STANFORD, Calif., Nov 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Stanford Graduate
School of Business will introduce a new executive education program, Executive
Leadership Development: Analysis to Action, in January 2012. The course, aimed
at high-potential executives and emerging leaders from around the world, will
help participants develop the tools they need to diagnose and solve business
problems, effectively lead individuals, groups, and organizations, and
ultimately rise to the next level in their enterprises. The program is still
accepting applications.
Delivered in two modules (January 15-27 and April 15-20, 2012) and enhanced
with 360-degree feedback and leadership coaching, this innovative program will
help executives sharpen analytical skills, gain a better awareness of how they
are perceived as leaders, and develop a fresh and informed perspective on how to
accomplish individual leadership objectives. Participants will have access to
the same world-class faculty members who teach in the full-time Stanford MBA
program. Participants will receive a new Apple iPad2 with access to course
materials.
The program will include:
-- Topics essential to leadership development, including a focus on applying
critical analytical thinking to crucial business issues--part of the
intellectual skill set that defines exceptional leaders. In small group
settings, faculty will provide intensive training, practice, and feedback in the
construction, presentation, and evaluation of clear, concise, and well-reasoned
arguments. By honing critical analytical thinking skills, participants will be
able to better identify and communicate arguments and improve decision making.
-- Discovery of the principles of design thinking and how to use those
principles to create organizational structures, work groups, and individual
jobs, as well as social networks, change efforts, and cultural norms.
-- Refining a set of personal leadership skills, including influence,
motivation, and communication, through the use of in-class training and
exercises. The program incorporates leadership coaching; additional coaching
after the program may be added for a fee.
Participants will hear from and have access to more than 20 Stanford faculty.
The program is codirected by Francis Flynn, the Paul E. Holden Professor of
Organizational Behavior and the Hank McKinnell--Pfizer Inc. Director of the
Center for Leadership Development and Research at the business school, and
Jesper SOrensen, the Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Professor of
Organizational Behavior and director of the Center for Social Innovation at the
school. SOrensen also serves as a director of the Stanford Institute for
Innovation in Developing Economies.
All course work, accommodations, and meals will take place at the Stanford
Graduate School of Business' state-of-the-art Knight Management Center, opened
in April 2011, and at the adjacent Schwab Residential Center on the Stanford
campus.
For enrollment information, contact Dan Epelman at +1 650 725-7169 or
epelman_dan@gsb.stanford.edu. For more details or to apply, go to
www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/eld .
SOURCE: Stanford Graduate School of Business
