The rapidly evolving digital world demands a new breed of leaders with technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills. The Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP) fast-tracks your growth as a manager, providing a solid foundation for current and future roles. Gain cross-functional business acumen, understand alignment with organisational strategy, explore your leadership style, and drive higher performance. Empower your team and build a track record of success as a future leader.

• Understand the challenges of modern business management
• Master a cross-functional approach to collaboration and delivering business outcomes
• Identify opportunities for growth and innovation unleashed by the digital revolution and a globalising economy
• Craft your leadership development plan to build confidence, communicate with credibility, and project an authentic sense of leadership.

Key Highlights

• Virtual sessions
• Career Progression workshops
• Self-paced async sessions
• Campus Immersion
• Industry perspective sessions

The Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP) has been specially designed for forward-thinking, high-potential executives with 5 - 10 years of work experience who are seeking to play an expanded role in driving corporate strategy and success. Ideal profiles include:

• Individuals who have recently transitioned into managerial roles and are looking to gain a cross-functional overview of the business and assess, and sharpen their abilities for leadership success
• Individual contributors with 5-10 years of work experience who have been identified as outstanding prospects for leadership tracks within the organisation
• Young business leaders/owners or next-gen directors of family-managed businesses who are being groomed for larger roles

ISB Executive Education programmes are replete with distinctive teaching methodologies and an intense and challenging learning environment that pushes participants’ learning horizons beyond their pre-existing beliefs. Through lectures from distinguished faculty, local and global case studies, business simulations, and group discussions with extraordinary peers from a broad range of industries, regions, and functions, you will be equipped with the strategies, tools and insights required to transform your thinking and achieve ambitious business objectives. You will return to your organisation, fully ready to apply what you have learned. You will also take with you a rich network of relationships that will enrich your personal and professional lives long after you complete the programme. 

Blended Programmes: Combining the best of both worlds with high-impact real-time, synchronous learning as well as self-paced online modules delivered with the same rigour both in-person and virtually. 

Candidates will be evaluated to ensure a dynamic and diverse batch profile based on multiple factors, including but not limited to:

• Appropriate experience profile for this programme
• Leadership potential
• Evidence of professional achievement
• Industry and functional background
• Motivation to participate in the program and the ability to benefit from it
• Ability to cope with the rigor of the programme

We admit candidates to upcoming sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible to secure your seat in the programme. 

The On-campus sessions are subject to evolving global situation. Programme content, dates, schedule, fees, delivery platforms, and faculty are subject to change. Programme fee includes food and accommodation at the ISB campus or at an equivalent facility based on availability.

The Career Progression series is exclusively intended to provide active support to ELP participants to catapult their careers onto a clear, structured path. Equipped with an AI-powered career platform, you will learn to build powerful resumes and enhance your digital profiles and presence.

The series also provides three high-impact, interactive workshops that handhold learners towards a transformational professional makeover. Engage in live virtual workshops with a professional career coach to help you maximise your leadership potential.

ISB faculty includes leading academics with credentials and teaching experience from top global business schools as well as accomplished practitioners who have managed large enterprises.

The below faculty list is indicative and is subject to change.

After successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded an ISB Executive Education Certificate, formal recognition of your professional development.

On successful completion of this programme, participants gain the ISB Executive Alumni status.

The privileges of this exclusive community include:

• Personal ISB Email ID
• ISB ID card with unique ID No.
• Access to ISB Executive Network LinkedIn Group
• Access to the support team over the telephone
• 20% discount on open executive education programmes

In addition to the above, ISB Executive Alumni are eligible to receive ongoing access to a variety of ISB research, information, and resources.