EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: Have you heard about the Strathmore University Business School’s Senior Management Leadership Programme; dubbed the ‘Polishing Off’ School for Senior Managers?

A business school can be referred to as a school of management. As Strathmore University evolved into one of Africa’s leading business schools, it has added layers to subjects like economics, finance and management, in effect, developing a ‘finishing school’ aspect to these various disciplines.

The result of this is Programmes like the Senior Management Leadership Programme, which combines key management concepts and best practices to develop strategic thinking as well as offer an integrated perspective on the business landscape and market dynamics.

It takes the senior business executives at the top tiers of management and polishes them off, with a transformative learning experience that prepares them to assume responsibilities at the highest level, enabling them with the tools to lead their organizations.

Target Audience

The Senior Management Leadership Programme targets senior executives or senior managers at the top tiers of management, who are looking to take on leadership roles and seeking the tools that can give them a sustainable edge in guiding their organizations.  

Key Focus Areas

The Programme focuses on the following areas: Business strategy and decision making, corporate governance, Leadership: leading the self and teams, positioning the business for growth and profitability, forming cross-functional teams leading upwards and leading through change and crises.

Benefits of the Senior Management Leadership Programme

For the Participant:

• Ideas, and perspectives as a result of top-tier professional networking that a participant can access within the Programme because of the high calibre of participants and faculty members.
• Upon completion of the Programme, all participants are granted lifetime membership as alumni of Strathmore University Business School, enabling access to high-profile events and learning forums among other benefits.
• The partnerships that Strathmore University Business School enjoys with international business schools lends its Programmes a rich international perspective that is vital for the global business space.
• The Programme schedules are designed to accommodate the busy schedules of senior managers and executives, with 4 one-week modules spread over eight months.
• The participants benefit individually, with sharpened skills, personal effectiveness and self-leadership, enabling them to successfully lead teams and eventually, the organization.
• The decision-making processes of the participants, as individuals, are improved by the tools, frameworks and insights acquired through the Programme that improve their analytical abilities over key business issues.
• The Programme enhances the participants’ capacity to grasp, analyze and utilize financial information.
• The Programme develops the ability of the participants to think strategically, enabling them to face various real-world business challenges successfully.

To the Organization:

• Organizations who put their senior managers through this Programme see improvements in the effectiveness of their department heads and team leaders, and the overall performance of the organization.
• The Programme is a powerful, enabling tool that helps organizations prepare their senior management for the top-tier leadership roles in the organization.
• Organizations whose senior managers partake in the Programme also enjoy an improved capacity to employ strategies that improve profitability, which is beneficial both to the organization and the shareholders.
• The Programme enables the organization to enjoy human resource benefits including a reduction in transitions and turnovers because it allows for a more integrated and functional management team able to take on new and increased responsibilities.

Programme Delivery and Structure  

The Senior Management Leadership Programme has four modules spread over 8 months, with one module undertaken at Nanyang Business School in Singapore. Each module consists of 5 intensive days. The methodology used includes case methodology as a learning technique, with participants given real-world scenarios to solve contemporary business challenges.

Application Process

Apply here for the February 2023 intake!  For more information on this Programme, write to rwanjohi@strathmore.edu/ eeopenprograms@strathmore.edu