IIM Bangalore - Executive Education

Strategy and Leadership in VUCA World (Batch 12)

IIM Bangalore - Executive Education

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Last date to apply: December 25, 2026 · Program starts on January 4, 2027

About Programme

Programme Overview

Changing business environment, the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, and Complex & Ambiguous) world, and globalization are putting more challenges before business leaders than ever before. While in emerging markets, growth opportunities exist, the CEOs/CXOs, and other business leaders are constantly working on finding out more innovative ways to strengthen competitive edge and sustain it; in the face of ever-increasing stakeholder expectations.

The organizational complexities have been accentuated by change in demographics, customer profile, localization, and innovations with pressure on Sustainability with Innovation, Talent Management Frameworks, Verticalisation of Organizations, and fast pacing Technological Changes. Further, with complex and large organizations in the modern world, inter-connections of systems, geographies and products and services, Leadership has assumed a totally new set of contingencies. Hence, organizational strategies of leadership are receiving more attention from Top Management for using Empowerment and enriching and other critical Positive Psychology and Talent Management tools, e.g., Developmental Conversation and Executive Coaching.

This programme Strategy and Leadership in VUCA World is a programme for Top and Senior Executives to take a pause, reflect, review and develop a few strategies and personal action plans to have an edge

Programme Content

Programme Content: Defining organization of the future; culture and linking it to desired results Changing Organizational Canvas/Context: the VUCA World in Emerging economy Organizational Strategies and Frameworks for Competitive Advantage Leadership: the critical factor for Strategic Advantage; trends, best practices Desired leadership competencies, behaviours, and organization values Executive Coaching for prioritized development Talent Management: Changing paradigms and the role of Leaders and Senior executives Succession planning for critical roles and a pipeline for talent

Programme Objective

Programme Objective

This Leadership Programme is an attempt to pause, reflect, review, appreciate, and sharpen some of the following:

To appreciate the changing business context: VUCA world, more so in the emerging markets of India
Review, recapitulate and recalibrate of strategies for competitive edge
To highlight various Interconnections between strategies and various sub-systems
To facilitate and appreciate one’s styles of leadership in changing times; the styles, strengths, enablers, derailers, competencies, and the gaps
Use of executive coaching for identification of planned/focused corrective actions for strengthening leadership**
Sharing best practices in the Strategies and Leadership Edge area**Use of 360-degree for Coaching: Participants with 360 feedback leadership report can have one-on-one interaction with faculty during the programme.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Workshop methodology Case Discussion/Exercises Strategy Simulations/Scenario Planning Best Practices Sharing Executive Coaching

Programme Audience

Who should attend?

Candidates having 20+ years of work experience
Senior managers of organizations who are responsible to manage a business unit within an organization.
Senior executives and those in line management, responsible for the P&L of their vertical

Programme Benefits

Key benefits/takeaways

As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –

Receive Executive Education eNewsletters
Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process)
Participate in EEP webinars on various topics
Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

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