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PhD Program

Fall 2023
In-Person
Become an outstanding scholar and prepare for a distinguished and meaningful career in research and teaching with a PhD from Stanford GSB.
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Asian American Executive Program

Next cohort offered in 2024. Dates to be announced.
In-Person
Develop global leadership skills to advance your career as we focus on effective training for high-achieving Asian American executives.
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Amplify Your Persuasive Impact

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Understand the psychology of persuasion to influence meaningful organizational and behavioral change. Learn persuasive techniques for optimal outcomes.
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Create a Happy and Meaningful Life

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Pursue your coveted goal of creating a happy and meaningful life. Enhance your well-being through reflection, analysis, and suggested action steps.
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Demystify Decision Making

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Learn the elements of sound decision-making. Gain tools to systematically evaluate all possible risks and opportunities to make better decisions with greater certainty.
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Discover the Paths to Power

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Learn how to diagnose and react to organizational dynamics, build power, and increase your influence to amplify your impact.
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Disrupt Your Business

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Learn to identify the difference between disruption and an incremental change or a fad. Gain the tools to drive disruption and defend your space.
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Embrace Uncertainty: Unleash Spontaneous Creativity

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Adaptability is key to innovation. Learn how to respond flexibly and creatively to constantly changing and oftentimes unpredictable environments.
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Impact Coaching

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Connect with world-class coaches and make meaningful progress toward your professional and personal goals.
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Master Storytelling for Authentic Leadership

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Uplevel your leadership skills with this strategic storytelling course to help you cultivate empathy, convey purpose, and become a more authentic leader.
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Sharpen Your Communication Skills

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Communication is key to compelling leadership. Learn effective communication practices that increase your impact.
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Launching a Startup

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Build the skills to identify a strong product-market fit, develop a viable go-to-market plan, and produce a profitable pricing strategy to launch a startup.
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Sustainability Strategies: Develop Initiatives to Transform Your Business

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Learn to analyze, develop, and manage a sustainability-driven strategy with the aim of mitigating, and ultimately reversing, the impacts of your organization's climate footprint.
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MBA Program

Sep 2023 – Jun 2025
In-Person
The Stanford MBA Program is a full-time, two-year general management program that helps you develop your vision and the skills to achieve it.
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Digital Transformation Playbook: Leverage Technology to Innovate Your Business

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Develop a first-hand understanding of the technology available to solve business problems and establish a reliable way to assess the technology's usefulness in achieving business goals.
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Interpersonal Dynamics for High-Performance Executives

25 Jun 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
In-Person
Hone your interpersonal skills and transition from being a good leader to a remarkable leader in six emotionally charged, academically rigorous days.
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The Innovative Technology Leader

09 Jul 2023 – 14 Jul 2023
In-Person
Explore the intersection of innovation, technology, and business, and learn to drive strategic change across your organization.
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Design Thinking Bootcamp: Make Impact and Drive Growth in Your Organization

Summer | 11 Jul 2023 – 14 Jul 2023
In-Person
Learn and apply skills to solve real business challenges using human-centered design techniques in workshop at Stanford’s d.school.
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Big Data, Strategic Decisions: Analysis to Action

16 Jul 2023 – 21 Jul 2023
In-Person
Improve decision-making and solve key business problems by harnessing the power and potential of your data.
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Mergers and Acquisitions

16 Jul 2023 – 21 Jul 2023
In-Person
​Tackle the entire M&A process through an interdisciplinary curriculum and a hands-on, weeklong team simulation project.
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Executive Leadership Development

23 Jul 2023 – 28 Jul 2023
In-Person
Learn to lead with confidence in this rigorous, general management program for executives on the verge of achieving even greater things.
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LGBTQ Executive Leadership Program

23 Jul 2023 – 28 Jul 2023
In-Person
Catapult your career with the only program from a leading business school for LGBTQ executives.
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Harnessing AI for Breakthrough Innovation and Strategic Impact

