General Management Programme
Built for high-calibre executives stepping into enterprise leadership, GMP equips you to think beyond functions, harness the digital economy, and drive organisation-wide impact.
Applications close on March 28, 2026
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Programme Overview
Key Takeaways
Reimagine How You Think, Lead, and Succeed
Gain capabilities to lead with clarity, vision, and impact:
- Shape strategies for complex and uncertain contexts applying critical thinking to drive decisive outcomes
- Harness AI for innovation and long-term growth integrating digital insights to manage risk and unlock new opportunities
- Strengthen negotiation, influence and executive presence to inspire teams and align diverse stakeholders
- Foster cultures of innovation and transformation that deliver operational excellence and sustained competitive value
- Grow as an authentic and purpose-driven leader through a personalised leadership plan built on empathy and storytelling
Why ISB Executive Education?
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Programme Highlights
Learner Profiles
- Professionals with 8+ years of experience moving beyond functional leadership
- Executives whose scope now spans multiple functions or enterprise priorities
- Leaders seeking to increase strategic impact across the organisation
- Executives leading businesses, major initiatives, or large teams
- Leaders responsible for growth, profitability, and execution outcomes
- Professionals navigating complexity across stakeholders and functions
- Leaders aspiring to broader enterprise or general management positions
- Executives seeking exposure beyond their core domain
- Professionals building capability to lead organisations holistically
Class Profile
Learner Stories
"This programme reinforced the need to keep learning and evolving. Engaging with a diverse cohort gave me insight into the challenges professionals navigate daily. The simulations changed my perspective, helping me think differently."
"The GMP was a comprehensive learning experience, covering everything from marketing and finance to emerging topics like AI and design thinking. The Business Leadership Challenge felt like building a business from scratch - an incredibly hands-on experience."
"Leading a large team meant I needed to invest in my own growth to create better leaders. Case studies on personal leadership reinforced the importance of empathy and integrity, and the structured approach made this learning experience truly valuable. "
Curriculum
The curriculum blends strategic insight, cross-functional excellence, digital and AI-led innovation, and leadership depth, brought to life through the Business Leadership Challenge that sharpens real-world impact.
Module 1: Strategic Business Essentials
- Build economic, analytical, and decision-making foundations for leadership
- Strengthen critical thinking to navigate ambiguity and uncertainty
- Connect data, context, and judgement in complex business decisions
- Anchor learning through CEO insights on enterprise leadership
Module 2: Driving Functional Excellence
- Integrate marketing, finance, and operations to create enterprise value
- Apply analytics and economics for managerial judgement and risk assessment
- Strengthen customer-centricity, financial discipline, and value-based selling
- Drive operational excellence, resilience, and sustainable supply chains
Module 3: Strategy, Digital Innovation and Sustainability
- Apply strategic decision-making to assess industries and competition
- Reimagine value creation through business-model innovation
- Harness AI, analytics, and design thinking for business impact
- Embed sustainability, ethics, and responsibility into long-term strategy
Module 4: Leading People, Culture and Change
- Build trust, collaboration, and accountability through emotional intelligence
- Lead purpose-driven change across teams and organisations
- Shape culture, talent, and the future of work
- Practice leader-as-coach behaviours to enable performance and growth
Module 5: Integration, Influence and Impact
- Integrate learning across functions to address enterprise-level challenges
- Apply strategic, financial, and people perspectives to complex decisions
- Strengthen influence, negotiation, and executive presence
- Consolidate learning into clear, organisatisn-relevant leadership impact
Note: Modules and topics are subject to change based on our faculty recommendations to keep the content contextual and relevant to the evolving environment.
What You Will Gain
Certificate
On successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded a programme completion certificate from ISB Executive Education, a formal recognition of your professional development.
Programme Eligibility: Diploma/Bachelor's degree (10+2+3) or equivalent from a recognised university; 8+ years post-degree work experience
ISB Executive Alumni Benefits
On successful completion of this programme, participants gain the ISB Executive Alumni status. The privileges of this exclusive community include:
ISB email and other benefits:
- Exclusive ISB Executive Education email ID to connect with your network
- 10% programme fee benefit on other ISB Executive Education programmes
- 20% programme fee benefit on ISB Online programmes
- Access to ISB Executive Education alumni support team over email
Access to resources:
- ISB Executive Education Alumni portal
- Podcasts, async content, articles, newsletters and more
- Exclusive Invitations to events like MasterClasses, webinars and conferences, amongst others
Networking and continuous learning:
- Networking opportunities via ISB Executive Network Group on LinkedIn
- Connect with your peers via the ISB Executive Education Alumni Portal
- Access to city-level alumni chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) via ISB Executive Education Alumni portal
- Opportunity to be a guest speaker at ISB Executive Education events
Programme Faculty
Deepa Mani
Professor Information Systems, ISB
Sarang Deo
Professor Operations Management, ISB
Ram Nidumolu
Professor of Organisational Behaviour (Practice), ISB
Chandrasekhar Sripada
Professor of Organisational Behaviour (Practice), ISB
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