Leading Social Business: Purpose, Profit and Impact

A profound and transformational learning experience for you. Immediate and actionable insights for your organisation.  

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How you learn

This intensive course integrates practical experiences with cutting-edge management theory and the very latest thinking on social business; it places social business within the broader political and social environment. You join a cohort of senior decision-makers and entrepreneurs from highly diverse backgrounds, and interact with some of the world’s most renowned academics in social business and policy.

Each day of the programme introduces new concepts, dimensions and tools. Teaching techniques are diverse, from guided discussion of critical issues to exploration of real-world cases. Strong emphasis is placed on the benefit of mutual learning and sharing participants’ own experiences in the classroom.

This programme addresses the needs of executives working to orientate their firms towards social purpose and of entrepreneurs who want to launch a social venture. It’s particularly relevant to participants working in high social impact sectors such as education, health, food and agriculture, environmental protection, supply chain management and more. Participants include:

• Senior leaders and managers of financial and commercial corporations looking to develop public benefit or social purpose within their firms.
• Senior leaders and managers in financial and commercial corporations with responsibility for corporate social responsibility activities.
• Senior leaders and managers wishing to switch in mid-career from financial and commercial organisations to social businesses and the impact economy.
• Social entrepreneurs and aspiring social entrepreneurs.
• Non-profit leaders who wish to explore business mechanisms and opportunities.
• Consultants working to support corporations in strategic realignment.
• Government officials looking to understand and interact with the emerging range of private organisations and investors that seek to create social impact.

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 for business leaders leverage the fullest benefits of our renowned, interdisciplinary expertise – science, economics and political and institutional interplay that undergird global business – so that you emerge with the fully rounded understanding, and the leading-edge strategic tools to navigate complexity and spearhead meaningful change.

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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).
• Minimum five years’ professional experience. 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.

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