The mission of the Yale School of Management is to educate leaders for business and society. Leadership is a process, a set of skills that develop throughout your life.
There is no effortless path to excellence and accomplishment in this domain, nor is there any magic formula. At Yale SOM, the Leadership Development Curriculum is integrated throughout the MBA for Executives program, providing many opportunities to hone and build your leadership knowledge and experience to better lead teams and organizations. Our students explore theories and new research about leadership in the classroom, practice leadership skills in our Leadership Development Practicum, and master these skills in a series of hands-on workshops specially designed for students in the MBA for Executives program.
Leadership Thinking and Practice
Through a curriculum of mandatory core courses coupled with optional sessions on leadership topics and hands-on training in various workshops, the Leadership Development Curriculum develops skills on four levels:
- Individual Level
Values and leadership commitments, knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses - Interpersonal/Team Level
Giving/receiving feedback, emotional intelligence, communication, diversity and inclusion - Organizational Level
Developing and implementing vision and strategy, organizational design and organizational culture - Global Level
Building and sustaining community, ethics, social responsibility and accountability, cultural awareness
How it Works
Over the 22 months of the program, mandatory courses, electives, optional sessions and workshops, along with individual and team executive coaching, colloquium speakers, and other experiences help build advanced leadership knowledge and skills.
Starting in the first residency weeks in July, you will study conceptual frameworks for analyzing group dynamics, diagnosing performance problems, and designing appropriate interventions in Managing Groups and Teams. Your learning team will work with an executive coach to develop strong team norms and set expectations, all skills you can bring back to your work immediately. Throughout the rest of your first year, you will explore how to craft and manage employment relationships to align workers’ aspirations and capabilities with the organization’s needs in The Workforce, understand and dissect the push and pull of non-market forces in State and Society, study how to understand and utilize the dynamics of power, organization, and decision-making to achieve objectives in Power & Politics, and practice the interpersonal and communication skills in Introduction to Negotiation. These are just a few courses that will enhance your leadership skills in your first year.
In the second year, you’ll start the Leadership Practicum course, where you’ll practice delivering and receiving feedback and learn the skills to coach others. You’ll also take additional courses including Designing and Leading Organizations and Business Ethics and choose from curated electives that align with your own interest and development goals. You can put your plan in place while working with an executive coach.
The Leadership Development Curriculum is Designed to:
Advance your leadership goals
Utilize unique assessment tools that provide valuable insights about your strengths and areas for improvement. You can opt to take elective courses or participate in hands-on workshops to further hone your skills.
Integrate with your studies
The leadership curriculum advances in step with the academic curriculum, providing you with opportunities to reflect on the leadership questions and lessons encountered in the integrated core curriculum and your area of focus.
Be applicable to any industry
Leadership demands and practices vary across cultures, whether defined by national boundaries or by different industries. The highly customized nature of the leadership development curriculum enables you to prepare yourself to lead in different types of situations and challenges.
The EMBA curriculum is subject to final faculty approval and may change from time to time.
