Micro-credential offerings

The MindSet Leadership Program - Online
The MindSet Leadership Program is an online, self-study program with 56 leadership videos and a downloadable study guide.
Timeframe: Self-paced
Mode: Online
Cost: $599.00

Trauma Informed Conference 2023
The one-day conference offers trauma-informed training for PreK-12 school administrators, counselors, teachers, educational support staff, social workers and anyone who works with others who have experienced trauma.
Timeframe: October 17, 2023
Mode: In-Person
Cost: $30.00

6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team
The mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets provide leaders with relevant and practical resources to help them excel in their tough and demanding role in leading a team.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3-4 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity
Gain an understanding of the human experience of change and common reactions to change so you can effectively manage how you engage in change.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 2 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $200.00

The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity Essentials
Increases your productivity as an individual, team, and organization. The 5 Choices will help you make more selective, high-impact choices about where to invest your valuable time, attention, and energy.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3-4 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity
The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity is not about getting everything done. It is about getting the right things done without burning out.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3-4 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Foundation
Learn the timeless principles of human effectiveness that propel them toward greater maturity and performance. They learn that true success comes from the inside-out.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 4-5 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Project Management Essentials for the Unofficial Project Manager
Project management isn't just about managing logistics and hoping the project team is ready to play to win. For real project success, we need informal authority where team members are inspired to work for you and dedicated to seeing the project successfully completed.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Speed of Trust Foundations
Learn how to implement the framework, language, and behaviors that lead to high-trust teams and organizations.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 2 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $200.00

Unconscious Bias: Understanding Bias to Unleash Potential
Unconscious biases are how our brains compensate for overload which can inhibit performance and lead to poor decision-making.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 2 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $200.00

The 4 Essential Roles of Leadership
There are four roles leaders play that are highly predictive of success. This course will help you develop leaders who can master these skills consistently, within a unique framework that focuses on who a leader is, as well as what a leader does.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 5 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Find out Why: The Key to Successful Innovation
Find Out WHY: The Key to Successful Innovation, based on the work of Clayton M. Christensen and Bob Moesta, helps individuals and leaders at every level understand why customers make the choices they do.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Leading at the Speed of Trust
Develop trust to ensure team members become energized and engaged. This course will transform your team so they collaborate more effectively, operate faster, and achieve sustainable results.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Ignite Everyone's Intelligence
The best leaders are Multipliers who bring out the intelligence in others. Discover how to become a Multiplier and deliver higher performance by accessing and growing the capabilities of the people around you.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3-4 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Leading Customer Loyalty
Helps leaders increase employee engagement and provides tools and processes to continuously improve customer experiences.
Timeframe: Self-Paced (approximately 3 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $250.00

Redemptive Compassion
Redemptive Compassion is a Biblical exploration of how God has called us to love and serve our neighbors. The course runs for 7 consecutive weeks meeting on Tuesday nights at 6:45 PM.
Timeframe: August
Mode: In-Person
Cost: $35.00

Setting Boundaries
This class will prepare people to set boundaries without feeling guilty. The course runs for 10 consecutive weeks meeting on Tuesday nights at 6:45 PM. A minimum of four participants is required to hold this course.
Timeframe: August (2 hours per week)
Mode: In-Person
Cost: $45.00

Woman to Woman Conference: Connecting Through Business
The Woman to Woman conference is an event focused on connecting women through business held at Calico Skies Vineyard and Winery by Inwood, IA. The conference provides a platform for women to network, share experiences and expertise, and learn from one another. Attendees have the opportunity to connect with successful business owners, learn about business strategies, and gain practical skills to help grow their businesses.
Timeframe: Saturday, September 9, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Mode: In-Person
Cost: $10.00

Excel Excelerator - Miss Excel
This fun and engaging Excel course will further develop your knowledge of Excel. You will be confident in utilizing lookup functions, building powerful pivot tables, easily automating tasks in Excel and leveraging shortcuts to quickly complete tasks. This is a great course for new or average users of Excel to advance their skill sets (anyone from high school to workplace professionals).
Timeframe: Self-Paced (12 hours)
Mode: Online
Cost: $320.00

Leaders Are Readers Fall 2023
Are you ready to recharge your leadership battery? Leaders Are Readers (book group) will read two leadership books during Fall 2023 (Sept 13-Dec. 11). Participants commit to three sessions of conversation for each book either on Zoom or at NWC.
Timeframe: September 13 - December 11
Mode: Hybrid
Cost: $50.00