Professional development training topics
Explore our Skills Center to discover self-led, non-college-credit skills designed to help upskill and reskill workforces of any size.
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Our most popular training topics
Ask us about our skill modules or Skills Pathways featuring multiple career-focused skills to empower your employees and support your business.
Artificial Intelligence
Discover how generative AI can revolutionize workplace performance, empowering you to achieve more in less time.
- Enhance personal productivity and work performance through leveraging generative AI tools.
- Discover techniques and strategies for utilizing generative AI in complex problem-solving scenarios.
Leadership Development
Discover how generative AI can revolutionize workplace performance, empowering you to achieve more in less time.
- Develop emotional intelligence and empathetic listening to help improve professional and personal communication among your team.
- Apply people management skills to address common issues in the workplace and lead difficult but necessary conversations.
Human Resources
How could improving human resources (HR) training within your organization impact all your employees?
- Facilitate difficult but necessary discussions so everyone feels heard and appreciated.
- Develop HR initiatives, manage their implementation and report on their impact.
Healthcare
Support your team of healthcare workers at any level or position with new skills in communication, leadership and more!
- Develop EQ and empathy in the work environment.
- Foster inclusive team building through shared meanings.
- Apply strategies to lead and focus employees in complex, disruptive and unpredictable situations.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)
Online DEI&B training designed to help you reach your employee learning goals and create a more welcoming workplace
- Create a supportive work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and has equal access to opportunities.
- Develop emotional intelligence and empathy to help improve professional and personal communication among your team.
Information Technology
Help your workforce stay updated with the latest IT trends.
- Develop an online IT training program that targets the specific needs of your business.
- Track your employee progress as they demonstrate skill comprehension.
How do we compare to other online training?
We help employees finish training with the ability to apply their new skills in a real-world, working environment!
Real-world scenarios
Through implementing real-world scenarios, with situated and applied skill assessments, employees can demonstrate their skill comprehension in a practical way that relates to your business needs. The evidence-based approach we take to learning is designed to help improve learning outcomes and lower training costs. Our training platform enables seamless LMS and SSO integration, and the legacy of University of Phoenix demonstrates the experience and dedication to online education for adults.
Let’s talk about how the University of Phoenix’s adaptable skills solutions can support your changing workforce needs. If you’re a prospective student, a current student or an alumni, please contact us here.
Frequently asked questions
A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours.
- A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour.
Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.
A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.
- Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.
- Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.
- Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.
- Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.
- Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.
- Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.
If you’re ready to learn more about what University of Phoenix professional development can do for your business and workforce, contact us today!