High Impact Leadership

High Impact Leadership provides a profound understanding of how you are perceived as a leader in the context of your organization. Through a dynamic mix of lectures, discussions, 360-degree feedback, one-on-one coaching*, and self-assessment tools, you learn concrete ways to improve your leadership abilities.

At the conclusion of this five-day program, you have an action plan for managing yourself and leading others to improved performance and are more effective at communicating direction and inspiration that aligns people and objectives.

For a complete program schedule download the agenda.

Please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists at +1 212-854-3395 for a personal conversation to learn more.

*To participate in the one-on-one coaching session, participants need to complete the 360 survey prior to the start of the program.

Through 360-degree feedback, intensive one-on-one coaching*, self-assessment tools, and small group work, you develop a realistic path to more effective leadership. You learn how to establish and communicate direction and inspiration that aligns people and objectives.

• Gain greater awareness of your leadership styles, strengths, and weaknesses
• Improve your style of leading and managing
• Strengthen your ability to lead and manage organizational innovation and change
• Develop more effective decision making skills
• Achieve better synergy in groups
• Build your understanding of national culture, organizational culture, and leadership implications
• Learn the art of giving and receiving feedback

*To participate in the one-on-one coaching session, participants need to complete the 360 survey prior to the start of the program.

Upon completion of this program, you will earn credits towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits. Learn more.

High Impact Leadership provides an opportunity for participants to explore and understand their leadership capabilities: strengths, weaknesses, and concrete ways to improve.

The curriculum includes readings, lectures, and discussions on a wide range of topics, including the makings of a great leader, emotional intelligence, organizational effectiveness and group dynamics, the value of self awareness and self management, and successful change management.

The program also includes Columbia Business School's 360 Assessment Tool that collects feedback from the participant, their peers, direct reports and supervisors.*

For a complete program schedule download the agenda.

*To participate in the one-on-one coaching session, participants need to complete the 360 survey prior to the start of the program.

Hear more about the tool from the faculty director:

Participants emerge from the program with a clear sense of their own leadership style and a concrete direction for becoming a more inspirational, influential leader.

Sample Session Titles:

• Designing Organizations for High Performance and Stakeholder Trust
• Managerial Decision Making
• Managing Change: Exploring Underlying Assumptions
• Understanding Your Change Management Practices
• Leadership Styles
• Dimensions of Culture and Leader/Manager Behavior
• Self-Management and Leadership

High Impact Leadership is designed for upper-level executives with ideally 10 years (could be less) of experience who seek to enhance their leadership skills and management effectiveness within the context of their organization.

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.

• Designing Organizations for High Performance and Stakeholder Trust
• Managing Change: Exploring Underlying Assumptions
• Dimensions of Culture and Leader/Manager Behavior
• Managerial Decision Making
• Leadership Styles
• Understanding Your Change Management Practices
• Self-Management and Leadership