53 free self-paced business courses to fuel your success
“Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself, you’ll make a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
I close my newsletter each week with a quote that I hope you’ll find inspirational. I featured this quote from Jim Rohn not long ago and it dovetails perfectly with one of my core beliefs: You need to continue to grow personally and professionally to achieve the level of fulfillment that you truly desire.
A new year always brings new commitments with it and I hope that the coming year will be one when you redouble your self-improvement efforts. As a small business professional or entrepreneur, I know that your schedule can be wild, long, and often unpredictable so I’ve compiled a list of 53 highly rated self-paced free online business courses.
Note: I’ve selected self-paced courses that have at least a four-star rating (out of five stars). However, some have as few as one review, so you’ll want to dig a little more deeply into the course content.
To get more details on any one of these, copy the course title, head over to Class Central and do a search. In virtually every case, you’ll get an immediate suggested search result before you hit return or enter to do a complete site search.
A Preview Course on The 5 Killer Risks of Enterprise Risk Management | via Canvas Network |
An Introduction to Credit Risk Management | via edX |
An Introduction to Success Factors Solutions | via openSAP |
Athlete Career Transition | via Independent |
Aviation 101 | via Canvas Network |
Becoming a Successful Leader (Inclusive Leadership Training) | via edX |
Becoming an Entrepreneur | via edX |
BI 4 Platform Innovation and Implementation | via openSAP |
Careers in Media Technology | via Kadenze |
Certificate Program in Public Procurement | via Independent |
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Strategic Approach | via edX |
Digital Transformation and Its Impact | via openSAP |
Economics of the Media | via MRUniversity |
Enabling Entrepreneurs to Shape a Better World | via openSAP |
eTourism: Communication Perspectives | via iversity |
Evidence-Based Practice in Management | via edX |
Experience SAP Cloud for Customer | via openSAP |
Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making | via edX |
Gerenciamento de Finanças Pessoais | via Canvas Network |
Get Beyond Work-Life Balance (Inclusive Leadership Training) | via edX |
Get to Know SAP’s Innovative Enterprise Solutions | via openSAP |
Global Human Capital Trends | via Canvas Network |
How to Build a Startup | via Udacity |
How to Start a Startup | via Independent |
Increase Your Tips: Success in the Service Industry | via Canvas Network |
Indexing Books as a Career | via Canvas Network |
International Finance | via MRUniversity |
Introduction to Actuarial Science | via edX |
Introduction to Applied Investing | via Canvas Network |
Introduction to Ariba | via openSAP |
Introduction to Global Hospitality Management | via edX |
Introduction to Investments | via edX |
Introduction to Project Management | via edX |
Introduction to the Music Business | via edX |
Leadership for Engineers | via edX |
Leadership in Digital Transformation | via openSAP |
Leading With Effective Communication (Inclusive Leadership Training) | via edX |
Management for a Competitive Edge | via Open2Study |
Operations Management | via edX |
Optimization Methods for Business Analytics | via edX |
Planning Change and Innovation | via Open Education by Blackboard |
Project Management Basics | via Open Education by Blackboard |
Project Management for Business Professionals | via Canvas Network |
Project Management for Designers | via Kadenze |
Results-Based Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation | via edX |
Run Simple HR with SuccessFactors Employee Central | via openSAP |
SAP Business Networks in a Nutshell | via openSAP |
SAP S/4HANA – Deep Dive | via openSAP |
Services Marketing – Selling the Invisible | via OpenLearning |
Services Marketing – The Next Level | via OpenLearning |
Six Sigma: Define and Measure | via edX |
Social Innovation MOOC (EN) | via iversity |
Stocks and Bonds: Risks and Returns | via Stanford OpenEdx |