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Elevate your business with BBB Learning

Start your journey to success with BBB Learning’s on-demand courses, certificates, pre-approved credits, webinars, and networking events focused on leadership and ethical business practices. Whether you’re launching your own venture, leading teams, or tackling business challenges, BBB Learning offers opportunities to help you thrive in today’s competitive landscape.

BBB Learning focuses on building trust, promoting ethical leadership, and helping businesses address key challenges. These challenges include managing finances (particularly costs), growing and marketing the business, and hiring and retaining employees, as identified in a recent study of 13,000 BBB Accredited Businesses (Source: IABBB Research).

Upcoming Leadership Learning events

June 10, 2025 2 PM - 3 PM Eastern Time

How to build a positive company culture

Join us for an exclusive opportunity to hear from one of the most respected business leaders of our time. On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET, we welcome Joe Scarlett, former President and Chairman of Tractor Supply Company, for a special one-hour webinar focused on leadership, culture, and community impact.

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June 12, 2025 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time

The path to sustainable success

Leadership blind spots can hinder organizational growth, but a structured approach can help leaders overcome them. This session focuses on Sandler’s Leadership for Organizational Excellence framework, specifically the 6 P’s of Organizational Excellence, to help leaders proactively set priorities, align teams, and drive long-term success.

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June 25, 2025 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time

From hidden to highlighted: Winning in GenAI search – What every small business must know

Back by popular demand, in this webinar, Pete Blackshaw and Hank Hudepohl, co-founders of our BBB partner BrandRank.AI, an industry leader in what Generative AI says about brands, will demonstrate how to take your business from hidden to highlighted in AI-driven search results.

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July 10, 2025 1 PM Eastern Time

Exit strategies for entrepreneurs

This session is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what makes a business valuable—and how to build that value over time, long before a sale is in motion.

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July 15, 2025 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time

Driving sales performance

Top-performing sales teams don’t rely on their leaders to close deals for them—they thrive under empowered coaching. This informational session highlights a critical concept from Sandler’s Sales Leader Growth Series: The Shift from Selling for Your Team to Coaching Them to Sell.

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July 23, 2025 1 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

AI powerup: Boost strategy, productivity & relevance in the AI era (with BBB Colorado Springs)

Join us for the AI Powerup, an energizing and eye-opening session designed exclusively for BBB leaders and teams across North America.

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Exclusive benefits for BBB Accredited Businesses

Google Career Certificate Program

BBB Accredited Businesses receive free access to a limited number of Google Career Certificates and AI Courses in high-growth fields like cybersecurity, data analytics, UX design, digital marketing, and more—no degree or prior experience required. Build job-ready skills with industry-vetted training developed by Google experts. Contact your local BBB to verify your Accreditation and get started today.

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Sales Training powered by Sandler

Unlock your full potential with comprehensive sales training programs powered by the renowned Sandler Sales System. Sales Training Powered by Sandler is a newly launched BBB Learning partnership offering value-added business education to BBBs and Accredited Businesses at a discounted rate.

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Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

BBB Accredited Businesses receive $75 off Professional-level membership. Become a SHRM member today to save time, solve challenges, and stay compliant. Contact learn@iabbb.org to verify your Accreditation and receive your exclusive discount code.

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Leadership Learning Series

Ethical leadership is important for supporting growth. BBB Accredited Businesses can access exclusive live and recorded opportunities to develop and enhance their leadership skills in our Leadership Learning Series. Click below to see upcoming and past events.

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Building Trusted Businesses

BBB Accredited Businesses receive free access to our Building Trusted BusinessesSM course (a $49 value!) This course is an introduction to business ethics and uses the BBB’s philosophy as a framework. Contact learn@iabbb.org to receive your free registration link.

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The CEO Forum Group

The CEO Forum Group (TCEOFG) is giving BBB Accredited Businesses the benefit of thought leadership content and insights. Through in-depth interviews with over 1,000 top CEOs, TCEOFG brings expertise from across the nation that you can use in your business. Sign up for a FREE membership ($195 value!).

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Get BBB Accredited

Give consumers the confidence that they're dealing with a business they can trust. Get BBB Accredited (or earn BBB Accreditation) and receive exclusive benefits and discounts (an estimate value of $637 per year with BBB Learning plus discounts). Learn more about BBB Accreditation and apply today!

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Exclusive discounts available for BBB Accredited Businesses

For over 110 years, BBB has believed in the power of trust to grow people, businesses, and communities. Add in ongoing learning and professional development to the equation, and you've got a recipe for success! BBB has curated a variety of learning courses that will help meet the needs of all professionals in today's changing marketplace.

BBB Accredited Businesses can receive exclusive discounts on select courses and certificates. With BBB Accreditation, businesses pay less for each course and certificate.