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Thousandsof business professionals enroll in MBA programs annually to increase their business knowledge and learn how to make a difference in their industry or transition to a new one. Many also take advantage of employer education programs that pay for some, or all, of their MBA tuition.

Not every business professional takes an academic approach to learning. Many find value in training and developing business skills through real-world experience. Several companies offer extensive training programs and onboarding for new employees that touch on industry-specific knowledge.

But, you might need to be proactive: According to a report by the Society for Human Resource Management, employers are more likely to train new or newly promoted employees rather than upskill current ones. As a result, 59 percent of employees focus on investing in their own upskilling. Professionals can search for various opportunities in the workplace, such as volunteering to work on cross-departmental projects to meet colleagues with a desired skill set or absorb knowledge from different business perspectives.

While each method is an effective way to learn business, taking an online business course or certificate program is one of the most convenient. The flexibility of online learning allows individuals to take agency over their professional development without sacrificing too much time or money.

The most effective online business programs focus on developing your financial accounting skills, one of the most important skill sets for individuals seeking career advancement. The top financial accounting skills that every business professional should consider developing include:

Economics is a pivotal part of business. Defined as knowledge concerning the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth, economics deals with the logistics of industry markets and high-level business decisions.

Do you want to achieve fluency in the language of business? Explore our CORe program and business essentials courses, and download our free guide on how to advance your career with essential business skills.

Our platform features short, highly produced videos of HBS faculty and guest business experts, interactive graphs and exercises, cold calls to keep you engaged, and opportunities to contribute to a vibrant online community.

All course content is delivered in written English. Closed captioning in English is available for all videos. There are no live interactions during the course that requires the learner to speak English. Coursework must be completed in English.

All programs require the completion of a brief online enrollment form before payment. If you are new to HBS Online, you will be required to set up an account before enrolling in the program of your choice.

Our easy online enrollment form is free, and no special documentation is required. All participants must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the program.

HBS Online's CORe and CLIMB programs require the completion of a brief application. The applications vary slightly, but all ask for some personal background information. You can apply for and enroll in programs here. If you are new to HBS Online, you will be required to set up an account before starting an application for the program of your choice.

Our easy online application is free, and no special documentation is required. All participants must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the program.

Updates to your application and enrollment status will be shown on your account page. We confirm enrollment eligibility within one week of your application for CORe and three weeks for CLIMB. HBS Online does not use race, gender, ethnicity, or any protected class as criteria for admissions for any HBS Online program.

We accept payments via credit card, wire transfer, Western Union, and (when available) bank loan. Some candidates may qualify for scholarships or financial aid, which will be credited against the Program Fee once eligibility is determined. Please refer to the Payment & Financial Aid page for further information.

We also allow you to split your payment across 2 separate credit card transactions or send a payment link email to another person on your behalf. If splitting your payment into 2 transactions, a minimum payment of $350 is required for the first transaction.

After enrolling in a program, you may request a withdrawal with refund (minus a $100 nonrefundable enrollment fee) up until 24 hours after the start of your program. Please review the Program Policies page for more details on refunds and deferrals. If your employer has contracted with HBS Online for participation in a program, or if you elect to enroll in the undergraduate credit option of the Credential of Readiness (CORe) program, note that policies for these options may differ.

The Learning Business Maturity Model articulates the characteristics and practices of a mature learning and education business or line of business, as well as the stages that typically precede full maturity. It is intended specifically for market-facing organizations or units within such organizations that focus on lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. It is not intended for corporate training departments or degree-granting programs, for example.

The goal of the Learning Business Maturity Model is to provide a framework to assess capabilities and to help surface problem areas, and then provide a clear way to move from problem to opportunity and then, we hope, to innovation.

In the downloadable version of the model we provide generic descriptions of learning and education businesses at each stage of maturity and assume similar performance across all five domains. Keep in mind, though, that most businesses will perform better in some of the domains and worse in others. Your business, for example, may perform at a Stage 3 level for Leadership, Strategy, and Marketing but at lower levels for Capacity and Portfolio. As a result, the business overall may best be described as being at Stage 2. But it would be clear that the business should focus on improving in the domains of Capacity and Portfolio to progress to Stage 3 maturity.

You can get a lot of value out of the Maturity Model without necessarily using the assessment designed to accompany it, but our hope is that organizations will, in fact, make use of the assessment to get as clear an understanding as possible of current strengths and weaknesses and to develop plans for addressing appropriate domains. To access the assessment and an accompanying scoring sheet, simply click the button below and provide the requested information.

If you would like more help with implementing the Maturity Model at your learning business and accelerating your journey to maturity, then we encourage you to learn more about special team-based professional development program we have created to help you do just that:

As you review the model or make use of the Learning Business Maturity Model in your organization, please share you comments and suggestions with us. Send those to [email protected]. We will respond to feedback we receive and, as appropriate, incorporate it into future versions.

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I have been asked by family and friends what my new job is in the world of learning and development, and why did I move from the sport industry to do it. I also love to have a debate with colleagues on what they see L&Ds role is in supporting them to achieve our business objectives. All of these conversations have resulted in many hours of reflection, that I have now captured in a blog.

It is no longer appropriate for my focus to be solely about developing and delivering content and tracking our employee's every move through an LMS; but rather supporting managers to develop modern learning skills so that every employee can become self-reliant and self-sufficient, and learn from all kinds of experiences and opportunities. This means having a mindset that ultimate success means I'm not needed.

Technology has completely redefined our expectations of the learning experience. All of this is culture change, in the pursuit of creating a learning ecosystem. Not an easy task and not one I can easily describe how we will do it when we are working in a VUCA world! Read my previous blog on Developing in a VUCA World to see what specific interventions I am focusing on in 2017.

This is the absolutely critical element of my role, and where I really bring a lot of my experience from high performance sport. In the past, people from across businesses have come to L&D departments saying they have a learning need because they have a performance problem.

According to the latest Bersin research about L&D becoming more 'invisible' and offering less in terms of a catalogue of training courses " those that have done it successfully note that they have more influence and impact on the business as a whole."

Like any relationship (for that is what a partnership is) trust, openness and honesty are vital elements to its success. This is why I spend a significant proportion of time planning out the best process to ensure that my key stakeholders (HR Business Partners, business leaders, people managers, new starters, other support functions) are involved and informed in creating our learning ecosystem.

I love the enduring truth and wisdom in that quote. In fact, Lifelong Learning has been part of my personal values for most of my life. It is also one of the Core Values that I incorporated into BNI, the company I founded in 1985.

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