Chicago-based academy for ambitious professionals

Learn practical skills that move your career forward.

Crescent Grove Academy delivers live cohort programs for product leaders, analysts, operators, and client-facing teams. Every course blends coaching, portfolio work, and clear weekly accountability.

Programs built around employer-ready outcomes

We teach in short, rigorous blocks so learners can apply each week immediately inside their current role.

Completion rate91.4%
Learners promoted within 12 months47.2%
Average mentor rating4.8/5
Why teams choose us
  • Live faculty with current operator experience
  • Small cohort workshops, not passive video libraries
  • Capstone projects reviewed by hiring managers
  • Flexible schedules for working adults across time zones

Featured learning tracks

Choose a flagship program for a career pivot or stack shorter intensives around your current role.

Flagship cohort

Applied Product Strategy

Learn customer discovery, roadmap logic, stakeholder communication, and launch planning through a ten-week project-led curriculum.

10 weeks Tue + Thu evenings Live online
Career accelerator

Business Analytics Studio

Turn messy reporting requests into executive-ready analysis using SQL logic, dashboard framing, experimentation, and narrative insight writing.

8 weeks Weekend format Capstone included
Manager track

Client Communication Lab

Improve stakeholder updates, meeting leadership, proposal writing, and cross-functional communication with coached simulations.

6 weeks Hybrid workshops Feedback on every assignment
Team upskilling

Operations Systems Sprint

For team leads who need scalable process mapping, decision logs, service metrics, and workflow redesign without bloated theory.

4 weeks Corporate groups Custom delivery

Need a structured path for your team?

We also run private cohorts for operations, sales enablement, client success, and internal product education. Programs can be tailored around your workflow, examples, and manager checkpoints.

“The faculty were close enough to the work that every session felt current. I left with a better portfolio, clearer language, and a framework I used at my job the next morning.”

Marina Flores, senior customer success manager at a healthcare software firm
What happens after enrollment
  • Advising call to choose the right track and cohort pace
  • Pre-course orientation with tools, schedule, and expectations
  • Weekly live sessions plus office hours and assignment reviews
  • Career materials or manager-ready action plan at graduation