Brookings Institution - Executive Education
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
DC 20036
Washington, DC
United States
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St.
Learn to effectively motivate employees to reach their full potential by optimizing incentives, team culture, and meaningful work all while adhering to fairness principles. Leverage insights from cutting-edge research to properly apply intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, foster resilience, and reimagine roles.
Learn to effectively motivate employees to reach their full potential by optimizing incentives, team culture, and meaningful work all while adhering to fairness principles. Leverage insights from cutting-edge research to properly apply intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, foster resilience, and reimagine roles.
Jun 02, 2026 - Jun 03, 2026
General Management/ Strategy
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This course helps leaders strengthen their ability to diagnose, evaluate, and address complex challenges with greater discipline and insight. Participants will learn how assumptions, bias, and incomplete information can distort problem definition—and how structured thinking can uncover the deeper issues that matter most.
This course helps leaders strengthen their ability to diagnose, evaluate, and address complex challenges with greater discipline and insight. Participants will learn how assumptions, bias, and incomplete information can distort problem definition—and how structured thinking can uncover the deeper issues that matter most.
Sep 10, 2026 - Sep 11, 2026
General Management/ Leadership/ Strategy
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
In this course, you will develop a deeper understanding of your leadership style and strengthen your ability to influence across teams and stakeholders. Through reflection, discussion, and applied practice, you will leave better equipped to lead with credibility, confidence, and presence.
In this course, you will develop a deeper understanding of your leadership style and strengthen your ability to influence across teams and stakeholders. Through reflection, discussion, and applied practice, you will leave better equipped to lead with credibility, confidence, and presence.
Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 01, 2026
General Management/ Leadership/ Strategy
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This course strengthens leaders’ ability to think strategically by improving how they frame challenges, evaluate options, and make decisions under uncertainty.
This course strengthens leaders’ ability to think strategically by improving how they frame challenges, evaluate options, and make decisions under uncertainty.
Oct 13, 2026 - Oct 15, 2026
General Management/ Problem Solving / Decisionmaking/ Strategy
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This two-day program explores how organizations respond to these forces and how supply chains are evolving as a result. Through case discussions, frameworks, and applied examples, participants examine how leading companies are managing complexity, improving resilience, and leveraging emerging technologies to transform their operations.
This two-day program explores how organizations respond to these forces and how supply chains are evolving as a result. Through case discussions, frameworks, and applied examples, participants examine how leading companies are managing complexity, improving resilience, and leveraging emerging technologies to transform their operations.
Nov 04, 2026 - Nov 05, 2026
General Management/ Innovation/ Risk Management/ Strategy/ Supply Chain
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
Strong business decisions require financial understanding—but many leaders lack the confidence to fully engage with financial information within their organization.
Strong business decisions require financial understanding—but many leaders lack the confidence to fully engage with financial information within their organization.
Nov 17, 2026 - Nov 19, 2026
Finance/ General Management/ Leadership
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
Negotiation is a critical leadership skill, but many leaders rely on instinct rather than a structured approach. As organizations become more complex, the ability to navigate competing interests, manage conflict constructively, and reach durable agreements becomes essential.
Negotiation is a critical leadership skill, but many leaders rely on instinct rather than a structured approach. As organizations become more complex, the ability to navigate competing interests, manage conflict constructively, and reach durable agreements becomes essential.
Feb 16, 2027 - Feb 17, 2027
General Management/ Negotiation/ Problem Solving / Decisionmaking
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This course focuses on how leaders enable performance by developing people, leading teams, and navigating change across their organization.
This course focuses on how leaders enable performance by developing people, leading teams, and navigating change across their organization.
Feb 23, 2027 - Feb 25, 2027
Change/ General Management/ Leadership
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This highly practical, non-technical program helps you make sense of the information you encounter every day. You will learn how to interpret insights more confidently, question what you’re seeing, and avoid common pitfalls that lead to poor decisions.
This highly practical, non-technical program helps you make sense of the information you encounter every day. You will learn how to interpret insights more confidently, question what you’re seeing, and avoid common pitfalls that lead to poor decisions.
