Upcoming Course Offerings
Why is training important?
Whether you’re an individual wanting sharpen your skill set or start your journey to a new career or you’re a business wanting to increase employee retention and productivity we have a course for you. ACIL, in partnership with the University of South Florida (USF), offers a full complement of training and workshops in continuous improvement, project management and leadership. If you don’t see a course that fits your organizations needs, we can create it.
Upcoming Winter Courses
Leadership Mastery
- Format: Live Online
- Duration: Feb 3, 2025 – Mar 10, 2025
Leadership Mastery is a dynamic course designed to elevate your leadership skills and impact. Participants will explore key leadership theories, develop emotional intelligence, and gain practical tools for conflict resolution and change management. Emphasizing self-assessment and reflection, the course helps you identify and refine your unique leadership style. By blending theory with actionable techniques, you’ll gain the confidence to lead with purpose and adaptability. Unlock your potential to inspire, influence, and drive meaningful change.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- Format: Live Online
- Duration: Mar 15, 2025 – Apr 26, 2025
Lean Six Sigma Black Belts act as change agents in the workplace and bring considerable problem-solving and project management expertise to an organization. To positively impact a business black belts must be able to leverage the tools and concepts in their lean six sigma “toolbox” to successfully lead projects that deliver meaningful results to the organization.
Foundations of Modern Project Management
- Format: Live Online
- Duration: Jan 14, 2025 – Jan 30, 2025
This class is an introduction to the world of project management and will give students vital information and insights into seven basic areas of project management. Through an interactive discussion of the topics of a planning process group, defining the scope and creating a work breakdown structure, project scheduling management, project cost management, project quality management, and project resource management, you will come away with the foundation by which to build upon in order to be an effective leader in the dynamic world of project management.
Leading Projects Through Execution
- Format: Live Online
- Duration: Feb 11, 2025 – Feb 27, 2025
This class builds upon the foundation of project management covered in course 1 (Foundations of Modern Project Management) to give you valuable skills required in today’s ever-changing corporate project management environment. Through interactive discussions of the topics of stakeholder management, leading teams, finance, financial planning, and basic process improvement tools and techniques, you will come away with skills needed to execute against all the planning that has gone into the project plan.
Agile Project Management
- Format: Live Online
- Duration: Mar 11, 2025 – Mar 27, 2025
Rounding out the series of project management courses in the USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education, this course builds upon the two previous courses (Foundations of Modern Project Management and Leading Projects through Execution) to give you valuable skills related to the exciting world of “agile project management”. In this course, you will examine the seven steps of the agile process, how the agile process encourages accountability, teamwork, and organization from team members, and how to be a project manager in an agile environment.
Custom Courses
Custom Lean & Lean Six Sigma Training
- Audience: Groups of 5-30 people. Individuals may also enroll, and will be placed in a small group cohort with other professionals.
- Next Session Dates: This is an open enrollment offering based on demand.
Custom Lean and Lean Six Sigma courses are designed to help organizations achieve lasting improvements by optimizing processes, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency. Tailored to your team’s specific needs, these courses go beyond traditional lectures. They offer hands-on, project-based learning where participants actively apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to real-world challenges within your organization.
Through interactive workshops and practical exercises, your team will gain invaluable experience. We emphasize continuous improvement throughout, empowering your team to lead projects that drive measurable results and lasting change.
By the end of the course, your team won’t just understand the concepts—they’ll have implemented Lean and Six Sigma strategies that make an immediate impact on efficiency, quality, and productivity. Get ready to create a culture of continuous improvement that transforms your organization from the inside out.
Custom Leadership Training
- Audience: Groups of 5-30 people. Individuals may also enroll, and will be placed in a small group cohort with other professionals.
- Next Session Dates: This is an open enrollment offering based on demand.
The “Leading as a Supervisor” course is designed to equip current and aspiring supervisors with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to effectively lead teams and drive organizational success. This course explores the unique challenges and responsibilities faced by supervisors and provides practical strategies for overcoming them. Through a combination of lectures, case studies, interactive discussions, and hands-on activities, participants will learn key concepts and techniques in leadership, communication, team building, and performance management. The course will also emphasize the importance of emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and decision-making in supervisory roles.
Custom Project Management Training
Format: Live Online or In Person
Whether you need to train 5 or 500 we can help. Our specialty is in developing courses around Continuous Improvement Methodologies (Lean and Lean Six Sigma), Project Management (for all levels of management). Each course is tailored to fit the needs and culture of your organization.
These custom project management courses build on foundational skills and introduce you to agile project management. You will learn the seven steps of the agile process, how to foster accountability, teamwork, and organization within your team, and how to manage projects in an agile environment. Building on the principles covered in Foundations of Modern Project Management and Leading Projects through Execution, these courses equip you with the tools needed to manage projects from initial planning through to successful execution. By the end, you’ll have the practical skills to navigate stakeholder management, lead teams, manage finances, and implement process improvements.