Course participant reviews for University of Washington Foster School of Business Executive Education
Average rating 4.8
It was great to learn the root cause analysis for organizational issues and the need to start the initiative with a process analysis. It was also interesting to see the timelin...
I have gained insight into the pathways to the Boardroom, understanding of roles & responsibilities of Board members, Board bio and resume, and met incredible women and a new co...
I learned to recognize the ways different personalities communicate
Lots of insights that I can take back to my career. Definitely achieved the goals I set for this course.
I was very impressed with the format and content of this course. Pat helped me identify different decision making styles and the criteria needed to decided on which style to use...
Overall a great class! I really enjoyed the theory, insights, stories and the connections and am confident this will help me grow as a leader. Pat was an outstanding instructor,...
I was recommended this course by my supervisor and though she spoke very highly of it, it still exceeded all of my expectations. I truly appreciated Dr. Bettin's depth and bread...
One of the best classes I have been to in a while. Both the professor and material were excellent.
Excellent course - both material and instruction. The materials were relevant and Pat made the virtual instruction engaging. Great use of technology. I appreciated having some...
Great explanations, good examples with the case studies
I learned so much! The course was excellent, especially in light of Covid and the challenges of meeting online. I appreciated the broad spectrum of topics (financial accountin...
The class content was helpful for reinforcement and practice. The connection with other professionals outside of [my company] was educational and refreshing as it helped to see ...
I now have a framework to build a effective team.
I gained confidence on how to make the improvement with virtual teams and how to make everyone feel important in the organization.
In addition to the day to day improvements for our Team, I gained an understanding of how to evaluate the dynamics and structure of our Team to improve moving forward. The Min...
The class helps you to come away with several "tools" to make your virtual teams more effective. We discussed several problem areas and developed ideas/actions to overcome.
The main value I gathered is that building remote virtual teams is a unique opportunity to do team building that should have been done before going virtual. Many challenges we ...
I realized how much my team relies on certain communication methods in our new environment. I am excited to look at a formal process to improve this.
There was a lot of good content about leading teams, and the resources provided were an excellent compliment to the class lecture.
I gained a ton of great insight into identifying different bias pitfalls. I realized how prone to them I was and will likely continue to be without a lot of conscious effort.
Becoming aware of my own biases during decision making was very eye-opening and will help not only in how I process information and make decisions, but also in how I will presen...
I gained a larger perspective on decision models with more complete and up-to-date insight into cognitive biases that occur in decision making.
I have gained a better lens with which to understand the systematic approach to decision making.
I will be able to use this to evaluate a current potential acquisition we are evaluating right now so this is very relevant and valuable.
This course really helps outline a new way of thinking of process change in a comprehensive way. From understanding the goal and roadblocks to re-enforcing the importance of buy...