Executive Education
A lifetime of learning
Executive Education
“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.”
− Peter F. Drucker
Peter Drucker established the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University in 1999 to collect and preserve his work, make it available to scholars, students, and writers, and make his work and philosophy effective in the practice of management.
Hailed by BusinessWeek as “the man who invented management,” Drucker directly influenced a huge number of leaders from a wide range of organizations across all sectors of society. Among the many: General Electric, IBM, Intel, Procter & Gamble, Girl Scouts of the USA, The Salvation Army, Red Cross, United Farm Workers and several presidential administrations.
The Drucker Institute’s Executive Education programs were developed to bring a blend of classic and new learning approaches informed by Peter’s 39 books, thousands of articles and classroom teachings to engage and encourage students, scholars, rising leaders, executives, organizations (public, social and private) and those who embrace the concept of “A Lifetime of Learning.”
Drucker viewed management to be transdisciplinary and the Institute matches CGU faculty with our client’s goals to customize progressive teaching techniques that move beyond traditional lecture and case methods. Several companies we have partnered with on executive education programs are – Microsoft, Amazon, Edward Jones, Verizon, and Kaiser Permanente, to name a few. Within these organizations, our touch points are senior executives who have decision-making authority, to support what Drucker believed is the best way to have an impact – to build on “islands of health and strength”—that is, to work on things that are already trying to happen. We believe that, too.
CURRENT PROGRAMS
The Drucker Institute’s Leadership, Management and Executive Education programs bring a blend of classic and new learning approaches informed by Peter’s 39 books, thousands of articles and classroom teachings to engage and encourage students, scholars, rising leaders, executives, organizations (public, social and private) and those who embrace the concept of “A Lifetime of Learning.”
Several organizations who have benefitted from the Institute’s executive education programs are – Microsoft, Amazon, Edward Jones, Verizon, and Kaiser Permanente, to name a few.
For Individuals: Management Certifications – Virtual & Hybrid Programs
The Drucker Institute is developing a portfolio of programs for rising and established leaders working within the Public, Private and Social sectors. The programs offer an opportunity to engage with proven learning methods that will improve participants’ leadership, management, and analytical skills, while providing a practical playbook with tools to put Drucker’s knowledge into practice. Each certification seeks to produce positive, measurable results in participants’ professional development—and, most importantly, across the communities they serve.
New Program – Accepting Applications:
Purposeful Leadership in the Social Sector – Drucker Management Certificate
For who: this certification is for established or rising leadership and managers working within nonprofit organizations
Format: Online, Self-Paced Learning, with practical Drucker Institute Playbook Tools
Focus: Learn to place Purpose, Mission and Impact Results at the center of your organization according to Drucker’s ideals, assess your organization’s current positioning and strategies, establish the critical strategic foundation all organizations should define according to Drucker’s five most important questions, and upskill with the essential Drucker management principles to put this new purpose-driven foundation into practice and lead your organization successfully in today’s rapidly changing environment.
For Organizations: Custom Executive Education Programs
The Institute works closely with the Drucker School of Management and other departments at CGU to customize a program to fit an organization’s (private, public and social) specific training needs and company challenges. What differentiates the Institute from others, is CGU’s transdisciplinary approach to support the development of both leadership skills and self-insight with a focus on positive psychology, leadership, human resources, and evaluation, to name a few. The training includes dynamic classroom sessions where we have delivered programs to leaders on CGU campus, at corporate offices, and online via Zoom and Teams or a combination thereof.
For Higher Education Institutions: Program Development
The Drucker Institute partners with institutions of higher education to develop programs that offer learning materials and instruction that help students learn of Peter’s philosophy on leadership, management, while providing students the tools to put them into practice.
For High Schools: Future Leader Program
The Drucker Future Leader Program for high school youth shares Drucker’s philosophy on building a more functioning society and finding one’s role in their community and in society to build it, with tomorrow’s leaders preparing for the 21st century.