Course description
Strategic Leadership Program is a SIX-MONTH active learning experience for working professionals who want to grow as leaders and gain a holistic view of the challenges facing business today.
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Training content
Learn from business leaders and academic practitioners who bring significant experience and deep insight into the classroom.
Just as you lead by taking action, you learn by doing. Our APPLIED LEARNING MODEL puts you in the center of understanding and implementing concepts, tools and frameworks organized around ways to address and solve complex business challenges.
Through our “BLOCH DESIGN WORKS” course sequence, we’ll explore every aspect of the design-thinking process. You will learn to approach problem-solving from a customer-focused perspective and practice a methodology that employs creativity and ideation.
Course delivery details
The 2022 Strategic Leadership Program will be offered in a hybrid format, meeting monthly in both online and in-person formats. Each month’s schedule may vary slightly but participants can anticipate being online for (3) online sessions (hosted in real-time via. Zoom) as well as meeting one-day per month on campus at UMKC.
Example Schedule
Month 1 – February
Week 1
(Day 1) February 9, Wednesday 8:30-12:00 (Zoom): Leadership Self Awareness & Critical Thinking
(Day 2 ) February 11, Friday 8:30-12:00 (Zoom): Team Awareness & Client Project Introduction
Week 2
(Day 1) February 23, Wednesday 8:30-12:00 (Zoom): Business Landscape Analysis & Causal Reasoning
(Day 2) February 25, Friday 9:00-3:00 (In-person at UMKC): Design Thinking Introduction & Project Workshop
Program notes:
- Our classrooms at UMKC are set up to allow for distancing, cleaned daily and all participants, faculty and staff will be asked to follow campus protocols including wearing a face mask and following social distance standards.
- All in-person classes will be simultaneously broadcast via Zoom. Should any participant not be able join in-person and wish to participate remotely.
- Should circumstances evolve which require us to move fully online, classes will continue to be held via. Zoom.
Time, Location, Parking
Online classes will be held via. Zoom and hosted from 8:30-12:00. In-person classes meet at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 9:00-3:00 in Bloch Executive Hall. Our address is 5108 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110. Parking is included in course fees and a parking pass for the first day of program will be mailed to you along with parking instructions.
Costs
The course fee is $7350 (USD).
Certification / Credits
Non-degree certificate of completion from the Bloch School of Management.
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