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    The Indian School of Business
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    Certificate in Strategic Leadership

    Develop critical skills to build and execute strategies that prepare you to lead your organisation through disruptive times. This programme is offered by the Indian School of Business - ranked #1 Business School in India.

    The Indian School of Business

    Certificate in Strategic Leadership

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    Dates for the next cohort will be announced soon

    3 months

    6-8 hours/week

    USD 1,500 (INR 1,12,500)

    Explore flexible payment options while enroling.

    100% online

    Includes live classes.

    No application required.

    Become an effective strategic leader

    Learn to make strategic decisions and accelerate growth. Gain insights into developing novel strategies that can drive competitive advantage for your business or organisation.

    Enhance your professional profile with a credential from a triple-accredited business school

    Strengthen your profile with a credential from a reputed and research-productive business school. ISB is accredited by AMBA, EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

    Global outlook with experiential learning

    Experience meaningful exchange of knowledge with a global outlook, diverse perspectives, and industry experience. Get personalised, actionable feedback through real-time engagement with the ISB faculty and programme facilitators.

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    Programme description

    Develop a strategic mindset and the leadership skills that help leverage your expertise, and lead your organisation to success.

    Overview

    In today’s cluttered and competitive markets, modern leaders are compelled to anticipate disruptions. They are expected to prepare the organisation to overcome challenges in these disruptive times. This programme will help you learn the fundamentals of making sharper business decisions backed by a firm understanding of strategy. You will develop an integrated perspective and an understanding of how cross-functional stakeholders across marketing, finance, operations and HR impact the overall business strategy and influence long-term value creation.

    The programme will teach you development and execution of strategy, along with essential leadership concepts. You will be able to implement learnings from this programme across any industry, business area or function. Your learning will also be facilitated via case studies like the ‘Boeing 737 max crisis’ teaching strategic execution and leadership.

    You will learn from the global faculty at the Indian School of Business- Professor Nandu Nandkishore, who led Nestle as Executive Vice President, and Professor Deepak Jena, who has worked with Deloitte, TCS, LG Electronics and WNS Global services in the area of business and corporate strategy.

    Post successful completion of this programme, you will be able to respond the following questions for your business-

    • What are the strategic and leadership responses to disruption?
    • How to build yourself as a leader to thrive in this world?
    • What are the key skills to learn for strategy execution and for leading teams?

    Required background

    This programme will be ideal for you if you are a working professional in middle management roles (10 years of experience) and wish to pivot into leadership roles at your organisation.

    Webinar

    ISB SL Webinar 28th Oct

    In case you missed it, the Live Q&A session with the faculty on October 28th is now available to watch. Learn more about the certificate, the programme structure, curriculum, career outcomes, and timelines directly from the faculty in this video.

    Skills you will gain

    • Strategic Development
    • Strategy Execution and Implementation
    • Decision Making
    • Business Strategy
    • Leadership

    This 12 week programme features 2 courses.

    Course 1 of 2

    Managing your career for success and leading to win in disruptive times

    What you will learn

    • Strategic and leadership responses to disruption
    • Building oneself as a leader to thrive in this world of disruptive change
    • Execution and leadership : Learning from the crisis
    • Developing your own leadership models & communications toolkit
    • Managing and planning your life and career evolution

    Project(s)

    3 live sessions:

    Host: Nandu Nandkishore

    Course 2 of 2

    Developing strategies to win in the marketplace

    Overview

    This course will teach you the fundamentals of strategy formulation and execution. Strategy is all about winning in the marketplace, yet very few companies can do so consistently. In this course, you will learn different tools and frameworks that you can use to create winning strategies.

    What you will learn

    • Strategy as an integrated set of choices to compete and win in the marketplace
    • Influence of buyers, suppliers, customers, rivals on a firm’s performance
    • Develop superior resources and capabilities that can lead to competitive advantage
    • Implementation of a value-based strategy
    • Linkage between a firm’s strategy and its business model
    • Implementation of growth strategies

    Project(s)

    2 live sessions on April 7 & April 21, 2023

    Host: Deepak Jena

    Faculty

    Nandu Nandkishore

    Nandu Nandkishore

    Visiting Faculty, Marketing Strategy, ISB and Former Executive Vice President, Nestle

    Deepak Jena

    Deepak Jena

    Assistant Professor, Strategy, ISB, Formerly at Deloitte, TCS, LG Electronics, and WNS Global Services

    Frequently asked questions

    On successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded an official certificate from ISB Executive Education, formal recognition of your professional development. You will also gain exclusive access to the ISB Executive Network, a community of over 49,000 executives and entrepreneurs.

    ISB Executive Network privileges include:

    • Certificate of Completion • Exclusive invitations to ISB events (webinars, conferences, masterclasses) • ISB Executive Network LinkedIn Group • Newsletters • Access to Support Email ID • 10% discount on open executive education programmes • Upgrade to ISB Executive Alumni Group with 100+ learning hours

    Learn more details here‎

    Need help? Email us on strategic_lead@isb.edu with your query‎

    No. This programme is available only to learners who have paid for it.‎

    You will have 2 weeks after the start of the first course session to apply for a refund.‎

    Nandu Nandkishore (Adjunct Faculty, Marketing Strategy, ISB and Former Executive Vice President, Nestle) and Deepak Jena (Assistant Professor, Strategy, ISB, Formerly at Deloitte, TCS, LG Electronics, and WNS Global Services) will be the instructors for this certificate programme. ‎

    Applicants from India can pay using debit or credit card, net banking, or through EMI. Applicants from outside of India, can pay through debit or credit cards and Paypal.‎

    Yes! The certificate will be issued directly by the Indian School of Business. Click here to see a sample certificate.‎

    If you need further assistance, please email strategic_lead@isb.edu with any questions.

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