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Summary
The Future Leaders Programme (FLP) is a 9-month programme designed to build a firm foundation for front line managers who demonstrate high-potential for future leadership roles.
As you build your track record of success as a manager across a variety of situations and challenges, you prepare the way for future success as a leader.
Key Benefits
- Build a deeper understanding of corporate strategy, operations, marketing, innovation and change to develop a cross-functional business approach
- Develop a 360-degree perspective of how various functions align to the broader strategy of your organization
- Understand what makes you ‘YOU’ and explore your personal leadership style
- Empower your team by delegating, role modelling and engaging effectively
- Bring these newly gained insights into your daily work life to drive higher performance both now and in the future
Who Should Attend
This programme is designed for high-potential young managers with 5-10 years of experience, seeking to play an expanded role within their function. Typical profiles include:
- Individuals who transitioned into a people manager role within the last couple of years
- Young business leaders/owners or next-gen directors of family-managed businesses
Extraordinary individual contributors who are well on their way towards a management role may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Learning Experience
Executive Education imagined for a new reality
This programme blends the best of the world-class on-campus experience with advanced online learning, taught by the best minds in executive education. You will gain skills to advance your leadership goals and map your career for future success.
Designed to spark self-reflection, innovation, and collaboration, the FLP is carefully structured with five integrated modules that will be delivered in a blended format – on-campus immersions, Live Virtual sessions and online asynchronous self-paced courses.
The programme spans 9 months requiring you to commit 7-8 hours per week and a weekaway from your workplace. It will provide you the flexibility to adapt an agile approach to apply your new learnings at your workplace.
Admissions Criteria
The Admissions Team evaluates each applicant’s profile based on a variety of criteria to ensure that selected participants are well-rounded individuals who bring something unique to the class.
Each component of the application and the interview is important. Although there is no formal educational qualification required, candidate selection will be made based on multiple factors. Please refer to the programme brochure for more details.
We admit candidates on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible.
Applicants must submit the detailed application form along with their resume and a statement of purpose.
Module 1: Personal Leadership
Module 2: Business Foundations
Assess and build collective business knowledge as a first step to start your transformative leadership journey. Complete introductory courses in accounting, statistics, managerial economics, and critical thinking leading up to the Live Virtual sessions.
- Build a strong foundation with some of the critical concepts required to lead effectively.
- Your peers will come with various experiences and diverse backgrounds. Complete these introductory courses to start off at a level playing field.
Module 3: Analyse and Pursue Opportunities in Business
Analyse the business environment by developing an understanding of the economic, political and social factors that influence business decisions.
- Develop an understanding of how to pursue opportunities and explore areas of strategy, market research, and finance.
- Gain a broader understanding of how various functions within a business align with the overall organisational strategy.
- Apply your new learnings and insights from these modules to your work routine and embark on your leadership journey from the get go.
Module 4: Drive Business Results
Gain a deeper understanding of operations, marketing, innovation and change to develop a cross-functional business approach.
- Strengthen your leadership skills and prepare to apply the learnings from these modules in a way that supports your organisation’s needs.
- Start to bring in these newly gained insights in-between modules into your daily work tasks to drive results.
Module 5: Lead Self, Others, and the Organisation
Develop the skills you need to become an effective manager, drive innovation and change by applying the foundational skills and learnings from the previous modules.
- Learn to understand the needs of the people you are or will be leading
- Empower your team by engaging effectively
- Engage and interact with business leaders who share powerful life-lessons
LEAD - Leadership Engagement and Development
Understand your strengths and gaps and build the foundation to launch your career in management.
Action Learning Project (ALP)
The Action Learning Project (ALP) will provide you with an opportunity to engage yourself in a real-world business challenge. You will be able to apply your new learnings and skills in-between modules and personalise your project plan.
Industry Interactions
- Expand your professional network through interactions with peers holding rich experience across a variety of different industries and functions.
- Complement this diverse outlook with unique perspectives and deep insights shared by top industry leaders.
Rich Learning Experiences
Engage in live sessions with faculty, insights with industry practitioners, group discussions, hands-on application, and case studies.
