Cranfield is one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious business schools – and after 40 years is as innovative as ever – here is a new style Masters degree coming into the heart of the business environment. A clever mix of on-line flexible learning and face-to-face interaction in Central London at the end of the working day means that participants no longer have to lose their weekends – the programme is built around their busy working lives – it comes to them. Emerging markets are explored and examined in situ – where the action is happening, talking with the people who make it happen. An in-depth leadership retreat is conducted off-site as is some of the teaching, in occasional intensive overnight sessions on-campus.

Does your organisation need Exceptional Leaders?
If you are asking the questions “How can our staff become more effective leaders “; “How can they inspire and motivate those around them”; “How can they steer our organisation through the challenges presented in a fast changing, global business environment”? The answer is the new Cranfield Executive MSc in Strategic Leadership to be launched this September.

This two-year part-time programme develops participants’ leadership capacities at a strategic level equipping them for serious levels of responsibilities in the organisational world. This opportunity to focus on leadership and unravel the complexity of how to initiate and sustain strategic change – to make a real difference – is rare and the outcome will be a cadre of leaders who are exceptional.

Who is the programme aimed at?
The MSc in Strategic Leadership is aimed at practising managers in strategic or senior operational roles, who understand that success in the market-place depends on having good leadership within the organisation. This is equally true in corporate and public sector organisations so the programme addresses both the leadership skills and qualities needed by all managers as they move up the organisation and those particular context-specific leadership practices that apply to your type of organisation.

The content of the course is designed to help your most promising managers to understand and thrive on the challenges of contemporary leadership and will enhance their knowledge, skills and understanding in key areas such as strategic leadership, leading in a global context, leading change and corporate governance. Managers will also develop their emotional intelligence, resilience under pressure and personal philosophy for being the kind of leader that others choose to follow.

This programme is delivered by experienced academic and associate faculty, who will work with an exciting range of learning approaches drawing on the arts and in-depth psychology, as well as more conventional research-based academic studies and contributions by leaders from the worlds of business, politics, NGOs and the military in order that participants fully engage themselves in the learning process. This is not a “5 Steps…” training package; it is an in-depth adventure in completely rethinking leadership and one’s own role and contribution as a leader for the future.

What Makes this Programme Different?
Topics studied on this programme are of direct relevance to participants and their organisations. Studies are completed with an academically-supervised thesis on an agreed leadership topic. Unlike many other leadership development programmes this is an Accredited Masters degree and is accessible to busy managers by using local venues and online learning, in addition to short residential modules at Cranfield and elsewhere: three very good reasons to choose the Cranfield MSc in Strategic Leadership.

If you would like the opportunity to send staff onto such a programme that encourages, challenges and supports them to become Exceptional Leaders, then we should talk.

Why Choose Cranfield?
Cranfield School of Management is a Financial Times Top 40 school with 40 years’ experience in awarding management qualifications, and is triple-accredited by EQUIS, AMBA, and AACSB. We are known for our excellence in leadership development, for our deep-rooted industry links and for our focus on transforming learning and research into action.

Our long tradition of management education means that we have a global alumni network of over 16,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide at all stages of their careers; it means that we have long-lasting relationships with organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors; and it means that we have a deep understanding of the needs of international managers and their organisations.

Next Steps?
As an organisation who invests in their talent, you will no doubt be interested to hear more about our new programme from senior faculty.

To showcase the programme, we will be holding a Taster Session in London on 5th March, 2013 and invite Heads of Human Resources, Learning & Development , Talent and Development, as well as, staff you may be considering sponsoring onto this programme.

For more information, an invitation overview, timings and a booking form please email our Business Development Director – Michele Gray: michele.gray@cranfield.ac.uk and Web: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/sl