Leadership Essentials
New and mid-level leaders in this program develop their essential leadership abilities, including team leadership, emotional intelligence, conflict management, and leading change.
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Leadership Essentials identifies several of the skill sets that great leaders possess. Through engaging lectures delivered by Columbia Business School faculty, dynamic discussions with colleagues and hands-on workshops, participants explore the most crucial areas of leadership.
Participants emerge from the program with fresh insights into how to be better decision makers, leaders of people and groups, and agents of organizational change.
Other Formats
This program is also being offered in an asynchronous online format. Learn more about Leadership Essentials (Online). To compare program formats, click here.
Please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists at +1 212-854-3395 for a personal conversation to learn more.
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The program provided an opportunity for me to polish my leadership skills through a profound understanding of the importance of transactional leadership as a support and balance to transformational leadership.
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Program Participant Chukwuma Nwachukwu
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CEO at North Eastern Capital Ltd.
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In this video, Faculty Director Joel Brockner speaks to the program experience and the feedback he receives from past participants.
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The program consists of four tightly connected sessions:
For a complete program schedule download the agenda.
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Leadership Styles and Emotional Intelligence
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- What are the different styles of leadership, and when is it appropriate to exercise one rather than another?
- What role does emotional intelligence (or EQ) play in enacting the different forms of leadership?
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Leadership Styles and Managing Change
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- What are the key action steps needed to plan and implement change?
- What do you think you do well versus not so well when it comes to planning and implementing change?
- What leadership style makes people more likely to embrace rather than resist change?
- What makes it hard for agents of change to adopt a style that makes others embrace rather than resist change?
- What can be done to overcome the obstacles alluded to in the preceding question?
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Leadership and Group Dynamics
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- Why do some groups work together effectively, while other groups seem to struggle?
- How does “who you are” influence the type of roles that you take on in a group?
- What climate do you create for groups that you lead?
- How can you motivate your team to take more risk and responsibility?
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Leadership and Personality
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- How much of your leadership behavior is driven by your environment?
- How much of your leadership behavior is driven by your own preferences?
- How can you learn about others preferences in order to more effectively lead, manage, and collaborate?
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Desiree’ Kinney
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Experienced Business Leader at JP Morgan Chase
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The Leadership Essentials program was truly impactful on my professional journey. From the insight on EI vs IQ to the knowledge gained on transactional vs transformational leadership, I feel more prepared for the next steps in my career trajectory as a leader, influencer, and change maker. Professors Joel Brockner and Sarah Brazaitis were encouraging, engaged, and empowering and they were truly credible and full of wisdom. Our program manager aides were also very supportive in the program. The interaction in the breakout sessions amongst the students was also phenomenal, even virtually! I would highly recommend this program for anyone who is seeking to be challenged to become the best version of themselves, for their teams and those they seek to inspire.
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Talis Lin
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Director, Consumer Marketing at The New York Times
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I highly recommend Leadership Essentials. All too often leadership is a thrust upon high achievers, but this creates a situation where one does not have time to reflect on where they are or how to improve. This program gives you those tools and time.
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Tina Biswas
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Director Project Management at SapientRazorfish
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Leadership Essentials is a crash course in the most relevant topics that can immediately impact your leadership style. I took away tools that can help me as a professional, a non-profit board member, a Girl Scout troop leader, and as a parent.
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Octavio Buzo
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Senior Business Development Consultant, Google
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Leadership Essentials will foster your EQ and will help you become the leader you want to be.
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Caroline Petit
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International Advertising and Promotions Lead at Takeda
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The Leadership Essentials program was a real breakthrough in my self-development journey at work. Not only did it enable me to become aware of unconscious bias that we all tend to have in our professional behaviors, but it was also a real eye opener on business patterns. The program encourages you to think out of the box and go to the extra mile on topics such as emotional intelligence, change management, self-awareness and team dynamics. What impressed me was the ability of both Professors Joel Brockner and Sarah Brazaitis to build paths between research theory and grounded practical work experiences and most importantly go beyond common thinking. The interactions between seasoned professionals during the break-out sessions were also adding considerable value to everyone’s experience. The Columbia team was very helpful in making this journey as smooth as possible — from the registration to the class delivery in the context of the pandemic. If you are looking to embrace change at all levels and nurture your growth mindset, you can’t miss this program.
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Rob Schwartz
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Chief Executive Officer, TBWA\CHIAT\DAY
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48 hours of Ivy League genius that will last throughout your career.
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Angela Schooneman
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Partner, Mintner Ellison
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Although only two days long, the program was filled with useful, practical information balanced with the right amount of theory. I will definitely be able to use the tools in my daily work life.
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Anthony Stevens
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National Director of Sales, SAV Holdings, LLC
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A big component of the program was the interactivity within the group. Participants came from all around the world, and I received a lot of input. I work with people from Dubai, China, and Japan, so working well cross-culturally is absolutely essential for my role. The cross-cultural feedback in this course, hearing their points-of-view, and how they come to conclusions was absolutely phenomenal.
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Thomas Magnor
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President, Atlas Metal Parts
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After taking the Leadership Essentials program, I started to let the people in my company have more ownership in the decision making. I try to be better at delegating. One thing we do differently after I returned from the program is that we changed a weekly management meeting to a daily management meeting. Every person talks to a piece based on their department, and everyone gets to see what everyone else is doing.
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Neha Rajesh
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Head of Strategic Deal Marketing at Temenos
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This program teaches you everything you need to know about effective leadership in two days. Amazing theory and the perfect marriage of theory and practice. I can't wait to put these concepts into action at my company.
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Shirish Shetty
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Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing, Allcargo Logistics Ltd
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I was promoted to a new role and needed to shape up my management skillls. In the Leadership Essentials program, I learned that how you deliver your message can often have a greater impact than the message itself. I immediately applied this to my role when I returned, and instead of judging a team member, I changed my tone of communication and was able to get results much faster.
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Leadership Essentials is designed for mid-level executives looking to improve their effectiveness working with individuals and teams.
Columbia Business School alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for this program. More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit.
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Years of Management Experience
| Years of Management Experience | % |
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| 20+ | 6 |
| 16-20 | 3 |
| 11-15 | 14 |
| 6-10 | 26 |
| 1-5 | 47 |
| <1 | 4 |
Industry
| Years of Management Experience | % |
|---|---|
| Finance/Accounting | 12 |
| Media | 4 |
| Consulting | 4 |
| IT/Technology | 7 |
| Healthcare | 10 |
| CPG | 10 |
| Energy/Resources | 4 |
| Insurance | 3 |
| Entertainment/Leisure | 3 |
| Manufacturing | 6 |
| Government | 6 |
| Other | 31 |
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Earn a Certificate
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Upon completion of this program, you will earn credits towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits.
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This program is suitable for mid-level executives looking to improve their effectiveness working with individuals and teams.
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I certify that the attendee is a mid-level executive who is looking to improve their effectiveness working with individuals and teams.
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