Achieving Leadership Excellence

A transformational learning experience for you. Immediate impact for your organisation.

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How you learn

Achieving Leadership Excellence is an intense five-day programme. You will join an international cohort of executives and senior managers from a broad diversity of roles, organisations, sectors and geographies at LSE's campus in the heart of London.

During your week you will truly uncover your personal style using in-depth and 360-degree leadership style and skills assessments. Highly interactive lectures, hands-on exercises and discussions with peers and faculty will empower you to build a comprehensive picture of your full potential as a leader.

We will work intensively with you to define and review your specific challenges through designated coaching sessions. You will emerge with a clear grasp of your own leadership style, and a personalised development plan to drive your growth now and in the future.

View the provisional programme timetable below:

• Executives and senior managers looking to explore and develop their personal leadership style.
• Forward-thinking managers who are ready and eager to take on greater leadership responsibility in their organisation.
• Professionals who wish to create and sustain an organisational environment that enables effective leadership and high performance.

At LSE we understand the complex interconnectedness of the challenges facing our world. As Europe’s foremost social science university, we know that it is only by managing this interconnectedness that you can secure sustainability and success in business. All of our world-class programmes leverage the fullest benefits of our renowned, interdisciplinary expertise – the psychology, the finance, the economic dimensions, and the interplay between that underscore global business. You emerge with the fully rounded understanding, integrated mindset and leading-edge strategic tools to navigate complexity and spearhead meaningful change.

On this programme you’ll be learning from two of LSE’s foremost faculty experts in leadership.

The programme is taught by:

Entry requirements

All LSE executive education participants are required to have:

• Fluency in English, proficiency level or working knowledge of the language is essential
• A good undergraduate degree or significant work experience in a relevant role(s).
• Significant experience in a leadership or senior management role. Typically our participants have more than ten years’ work experience, but we will consider those with less experience who have enjoyed an accelerated career path to a senior level.

Please note: you will need to be in a current or very recent supervisory position in order to complete the 360 degree assessment. 

Application rounds

The application process for Achieving Leadership Excellence involves a thorough evaluation by the admissions committee and acceptance is not guaranteed. We carefully select a broad range of leaders from around the globe who work in a variety of different industries and functions. The diversity of perspectives enhances your learning experience and networking opportunities. A key driver of our decision is the motivation statement in your application.

Decision by the admission committee will be communicated within two weeks of the application deadlines. Please note applications may close earlier if the programme is oversubscribed, so we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Application round deadlines for the June 2025 cohort are as follows:

Round 1: 30 November 2024

Round 2: 2 February 2025

Round 3: 27 April 2025