Fall 2026 Mini MBA executive education for strategic foresight, operational vitality, and stewardship mindset
The Rick Goings Institute Mini MBA is a six-week Crummer Certificate in Business Management built from Rollins and Crummer's 40+ year Mini MBA tradition for professionals who want practical business fluency, sharper decision-making, and a clearer view of how organizations create value. The Fall 2026 cohort runs October 17 through December 12, 2026, with fourteen modules across leadership, communication, ethics, marketing, operations, finance, strategy, AI, and executive presence, plus faculty-led learning and peer exchange.
Fall 2026 cohort: October 17 through December 12, 2026
Seeing earlier under uncertainty, weak signals, and timing pressure
Execution, accountability, communication, and organizational renewal
Trust, ethics, culture, successor development, and durable value
Strategic AI, finance, marketing, operations, ethics, and executive presence
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Mini MBA
Business fluency in six weeks.
Fall 2026 | October 17–December 12. Built for working professionals who want stronger business fluency and more confident decision-making.
Built on a 40+ year tradition
A concentrated foundation for the whole business.
For more than four decades, the Mini MBA has helped working professionals build the language of business. The Fall cohort carries that tradition forward through strategy, finance, operations, marketing, communication, ethics, AI, and executive presence — connected to the decisions leaders make every week.
40+ Year Mini MBA History
Fall 2026 Cohort
14 Modules
Crummer Certificate
Fall 2026 cohort details
Built for working professionals.
The Fall 2026 cohort runs October 17 through December 12. Most sessions meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with a Saturday orientation, selected hybrid and remote sessions, a Thanksgiving break, a remote certification exam window, and graduation on the Rollins campus.
What participants build
Business fluency for real decisions.
The curriculum gives participants a practical command of the disciplines senior leaders touch every day: how people communicate, how customers are understood, how operations scale, how capital moves, how strategy takes shape, and how trust is preserved.
Leadership in Complexity
Strategic Foresight
Develop the leadership mindset, communication skills, and executive presence needed to navigate uncertainty, conflict, and organizational change.Organizational Performance
Operational Vitality
Connect marketing, operations, finance, organizational strategy, and responsible AI to strengthen performance and scale effectively.Leadership Responsibility
Stewardship Mindset
Make principled decisions, weigh consequences, preserve trust, and build the accountability and culture required for durable leadership.Learning modules and faculty
The Fall 2026 module sequence.
The schedule moves from leadership mindset into communication, ethics, customers, operations, conflict, AI, finance, strategy, and executive presence. Most sessions meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with Saturday sessions opening and closing the cohort.
Orientation
Exploring Your Leadership Mindset
Transformational Leadership in Turbulent Times
Communication
Listening Leadership
Business Ethics
Customer-Centric Marketing
Operational Strategy
Conflict Management: Embracing Differences
Strategic AI: Scaling Operations with Ethical Guardrails
Finance: Cash Flow, Health, & Capital Markets, Part 1
Finance: Cash Flow, Health, & Capital Markets, Part 2
Thanksgiving Break
Organizational Strategy
Executive Presence
AI-Enabled Executive
Faculty perspective
Business concepts made usable.
Faculty bring the disciplines into the room with cases, discussion, exercises, and practical frameworks. Participants learn the vocabulary of the business, then practice using it across the leadership situations they already face.
Faculty-led, live, and practical
Participants learn with Rollins and Crummer faculty across leadership, communication, marketing, operations, finance, ethics, strategy, AI, and executive presence.
Built around real executive work
Sessions use cases, exercises, and guided discussion to help participants connect business ideas to the conversations, tradeoffs, and operating choices they face at work.
Designed for transfer
Each module gives participants a useful language for working across functions, asking sharper questions, and moving from subject-matter exposure to better business action.
Testimonials
What participants say after the program.
Recent Mini MBA participants describe the program as practical, immediately applicable, and useful for leaders who need stronger business acumen across functions.
“Everything we discussed had absolute real-world applications that I can use today to help myself and my teams be better managers. This was very applicable to our high-level business acumen development. This helped us all to evaluate our role in daily decisions and overall efficiencies within our scope of responsibility.”
Darden Mini MBA 2023 Testimonial
“The Crummer Mini-MBA program is more than just a certification program, it is an exercise in challenging yourself to think, act, and lead differently. Without question, I am a more innovative, responsible and global business leader because of my participation in this program. The applicable insights and skills gained have allowed me to create significant value across my various roles at Amazon and The Walt Disney Company.”
Michael Wallace, Mini MBA Alumnus
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Answers below reflect the Fall 2026 Mini MBA schedule provided for the upcoming cohort. Program timing and faculty assignments may be updated as final cohort details are confirmed.
Who is the Mini MBA designed for?
The program is built for professionals, managers, emerging executives, entrepreneurs, and organizational leaders who want MBA-level business fluency without stepping away from their careers for a full degree program.
When does the Fall 2026 cohort meet?
The Fall 2026 cohort is scheduled to run from October 17 through December 12, 2026. Most learning sessions meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with Saturday sessions opening and closing the cohort.
What does the program cover?
The cohort moves through leadership mindset, transformational leadership, communication, listening, ethics, marketing, operations, conflict management, strategic AI, finance, organizational strategy, executive presence, and AI-Enabled Executive.
Is this a degree program?
No. The Mini MBA is a non-degree executive education certificate. It gives participants a concentrated MBA-style foundation and practical business frameworks, but it is not a substitute for a full graduate MBA degree.
What credential do participants receive?
Participants who complete the program receive the Crummer Certificate in Business Management through Rollins College's Crummer Graduate School of Business.
Is the program in person or virtual?
The Fall 2026 schedule includes in-person, hybrid, and selected remote sessions. The experience is designed for working professionals while preserving the value of live faculty engagement and peer exchange.
How is AI included?
AI is included through Strategic AI: Scaling Operations with Ethical Guardrails and AI-Enabled Executive, a mini-module that revisits previous course material from an AI perspective.
How do I register or ask for details?
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