Take the Lead With Us

Graduate business education can transform the course of your career. But can it transform you as a person, too? We believe it can. At Seattle University Albers School of Business, our goal is not only to help you develop your business acumen, but also to enhance your personal competencies, values, and vision as a leader. Designed exclusively for mid- to senior-level professionals, our Leadership Executive MBA and Executive Leadership Certificate programs bring out your best and give you the confidence and skills to lead in a quickly changing world.

Leadership Executive MBA

Students pursuing the Master's degree earn the Executive Leadership certificate and with this foundation, move on to a rigorous 4-quarter core business curriculum. Designed with a cross-functional viewpoint, all of our courses are delivered from the strategic perspective leaders need to drive collaboration and innovation. You’ll develop your voice as a leader, gain valuable business skills, and learn what it means to lead a responsible organization – everything to help you become the kind of leader you admire and respect.

Highest-ranked EMBA program in the Pacific Northwest
Ranked #16 nationally

Executive Leadership Certificate Program

The Executive Leadership Certificate Program ("ELP") is a 7-month program that provides an in-depth exploration into leadership and its personal meaning in each participant’s life. Students develop the insight and self-awareness necessary to establish an ethical compass as a leader, along with the confidence to influence and inspire others.

Everything You Need to Lead

  • A 7-month deep dive into leadership with one-on-one executive coaching to give you the insight and confidence to lead with authenticity. 
  • Small cohort-based classes with top Albers School faculty provide an intimate, high-impact learning environment with dynamic instruction from professors who are highly regarded in their fields.
  • A convenient schedule that works for busy professional and personal lives.
  • A talented, accomplished peer network who become a lasting source of personal and professional support. Take a look at our Executive Student Profile
  • A focus on the social impact of business and organizational decisions in an interdependent global community.
  • Projects that put your leadership into action on issues that matter to you.

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I've been invited by all these great institutions and the institution that I bonded with is Seattle University because your emphasis on the leader is so powerful. It's what I've always believed in and I found it here.

Alan Mulally CEO & President (retired), Ford Motor Company
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Alan Mulally, retired President & CEO of Ford Motor Company and one of the world's most admired business leaders, explains why he partners with Seattle University's Executive Education programs.

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Delta Dental has put 12 executives through the Executive Leadership Program. Interestingly, graduates have independently described their participation using the words “life changing.” Indeed, there are noticeable changes in each graduate. They are more reflective, more participatory and more collaborative. The program is unique in that it captures the Jesuit traditions of discernment and service to others. These are healthy qualities for a corporation as well as personal well-being.

Jim Dwyer, President & CEO (retired) Delta Dental of Washington

Employer Snapshot

Our students and graduates come from some of the most well-respected companies in the world and a diverse cross-section of industries. Here's a partial list:

Amazon
Anthony's Restaurants
Aon
Aviation Technical Services
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BECU
Blue C Sushi
Blue Nile
Boeing Company
Boys & Girls Club of King Co.
CBRE
CH2M
Chevron
Comcast
Continental Mills
Costco Wholesale
Crane Aerospace
Crowley Petroleum Services
D & L Foundry
Delta Dental of WA
Discovery Health
Dolby Laboratories
Esterline Avionics & Controls
Everett Clinic
Evergreen Medical Center
Expedia
Expeditors International
Fidelity Investments

Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Gates Foundation
General Motors
Getty Images
Girl Friday Productions
Google
GTE Financial
Harborview Medical Center
H-E-B
Horizon Air
Intellectual Ventures
JDA Software
JP Morgan Chase
Kaiser Permanente
Kenworth Truck
LabCorp
Liberty Mutual
McKinstry Co.
MCM
Microsoft
MultiCare Health System
Nationwide Insurance
Nordstrom
Northern Lights Capital Group
PACCAR
PEMCO
Perkins Coie
PCM, Inc.

Premera Blue Cross
Providence Medical Center
Regence Blue Shield
REI
Sanofi Genzyme
SAP
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle City Light
Siemens Healthcare
Sinclair Broadcast Company
Sprague Pest Solutions
Stanley Black & Decker
Starbucks Coffee Company
Swedish Medical Center
Symetra Financial Corporation
The JANUS Group
The Pokeman Company Int'l
T-Mobile
TransACT Communications
Transpo Group
Travelers
Trident Seafoods
University of Washington
UW Medical Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Weyerhaeuser Company
Xerox
Yesler