Carnegie Mellon University

Cohort-Based Leadership and Skills Programs

  • Administrative Professionals Program — Covers key foundational topics to develop both technical and professional skills
  • CMULead — Staff program that fosters development as leaders, expanding networks and encouraging stewardship of the university’s mission, vision and strategic goals
  • Design Fusion — Certificate program for faculty and staff that fosters creative thinking, strategic involvement, breaking down and examining structures, and agile thinking
  • Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. — Local nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a robust pipeline of diverse civic leaders, with three cohort-based programs to develop leaders in the greater Pittsburgh area:
  • Lean Six Sigma — Staff training initiative to improve processes and efficiencies through a hands-on team project that uses the principles and tools of Lean Six Sigma
  • Strategies for Advancing Women in Organizations — Collaboration with Tepper Executive Education designed to enrich the leadership skills and networks for high-potential emerging or existing leaders