Programme Overview
This 12-month long programme will prepare participants for their journey to leadership roles by addressing: ‘How can women embark on their leadership journey?’ With 40 intensive online/face-to-face sessions featuring a mix of interactive lectures, case studies and workshops, it intends to prepare women executives for the transformation from various roles in organizations into leadership, by equipping them along two industry-focused dimensions. The first dimension is cutting-edge managerial skills across domains of Strategy, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Finance, Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Policy, Ethics and Sustainability. The second dimension is development as an organizational leader through self-discovery, emotional resilience, entrepreneurial mindset, understanding organizational dynamics, managing diversity and inclusion, and personal management. Further, interactive sessions with women leaders, along with capstone projects, will equip participants for meaningful transformations in the industry.
Programme Objective
The programme is designed to have 3 parts with multiple modules covering:
Part 1: How women can develop themselves as effective managers by learning about
- Competition, strategy and corporate governance
- Fundamentals of marketing, finance, operations and supply chain management, organizational behaviour
- Digital Innovation and transformation with AI & analytics
- Ethics, sustainability and human resource management
Part 2: How women can develop themselves as leaders through
- Mindset of leader development
- Self-discovery, emotional resilience, leader identity
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Managing teams, handling conflict, understanding power and politics
- Executive communication and storytelling
- Executive voice and executive presence
- Managing diversity and inclusion, and building an inclusive organization
- Crafting a career through personal management
Part 3: Learning from women leaders and industry projects
Programme Directors
Who Should Attend
- Working women professionals with at least 5 years of managerial experience in top companies
- Participants demonstrating significant career achievements/ leadership responsibilities.
- Women engaged in family business /entrepreneurial activities.
- Graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent) in any discipline with minimum 50% aggregate and 50% or more in post-graduation are also eligible.
Programme Duration and Delivery
The duration of the programme is 12 months.
The sessions will be delivered through the D2D (Direct to Device Mode) online platform and through face-to-face sessions at IIM Calcutta campus.
The programme will be delivered through online classes held once a week. The class schedule is Day of the week: Saturday, 3:30pm – 6:30 pm
There will be two campus visits. 1st campus visit will be of 3 days (towards the beginning of the programme) and 2nd campus visit will be of 3 days (towards the end of the programme).
Campus modules will remain compulsory for all.
Pedagogy
The pedagogy will be highly interactive. It will leverage use of technology and will consist of, depending on the subject, a judicious blend of lectures, real life case studies, quizzes, and assignments.
Programme Content
(IIMC reserves sole right on the content of the programme)
- Module 1: Strategic Thinking & Decision-Making
- Competition & Strategy
- Strategic Thinking and Leadership
- Corporate Governance
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- Module 2: Leading With Digital and AI
- Statistics for Business & AI
- Digital Transformation
- Introduction to AI and Analytics
- Data Visualization
- Introduction to ML in Business
- Business Applications for GenAI and Agentic AI
- Digital Platforms Dynamics
- Module 3: Building Business Acumen & Cross-Functional Excellence
- Marketing Management
- Digital Marketing
- Financial Management and Fintech
- Operational Analytics
- Operations and Supply Chain
- Change Management
- Module 4: Understanding Organizational Governance
- Ethics and Governance
- Sustainability
- Workplace Laws and Policies
- Human Resource Management
- Module 5: Developing Leadership Mindset
- Leader Development
- Understanding & Managing Self
- Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
- Leadership: Identity, Values and Purpose
- Developing an Intrapreneurial and Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Module 6: Developing Executive Voice
- Effective Communication and Body Language
- Executive Communication and Storytelling
- Module 7: Developing Organizational Stewardship
- Managing Teams
- Negotiation and Conflict Management
- Understanding Power and Politics in Organizations
- Managing Diversity & Inclusion in Organizations
- Inclusive Leadership & Organizations
- Module 8: Developing the Career Roadmap
- Crafting Your Career Through Building Image, Networking, Mentoring and More
- Managing Personal Finance
- Fundamentals of Personal Branding & Executive Presence
- Interaction Sessions with Women Leaders
- Capstone Project
Programme Sample Certificate
Alumni Status
- LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 35,000 members.
- LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
- LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
- The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
- Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
- The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
- Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
- By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform
How to Apply
For further details and for downloading the application form please visit - https://timespro.com/executive-education/iim-calcutta-transitioning-into-leadership-a-programme-for-women-executives
Name: Prathmesh Dali
Number: 1800-843-1552
Email ID: admissions[at]timesgroup[dot]com
