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Understand fundamental economic principles, formulate strategic initiatives and learn how to discern disruptive forces to sharpen your strategic acumen.

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Optimal business strategies are complex to formulate and execute, especially in the face of potentially disruptive innovations and discontinuous change. This programme is designed to help you sharpen your strategic acumen, develop an innovative mindset, and equip you with the essential tools and knowledge to make the right decisions towards creating an effective strategy.

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Make informed decisions, inspire your teams, and confidently manage projects by discovering the power of modern management principles. 

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Effective management is essential for teams and organisations to drive successful business outcomes. This programme empowers you with a strong foundation in management principles required to create business impact. Through a distinctive pedagogical approach that emphasises diverse real-world examples, you will master the tools and techniques needed to excel in three key managerial capabilities: Executive Presence, Decision-making and Implementation.

Delve into best leadership practices, lead diverse high-performing teams and excel in change and stakeholder management to lead decisively in your workplace.

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This programme is designed to enrich and elevate your leadership skills, focusing on enhancing your knowledge, behaviour, and mindset to lead decisively in the workplace. This comprehensive programme aims to cultivate a dynamic leadership style, enabling you to lead yourself effectively, excel in stakeholder engagement, boost team performance, and increase agility and responsiveness to change

Gain practical knowledge of AI, ML, and generative AI to transform decision-making, enhance efficiencies, and improve outcomes in your function.

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Effective integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into business processes is transforming organisations worldwide. The programme AI in Business equips professionals with essential AI knowledge and practical know-how of advanced tools to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and drive innovation. Explore foundational concepts, generative AI, and ethical AI practices while gaining hands-on experience with widely popular and accessible models and tools like GPT, Llama, DALL-E, Perplexity AI and more to drive impactful business outcomes.

Learn how technologies, such as blockchain and AI, and trends, such as digital lending and insuretech, are transforming financial models and how you can leverage this to craft your own innovation models.

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This programme offers an in-depth exploration of the rapidly evolving world of financial technology (fintech), providing a comprehensive understanding of its origins, drivers, and global impact. Learners will delve into the technologies, policies, and innovations reshaping financial systems, with a focus on AI, blockchain, digital payments, and open banking. The course covers key topics such as global fintech trends, digital lending, and insuretech, highlighting how these advancements are disrupting traditional financial models.

Gain practical knowledge of Blockchain, IoT, Cybersecurity, AI, and Machine Learning and apply them to enhance your business management and operations.

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Effective business management requires a sound understanding of traditional principles and a keen awareness of emerging technologies and their business applications. This programme equips you with essential elements of emerging technologies like Blockchain, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and their application in business operations. 

Master storytelling to craft impactful narratives that resonate with diverse audiences and inspire action

Build a distinctive personal brand by defining your strengths and articulating your unique value proposition 

Enhance self-awareness and emotional intelligence to improve adaptability, interpersonal skills, and leadership effectiveness 

Develop skills to command attention, inspire confidence, and influence stakeholders in complex business settings 

Nisha is a Senior Associate in the Finance Department at Future Automobiles Group. She is up for a managerial position in the next quarter.

Beyond just evaluating her work, Nisha’s company also looks at her leadership excellence. She wants to understand how she can present her strengths better and work on her areas of improvement.

What points and questions should she consider while preparing for her upcoming performance review for this role? How can she optimise her social media presence to showcase her strengths and expertise?

How can she leverage learnings from personal brand stories of famous personalities and people around her to build her narrative?

Do you know what do’s and don’ts Nisha must follow to build a credible personal brand? Learn more with this programme on Mastering Executive Presence.

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Gain essential skills to elevate your impact and effect change to confidently navigate complex settings.

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Advance your career with the online Executive Presence course at ISB Online. Learn about self-leadership, storytelling, and building your personal brand. Enroll now!

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This course enhances self-awareness, helping you understand your strengths, vulnerabilities, and emotional impact on performance. Learn to recognise habitual behaviours, adapt to new roles, and consciously work on personal development to achieve your personal and professional goals with confidence and resilience.

