Custom & On-Site Programs for OrganizationsTailored learning experiences that return value to organizations.

A Neuroscientific Approach

CULTIVATING WELL-BEINGThrive professionally by training your brain

Improve Your Professional Performance in the WorkplaceBreakthrough, evidence-based research by world-renowned University of Wisconsin–Madison Neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson shows that we have the ability to train our brain to improve how we respond to what life throws our way—to become more resilient, less distracted and stressed out, and more focused and productive.

This new program is a partnership between the UW-Madison Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development.

Who Will Benefit?Forward-thinking individuals, teams and organizations seeking to partner and explore evidence-based approaches to optimize their state of mind and well-being to adapt to challenges in complex work environments.

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Learn how this program can be customized to meet your organization’s needs.

Contact UsFor more information or questions, please contact us at (608) 441-7355 or custom@bus.wisc.edu.

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Few organizations today are immune to the impact of industry, technological, and

regulatory changes on their business. Shifts in global economics and the mix of available

talent have pushed organizations to rethink their market strategies, processes, and talent

development. Whether this rethinking is referred to as “transformation” or “transition,”

there is typically an accompanying need for new skills and new learning on the part of

some, even many, employees and leaders.

The Center for Professional and Executive Development is devoted to helping

organizations through these transitional moments. Our practice is to partner with

companies, government agencies, and industry associations in articulating the nature of

their unique organizational objectives, identifying new skills necessary to address them

successfully, and building learning solutions for those in need of new skills. One recent

example is preparing physicians for new business roles as healthcare organizations

respond to changes in that industry. Another is developing plant managers to lead the

integration of talent acquired through merger and acquisition activity.

I am confident that everyone reading this message will, in the next year or two, face one

of these transitional moments. Our changing world seems to guarantee this to be true. We

hope when that moment arrives, you consider the Wisconsin School of Business Center

for Professional and Executive Development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as

your partner in the journey.

YOUR PARTNER IN ACHIEVING STRATEGIC BUSINESS RESULTS.

STEVE KINGExecutive DirectorCenter for Professional and Executive DevelopmentWisconsin School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

We sit down with senior leaders, individuals, and other stakeholders to conduct a thorough needs assessment, and define your business goals, learning objectives, and anticipated outcomes.

The Custom Program Process

Our customized professional development programs are led by world-renowned faculty, business leaders, and consultants with extensive work experience. These programs combine interactive, hands-on, industry/organization-specific learning to help you transition to a place of greater potential and performance.

In addition to our total-immersion, campus learning environment at the Fluno Center in Madison, Wisconsin, we provide on-site learning wherever your organization is located—from Shanghai, to São Paolo, to Sacramento, and everywhere in between.

Learn more by calling today 608-441-7355 or visit bus.wisc.edu/custom.

You bring unique challenges. We bring customized solutions.

DISCOVER

Consultative exploration to understand your organization’s unique needs.

DEFINE

Collaborative curriculum design resulting in practical learning approaches tailored specifically to your goals.

DELIVER

Development and delivery of learner-centric solutions that result in increased, long-term retention and workplace application.

MEASURE

Follow-up and ongoing review of development impacts to assure and build on the results of the program.

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DISCOVER

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

ABBVIE

BAXTER HEALTHCARE

CATERPILLAR

CUNA MUTUAL GROUP

DEERE & COMPANY

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO

GE HEALTHCARE

GENERAL MILLS

GOOGLE

HARLEY-DAVIDSON

INTUIT

JOHNSON CONTROLS

KIMBERLY-CLARK

KOHL’S

MARSHFIELD CLINIC

MEDTRONIC

MILLER COORS

MONSANTO

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL

ORGANIC VALLEY

OSHKOSH CORPORATION

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

PFIZER

REGAL BELOIT CORP

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

S.C. JOHNSON & SON

STATE FARM

SUB-ZERO/WOLF APPLIANCE

TDS TELECOM

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN

PROCTER AND GAMBLE

VERIZON WIRELESS

W.W. GRAINGER

WELLS FARGO

The Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development partners with a variety of leading companies to deliver business solutions.

SELECT CLIENT LIST

Physicians Learn Leadership Skills

The health care industry is undergoing a major transformation. Hospitals, physicians, and administrators must navigate big changes in market forces, technology, and complicance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Responding to this shift, faculty members at CPED created a comprehensive health care leadership program that can be customized to meet the strategic learning and development goals of individual organizations. Repeat clients include Dean Clinic/SSM Health Care of Wisconsin and Aspirus Health System in Wausau.

