LEAD: an Advanced Management Programme

Leadership and General Management Programmes

LEAD: an Advanced Management Programme

LEAD (Learn | Enhance | Aspire | Deliver) is an innovative programme that leverages IIM Calcutta's distinctive strength in blending theory and practice to offer business leaders an opportunity to contemporize their managerial capabilities and to sharpen their leadership acumen. LEAD is aimed at senior executives who aspire to head dynamic, industry-shaping enterprises.

The programme provides an integrated set of three benefits for such individuals:

- Learning through a balance of cutting-edge management theory and deeply engaged practice;
- Personal development through reflection and feedback;
- Meaningful conversations and networking opportunities with successful peers and professionals across a variety of industries

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  • IIMC Lead Programme has empowered me as a leader, to take apt decisions during difficult situations .....
    Manosh Bhattacharya
    Executive Vice President, Writer Corporation
    Batch: LEAD01
  • Choosing the IIMC Lead programme helped me in understanding what I have been doing well, what I had .....
    Kartik Bhati
    Senior Vice President, Fullerton India Credit Ltd
    Batch: LEAD01
  • The IIMC Lead programme structure itself is to the point, crisp and clear. The professors were all e.....
    P. R. Sinha
    Senior Vice President, Writer Corporation
    Batch: LEAD01
  • The IIMC Lead programme was an enriching experience as it made me understand what’s next, as a per.....
    Anchal Kaushal
    Head- Customer Marketing, DIAGEO India
    Batch: LEAD01
  • I feel transformed and enabled after doing this program. The LEAD program gave me a clear understand.....
    Satyashree Narayan
    Founder, Sophomore High
    Batch: LEAD 02

  • Manosh Bhattacharya
    Executive Vice President, Writer Corporation
    Batch: LEAD01

    IIMC Lead Programme has empowered me as a leader, to take apt decisions during difficult situations with the help of IIMC professors and programme directors who were of high pedigree and great knowledge. The first campus visit took me back to my school days and the environment was indeed motivating with people who were curious to learn, experience and immerse themselves in this great pool of knowledge. I learned to think from a wider perspective using analogy and different decision metrics, figure out relations in terms of unrelated happenings that have happened in the past and bring those learnings to current problem solving, execute and solve situations through design thinking, etc.

  • Kartik Bhati
    Senior Vice President, Fullerton India Credit Ltd
    Batch: LEAD01

    Choosing the IIMC Lead programme helped me in understanding what I have been doing well, what I had to improve and cured the dilemmas I had been facing as a manager. The campus visit was great and it helped me learn and unlearn a lot. I learned design thinking and the importance of interconnection between the corporate strategy, business strategy and functional strategy in obtaining the targeted results. The process of integrative learning that the course offered helped me in understanding that there are different approaches to the strategy and the execution piece.

  • P. R. Sinha
    Senior Vice President, Writer Corporation
    Batch: LEAD01

    The IIMC Lead programme structure itself is to the point, crisp and clear. The professors were all excellent. The quality of the content was fantastic and the lectures were engrossing and gripping. This programme has developed my insights and conviction on various decision-making topics and has enabled me to make conscious decisions when confronted with difficult and ambiguous situations.

  • Anchal Kaushal
    Head- Customer Marketing, DIAGEO India
    Batch: LEAD01

    The IIMC Lead programme was an enriching experience as it made me understand what’s next, as a person at the edge of taking up a leadership position. The professors made us feel like we were the CEO of the company. The 5-6 days campus visits were immersive and I could absorb a lot from there through interaction with peers. The sessions on various modules of the programme left me with lots of takeaways and it helped me look at everything differently.

  • Satyashree Narayan
    Founder, Sophomore High
    Batch: LEAD 02

    I feel transformed and enabled after doing this program. The LEAD program gave me a clear understanding of various functions of a business unit and the interplay between these functions.
    The class itself was made of senior working professionals. The executive angle that they brought along really appealed to me. I learnt not only from the professors but also from my cohort. The program challenged me to reach the apex of my personal abilities and develop professionally. It gave me skill sets that I didn’t have. It made me question what I want to do in my second act. I was ready to be an entrepreneur soon after this program.
    The structure of the program offers a lot of flexibility and allows you to learn without necessarily affecting your professional commitments. This program is a perfect solution for people who want to accelerate their careers by developing their business and social skills.