Leadership Programme in Building Executive Presence and Influence (LPBEPI)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Leadership And General Management Programmes
About Programme
The programme is aimed at helping participants build executive presence and authentic leadership by strengthening their skills to communicate with greater impact, make decisions with more awareness, navigate difficult conversations, manage emotions, and influence stakeholders more effectively. With insights from Indian traditional wisdom, the programme will offer a structured approach to participants to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and leveraging those in ways that can help them advance in their careers while being true to themselves.
By the end of the course, participants shall be able to:
Cultivate Inner Poise and Adaptive Reinvention
Amplify Ethical Influence and Empathic Resonance
Navigate Political Currents with Constructive Foresight
Programme Content
Modules
Module 1: The Ownership Mindset
Leadership Cognition and Biases
Mental Models, Inertia and Agility
Learning and Competence Building
Understanding and preventing Derailment
Module 2: Reinventing the Self
Understanding the Self
Managing Ego States
Managing Self in multi-dimensional business dynamics
Module 3: Inspiring Teams
Leading diverse and cross-cultural teams
Building future-ready teams
Working with AI team members
Driving Initiative in Self-Managed Teams
Managing across the hierarchy
Module 4: Building Alignment
Conflict and its dimensions
Effective Negotiations
Managing interpersonal relationships
Supportive communication climate and Active Listening
Co-existence: Insights from Indian traditional wisdom
Module 5: Leading with Purpose and Presence
Communication vision - Storytelling, Narratives, Persuasion
Motivational and Inspirational Leadership
Mastering Art of Decision Making
High Impact Presentation Skills
Ethical and Responsible Leadership (weaving in Insights from Indian wisdom)
Module 6: Empathetic Leadership
Developing Emotional Intelligence
Humanizing Leadership - Leading with empathy and compassion
Indian leadership insights
Module 7: Leading for Inclusion
Leading a gender diverse organization
Adaptive Leadership
Navigating Inter-Generational challenges
Module 8: Cracking the code of Political Skill
Influence tactics
Political Skill
Leadership Networking
Communicating with CXOs and Board members
Indigenous insights
Alumni Benefits
LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 35,000 members.
LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform
Pedagogy
Pedagogy
The pedagogy will be highly interactive. It will leverage the use of technology. It will consist of a judicious blend of lectures, real-life case studies, quizzes, assignments and simulation.
The pedagogy will be highly interactive. It will leverage the use of technology. It will consist of a judicious blend of lectures, real-life case studies, quizzes, assignments and simulation.
Programme Audience
Senior Management working professionals (preferably with revenue/ leadership responsibilities or large client facing roles) with a minimum of 10 years of experience in large organizations or entrepreneurs/founders, who wish to uncover their leadership potential and build themselves for future leadership roles