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      Corporate Finance Institute

      Introduction to ESG

      Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Business, Compliance Management, Business Risk Management, Business Intelligence, Stakeholder Analysis, Environmental Issue, Corporate Strategy, Governance, Performance Analysis, Case Studies

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of London

      Global Energy and Climate Policy

      Skills you'll gain: Environmental Policy, International Relations, Climate Change Mitigation, Energy and Utilities, Environment, Petroleum Industry, Oil and Gas, Governance, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Development, Policy Analysis, Economics, Security Strategy, Electric Power Systems

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      696 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      LearnKartS

      Project Management Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Project Management Life Cycle, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Project Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Organizational Structure, Governance, Project Portfolio Management, Organizational Leadership, Program Management, Leadership, Change Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      285 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      IBM Program Manager

      Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Stakeholder Management, Resource Allocation, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Project Management Life Cycle, Kanban Principles, Change Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Organizational Change, Responsible AI, Organizational Strategy, Agile Project Management, Risk Management, Governance, Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Team Building, Project Management, Leadership

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Board Infinity

      Enterprise Automation and Advanced Use Cases with Ansible

      Skills you'll gain: Ansible, DevSecOps, Enterprise Architecture, CI/CD, IT Automation, Hardening, Automation, Test Automation, Cloud Infrastructure, Devops Tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Business Process Automation, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Patch Management, Software Architecture, Enterprise Application Management, Configuration Management, Shell Script, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Scalability

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, AI Product Strategy, Risk Mitigation, Generative AI, Risk Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Data Ethics, Brainstorming, Generative AI Agents, Business Priorities, Return On Investment, Data Strategy, Business Leadership, Goal Setting, Artificial Intelligence, Business Solutions, Business Strategy, Scalability, Business Transformation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      557 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Lund University

      Sustainable Cities and Communities

      Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Technologies, Community Development, Governance, Socioeconomics, Water Sustainability, Sustainable Business, Systems Thinking, Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Issue, Environmental Science, Climate Change Mitigation, Case Studies, Water Resources, Multimedia, Business Modeling, Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Machine Learning in the Enterprise

      Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Data Governance, Workflow Management, Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Data Pipelines, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data Transformation, Continuous Monitoring

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Corporate Fraud: Detect, Prevent & Implement Controls

      Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance, Financial Controls, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Auditing, Internal Controls, Investigation, Corporate Accounting, Compliance Management, Financial Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Risk Control, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Accounting

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      CertNexus

      Create and Lead an Ethical Data-Driven Organization

      Skills you'll gain: Governance, Data Ethics, Business Ethics, Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Policy Development, Culture Transformation, Business Transformation, Stakeholder Engagement, Data Governance, Change Management, Employee Engagement

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      88 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Kennesaw State University

      Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains

      Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, IT Security Architecture, Network Security, Disaster Recovery, Application Security, Business Continuity, Cryptography, Secure Coding, Systems Development Life Cycle, Security Controls, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Infrastructure Security, Safety and Security, Identity and Access Management, Governance, Risk Management

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      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Data Management and Storage in the Cloud

      Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Data Management, Cloud Storage, Database Management, Data Warehousing, Data Access, Metadata Management, NoSQL, Star Schema, Data Quality, Big Data, Query Languages, Data Integration, Application Programming Interface (API), Performance Tuning

      4.1
      Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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      37 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular governance courses

    • Introduction to ESG: Corporate Finance Institute
    • Global Energy and Climate Policy: University of London
    • Project Management Fundamentals: LearnKartS
    • IBM Program Manager: IBM
    • Enterprise Automation and Advanced Use Cases with Ansible: Board Infinity
    • Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders: IBM
    • Sustainable Cities and Communities: Lund University
    • Machine Learning in the Enterprise: Google Cloud
    • Corporate Fraud: Detect, Prevent & Implement Controls: EDUCBA
    • Create and Lead an Ethical Data-Driven Organization: CertNexus

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