Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) Online Course
Online
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
19 Dec 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
16 Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 15,000 / per course *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* four installments of $3,750
Introduction
CLIMB enables new and experienced leaders to ignite their careers with a combination of vital and forward-looking business skills, self-reflection, and an immersive cohort-based learning experience with a diverse global network.
Key Concepts
- Develop a robust set of vital and forward-looking business skills to grow as a leader
- Engage with a global cohort of like-minded peers and build a network that lasts far beyond the program
- Practice effective teamwork and implement strategies of high-performing teams in your workplace
- Explore digital tools and data-informed leadership to execute, innovate, and work smarter
- Identify what makes a successful personal brand to establish your own
- Gain frameworks and in-demand skills from a business curriculum with breadth and depth
- Build expertise in an elective topic of your choosing
Ideal Students
WHO WILL BENEFIT
New Leaders
New Leaders have zero to three years of managerial experience and five-plus years of total professional experience.
Experienced Leaders
Experienced Leaders have four or more years of managerial experience and seven-plus years of total professional experience.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
This course is not eligible for scholarships and financial aid. For more information, please visit our Payment & Financial Aid page.
Curriculum
New Leaders
Term 1
- Introduction
- Dynamic Teaming Part 1
- Psychologically Safe Teams
- Leading Effective Teams
- Leadership Principles
- 360 Emotional and Social Competency Inventory
- Taking Charge
- Leading Your Team
- Unleashing Potential in Yourself and Others
- Your Network
Term 2
- Elective:
- Dynamic Teaming Part 2
- One finance elective (any course in the Finance & Accounting topic area) and one open elective (any certificate course from the HBS Online portfolio)*
Term 3
- Elective:
- One finance elective (any course in the Finance & Accounting topic area) and one open elective (any certificate course from the HBS Online portfolio)*
- Leading in the Digital World
- Leading Innovation
- Leading in the Digital Era
Term 4
- Personal Branding
- Personal Branding
- Leveraging Your Personal Brand
- Business Strategy
- Creating Value for Customers
- Adding Value Through Complements
- Competing with Network Effects
- Creating Value for Talent
- Mastering Productivity
- Implementing Strategy
- Conclusion & Capstone
Experienced Leaders
Term 1
- Introduction
- Dynamic Teaming
- Psychologically Safe Teams
- Leading Effective Teams
- Organizational Leadership
- Leading at Scale and Scope
- Leader as Beacon: Understanding the Context and Settling Direction
- Leader as Beacon: Communicating Direction
- Leader as Architect: Designing to Deliver Value
- Project Week
- Leader as Catalyst of Change
- Leader as Catalyst of Innovation
Term 2
- Elective:
- Dynamic Teaming Part 2
- One finance elective (any course in the Finance & Accounting topic area) and one open elective (any certificate course from the HBS Online portfolio)*
Term 3
- Elective:
- One finance elective (any course in the Finance & Accounting topic area) and one open elective (any certificate course from the HBS Online portfolio)*
- Leading in the Digital World
- Leading InnovationLeading in the Digital Era
Term 4
- Personal Branding
- Personal Branding
- Leveraging Your Personal Brand
- Strategy Execution
- Managing the Tensions of Strategy Execution
- Aligning Job Design to Strategy
- Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy
- Measuring and Monitoring Performance
- Identifying and Managing Risks
- Balancing Innovation and Control
- Conclusion & Capstone
*You’ll complete one of those electives in Term 2 and the other in Term 3
Program Outcome
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business and four certificates of completion
A Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) is granted to those who successfully complete CLIMB—a selective, cohort-based learning experience and HBS Online’s most comprehensive business offering. CLIMB enables new and experienced leaders to ignite their careers with a combination of essential and forward-looking business skills, self-reflection, and membership in a diverse global network of peers.
The year-long program includes seven courses and a capstone project. Participants must complete CLIMB within two years to earn a credential.
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