30 Jul 2023 – 04 Aug 2023
In-Person
Make more informed and strategic decisions for your organization with a deeper understanding of the artificial intelligence landscape and its real-world applications.
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Executive Program for Growing Companies

06 Aug 2023 – 18 Aug 2023
In-Person
Discover business growth strategies and build a stronger company designed to sustain progress, scale management, and facilitate market expansion.
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Stanford-NUS Executive Program in International Management

12 Aug 2023 – 26 Aug 2023
In-Person
Explore international management, strategy, and leadership perspectives from both sides of the Pacific Rim with NUS Business School and Stanford GSB.
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Executive Program in Strategy and Organization

13 Aug 2023 – 25 Aug 2023
In-Person
Effectively diagnose and solve problems using proven frameworks for executing change in this multidisciplinary strategic management course.
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People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies from Silicon Valley

13 Aug 2023 – 18 Aug 2023
In-Person
Gain a competitive advantage using Silicon Valley models and mindsets to recruit, retain, and inspire people for performance and growth.
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The Emerging CMO: Strategic Marketing Leadership

13 Aug 2023 – 18 Aug 2023
In-Person
Transform marketing in your organization with strategic frameworks, customer-centric innovation, and persuasive communication and leadership skills.
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Innovative Product Leadership: The Emerging Chief Product Officer

20 Aug 2023 – 25 Aug 2023
In-Person
Develop strategic frameworks, customer empathy, and communication and leadership skills to help you move from product management to the C-suite.
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Remote, Office, or Hybrid Workplaces? Navigating the Tradeoffs

27 Aug 2023 – 01 Sep 2023
In-Person
Examine the implications of workplace modality decisions informed by cutting-edge research from Stanford GSB faculty and best practices from peers.
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Design Thinking Bootcamp: Make Impact and Drive Growth in Your Organization

Fall | 12 Sep 2023 – 15 Sep 2023
In-Person
Learn and apply skills to solve real business challenges using human-centered design techniques in workshop at Stanford’s d.school.
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Stanford LEAD Online Business Program

13 Sep 2023 – 12 Sep 2024
Online
Transform knowledge into impact and drive innovation and change in your organization with Stanford LEAD, our flagship online business program.
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Black Leaders Program

24 Sep 2023 – 29 Sep 2023
In-Person
Transform your leadership, build community, and explore the complexities of showing up authentically in this unique program for Black leaders.
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Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program

01 Oct 2023 – 06 Oct 2023
In-Person
Develop powerful negotiating skills in a rigorous, highly interactive program combining hands-on simulations with research-based discussions.
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Data-Driven Decision Making

02 Oct 2023 – 05 Oct 2023
Online
Discover the business side of data and learn how to ask the right questions to inform decision making and improve business outcomes.
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Customer-Focused Innovation

08 Oct 2023 – 13 Oct 2023
In-Person
Learn about cutting-edge social science frameworks and design thinking techniques in a unique partnership between Stanford GSB and d.school.
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Stanford Ignite – Post-9/11 Veterans

08 Oct 2023 – 02 Nov 2023
Online
Stanford Ignite – Post-9/11 Veterans is tailored to recent U.S. veterans who want to bolster their know-how about innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Directors’ Consortium

Public Board Cohort | 16 Oct 2023 – 20 Oct 2023
In-Person
Learn leading-edge strategies, frameworks, and best practices for making complex board decisions — with customized cohorts for public and private company board members
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Directors’ Consortium

Private Board Cohort | 16 Oct 2023 – 20 Oct 2023
In-Person
Learn leading-edge strategies, frameworks, and best practices for making complex board decisions — with customized cohorts for public and private company board members
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

22 Oct 2023 – 27 Oct 2023
In-Person
Leverage diverse research, proven methodologies, and design thinking for change management in this collaboration between Stanford and Harvard.
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Stanford Executive Program: Be a Leader Who Matters

