Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership
Lead Your Business into the Future with an Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership
As a leader in business, you know that a prosperous business plan begins with you. You have the experience, the skills, and the work ethic to help your team push through barriers to success. As the landscape in the business world rapidly changes, you’ll need to keep your skills fresh as well. If you’ve already completed a master’s degree, but you are wondering what the next step in your education should be, an Executive Certificate is something you may want to consider.
Our 100% online Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership is designed to give you both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in leadership. Our program focuses on a variety of leadership principles essential to effective business management. In our strategic leadership executive certificate program, you will learn the skills you need to excel in the top tiers of the corporate world. Your credits from this certificate can seamlessly transfer into the Doctor of Strategic Leadership so you can complete your terminal degree and continue to lead in business or pass your knowledge on to others as a university professor.
Military Tuition Discount
If you have served in the military, we want to go above and beyond to show you our gratitude. That’s why we designed our 21-credit-hour certificates to work especially well for you. Earning an Executive Certificate makes you eligible for our military alumni doctoral discount — you’ll receive the discounted $300/credit hour military rate both during the certificate and later during a doctoral degree.* Many of our certificates roll directly into a corresponding doctoral degree, allowing you to get a jumpstart on your doctorate!
If your plans to earn a doctoral degree lie further in the future, each certificate also stands on its own as a professional development credential, setting you apart from your peers and giving you the flexibility to start a doctoral degree whenever you’re ready. It’s one more way we show our appreciation.
*In order to retain the $300/credit hour rate, the doctoral degree must be started within 2 years of completing the Executive Certificate.
What Will You Learn in Liberty University’s Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership?
- Examine the dominant approaches to leadership and the long-term benefits and repercussions of decisions made by leaders.
- Learn how to create high-performance teams and empower them for the successful completion of projects.
- Make effective, data-driven decisions by studying business analytics.
Our online Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership develops business leaders with a Christian worldview who can serve in organizations everywhere with diligence and integrity. Our courses provide advanced training in a wide range of critical issues such as leadership theory and how to cultivate an atmosphere of ethical and moral behavior.
Potential Careers with an Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership
- Company executive
- Management analyst
- Management consultant
- Training and development specialist
Benefits of Pursuing Your Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership with Liberty University
As a leader in distance education since 1985, we understand what it takes to create a flexible and affordable education for busy people. Since we have been investing in distance and online learning for decades, our experience has taught us how to streamline our degree options so you can focus on what really matters to you. While many schools offer online degrees, we believe Liberty stands out.
Here’s what sets us apart:
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Earning your online Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- The majority of tuition for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 9 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university.
- You can complete this certificate program in as little as 1.5 years.
- Our Executive Certificates allow you to transfer all 21 credit hours into one of our corresponding doctoral programs. With the majority of our doctoral programs being 60-credit-hours long, you will need as few as 39 credits to complete your doctoral studies!
Military Tuition Discount
Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:
- Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/retirees
- Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
- Current Department of Defense employees
We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $300 per credit hour for postgraduate courses
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
Please note: The $300/credit hour doctoral military rate cannot be combined with the First Responder Discount.
Credit Hours
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 50% of the certificate total
Next Start Date
Jan 13, 2025
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Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
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Recognized by multiple institutions for academic quality, affordability, and accessibility.
No tuition increase for 9 years
We want to help you pursue your goals – so while tuition rates at most universities have continued to increase over the years, the majority of our rates haven’t.
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