Whether you’re new to Lean Leadership or an experienced practitioner, our Lean Leadership certificate enables you to bolster your credentials and improve your organization’s results. Offered in a hybrid online/in-person format to accommodate working professionals, our Lean graduate program provides a flexible, hands-on approach that you can tailor to fit your personal objectives. You’ll focus on Lean Leadership concepts that are specific to your industry, while acquiring practical tools you can implement right away. Offered in partnership with the prestigious Pawley Lean Institute, Oakland University’s Lean Leadership graduate program prepares you to excel as an organizational leader.
Whether you’re new to Lean Leadership or an experienced practitioner, our Lean Leadership certificate enables you to bolster your credentials and improve your organization’s results. Offered in a hybrid online/in-person format to accommodate working professionals, our Lean graduate program provides a flexible, hands-on approach that you can tailor to fit your personal objectives. You’ll focus on Lean Leadership concepts that are specific to your industry, while acquiring practical tools you can implement right away. Offered in partnership with the prestigious Pawley Lean Institute, Oakland University’s Lean Leadership graduate program prepares you to excel as an organizational leader.
In 2019 Oakland University launched a unique collaboration with the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), established by Lean movement founder James Womack.
If you are an aspiring or practicing leader, our Lean Leadership graduate certificate offers essential professional development to help you advance in your career. If you’re working toward or already occupy a supervisory or managerial role, the Lean Leadership graduate program will increase your effectiveness and improve your results.
Because our Lean Leadership graduate program is so broad and interdisciplinary, you can apply your learning in any part of your organization. Some examples include:
The Lean Leadership graduate certificate consists of five courses for a total of 16 credit hours, spread across three semesters. The courses are:
If you are planning to advance to an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership or are considering the possibility of advancing, and you have a master’s degree, you may complete the Ed.D. Cognate with one more course, bringing the total to 20 credit hours.
Not sure if the Graduate Certificate in Lean Leadership is right for you ? Check out these other graduate degree programs at Oakland, and contact our admissions team to discuss your options.