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Join us today and unlock your full potential for success in the rapidly changing world of engineering and technology. UW-Madison’s College of Engineering (COE) is a leading professional development organization dedicated to empowering engineers and technical professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in their fields. We offer a wide range of cutting-edge courses designed to enhance professional growth and provide opportunities for career advancement. Our expert instructors, both faculty and industry veterans, deliver engaging and practical training sessions that bridge the gap between theory and real-world applications. Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise in a specific technical area, stay abreast of the latest industry trends, or broaden your skill set to adapt to evolving challenges, UW-Madison’s College of Engineering is your trusted partner in engineering professional development.

 

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Global Leadership for Technical Teams New

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  • Aug. 19-20, 2025 (D653)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,495
A large and growing proportion of technology projects are global, with teams spread across many locations, time zones and cultures. This course will show the participant how to manage these organizations more effectively and efficiently.
Customizable
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA00042

Root Cause Analysis Tools for Technical Applications

Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 17-18, 2025 (D559)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,495
This course will provide you with the skills to dig deep into a particular situation and to develop strong countermeasures and resolution plans to improve your operation, product, or system. Root cause analysis leads to elimination of repeat errors, improved efficiencies, enhanced quality products and services, and improved morale.
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01659

Leadership Beyond Your Team Managing Up and Across

Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 29-30, 2025 (D359)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
Many management courses, including our own course: Managing Technical Teams, teach you how to deal with direct and indirect reports. To be successful, however, you also need to manage (or strongly influence) the behavior of those who are at your level or higher. But they may not understand your needs or may be indifferent to them. In this course, you will learn how to make yourself heard when you do not have direct authority, and how to change others’ behavior to make them reliable partners in your programs and projects.
Customizable
Discipline: Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01406

Critical Conversations Results-based Communication

Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 1-2, 2025 (D360)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
To achieve good outcomes in the workplace, we need all stakeholders to have open, clear and honest conversations with their team, bosses, peers and customers. Often conversations go wrong through misunderstandings and perceptions of ulterior motives. People are often aware that their conversations are not achieving the results they want but do not have any specific tools to improve them.
Discipline: Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01567

Effectively Managing Technical Teams

Upcoming Dates
  • Oct. 6-8, 2025 (D361)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,995
Technical teams present many challenges for engineering managers. Team leaders must often give up some of their technical authority to focus on strategic management, operational planning and human resource management. They also need solid communications skills and know how to represent the team across the organization and at a high level. In this hands-on course, you will learn strategic and operational planning tools to set goals, establish objectives and build defensible budgets from an instructor who has actually “walked the talk” of this course with his own experiences.
Customizable
Discipline: Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01092

Coaching and Mentoring for Technical Leaders

Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 4-5, 2025 (D699)
    Face-to-Face Madison, WI
    $1,695
Learn how to coach, mentor, evaluate, and continuously improve the skills of potential leaders in your organization using the Situational Leadership II® (SLII®) system. The benefits to your organization are many—you will improve internal communication, help others achieve their goals, coach others to be confident and self-directed, and demonstrate organizational leadership that values and honors differences.
Customizable
Discipline: Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01299

Applied Leadership for Performance Culture

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  • Not scheduled at this time. Click the course title for program description and contact information.
Build your strategic performance and implementation skills! In this 3-day course you will learn the Hoshin Planning process, understand how to optimize and sustain a strong performance culture, and demonstrate your ability to deliver the people-skill-building modules needed to support continuous improvement within your organization.
Customizable
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01803

Data Analytics for Technical Leaders

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  • Not scheduled at this time. Click the course title for program description and contact information.
Data analytics and data visualization are key techniques to drive more effective leadership decisions.   In this course you will learn the fundamental topics of descriptive, causal, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.  With hands-on exercises, you will learn the basics of data optimization and communicating with data.
Customizable
Topic: Leadership, Leadership and Management
RA01793
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