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The Professional Development 1-on-1 MBA

Turn your annual professional development funds into 1-on-1 business coaching and credit toward your MBA.

Your employer sets aside professional development funds for you every year. Spend them with us on 1-on-1 business and executive coaching built around your career goals, and earn credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree as you go.

  • 1-on-1 Business Coaching
  • Earn MBA Credit
  • 100% Online
  • Start Immediately
  • Built Around Your Role
For professionals

Grow in Your Role. Build Toward Your MBA.

Most professional development budgets go to a conference here and a workshop there. We help you put yours toward something that keeps building: a coaching relationship focused on your goals, and credit toward a business degree.

You work 1-on-1 with a professional coach who learns your role, your company, and where you want to go next. Together you set goals, practice the skills your next step requires, and apply them in your job the same week.

Each year's funds move you closer to the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration. When you're ready, continue into the full 1-on-1 MBA, where a team of expert professors designs and teaches a curriculum built around your goals.

How it works

From Professional Development Funds to MBA Credit

1

Talk to us

Meet with an admissions officer to share your goals and the professional development budget available to you.

2

Meet your coach

We match you with a professional coach whose experience fits your role, industry, and goals.

3

Coach 1-on-1

Work 1-on-1 online on the goals that matter in your job right now, and apply each session at work.

4

Earn credit

Earn credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree, and keep building with next year's funds.

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What you get

Executive-Level Coaching That Counts Toward a Degree

A business coach or executive coach gives you advice and accountability. The Professional Development 1-on-1 MBA gives you that same 1-on-1 attention, focused on your career goals, and turns it into credit toward a credential you keep.

  • 1-on-1 business and executive coaching built around your role
  • Credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree
  • 100% online, scheduled around your work
  • A path into the full 1-on-1 MBA whenever you're ready
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Industry-ready 1-on-1 faculty

Coaches Who Have Led Teams and Organizations

Jody Jacobson, PhD

Jody Jacobson, PhD

Organizational Psychology & Executive Coaching
Thomas Cox

Thomas Cox

Executive Coaching, Leadership & Governance

25+ Years Executive & Governance Advisor

Kai Adams, MBA

Kai Adams, MBA

Supply Chain, Management, Executive Coaching

Meet more of our business faculty →

For HR & managers

Offer Your Team Coaching That Builds Toward an MBA

Give your people a professional development option that keeps paying off: 1-on-1 coaching focused on their work today, and credit toward a business degree they can build on every year.

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Coaching Tied to the Job

Each employee works 1-on-1 with a professional coach on goals in their current role, and applies every session at work right away.

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A Credential, Not Just a Workshop

Your professional development budget earns credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree.

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Fits an Annual Budget

Employees use the funds you already set aside each year, then continue with next year's funds to keep building toward their certificate or degree.

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Grow Leaders from Within

Invest in the people you want to step up: new managers, high performers, and future leaders, with coaching built around where your organization needs them.

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Built for Each Person

No fixed catalog. Every employee gets coaching shaped around their role, their goals, and your organization.

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100% Online

Coaching happens online and fits around the workday, wherever your people live and work.

How to Offer It to Your Team

1

Talk to us

Tell us about your team, your goals for them, and your professional development budget.

2

Share it with your people

Let employees know they can spend their professional development funds on the Professional Development 1-on-1 MBA.

3

Employees meet their coaches

We match each employee with a professional coach. They can start immediately.

4

Keep building

Employees earn credit toward a business credential and can continue with each year's funds.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

For professionals

It is a way to spend your annual professional development funds on 1-on-1 business coaching with us, and earn credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree.

The Professional Development 1-on-1 MBA centers on 1-on-1 business coaching paid for with your professional development funds. The full 1-on-1 MBA adds a team of expert professors who design and teach a curriculum built around your goals. You can continue into the full program whenever you are ready.

Yes. Coaching is 100% online, so you can fit it around your work wherever you live.

We accept students year-round, so you can start immediately.

For HR & managers

Yes. Contact us to tell us about your team, and we will help you set it up for each person you want to support.

Employees earn credit toward the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or a full master's degree. They can continue with each year's professional development funds.

No. As a new university, we have not yet joined an accreditation association. Accreditation is optional, and there is no empirical evidence that it improves education. We hold ourselves to monthly and annual self-studies that exceed accreditor standards, and we plan to pursue accreditation in the future. See our full FAQ for more.