CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN

Leadership
Essentials
PROGRAMME
OVERVIEW

The Leadership Essentials 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.

In this programme, you delve into the best leadership practices, learn how
to increase your effectiveness by becoming more self-aware and learn about
different leadership mindsets, disruptive emotions and dealing with
changing conditions. This will be followed by understanding the nuances of
creating diverse team designs and structures to support productivity and
innovation and sustain team performance.
Next, you will learn how to master the art of juggling multiple interests,
foster collaboration and identify effective strategies for stakeholder
management. Lastly, you will understand how to build your credibility as a
successful leader by learning to drive change systematically and
professionally within your teams.

Duration | Format
15 Weeks | Online
(4-6 hours per week)
Start Date
March 17, 2024

Fees
INR 1,60,000 + Taxes

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IS THIS PROGRAMME FOR YOU?

The Leadership Essentials track is beneficial for high-potential executives

looking to rise to team management roles. Even if you are a first-time manager,
or a more senior leader wishing to enrich your leadership style and improve
team productivity with the knowledge and techniques of effective leadership,
you will benefit from this programme.

If you are,

A highly motivated early career professional who wishes to

take on a team management role, you will be able to learn
the fundamentals of leading a team, managing stakeholders,
and making effective decisions in dynamic environments.

A first-time or new manager who wishes to lead more

effectively, you will gain greater self-awareness and learn
how to adapt your leadership style and build positive team
dynamics to deliver better collective outcomes.

A seasoned manager who is faced with challenges of

delegation, conflict management, difficult conversations, or
enhancing the capability of your team, you will gain an
understanding of how to navigate these challenges
effectively and ensure alignment of the team to
organisational goals.

A new-age or aspiring entrepreneur looking to build and lead

a team of high-performers, you will gain the know-how to
forge a culture of high self-motivation, ownership, and
outcome orientation in uncertain and often stressful
situations.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Leading Self
Professor Ramnarayan S

Becoming an effective leader begins with a journey of managing the self. Before
becoming an effective leader of others, you must first lead yourself. This course on
Leading Self will help you recognise your sharp edges, become self-aware, and
increase your personal effectiveness, which is at the heart of your leadership
development.

About Course
The course 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 tends 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.

Topics Covered

Introduction Intra-personal Self- Interpersonal Building Your Adapting

to Leading Management Management or Relationship Personal to New Role
Self Competencies Management Development Demands
Competencies Plan and Derailment
 Leading Teams
Professor Ramnarayan S

In modern organisations, most work is done in teams, yet the results of teamwork are
quite mixed. Many teams fail to realise their potential and frequently underperform
even when individual team members are highly competent. To become an effective
team leader, you must possess the critical skills required to build your team, improve
teamwork, and sustain team performance through continuous learning.

About Course
The course on Leading Teams will help you learn best practices to create team
designs and structures, align individual and team goals, establish norms and roles,
and foster free expression of concerns and challenges without creating dysfunctional
conflicts to harness the productive potential of teams. You will gain insights into
improving the quality of teamwork in virtual teams. As an effective team leader, you
must be skilled in handling social interactions and interpersonal behaviour. So, the
course will also help you gain insights into effective delegation, giving and receiving
feedback, coaching, and difficult conversations.

Topics Covered

Team Design Team Effective Leader as Difficult

and Structure Dynamics Delegation a Coach Conversations
 Managing Stakeholders
Professor Ramnarayan S

Managing in a world characterised by high levels of interdependence requires you to

gain timely and willing support from key stakeholders. To effectively manage
stakeholders, you must learn to identify different stakeholders and understand their
needs and expectations. You require the right mindset and skill set to exercise
influence without authority, manage conflict, and collaborate across multiple bound-
aries to generate commitment and empowerment.

About Course
The course on Managing Stakeholders will enable you to recognise the unique
demands of managing stakeholders. You will learn to manage interpersonal
relationships and choose the right tactics and approaches to elicit cooperation and
committed actions. You will learn the appropriate strategies for managing conflict
based on the type of conflict and the stakeholders involved. You will gain insights on
ways to create psychological safety that allows essential concerns to be surfaced
and dealt with effectively. Finally, as a leader, you will recognise how to foster
collaboration across multiple levels, specialisations, and geographies.

Topics Covered

Interpersonal Influence Without Conflict Collaborative Psychological

Relationships Authority Management Decision-Making Safety
 Leading Change
Professor Ramnarayan S

In today's fast-paced context, you would often be expected to bring about small and
large changes without having the authority to issue orders or give directives. Yet you
would be expected to bring about changes smoothly and effectively in your sphere
of functioning. How do you discharge this responsibility? Leading change is both a
logical and rational process. You must pay attention to multiple aspects. This ability
to effectively lead change will distinguish you as a credible and successful leader.

About Course
The course on Leading Change will provide you in-depth behavioural insights about
managing and leading change. These include how to create a shared felt need for
change, align key stakeholders around the change objectives, diagnose and address
resistance appropriately, create a change team that works collaboratively to pursue
the change plan, energise people for effective execution and build resilience to
bounce back from impediments. Ultimately, this course will prepare you to lead
change confidently and effectively to respond to new opportunities and challenges.

