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Certificate in Leadership: Asheville

Earn Your Wake Forest Certificate in Leadership — Now Offered in Asheville

This spring, we’re taking our popular Certificate in Leadership series on the road and bringing it to Asheville, NC! For the first time, participants can complete the full certificate locally through a series of four one-day workshops focused on developing authentic, confident, and high-performing leaders.

In today’s rapidly changing environment — from navigating economic uncertainty to retaining top talent — leaders are challenged to inspire others, set purposeful goals, and build a culture of excellence. Each workshop in this series introduces proven tools and practical strategies to help you lead effectively in complex times.

By completing all four Asheville workshops, participants will earn a Certificate in Leadership from Wake Forest Executive Education and the Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character at the School of Business — a credential that recognizes your commitment to professional growth and leadership excellence.

Join us in Asheville this spring to strengthen your leadership foundation, expand your network, and elevate your impact.

Courses and Dates

  • Authentic and Effective Leadership – March 19
  • Building and Leading Effective Teams – March 20
  • Leading Across Cultures and Generations – April 30
  • Leveraging a Growth Mindset for Personal, Team, and Organizational Success – May 1

Register by March 12th to complete all four this spring!

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Course Details

Date(s): March 19 – May 1, 2026

Course Fee:

Each one-day workshop is $995, register for all four and received a 15% discount. The registration fee includes materials, breakfast and lunch, and is due in full at time of registration.

Wake Forest University alumni, faculty, and staff receive a 25% tuition discount on open enrollment programs (this is the maximum discount and cannot be combined with other discounts).

Please contact execedinfo@wfu.edu for more details.

  • Format: In Person
  • Cost: $3383
  • Program Length: 4 Workshops
  • Registration Deadline: March 12, 2026

Certificate Objectives and Expected Outcomes:

Strengthen your skills as a people manager and effective decision maker
Identify, leverage, and adapt proven leadership principles to organizational challenges
Enhance personal and organizational communication and build a foundation for a common leadership language
Engage and learn with other program participants from a variety of industries, backgrounds, and roles
Develop a shared level of trust at all levels of an organization
Strategies to shape a learning culture to better engage and retain talent
Tools to help an organization embrace and lead change
Certificate in Leadership: Asheville is one of several open enrollment leadership programs. Programs are presented on a rotating basis throughout the year with completion of four programs resulting in a Certificate in Leadership from Wake Forest Executive Education and the School of Business’ Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character. Interested participants are able to register for this program individually or combine it with 3 other programs in the series to earn the certificate.
Certificate in Leadership

Courses

The Certificate in Leadership offered in Asheville offers four topics, bundle all four to earn your Certificate in as little as 6 weeks.


Authentic and Effective Leadership
This 1-day program will provide the participant with the foundation of authentic and effective leadership, while exploring who the leader is as a person. Fully understanding the factors driving behavior enhances leadership authenticity, assists in building trust with others, increases leader effectiveness, and contributes to personal fulfillment and team performance.
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Building and Leading Effective Teams
This 1-day program will provide the participant with the knowledge and tools to build and lead effective teams (standing, temporary, and/or virtual), manage conflict, build trust with others, and shape a culture of empowerment and shared leadership.
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Leading Across Cultures and Generations
This 1-day program equips people managers with the insight and practical tools needed to lead effectively across cultures and generations. Participants will explore how cultural and generational differences show up in the workplace and learn strategies to manage individuals in ways that honor those differences while aligning teams around shared goals, purpose, and values.
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Leveraging a Growth Mindset for Personal, Team, and Organizational Success
This interactive program is designed to help you embrace challenges as opportunities, to be more resilient in the face of adversity, to pursue your goals with reckless abandon, and to help others do so as well. We will focus on your own development of a growth mindset as well as ways to influence your workplace and team to adopt this way of thinking.
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Wake Forest University Executive Education’s Certificate in Leadership program gave me the background and practice to better lead situations I face in my current role. The program is well organized – research is presented, discussion is held, and finally, role plays are executed to gain experience. The content is well structured and designed to cover a variety of situations in which (your) leadership is essential. Dr. Sweeney is very thoughtful and engaging, which made the program both enjoyable and practical.

— David Kaiser, Certificate in Leadership Recipient, 2021

Meet the Faculty

Pat Sweeney
Patrick Sweeney, Ph.D.
Professor of the Practice of Management and the Executive Director of Wake Forest School of Business’ Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character.
Wake Forest University
Amy Wallis
Amy Wallis, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice, School of Business and Project Management Faculty
Wake Forest University

Additional Information

Location + Schedule

Location: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, North Carolina 28801-4897)

Courses and Dates: The Certificate in Leadership: Asheville will be offered this spring over the course of four days between March 19th and May 1st, 2026. Each session is a full-day offered from 8am-4:30pm.

  • Authentic and Effective Leadership – March 19
  • Building and Leading Effective Teams – March 20
  • Leading Across Cultures and Generations – April 30
  • Leveraging a Growth Mindset for Personal, Team, and Organizational Success – May 1

Participants can sign up for individual courses, but are highly encouraged to complete all four and earn their Certificate!

Materials

Course materials are included in the cost of tuition. Course materials will be distributed in paper format at the beginning of the workshop. Electronic materials can be provided upon request.

Refund & Cancellation Policies

Program Cancellation

This certificate series is offered contingent upon sufficient enrollment. If the Certificate must be canceled, all registered participants will be notified at least five (5) calendar days before the start date of the first workshop. All registered participants will receive a 100% fee refund. No fees will be charged for canceled courses.

Individual Cancellation – Refund Policy

Prospective participants who withdraw at least 10 days prior to the start of a course will receive a full refund of fees paid.

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For more information, or to speak with a program adviser, please complete the request program information form.

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