Chicago Booth School of Business

High-Performance Leadership

Chicago Booth School of Business

Leadership Programs

About Programme

Lead with authenticity. Adapt with agility. Perform with impact.

High-Performance Leadership equips executives to lead with authenticity, build trust, strengthen team resilience, and deliver sustainable performance in fast-changing environments.

For decades, many organizations rewarded leadership systems driven by hierarchy, pressure, and short-term results. But as AI accelerates change and uncertainty, those same systems can work against the adaptability and trust required for sustained high performance.

This 5-day program equips leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen trust, and develop the resilience, authenticity, and courage required to lead effectively as AI reshapes organizations.

Grounded in Booth's rigorous research and led by world-class faculty and practitioners, this program engages you in real-time practice, expert feedback, and proven frameworks that help you lead with clarity, perform under pressure, and deliver lasting impact.

This program serves as an elective to:

Programme Content

Introduction to High-Performance Leadership

Explore AI-era leadership, where trust, adaptability, and connection drive performance.
Identify the conditions that build or undermine high-performing environments.

Creating a High-Performance Environment

Examine how leadership styles shape organizational performance.
Identify the traits high-performing talent needs today.
Attract, retain, and elevate top talent.
Use diverse perspectives to strengthen innovation and adaptability.

Leading Through Change and Complexity

Lead organizational change with clarity, accountability, and resilience.
Navigate resistance, tension, and difficult conversations.
Reinforce behaviors that strengthen culture, engagement, and long-term performance.

Impactful Communication Strategies

Communicate effectively up, down, and across the organization.
Deliver difficult messages with vulnerability, clarity, and authenticity.
Lead under pressure with effective crisis communication.
Navigate high-stakes questions from employees, stakeholders, and the media.

Mindfulness, Resilience, and Self-Leadership

Recognize how stress and disruption affect performance and decision-making.
Challenge assumptions about work-life balance and leadership sustainability.
Develop practices that build resilience, focus, and long-term impact.

Courage and Values-Driven Leadership

Clarify the values that guide leadership under pressure.
Balance ambition with human connection to sustain performance.
Lead with courage, integrity, and accountability.
Make decisions that build trust, culture, and resilience.

Artificial Intelligence and the High-Performing Leader

Develop frameworks for evaluating AI opportunities and risks.
Explore responsible leadership decision-making and governance.
Preserve trust, culture, and connection amid technological change.

Programme Objective

By attending this program, you will explore key themes in:

Leadership Trust in the AI Era

Examine how AI is redefining what effective leadership requires.
Build trust and engagement during uncertainty and change.

Authentic Leadership and Executive Presence

Lead with authenticity and credibility under pressure.
Inspire alignment, accountability, and trust across teams and stakeholders.

High-Performance Culture

Foster behaviors that build adaptability, collaboration, accountability, and performance.
Attract and retain top talent across dynamic workplaces.

Communication, Resilience, and Change Leadership

Deliver difficult messages with clarity, empathy, and authenticity.
Navigate conflict, disruption, and pressure with resilience and sound judgment.

Research and Practice in Action

Apply research-backed insights on leadership, culture, and performance.
Practice new leadership behaviors in real-time through interactive exercises, faculty coaching, and peer feedback.

Programme Audience

Mid- to senior-level executives who create value for their organizations—especially those in leadership functions undergoing dynamic change, high-pressure environments, or the need to build stronger performance across their organization. Download the brochure for in-depth insights into participant profiles. Download brochure

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