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Organizational Leadership Careers

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Fresh Course

Enhance your professionalism and career potential.

Whether you want to move up in your career or pivot your career, a degree in organizational leadership can amplify your skills and experience to elevate your professional life. From Bellin Health to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, whether you want to be a flight instructor or branch manager, the diverse organizations and roles of our past graduates show this degree can take you where you want to go.

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96% Hired

Within six months after graduation, organizational leadership majors find jobs in a wide array of enterprises.

$54K Salary

The class of 2020 organizational leadership graduates reported an average salary of $54,364.

Careers

From local companies to global corporations, your skills will be in demand.

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Career Skills

Discover where you can work with this degree.

Optimize your strengths and talents, as well as those around you. Acquire additional knowledge through the major’s area of emphasis relevant to specific career goals. Stand out in your job search. Employers are seeking these soft skills in leaders:

  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem-Solving
  • Oral & Written Communication
  • Team Development
  • Decision-Making

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Where Recent Graduates Work

Graduates report working for a variety of employers in the 2020 First Destination survey.

  • Almond-Bancroft School District
  • American Red Cross
  • Bellin Health
  • City of Marshfield Fire Department
  • Collins Aerospace
  • Colorado Early Colleges
  • Door County Medical Center
  • Festival Foods
  • First State Bank
  • Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • Head Heart Hands Childcare Center
  • Integrity Insurance
  • Integrys Business Support
  • J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
  • Marine Travelift, Inc.
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Mutual of Omaha
  • Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
  • Omni Engineering
  • Oshkosh Corporation
  • Pilotsmith, Inc.
  • Printpack
  • RR Donnelley
  • Saputo, Inc.
  • Schneider
  • SECURA Insurance
  • Shopko Optical
  • State of Wisconsin Department of Justice
  • ThedaCare Encircle Health
  • Transport Refrigeration
  • Tufco LP
  • U.S. Postal Service
  • Village of Wrightstown
  • Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Wisconsin Early Autism Project
  • Wolf River Development Company

What Recent Graduates Do

Students who graduated with an organizational leadership major are employed in lead positions as coordinators, directors, managers, project specials, supervisors and more. Below is a list of job titles graduates report in the 2020 First Destination survey.

  • Academic Coaching Coordinator
  • Acquisitions Planning and Scheduling Assistant
  • Behavioral Technician
  • Branch Manager
  • Child Care Provider
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Compliance Consultant
  • Desktop Support Analyst
  • Digital Marketing Intern
  • Director - Customer Order & Logistics
  • Director of Dental Clinic
  • Director of Enrollment Services
  • Doctor Recruiter
  • Environmental Geotechnician/Engineer
  • Factory Worker
  • Human Resources Office Manager
  • IT Manager
  • Legal Associate
  • Logistics Coordinator
  • Long-Term Substitute Teacher
  • Office Manager
  • Owner/Operator
  • Pilot - Flight Instructor
  • Production Supervisor
  • Receiving Clerk
  • Relief Lieutenant/Paramedic
  • Rural Carrier Associate
  • Sales Development Representative
  • Senior Accountant
  • Senior System Analyst
  • Special Agent Criminal Investigator
  • Surgical Technologist
  • Veterans Program Specialist
UW-Green Bay 2020 Graduate Ed Shoning

Amplify Your
Skills

"In 2012, I took a job at a small family-owned machine shop with zero experience. I started off sweeping the floor...I realized I wanted to grow my career and go back to school. I enrolled at UW-Green Bay and got into operational leadership while pursuing my degree. I got to a point where I felt I had hit my ceiling in my career without my degree."

Ed Shoning '20
Manufacturing Project Engineer at Caterpillar

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Want to Know More?

Need more information about the organizational leadership program? Lauri Welhouse, our program advisor, is here to guide you during your journey.

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