ISB Executive Education | General Management Programme

Course Detail

Programme Overview:

The General Management Programme (GMP) is designed to accelerate the leadership ascent of high-calibre executives. The programme has been designed keeping in mind your needs for leadership education and prepare you to play a more strategic role in your organisation's success.

Elevate and refine your strategic thinking ability. Think beyond functional expertise. Develop a multidisciplinary view of strategy and the organisation. Leverage opportunities created by the digital economy to drive growth. Lead innovation and change. Cultivate your executive presence. Effectively build and lead businesses that create impact.

Multi-disciplinary learning

Our GMP curriculum makes a shift from traditional functional learning to emphasise four cross-functional themes that empower executives with the knowledge required to navigate challenges in contemporary business and create and renew competitive advantage over time. The four modules will be delivered in a blended format - online, self-paced sessions, live virtual sessions, and campus immersions. The programme spans 8 months, requiring you to commit 4-6 hours per week and one week away from your office. This blended approach to learning is also designed to provide you with the opportunity to apply the learnings and insights you gain from the program at work and move forward in your current role.

CEO Perspectives

You will have the unique opportunity to hear from the CEO of a leading multinational firm about trade-offs encountered in decision-making across the value chain, diverse business challenges, and how these were overcome to implement strategies and build cultures that unlocked value for the firm.

Personalised Leadership Development Plan

A 360-degree leadership and personal assessment session will help you identify your unique leadership strengths and developmental needs. With classroom teaching, high-fidelity business simulations, and one-to-one coaching sessions, you will be introduced to the ideas of leadership, derailment, personality, and emotional intelligence. This process will allow you to become aware of the knowledge, skills, and attributes that you need to become an effective leader in your organisation.

Executive Coaching

Our executive coaching is designed to accelerate your professional and personal development. Your coach will conduct personal assessments that will help you identify your unique leadership style, strengths and gaps. This awareness will subsequently help you craft your unique, personalised leadership development plan aimed at enhancing your individual growth as well as your team's effectiveness. All coaching sessions are strictly confidential, providing you with a safe space to share your personal and professional goals and challenges.

Business Leadership Challenge

The GMP provides rich experiential learning through application During the programme, you will actively engage in solving a real-world business or leadership challenge that is salient to you and draws on the learnings of the programme. Through this exercise, you will develop the ability to think strategically about complex problems under uncertainty, drive innovation, and strategize for change. Build connections with your GMP peers who will apply their unique and diverse expertise and experience to steer the solution to your challenge.

Programme Outcomes:

The programme will prepare executives to:

• Effect strategies for complex, ambiguous, and uncertain business contexts.
• Build a foundation of critical thinking to solve business problems.
• Enhance negotiation skills, project influence, and maximise impact.
• Leverage opportunities in the new economy to drive growth, operational excellence, and competitive value.
• Create organisational strategies and cultures that facilitate continuous innovation, and transformation.
• Shape your personal leadership development plan and presence that allows leading teams and organisations with greater authenticity, empathy, and purpose.
• Understand the importance of business storytelling and executive presence.
• Make better decisions during periods of uncertainty.
• Master supply chains in a digital world.
• Learn to spot opportunities in the new economy.
• Understand the importance of executive presence.
• Build a foundation of critical thinking to solve business problems.
• Develop powerful negotiation skills to unlock greater value.