Topics Covered

Foundational Kotter's Change Effective Building Change

Model Framework Execution Personal and Leadership
on Change Organisational Tasks
Resilience
PROGRAMME
HIGHLIGHTS

Integrative Thinking MasterClasses Campus Visit

Deepen Your Learning

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

Engage in thought-provoking analyses and participate in collaborative discussions

on the dynamic platform after each of your module-end quizzes. Benchmark your
reflections against expert responses, culminating in comprehensive learning.

Join expert-led virtual meetings where you connect with a community of like-minded
learners, where enlightening discussions and exchange of insights will enable you to
unlock your maximal learning potential.

Enhance Your Understanding

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.

Interact with them as they share their lessons and experiences from their professional
journeys. Get inspired and learn from the diverse and rich expertise they bring on one
or more of the topics in the programme.

Strengthen Your Connect

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, cul-
minating in a valedictory on campus.*
*Details will be communicated ahead of the programme closure, subject to the availability of facilities.
PROGRAMME
FACULTY

Ramnarayan S
Professor of Organisational
Behavior (Practice), ISB

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.
 THE ISB
ADVANTAGE
Research-backed
Thought Leadership

#1 Research
Ranking in India
ISB is ranked #1 amongst business
schools in India for research. At our
research centres and institutes,
faculty collaborate with top minds

#6 Asia - FT Global MBA

Ranking
in the industry and government to
develop ground-breaking thought
leadership. Participants will benefit
from this rich expertise and its

#1
India in FT Custom applications in the curriculum
Executive Education through novel instructional content
Rankings and assessments.

Deep Expertise in
Emerging Markets
Globally Renowned Faculty
ISB has developed rigorous
ISB faculty includes leading academics with
intellectual capital and a vast
domain expertise drawn from extensive
number of case studies that
research, real-world engagement and rich
explore critical challenges facing
learning experiences in top global business
organisations and leaders in these
schools. The faculty also includes
markets. Positioned in a rich
accomplished industry practitioners who have
ecosystem of business,
been at the helm of global businesses. These
government and think tanks allows
experts will disrupt conventional thinking,
ISB to deliver practical knowledge
expand your horizons with fresh perspectives
and craft holistic learning
and empower you to drive innovation and
experiences for its learners.
change in your teams and organisations.
 THE ISB ONLINE
ADVANTAGE

Immersive Learning
Our immersive learning experience platform ensures that you immerse
yourself in a rich and distraction-free learning journey that features
short, rigorous, highly produced content by ISB faculty and guest
industry experts. Real world, case-based examples bring the content
to life and enhance your ability to apply fundamental principles to
real-world scenarios.

Active Learning
Diverse learning activities before, during and after each lesson ensure
you stay actively engaged in learning. Activities include priming
questions at the start of the module that motivate the content,
formative knowledge checks that test your understanding of
concepts, and summative checks and integrative thinking activities at
the end of the module and course. Share your reflections and
responses on this range of activities, and benchmark them against
peer and faculty responses for deep learning.

Flexible Learning
ISB Online offers a flexible, self-paced learning structure, allowing
you to tailor your educational experience around your busy schedule.
With bite-sized content accessible anytime, you can easily integrate
learning into your life without disrupting professional commitments.
The learning platform is also available on a mobile app that offers
flexible, on-the-go education, allowing learners to access content
anytime, anywhere.
ADMISSIONS
CRITERIA

We aim to create a diverse and balanced cohort, bringing together professionals with
diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Candidates will be evaluated
based on several criteria to ensure a dynamic learning environment:

Appropriate Evidence of Industry and

experience professional functional
profile achievement background

Since English is the mode of communication for the programme, a basic

proficiency in the language is a must.

We operate on a rolling admissions basis and encourage early applications

to secure your place for the cohort.
WHAT WILL
YOU GAIN?

Course Completion Certificates:

Receive a digital ‘Course Certificate’ for each completed course, culminating in a
prestigious ‘Programme Certificate’ for the track upon completion, symbolising a
formal recognition of your professional advancement.

To earn a Course Certificate or Programme Certificate, you must complete all coursework in a timely manner,
including meeting weekly deadlines and finishing assessments.

Course Certificate
Programme Certificate

has successfully completed the has successfully completed the

ISB Online Certificate Programme ISB Online Certificate Course

*Illustrative purposes only

Digital Badge

Leadership Essentials
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ISB ONLINE ALUM:

ISB email and other benefits

Exclusive ISB Email ID to connect with your network
20% discount on other ISB Online Programmes

Access to resources
Podcasts, blogs, async content, ISB research reports, articles,
development tools, simulation instruments

Networking and continuous learning

Learning and networking opportunities via ISB Online alum groups
Exclusive invitations to events and webinars

Earn Digital Badges for Milestones: Accumulate points and earn digital badges as
you cross each learning milestone, showcasing your progress and achievements in
an easily shareable format.
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