Microsoft Corporation, Costco, Holland America, Premera… these Northwest leaders are among more than 440 companies and organizations that have sponsored their most talented employees to attend the Executive Development Program (EDP). For more than 50 years, organizations large and small in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors have discovered that the Executive Development Program is an effective way to provide leaders with advanced business education without demanding substantial time away from work and personal schedules.
EDP participation results in better decision-making and evaluation methods, a more enterprise-wide perspective, and out-of-the-box thinking that comes from learning best practices from leaders in other industries. Managers have an opportunity to learn innovative strategies and processes from top MBA faculty members at the University of Washington Foster School of Business and a group of experienced peers.
Since 1970, the business community has sponsored more than 2,000 EDP participants by underwriting full or partial tuition, ensuring the participant’s schedule allows them to attend the Monday evening classes, and supporting their employees’ application of new concepts in the workplace.
Participants and sponsors report strong returns on their investment in the Executive Development Program, including:
- Improved leadership and managerial skills to motivate and inspire their team.
- Increased understanding of financial data to make more informed decisions.
- Improved budgeting and cost management.
- Better communication and negotiation skills that will improve outcomes with employees, other managers, vendors, suppliers, and customers.
- A deeper understanding of overall company operations and insights into the functioning of other teams in the organization outside of their initial areas of expertise.
- New methods to assess marketplace issues and develop and implement competitive strategies.
- More innovative and creative strategies to spur positive change in their department and organization.
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | AeroTEC |
| Alaska Airlines | AT&T |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Brooks Sports Inc. |
| Coastal Pacific Food Distributors | Costco |
| Cray Incorporated | Cupcake Royale/Verite Coffee |
| EMC Corporation | Emeritus Senior Living |
| F5 Networks | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | First Choice Health |
| Foss Maritime Company | |
| Holland America Line Inc. | Intellectual Ventures |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | King County Department of Natural Resources |
| Korea International Trade Association | Lease Crutcher Lewis |
| LG Group | Microsoft Corporation |
| Nintendo Company, Ltd. | PACCAR Inc. |
| PEMCO Corporation | Philips |
| Port of Seattle | Port of Tacoma |
| Precor, Inc. | Premera Blue Cross |
| Puget Sound Energy | Quadrant Homes |
| Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) | SAFECO Corporation |
| Seattle Children’s Hospital | Seattle City Light |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Swedish Medical Center |
| Tacoma Art Museum | The Boeing Company |
| The Box Maker, Inc. | The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society |
| The Mountaineers Books | The Robbins Company |
| The Wilderness Land Trust | Thyssenkrupp Aerospace |
| Tommy Bahama | United Airlines |
| US Navy | US Postal Service |
| Verizon Wireless | Vigor Industrial |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | Wizards of the Coast, Inc. |
| Zones Inc. | Zymogenetics |
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