Leadership for Global Business and Politics
Published: January 2024
Description
This 8-week course will equip participants with the framework and tools to prepare for nonmarket disruptions that impact business. As a participant, you will learn the elements of stakeholder capitalism, how it relates to your organization, and how to harness it to drive sustainable success.
This program is designed for professionals in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility, business development, and other leading industries. Expand your knowledge of industry-relevant terminology, learn strategies to strengthen international relations, and gain leadership skills to navigate nonmarket challenges in a global context.
Course Takeaways
- Deepen your comprehension of stakeholder capitalism within the evolving global social, political, and environmental landscape.
- Gain insights and tools to lead effectively in the face of disruption.
- Evaluate and enhance engagement with essential stakeholders, both within and outside your organization.
- Utilize strategic frameworks to proactively influence your nonmarket environment.
Meet the Instructors
Political economy expert David Bach brings to IMD a proven track record of creating impactful learning journeys in a dual role as both Professor and Dean.
Through his award-winning teaching and writing, Bach helps managers and senior executives develop a strategic lens for the nexus of business and politics. This enables them to more effectively navigate the myriad political challenges facing business, from corporate diplomacy and resurgent economic nationalism to stakeholder demands for greater sustainability and shaping policies for a post-COVID-19 world. His course “The End of Globalization?” – designed in the aftermath of the Brexit vote and the rise of populist leaders across Western democracies – received the 2018 Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute.
As former Yale School of Management’s (SOM) Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and member of the senior leadership team, David has played a defining role in globalizing the school and diversifying its program portfolio over the past eight years. He is currently responsible for Yale’s top ranked Executive MBA and its non-degree executive education portfolio, including a set of innovative online programs.
David has a strong track record in helping managers and senior executives develop a strategic lens for the nexus of business and politics through his programs and publications. By enhancing their political acumen, David strengthens global business leaders’ ability to navigate resurgent economic nationalism, meet diverse stakeholder expectations in contentious political environments, and position the enterprise as an enabler of progress on wide-ranging societal challenges, from climate change to poverty alleviation to achieving gender equity. His course “The End of Globalization?” designed in the aftermath of the Brexit vote and the rise of populist leaders across Western democracies, received the 2018 Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute.
In management education circles, David is known for his global perspective. He is one of the main architects of the Global Network for Advanced Management, an alliance of 31 top global business schools from five continents, of which IMD has been a member since 2012. Moreover, he played a leading role in the creation of Yale Center Beijing and has overseen its operations since its founding in 2014.
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