Programme Overview
By ‘strategic mindset’, we refer to the capacity to frame problems, align resources and key stakeholders, and articulate aspirations in ways that serve the long-term viability of the organization. This programme seeks to nurture and focus the strategic mindset necessary for effective performance in a CXO role in a large organization facing a challenging competitive context. The programme is, therefore, anchored in five core questions rather than an assortment of themes. These five core questions will be dissected through case discussions, lectures, and experiential forms of learning to enable participants to develop a strategic agenda for their organization. The programme prioritizes enabling participants to see the link between the strategic mindset and organization-level actionability.
Programme Objective
‘Becoming a CXO: Developing a Strategic Mindset’ seeks to focus on foundational questions and ways of thinking that can lead to breakthrough insight while bypassing the usual anchoring in popular concepts and frameworks. This programme reorients the content towards five fundamental questions that enable participants to engage in discussion and reflection on how they might build a strategic mindset. Concurrently, the programme nudges participants to link insight (thought) to action (outcomes) for their organizations. The programme, therefore, focuses on the individual leader (in the context of their organization) and their dilemmas, tradeoffs, and paradoxes as they strive to lead their organizations to positions of long-term viability and performance.
Key Topics
- How should I manage my changing self in order to adapt to leadership roles with greater challenges?
- How can I leverage relationships and access resources to continuously reposition my organization?
- How do I rethink technological possibilities and bottlenecks to pursue longer-lasting advantage for my organization?
- How can I utilise digitalization to transform my organization?
- How should I lead change in my organization?
Programme Directors
Who May Attend
- Executives already running a business unit, venture, or enterprise, or those with a clear expectation of running one within the next five years.
- Founders and entrepreneurs moving into a growth stage for their venture.
Programme Duration and Delivery
- From the morning of December 01, 2025 till the afternoon of December 05, 2025
- Face to face - classroom based
Pedagogy
Lectures, case discussions, and exercises, tied together by reflection, experiential learning, and an action agenda.
How to Apply
- You can apply/nominate your personnel by clicking on the “Apply Now” link corresponding to the particular MDP, as appearing on our online calendar available at: https://iimcal.ac.in/mdp/mdp-calendar
- Once the candidature(s) is (are) approved, the sponsoring authority or participant (in case of self-nomination) will be intimated over email along with a Proforma Invoice seeking programme fees in advance.
- Programme fees can be remitted online through Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT/RTGS).
- Upon remitting the fees online, kindly intimate CMDP office with the UTRNo. /relevant transaction details through email, so that we can connect your remittance to your nomination(s). Please note that confirmation of participation is subject to receipt of Programme fees by CMDP Office before commencement of the MDP.
For further assistance, please connect with:
Name: Ms. Payel Majumder
Number: +91 33 7121 6012
Email ID: program_mdp[at]iimcal[dot]ac[dot]in
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