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STANFORD LEAD
LEARN. ENGAGE. ACCELERATE. DISRUPT.

Stanford LEAD offers a deeply collaborative, academically rigorous
learning environment that gives highly motivated professionals a
flexible way to experience Stanford GSB – intimate online learning
fully integrated into your environment. The one-year, eight-course
programs are focused on impact and transformation, giving you
the skills, confidence, and support to enact true change in yourself
and your organization.
Each year-long Certificate program blends a full suite of leading
technologies with active synchronous and asynchronous learning,
small team projects, and a cloud-based community space for
interactive group experiences. Our ultimate goal: to create a
unique, demanding, and connection-driven educational journey
that gives you the freedom to focus on your personal outcomes
and goals.

Community
Collaborate, engage, and
connect with global peers

Curriculum Faculty
“
I now have
friends on each
continent, in most
Dive deep into research- Learn from renowned
backed frameworks through Stanford GSB professors major cities, and
8 rigorous courses
working in nearly
every industry
that I can reach
out to and share
the same business
challenges to help
each other.”
–Patricia Kimondo
Feedback Real-World Application CEO/Founder (Commercial
Services Industry)
Receive individualized feedback Apply what you learn at work
and support from faculty, course for immediate impact
facilitators, and coaches

gsb.stanford.edu/exec-ed/lead GSB_LEADcertificate@stanford.edu +1.650.736.7901

STANFORD LEAD
Personal Leadership Certificate Corporate Innovation Certificate

DEVELOP AS A LEADER WHO IS COMPASSIONATE, COURAGEOUS,
CURIOUS, AND EXHIBITS THE HUMILITY NECESSARY FOR
CONTINUED GROWTH.
The Personal Leadership program curriculum begins with two foundation
courses: Foundations of Leadership and Values-Based Leadership. Upon
completion of the foundation courses, participants will create a customized
learning journey based on their personal goals, and enroll in six elective
courses to complete the eight-course certificate.
PARTICIPANTS WILL:
•M
 aster a range of leadership competencies – from communicating
with impact and managing difficult conversations and crises, to leading
effective teams, and building power to exert influence
• Increase their awareness of themselves, others in their network, and
their context in order to become more effective leaders who can advance
themselves, their teams, and their organizations
LEARN HOW TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES INHERENT IN FOSTERING AND IMPLEMENTING
CHANGE WITHIN ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS.
The Corporate Innovation program curriculum begins with three foundation
courses: Financing Innovation, Strategic Leadership, and Critical Analytical
Thinking, which provide the strategic business tools and frameworks to
accelerate change and transformation. Upon completion of the foundation
courses, participants will select five elective courses that they find most
relevant to their specific interests, goals, and business challenges to
complete the eight-course certificate.
PARTICIPANTS WILL:
•D
 eepen their knowledge and influence to become more effective
change agents
• Learn how to overcome barriers to change, identify opportunities for
innovation, and move initiatives from the idea stage to implementation
using design thinking in order to drive organizational transformation

What To Expect
3-5
“
“Among the many
things that have
impressed me about
Faculty Directors
PETER M. DeMARZO
HOURS The Staehelin Family Professor of Finance
PER WEEK LEAD was how quickly
PER COURSE
2 COURSES
I have been able to
apply lessons from
QUARTERS 1 – 4 the program to help SARAH SOULE
drive meaningful The Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior;
This eight-course program is
Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of
designed to be completed in change within my
Humanities and Sciences; Louise & Claude Rosenberg
one year, with a load of two organization.” Jr. Codirector of the Center tor Social Innovation
courses per quarter.
–Tom De Napoli
Senior Director of Content & Platform
Strategy (Media Industry)

Whether you are interested in a Corporate

Innovation Certificate or a Personal Leadership
Certificate, Stanford LEAD will help you Take the Next Step
Learn – Engage – Accelerate – and Disrupt. Please visit the website below or contact the Stanford
LEAD Program Team for more information or to apply to
Program Start Date: March 2019 one of the Stanford LEAD certificate programs.
Application Deadline: February 2019

gsb.stanford.edu/exec-ed/lead GSB_LEADcertificate@stanford.edu +1.650.736.7901