Lean Methods Benefit Professional Builder Suppy Company

US LBM’s commitment to operational excellence roseto new heights when its first team of Lean Six Sigma–certified distributors graduated from CPED. US LBM received unparalleled instruction from faculty with real-world business experience who were able to customize a certificate program to meet their unique challenges. CPED has the flexibility to deliver this certification program anywhere in the world, or welcome businesses to an immersive education experience in Madison, Wis.

Read more about these client experiences at bus.wisc.edu/custom/case-studies.

“This training has been a gigantic benefit for us. The program developed by the

Center for Professional and Executive

Development is perfectly suited for us and provides the problem-solving tools needed for our rapid pace

of change.”

—RANDY AARDEMA, Executive Vice President of Supply

Chain, US LBM

“It’s been fascinating to think about things on a

systems level as a result of these courses, and I have been making changes in

my practice. All physicians should take [custom

programs] like this because they need to know the

business aspects of what we do. You have to think on a patient level and have a

business perspective.”

—JASON SANSONI, Orthopedic Surgeon,

Dean Clinic/SSM Health Care of Wisconsin

Through needs assessment and analysis, we can design custom programs to resolve your specific business challenges based on your organization’s strategic goals, individual, and team development needs.

Our expert instructors have real-world business and industry experience, and deliver an interactive, hands-on approach to learning that will have an immediate impact and maximize ROI.

We help resolve real-world business needs

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WEDNESDAY

View from the BridgeClient Organization’s

President, CEO, or leader

BREAK

Program OverviewUW Faculty Project Lead

Industry Macro Overview

UW Economics Faculty

LUNCH Fluno Center Executive Dining Room

Industry Analyst Insights

External Brokerage Firm Analyst

Strategy FormulationUW Business Strategy Faculty

Influencing in a Matrix Organization

UW Influence Faculty

Strategy FormulationUW Business Strategy Faculty

Transition to Executive Leadership

Assessment Review

UW Leadership Faculty

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

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Strategy ExecutionUW Business Strategy Faculty

Change ManagementProgram Debrief &

Action Planning

UW Leadership Faculty

PROGRAM END

Company Strategy Review

Client Organization’s President, CEO, or leader

Strategy ExecutionUW Business Strategy Faculty

THURSDAY FRIDAY

M&A Guest Speaker & Dinner

Executive Dining Room

Growth & Innovation Guest Speaker

& DinnerSkyview Banquet Room

Team Building ActivityUW Teams Faculty

Example Strategic Leadership ProgramDEFINE

Custom programs are developed to meet your strategic business objectives. The program courses may occur over a few days or a full week each month, quarterly, or annually. We can help determine and accommodate whatever schedule will best fulfill your organization’s specific needs. On the next page is an example of a strategic leadership program.

Tailor a program to your exact needs

Management

Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement

Project Management

Finance & Accounting

Purchasing & Supply Chain

Leadership

Marketing Product Development Business Analysis

Sales

Programs are led by world-renowned faculty, business leaders, and consultants with extensive work experience. These programs combine interactive, hands-on industry, or organization-specific learning to help you transition to a place of greater potential and performance.

LEARNING TOPIC AREAS

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Your custom program may be delivered on-site at your organization, or you may select the Fluno Center, conveniently located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The Fluno Center is consistently ranked as a top business education facility worldwide, and is located blocks away from the Wisconsin State Capitol, the historic UW Memorial Union, and Madison’s celebrated State Street pedestrian mall.

A total-immersion learning environment with premium lodging accommodations, the Fluno Center features classrooms, breakout rooms, case-study rooms, 100 overnight guest rooms, an auditorium, the Oros Executive Dining Room, a fitness center, and Smitty’s Study Pub. Free wireless Internet is available throughout the building, and all overnight guests receive 24-hour access to the facility’s business center.

601 University Avenue, Madison, WI | fluno.com | 877-77-FLUNO/35866

On-site or at the Fluno Center

DELIVER

MEASURE

Our instructors are available to review the development of your program’s success and build on the results. This approach helps redefine the partnership between universities and the business community, and honors the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s commitment to research and public service. We believe public research universities hold great untapped potential to address the world’s most complex challenges.

Ensuring the success of your program

“Our multi-year relationship with the Wisconsin School of Business Executive Education team has yielded high impact results for our organization. The faculty has brought leading

edge research and concepts to a practical business application in our Leadership Development Curriculum. This work has

resulted in project outcomes with measurable business impacts for the organization.”

—VIRGINIA CAVANAGH, Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Through needs assessment and analysis, we design custom programs to resolve specific business challenges based on your organization’s strategic goals and individual and team development needs. Our expert instructors have real-world business and industry experience, and deliver an interactive, hands-on approach to learning that will have an immediate impact and maximize ROI.

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