Women's Leadership Programme

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Date

Sep 3 - Dec 20, 2022
Duration

3.5 months
Format

Blended
Fee

INR 3,00,000 + Taxes
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Overview

Overview
Curriculum
Faculty
Executive Benefits

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Summary

The Women’s Leadership Programme is designed to help women leaders overcome these unique organisational hurdles and biases that restrict their growth, and equip them with the tools they need to increase their influence and impact. Participants will also have the rare opportunity to share and draw on the leadership experiences of a relevant and impactful network of peers that will empower them to drive personal and professional change and aim for the very top in their career trajectories.

Who Should Attend

This programme is best suited for mid to senior-level women professionals who are aspiring to develop critical leadership skills to influence, empower and mentor. Those preparing to transition into senior management or experiencing new or expanded responsibilities such as managing a new team or a career switch will be able to deepen their leadership knowledge and enhance their confidence in dealing with challenging situations. In general, the programme will serve women professionals aiming to overcome gender barriers and grow within their organisations.

Key Takeaways

Understand the dynamics of diversity in the workplace
Identify your strengths and deploy them strategically through a personalized leadership development plan
Enhance your executive presence with greater awareness, critical reflection, and feedback from diverse peers
Work with executive coaches to develop clear goals for your ongoing personal and professional development
Learn to lead your team(s) with deeper purpose
Embrace a growth mindset that allows you to learn from challenges and surge ahead
Gain the confidence to make and communicate objective, data-driven decisions
Learn to negotiate effectively, influence projects and teams, bridge differences, and execute change
Expand and leverage your professional network of women leaders

Learning Experience

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 organization, 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.

The learning experience at ISB is a rich blend of on-campus classes, live virtual sessions, and self-paced online modules taught by the best minds in academia and industry.

Blended Programme: Our blended programmes combine in-person and live virtual learning. Our live virtual sessions deliver a rigorous and rich learning experience that is comparable to our in-person programs.

Admission Criteria

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 Women’s Leadership Programme is a 3.5-month journey, designed to fit seamlessly into your professional and personal life. The rigorous curriculum includes 30+ hours of on-campus sessions, 20 hours of live virtual sessions, and 12 hours of group coaching sessions. The virtual sessions involve lectures, interactive discussions and critical reflection, while the on-campus sessions include workshops, feedback sessions, and maximal opportunities for informal networking. Group coaching sessions will help you leverage your strengths and develop an action plan for personal and professional development that takes your career to the next level.

Key Topics

Module 1: Executive Presence and Communication | Week 1-4 | Live Virtual

Business storytelling and executive presence are key drivers of your ability to inspire confidence, motivate commitment, and enable others’ agency.
Connect your narrative with that of your stakeholders to motivate commitment to shared goals and strategy
Enhance your executive presence with greater awareness, critical reflection, and feedback

Module 2: Personal Leadership | Week 5 | On Campus

Understand the dynamics of diversity in organisations and the performance-limiting factors that women ace in business
Gain insights from successful women leaders who have challenged the status quo and overcome biases in their organisations
Build essential leadership competencies and explore your personal leadership style

Module 3: Organisational Leadership and Influence | Week 6-13 | Live Virtual

Learn how you can lead organisations and employees by connecting to a deeper purpose and enduring human values
Enhance your ability to influence and harness the power of effective networking
Inculcate and propagate a growth mindset that creates learning and agile organisations

Module 4: Drive Business Results | Week 15 | On Campus

Drive innovation and customer value through experimentation and hypothesis-driven decision-making
Understand negotiation dynamics and develop powerful negotiating skills that secure maximum value for yourself and your organisation

Programme Features

Blended Modular Learning

Our WLP curriculum comprises four modules that span topics on executive presence and influence, leading with purpose, negotiation, networking, innovation, and growth mindsets, and are carefully integrated in a supportive environment to take leadership skills of women to the next level. The four modules will be delivered in a blended format, comprising live virtual sessions and in-campus immersions that include faculty presentations, group discussions, case studies, workshops, self-assessments, and perspectives of women leaders from diverse backgrounds. The programme spans 3 .5 months, requiring you to commit 4-6 hours per week and less than a week away from your office. This blended approach to learning is also designed to allow reflection and application of learnings and insights you gain from the programme at work and move forward in your current role.

Leadership Perspectives

You will have the unique opportunity to hear from and interact with distinguished women leaders through panel discussions and speaker sessions. You will expand your repertoire of leadership strategies as you learn how these accomplished women overcame challenges in their industries, companies, and job functions to drive business outcomes. You will also learn alongside a vibrant community of peers, who hold rich experience across a variety of industries and geographies.

Executive Coaching

High-impact, small-group coaching will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, unique leadership style, and develop an action plan that helps you achieve your articulated personal and professional goals. Your action plan will help you apply your learnings and continue accelerating your personal and professional growth long after the programme.

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.

Madan Pillutla

Dean & Professor, Organisational Behaviour

Deepa Mani

Deputy Dean - Digital Learning & Executive Education Professor of Information Systems

Anand Nandkumar

Gayatri Das Sharma

Professionally Certified Coach, Consultant and Facilitato

Mihir Mankad

Professor of Practice, Leadership Communication, Tufts University Visiting Faculty, ISB-Tufts University Visiting Faculty, ISB

Saumya Sindhwani

Associate Dean, RCI-led AMP's, Executive Director, CLM, Assistant Professor (Practice), Strategy

Sreedhari Desai

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Crist W. Blackwell Scholar; Visiting Faculty, ISB

Sundar Bharadwaj

The Coca-Cola Company Chair Professor of Marketing, University of Georgia; Research Scholar, ISB

Vishal Karungulam

Product Head, Google Visiting Faculty, ISB

ISB Certificate

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

ISB Executive Alumni

Participants who successfully complete this programme become part of the ISB Executive Alumni and gain access to a vast community of executives from across the globe.

The privileges of this exclusive community include:

ISB Email ID
ISB ID card with unique ID No.
Executive Alumni Directory
Access to the support team over telephone & email
ISB Executive Network LinkedIn Group
20% discount on open Executive Education programmes

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

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