All first-year MBA students participate in a unique leadership development course to build skills in motivating others, building relationships and influencing outcomes. The final exam, The Executive Challenge, provides an opportunity for students to participate in simulated leadership challenges and then receive feedback on their effectiveness from senior-level alumni and executives. With more than 600 current and future business leaders engaged in an active learning process, it is an educational experience that only a school like Stanford can create.

At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, we provide opportunities to practice leadership under pressure, and apply critical reflection whether they succeed or fail. We feel this generates more principled, innovative and insightful leaders that are ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Executive Challenge Sponsor—$10,000
Stanford GSB Leadership Partner —$25,000*

Opportunities denoted with an asterisk (*) are exclusive and allow for only one company per industry, on a first come, first served basis.

We invite you to invest in our mission of delivering the highest quality leadership education through sponsorship of the 2011 Executive Challenge. Benefits of sponsorship include:

Executive Challenge Sponsor

• Recognition in program literature, verbally at the event, and at the closing award reception
• The opportunity to have a senior-level company representative participate as a judge on the day of the Challenge
• Invitation to a celebretory reception following the Challenge with all first-year MBA students, senior alumni, Arbuckle Leadership Fellows, executive judges, and GSB faculty members
• Invitation to the school's Excellence in Leadership Award Dinner held in New York City

Stanford GSB Leadership Partner

Participation as a Leadership Partner allows your organization to broadly support the Center for Leadership Development and Research (CLDR) through the center's Innovation Fund. The CLDR believes leadership capabilities can be developed in individuals and teams by combining the rigorous analytical skills taught in traditional MBA courses with rich interpersonal experiences and we appreciate your support in advancing this mission.

As a Leadership Partner, your organization will benefit from increased and exclusive recognition, including:

• Recognition at the exclusive Stanford GSB Leadership Partner level at the 2011 Executive Challenge – limited to only three Corporate Partners and only one organization per industry
• Recognition as a corporate sponsor at the Stanford GSB’s Excellence in Leadership Award Dinner which includes: recognition in the formal invitation, on signage at the event, and in the event program. Sponsors will receive five seats at a shared table with table identification

If your company would like to support the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a corporate sponsor of leadership development, please contact Laura Moore at +1.650.723.6641.