The Leadership Essentials track is beneficial for any leader or manager who wants to enrich their leadership style and improve team productivity with the knowledge and techniques of effective leadership.&nbsp;The course on Leading Self is a part of the Leadership Essentials track. This track is highly relevant for professionals:<ul><li>Who lead themselves and their teams with a dynamic leadership style, manage multiple stakeholders, motivate teams for performance, and align teams through change.</li><li>Who face challenges like delegation, conflict management, and leading change. They must build their personal leadership brand for better career prospects.</li><li>Who, across organisational functions like Finance, Operations, Marketing or Technology, have got additional team responsibilities.</li><li>Who lead teams to accelerate customer growth and business targets as entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Leading Self

<ul><li>Introduction to leading self</li><li>Intra-personal management competencies</li><li>Self-management</li><li>Interpersonal or relationship management competencies &nbsp;</li><li>Building your personal development plan</li><li>Adapting to new role demands and derailment&nbsp;</li></ul>

The course on Leading Self will help you appreciate the importance of enhancing your self-awareness to create a strong foundation for your leadership. This course will empower you with ways to understand and acknowledge your strengths and vulnerabilities. By gaining a greater understanding of your emotions and their impact on performance, you will identify what tend to be your habitual attitudes, thoughts, and behaviours. You will learn ways to build yourself up to achieve your personal and professional goals. You will also learn ways to adjust to new role demands and to work on your personal development consciously and consistently.&nbsp;

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Combine theory with case studies of public speakers to help you move the needle on your confidence, communication, poise and presence towards delivering inspiring messages in business and beyond.  

In today’s dynamic hybrid work settings, it’s imperative for managers and newcomers to adapt swiftly, leading teams across various locations and disciplines. The Art of Storytelling course, integral to the Management Essentials track, is specifically designed for professionals seeking to:<ul><li>Enhance their skills in stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and fostering high-performance teams</li><li>Elevate team efficiency on diverse projects and undertake pivotal decisions that enhance customer value</li><li>Impactfully influence others, establish a strong workplace presence, and propel their managerial or leadership trajectories.</li><li>Refine communication abilities, boost self-confidence, and hone negotiation tactics</li><li>Tackle the intricacies of motivating employees and spearhead agile teams to achieve customer satisfaction and drive forward business achievements</li></ul>

Art of Storytelling

<ul><li>Master the fundamentals of communication&nbsp;</li><li>Learn elements and techniques to craft compelling stories&nbsp;</li><li>Gain insights from case studies&nbsp;</li><li>Synthesise learning via knowledge checks to deliver meaningful stories&nbsp;</li></ul>

The course will take you, step-by-step, towards becoming a sharper speaker and storyteller. By immersing in a set of case studies spanning various sectors and geographies, you will open up to key principles and their practical application towards professional and personal impact and success. You will recognise the value of brevity and authenticity to connect, the impact of sharp “logos” and “pathos” towards impactful speaking and storytelling, and the power of structured practice towards sharpening this craft. Global case studies of renowned speakers like Shashi Tharoor, Kiran Bedi, Steve Jobs, Amy Cuddy, Ronald Reagan and Ngozi Adichie will open your eyes to various styles and structures that can create a connect (or disconnect) with the audience and impact likeability. In the end, you will come out with tools and a new mindset to become a stronger and more confident content planner, audience connector and storyteller.

Gain the confidence to communicate your journey and unique selling proposition in a concise, precise and compelling manner. 

In the evolving landscape of today’s hybrid work settings, effective leadership across diverse locations and disciplines is crucial. The Building Your Personal Brand course, a key component of the Management Essentials track, is tailored for professionals aiming to:<ul><li>Enhance their capability in stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and developing high-performance teams.</li><li>Improve team efficiency across varied projects, making pivotal decisions that positively affect customer value.</li><li>Assert influence, forge a distinct professional identity, and advance managerial or leadership paths.</li><li>Refine communication skills, bolster confidence, and master negotiation techniques.</li><li>Tackle employee motivation challenges and steer high-performing, agile teams towards achieving customer satisfaction and driving significant business results.</li></ul>

Building Your Personal Brand

<ul><li>Define and articulate your personal brand&nbsp;</li><li>Create relatable and impactful narratives &nbsp;</li><li>Present your brand authentically in interviews, social media, and professional interactions&nbsp;</li><li>Explore personal branding journeys of global icons, applying their strategies to enhance your own brand&nbsp;</li></ul>

