Management Development Certificate | UVA Darden School of Business

Why Darden

Experiential Learning Approach: Immersive activities simulate modern business pressures to help you develop an influential voice while fostering confidence.
World-Renowned Faculty: Learn from top-rated experts with real-world business experience.
Grow Your Network: Join the Darden community and build relationships that will last a lifetime.
Apply Learnings Tomorrow: Develop the practical skills every leader needs to advance their career or organization.
Advance Individuals & Organizations: Credentials and flexible options to promote high-potential managers, encourage talent retention and drive consistent growth.

Certificate Track

Live Virtual

Self-Paced Online

In-Person

Leading Teams/Managing Change (Pick 1, Required)

	Managing Individual and Organizational Change
	Leading Teams for Growth and Change
	Women in Leadership Program

Technical Skills (Pick 1, Required)

	Financial Management for Non-Financial Executives
	Strategic Negotiation
	AI-Powered Data Analytics

Electives (Pick 1, Required)

	Any program not already taken from the Leading Teams/Managing Change or Technical Skills categories
	Servant Leadership: Leading with Humanity
	Leading Mindfully: Mastering Difficult Conversations
	Collaboration and Influence
	Driving Ethical Innovation in the Age of AI
	Decision Making Strategies That Get Results
	AI Essentials for Government Leaders

Leading Teams for Growth & Change Rowing

Daily rowing practice during Leading Teams for Growth and Change allows you to put leadership and teamwork skills to the test.

What You'll Get

Impact & Outcomes
Upon completing this certificate, you'll be able to:

Lead efficient, effective and flexible teams.

Navigate disruption and manage change to drive growth.

Manage conflict, negotiate to maximize value and engage more effectively with teammates.

Build trust, align purpose and foster resilience.

Leverage financial data to make smarter business decisions.

Extract value from data analytics to reduce risk and increase confidence in decision making.
Career Benefits

Whether you're growing in your role, changing careers or moving from a functional expert to a team manager role, this certificate will provide foundational leadership capabilities and technical skills to help you stand out and step up as a leader in your organization. Learning alongside peers from across industries and Darden's top-ranked faculty with real-world business experience, you'll gain the confidence and supportive network to help you soar in your career.
Organizational Benefits

For future-looking employers and employees, this certificate establishes a talent development standard to support and promote high-potential managers, encouraging talent retention to drive consistent growth of your leaders and your organization. By investing in a few weeks of development, employees return with new tools and perspectives to take on greater responsibility within their current role and ready to lead more broadly across a team.

Upon completing this certificate, you'll be able to:

Lead efficient, effective and flexible teams.
Navigate disruption and manage change to drive growth.
Manage conflict, negotiate to maximize value and engage more effectively with teammates.
Build trust, align purpose and foster resilience.
Leverage financial data to make smarter business decisions.
Extract value from data analytics to reduce risk and increase confidence in decision making.

Whether you're growing in your role, changing careers or moving from a functional expert to a team manager role, this certificate will provide foundational leadership capabilities and technical skills to help you stand out and step up as a leader in your organization. Learning alongside peers from across industries and Darden's top-ranked faculty with real-world business experience, you'll gain the confidence and supportive network to help you soar in your career.

For future-looking employers and employees, this certificate establishes a talent development standard to support and promote high-potential managers, encouraging talent retention to drive consistent growth of your leaders and your organization. By investing in a few weeks of development, employees return with new tools and perspectives to take on greater responsibility within their current role and ready to lead more broadly across a team.

Financing Your Development

Investing in your own or your rising leaders' development is key to advancing careers and organizations. Review our Financing Your Professional Development blog post for tips on how to request and gain support from your employer, as well as group and regional discounts that may apply to you and your organization. The professional development benefit offered by many organizations can go a long way towards earning the Management Development Certificate.