Business skills courses can help you learn financial analysis, marketing strategies, negotiation techniques, and project management principles. You can build skills in effective communication, team leadership, and strategic planning. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for data analysis, CRM software for managing customer relationships, and project management platforms to streamline workflows.
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Return On Investment, Capital Budgeting, Finance, Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial Market, Cash Flows, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Securities (Finance)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: HubSpot CRM, Team Building, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Team Management, Customer Relationship Management, Email Automation, Business Reporting, Management Reporting, Marketing Automation, Email Marketing, Sales Development, Customer Service, Sales Support
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Strategic Prioritization, Prioritization, Business Priorities, Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Business, Stakeholder Analysis, Needs Assessment, Social Impact, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Planning, Strategic Decision-Making, Professional Networking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Project Risk Management, Risk Management, New Product Development, Strategic Partnership, Product Development, Project Portfolio Management, Product Improvement, Portfolio Management
Build toward a degree
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Sprint Retrospectives, Scaled Agile Framework, Organizational Change, Backlogs, Team Motivation, Agile Project Management, People Development, Agile Methodology, Change Management, Agile Software Development, Performance Metric, Team Performance Management, Business Transformation, Organizational Development, Agile Product Development, Employee Coaching, Sprint Planning, Coaching, Workflow Management, Continuous Improvement Process
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Azure, Data Maintenance, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud Management, Data Security, Query Languages, Data Storage, System Monitoring, Event Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, API Design, ASP.NET, Process Driven Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Process Modeling, Enterprise Architecture, Restful API, Microservices, Web Services, C# (Programming Language), Enterprise Application Management, Cloud Deployment, Identity and Access Management, Software Architecture, Change Control, Systems Integration, Application Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Data Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Generative AI, OpenAI API, Embeddings, Multimodal Prompts, Tool Calling, Image Analysis, Large Language Modeling, .NET Framework, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Vector Databases, Model Deployment, Microservices, Cloud API
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Information Privacy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Personally Identifiable Information, Regulatory Requirements, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Data Security, Compliance Management, Legal Risk, Compliance Reporting, Legal Research, Security Controls, Brokerage, Data Sharing, Informed Consent
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Risk Management Framework, Compliance Auditing, Regulatory Compliance, Cyber Governance, Communication Strategies, Internal Auditing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, SQL, Data Security, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Sharing, Security Controls, Data Access
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Linux, Linux Commands, Shell Script, Unix Shell, Command-Line Interface, Linux Administration, Unix, Unix Commands, File Systems, Operating Systems, Scripting, File Management, System Software, Systems Administration, System Programming, Scripting Languages, grep, OS Process Management, Data Storage
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months