, certificate programs empower you with practical skills, leadership training, and research-driven frameworks to advance your career.

Taught by the same faculty who teach in our degree programs, these part-time and online courses let you experience the energy and innovation of Silicon Valley.

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Discover Stanford GSB’s business certificate programs. From leadership development to business administration, gain practical skills in management, strategy, and business operations through flexible online and on-campus learning.

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The Stanford Executive Program empowers senior leaders to transform their leadership, expand their impact, and experience Stanford GSB and its culture of innovation.

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Stanford LEAD Online Business Program

Advance your leadership with Stanford LEAD, a flexible, year‑long online program taught by leading Stanford GSB faculty that builds the skills, mindset, and network you need to drive change and achieve your goals.

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Stanford Seed Transformation Program

Learn how to grow and scale your company in this 10-month program ​for CEOs and founders of established businesses in Africa, Indonesia, and South Asia.

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Business Certificate Courses

These Stanford GSB courses are fully online and focused on targeted topics to support career growth for executives and emerging leaders.

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Agile Leadership: Building Adaptability and Embracing Creativity

Adaptability is key to innovation. Learn how to respond flexibly and creatively to constantly changing and oftentimes unpredictable environments.
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Part-time

Amplify Your Persuasive Impact

Understand the psychology of persuasion to influence meaningful organizational and behavioral change. Learn persuasive techniques for optimal outcomes.
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Online
Part-time

Coaching Skills for Effective Leadership

Gain essential coaching skills to support employee development, motivate employees and improve retention, culture, and results in this practical course for managers and leaders.
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Part-time
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Voices of Stanford GSB

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Olena Vovk SEP ’23
If you take the worst-case scenario seriously, you are always better prepared.

Olena Vovk

SEP ’23
Hélio Mosquim Stanford LEAD ’17
Our company can play a major role in the trajectories of people’s lives.

Hélio Mosquim

Stanford LEAD ’17
Cyril Delattre SEP ’18
Ultimately we want the marketplace to be user-owned.

Cyril Delattre

SEP ’18
R.C. Buford Stanford LEAD ’20
The foundation of our ethos is the story about the stonecutter pounding a rock. Get better every day.

R.C. Buford

Stanford LEAD ’20
Jean Accius Stanford LEAD ’20
I continue to believe — and I’ve seen this in my own life — that there is value that comes with getting older.

Jean Accius

Stanford LEAD ’20
Deirdre Quarnstrom SEP ’18
What an amazing opportunity to make a difference by bringing what I’ve learned about video games into education.

Deirdre Quarnstrom

SEP ’18
David Burke SEP ’19
Stanford is about always thinking big.

David Burke

SEP ’19
Annabelle Williams SEP ’19
One in five people have a diagnosed disability, but everyone has something they struggle with.

Annabelle Williams

SEP ’19
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