About Us

Invest in your success. Penn State Management Development helps organizations and individuals tap into the best that the University has to offer in the organizational development arena. Here are some of the benefits of working with us:

Broad Portfolio
Our portfolio includes the most sought-after competency-based training. In addition, we work with a wide range of industries and can bring that insight to your company.

Experienced Instructors
Our instructors have the industry and academic experience that enables them to create programs that really do provide the best of both worlds.

Industry Experience
We have worked with high-tech research firms, manufacturing plants, government offices, health care organizations, and just about everything in between. Read some of our success stories.

Flexible Format
We offer programs at our location, your location, and online. We can work with you to make sure the programs will fit your organization’s schedule.

Cost-Effective Solutions
We work with you to find cost-effective ways to meet your needs; we can bring programs on-site to avoid travel costs and show you how to combine our time-tested public programming with professional development programs that are more tailored to your  organization.

Strong Partnerships
We help you tap into the resources of one of the nation’s premier research institutions. We also partner with professional organizations outside of Penn State to make sure our programs meet your needs.

Team Collaboration
When you need to assemble your team, keep in mind our Team Innovation Center at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The facility uses GroupSystems™ software to enable participants to anonymously share information, brainstorm, and exchange and vote on ideas. We can also bring this to you with our mobil lab.