Mar 31, 2027 - Apr 01, 2027
General Management/ Problem Solving / Decisionmaking
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This course focuses on how leaders execute strategy by aligning people, processes, and priorities and by leading through change. Participants will explore how organizations overcome resistance, adapt to evolving conditions, and maintain focus on what matters most.
This course focuses on how leaders execute strategy by aligning people, processes, and priorities and by leading through change. Participants will explore how organizations overcome resistance, adapt to evolving conditions, and maintain focus on what matters most.
Apr 13, 2027 - Apr 15, 2027
General Management/ Organizational Management/ Strategy
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
This course focuses on how leaders evaluate investments, allocate resources, and drive long-term value across their organization.
This course focuses on how leaders evaluate investments, allocate resources, and drive long-term value across their organization.
May 11, 2027 - May 13, 2027
Finance/ General Management/ Problem Solving / Decisionmaking
English
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Location: Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Washington University in St. Louis.
The Supply Chain & Operational Excellence (SCOPE) Certificate is designed to help leaders improve execution and strengthen operational performance.
The Supply Chain & Operational Excellence (SCOPE) Certificate is designed to help leaders improve execution and strengthen operational performance.
Apr 07, 2027 - Apr 28, 2027
General Management/ Operations/ Supply Chain
English
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Insider’s Legislative and Regulatory Process
This course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of both the policy formulation process (legislation) and the policy implementation process (regulations) for those already familiar with Congress and the legislative process; this is an intensive advanced seminar.
Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 27, 2024
Law
English
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Foundations of Trust for Team Performance (St. Louis)
This course provides insight into the nature and dynamics of trust within the workplace, how trust results in value for teams and organizations, and keys to establishing trust.
Nov 08, 2023 - Nov 09, 2023
General Management
English
Completed
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Developing Others: Leader as Coach (St. Louis)
One of the most important responsibilities of a leader is to develop “leadership bench strength” within the organization—not only as a legacy, but as the natural outgrowth and strategy for change initiatives.
Oct 24, 2023 - Oct 25, 2023
General Management
English
Completed
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Management Foundations: Financial Statements
In this course, we go beyond the financial statements as the firm’s "report card" and begin to establish some habits for breaking down the info and diving deeper, even if you have little-to-no-experience with financial statements.
Sep 19, 2023
Finance
English
Completed
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Inside Congress (In-Person)
Acquire behind-the-scenes knowledge of Capitol Hill and the legislative process. Engage with current and former members of Congress, congressional staff members, media correspondents, lobbyists, and other key decision-makers.
Sep 11, 2023 - Sep 14, 2023
General Management
English
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Leading High-Performance Teams
Understanding and leveraging team dynamics is vital to organizational performance. The course teaches you about different types of teams, the stages of group development and the foundational elements of successful teams.
Jun 27, 2023 - Jun 28, 2023
Leadership/ Product Development
English
Completed
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Accountability for Results
Results matter to Congress, the administration and the American public. The ability to demonstrate positive outcomes — and make government work more effectively — helps your agency build trust and secure resources.
Jun 05, 2023 - Jun 06, 2023
Government / Public Administration/ Leadership
English
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Strategy, Planning & Execution
Strategy guides businesses, government agencies, and nations to bring about change, progress and growth. All leaders are in the business of driving strategy. Without a coherent strategy, an organization, or institution, is directionless.
Feb 14, 2024 - Feb 29, 2024
Strategy
English
Completed
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Cybersecurity Risk Management & Oversight
Reliance on technology is at the heart of most every business. Yet a host of threats to digitized data and technology-enabled systems are poised to jeopardize even the most carefully crafted strategy. This dynamic requires all leaders to be competent in cybersecurity risk management.
Nov 08, 2023 - Nov 16, 2023
General Management/ Risk Management
English
Completed
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Inside the Judiciary
This course explores the intersection of policy and law in the federal government. Learn about federal courts, types of cases brought before the judiciary, and the judicial branch's relationship with Congress and the executive branch.
Jun 29, 2023 - Jun 30, 2023
Leadership/ Strategy
English
Completed
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Politics & Policymaking
This course on the policymaking process is designed to give government executives and managers an in-depth knowledge of the procedures, practices and personalities engaged in governmental decision-making at the highest levels.
Oct 24, 2023 - Nov 02, 2023
General Management
English
Completed
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1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
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United States
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