Flex | 28 Oct 2023 – 17 Feb 2024
In-Person and Online
Evolve as a leader in an executive education program that reinvigorates and ramps up your professional journey.
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The Brains and Guts of Decision Making

30 Oct 2023 – 02 Nov 2023
Online
Unlock the mysteries of consumer decision making and learn powerful tools to influence behaviors and impact outcomes.
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Crisis Management for Leaders: Planning for the Inevitable

06 Nov 2023 – 09 Nov 2023
Online
Prepare for uncertainty with strategic frameworks and a crisis simulation to help you understand, plan, respond, and lead your company through crisis.
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Executive Program in Leadership: The Effective Use of Power

12 Nov 2023 – 17 Nov 2023
In-Person
Develop your leadership style, create an action plan and inspire innovation in your team, your company, and the world.
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Stanford Ignite – Part-Time

14 Jan 2024 – 07 Mar 2024
In-Person
Acquire the business fundamentals and the hands-on experience needed to turn your ideas into ventures in an eight-week, part-time program.
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Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive

28 Jan 2024 – 02 Feb 2024
In-Person
Learn how to make better financial management decisions to increase the value of your company in the marketplace.
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The Emerging COO: Driving Innovation and Operational Excellence

29 Jan 2024 – 10 May 2024
In-Person and Online
Drive and sustain innovation and operational excellence. Strengthen collaboration with C-suite leaders to translate strategies into actionable plans.
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High-Potential Women Leaders Program

05 Feb 2024 – 15 Feb 2024
Online
Act with power, strengthen negotiating skills, learn to manage teams, and lead with impact in this unique leadership program for women on the rise.
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The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership Program

25 Feb 2024 – 26 Apr 2024
In-Person
Guide your organization through growth with innovative CFO training that blends financial expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
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Driving Innovation and New Ventures in Established Organizations

17 Mar 2024 – 22 Mar 2024
In-Person
Develop best practices and insights to generate and lead innovation in your organization; then put theory into practice with real-world projects.
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Design Thinking Bootcamp: Make Impact and Drive Growth in Your Organization

Spring | 26 Mar 2024 – 29 Mar 2024
In-Person
Learn and apply skills to solve real business challenges using human-centered design techniques in workshop at Stanford’s d.school.
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Executive Leadership Development

22 Apr 2024 – 10 May 2024
Online
Learn to lead with confidence in this rigorous, general management program for executives on the verge of achieving even greater things.
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Executive Program in Women’s Leadership

28 Apr 2024 – 03 May 2024
In-Person
Act with power, navigate the workplace, and take the lead with new strategies and tactics in this unique women’s leadership program.
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The Emerging COO: Driving Innovation and Operational Excellence

29 Apr 2024 – 21 Aug 2024
Online
Drive and sustain innovation and operational excellence. Strengthen collaboration with C-suite leaders to translate strategies into actionable plans.
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Managing Teams for Innovation and Success

19 May 2024 – 24 May 2024
In-Person
​Bring effective team management and innovation to your company with actionable strategies, experiential team-based simulations, and design thinking.
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The Innovative Health Care Leader: From Design Thinking to Personal Leadership

02 Jun 2024 – 07 Jun 2024
In-Person
Experience Stanford business and medicine in a health care leadership program featuring design thinking and personal leadership skill development.
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Stanford Executive Program: Be a Leader Who Matters

Full-Time | 21 Jun 2024 – 03 Aug 2024
In-Person
Evolve as a leader in an executive education program that reinvigorates and ramps up your professional journey.
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Interpersonal Dynamics for High-Performance Executives

23 Jun 2024 – 28 Jun 2024
In-Person
Hone your interpersonal skills and transition from being a good leader to a remarkable leader in six emotionally charged, academically rigorous days.
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Stanford Ignite – Full-Time

23 Jun 2024 – 17 Jul 2024
In-Person
Learn business fundamentals and get hands-on, practical experience to turn your ideas into successful ventures with this four-week, full-time program.
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