The course blends theory and practice. We will dive into cases and stories of people from around the world, as well as from across sectors, who have built and sustained their personal brands in a unique manner, You will be pushed, with exploratory and introspective exercises, to create your brand narrative by understanding and articulating your strengths and weaknesses. Real-life cases of people like Indra Nooyi, Zach Wahls, Shah Rukh Khan and Kiran Sethi will be used to provide examples on how to create, sustain and even rejuvenate your personal brand, through effective storytelling. Sharp interviewing as well as the power of vulnerability to connect will also be explored towards interactive brand building. The set of learnings and exercises will enable you to differentiate the narrative of yourself, to become more relatable and likeable to your teams and stakeholders.&nbsp;

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Professor Mankad is a professor of practice at Tufts University Fletcher School and the Friedman School of Nutrition. He is a visiting faculty at the Indian School of Business and Harvard Business School. He is an expert in Leadership and Global Communication. His career spans a rich and diverse array of fields, including media, management consulting, and non-profit leadership.

Professor Ramnarayan is a Practice Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Indian School of Business. Earlier, he was a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, a visiting faculty member at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a guest professor at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

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“I really appreciate the variety of learning activities, including videos, quizzes, and discussion forums. This kept me engaged and helped me to retain the information. The instructor was always available to answer questions and provide feedback.”

Principal Program Manager

Nitin Madan

“It was an eye-opener with respect to self-awareness. With different videos and case illustrations learnt what to do and what to stop, to become a leader.”

People Partner Manager

Tinu Antony

“The programme gave me newer perspectives and some realistic tools and resources to incorporate into my development journey.”

In today's competitive business environment, executives must project influence and inspire diverse stakeholders. The programme on Mastering Executive Presence equips executives with skills to build their leadership potential by gaining self-awareness, mastering storytelling and building a distinctive brand for themselves, enabling them to confidently navigate complex settings.

Experience enhanced learning through our meticulously crafted Integrative Thinking Activities, designed to hone your problem-solving skills and broaden your strategic mindset.

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Come together to strengthen your network and build lifelong connections with your cohort in person at the ISB campus. On successful completion of the track you will be invited for a half-day session, culminating in a valedictory on campus.*

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Hear industry and academic experts on the nuances of business, management and leadership in our MasterClasses carefully curated to complement the frameworks learnt as part of the courses.

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<ul><li>Enhance leadership impact and influence to navigate complex business settings effectively</li><li>Establish a strong personal brand and executive presence to drive organisational or business success&nbsp;</li></ul>

"It is a focused learning path, a part of the area which I have been wanting to improve and I am absolutely delighted to have made the choice of attending it via ISB. I was doubtful in the beginning about the relevance, as I live in France, and the context of my ecosystem has changed a lot. EU does not have one of the most anglophone environments. I feel confident and self-sufficient to evolve learnings from this course to my present eco-system."

Senior Executives and Business Owners 

<ul><li>Augment leadership presence and credibility to advance career growth and future opportunities&nbsp;</li><li>Cultivate executive presence early to be recognised for higher leadership roles&nbsp;</li></ul>

“Indeed, it is a great program to go for. It entails key learnings which are relevant and outdo current professional requirements. Whether the Art of Storytelling, Self Branding, or Leading Self, it has much to offer and relates to our day-to-day activities. It has clearly laid out how theoretical analogies can be implemented in the practical world &amp; I am putting some into daily practice.”

Mid-level Managers and Aspiring Leaders

<ul><li>Build influence, authority, and stakeholder confidence in new roles or industries</li><li>Enhance influence skills to drive sales and business outcomes effectively&nbsp;</li></ul>

“Good learning experience. This programme came at a relevant time for me when I am transitioning to a new role. I have noted many takeaways from this programme.”

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Whether you are a functional specialist, a team leader, or have oversight of strategic initiatives, this programme will help you navigate the complex business landscape, evaluate trade-offs, and craft business strategies for greatest business impact. If you are a,&nbsp;<ul><li>seasoned leader holding executive-level positions within your organisation, you will find this programme useful in enhancing your leadership impact and influence</li><li>middle management professional, this programme can help advance your career by augmenting your leadership presence and credibility</li><li>first-time manager or an aspiring manager, you can cultivate executive presence early in your career to be identified for future leadership roles</li><li>business owner or entrepreneur, this programme can help you establish a strong personal brand and leadership presence to drive business success</li><li>professional transitioning to new roles, industries, or leadership positions, you can use this learning intervention to build greater influence, authority and stakeholder confidence in your new role</li><li>sales or business development professional, this programme can enable you to enhance your influence and persuasion skills to drive business numbers &nbsp;</li></ul>

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