As a U-M faculty or staff member, you have access to thousands of hand-selected programs, courses and resources to support your growth and development. Organizational Learning, the university’s central department for professional, career and leadership development, offers original training programs as well as carefully curated online programs from LinkedIn Learning and other leading experts in training and development. Programs and courses are available to all employees regardless of their level or field. 

Core Service Areas

Organizational Learning has three main areas of focus:

Professional and Career Development

We offer dozens of in-person and online professional and career development courses and resources, along with additional learning opportunities and resources to meet a variety of individual and departmental needs.

Leadership Development

We collaborate with partners on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses and Michigan Medicine to provide level-specific leadership development programs across the university. 

One of our flagship offerings, Foundations of Leadership (FOL), is a leadership development course for faculty and staff. It is designed for leaders new to the university or their role. 

Campus Culture Change Initiatives

We develop long-term educational strategies and interventions for university-wide culture change initiatives.