Executive Education
General Business
Start Minding Your Business
It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in: if you want to get ahead, invest in your business knowledge. Companies and nonprofits want future leaders who understand the many moving parts of an organization.
At the University of St. Thomas, we offer programs that help you build your business acumen -- and position yourself for advancement.
Our challenging, relevant programs will help you:
- Bring fresh knowledge and new ideas to your organization
- Improve business performance and results
- Increase your leadership capacity
- Get noticed – and rewarded
Business Essentials
If you need to develop a broad array of general business skills, Mini MBA Program is designed for you. Gain an overview of the essential topics in a UST MBA degree program and an array of tools you can use tomorrow in your organization.
Technical professionals are often promoted into managerial positions without the non-technical skills essential to high performance. The Center for Business Excellence has created a special Mini MBA for Technical Professionals program that provides unique business skills to individuals in these fields.
Negotiation is an integral business strategy required to enhance organizational conflict resolution. Business professionals must be able to negotiate to solve problems, improve systems, and practices, resolve complaints, and deal with internal crises. The Mini Master of Negotiation at the University of St. Thomas gives participants proven, practical skills to successfully navigate negotiation challenges.
Employee’s talents and skills determine organizational success and the Mini Master of Talent Management will give you the understanding and ability to identify the components and activities involved in developing, implementing, and monitoring a talent and succession management process in your organization.

