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Leadership Development

Leadership Development

UCLA – NUS Executive MBA participants have access to a portfolio of leadership development activities that are designed to develop and nurture effective and successful global leaders. Leadership skills are developed at the individual, team and organizational levels throughout the 15-month program. In addition to the two core leadership courses outlined below, extensive instructional and conceptual content to hone leadership skills is also provided throughout the curriculum.

Leadership and Managerial Skills is a core class taught during the first residential session and truly sets the stage for enhancing leadership and managerial skills. It combines comparative (East-West) sociological and psychological perspectives on management to provide an understanding of the imperatives of managing complex teams and organizations.

Strategic Leadership and Strategy Implementation builds upon and enhances participants’ skills and is designed to address several fundamental aspects of leading complex organizations, placing particular emphasis on developing well-aligned, high performance organizations and the challenges of leading change in organizations. The primary goals of this course are to enable students to develop an organized point of view on strategic leadership and focus on the key competencies identified as essential for development of a successful leader, including self and social awareness, self management techniques, and building and managing effective relationships.

Creation and development of a Leadership Map serves as a developmental blueprint for participants as they progress through the class. Personalized assessments are undertaken with each participant and individual detailed feedback is provided. Examples of assessments include: Emotional Intelligence View 360 (a multi-rater feedback assessment) and StressScan.