Overview
In the wake of the global pandemic, businesses are facing a new reality marked by rapid change, relentless innovation, and unparalleled reinvention. As we witness the dawn of a new era, characterized by innovation, resilience, and exponential growth, the role of leadership has never been more vital. It’s no longer enough to simply manage; leaders must inspire, innovate, and reinvent in equal measure.
Introduction
The need for adept leadership has never been more crucial. This modular programme offers a unique opportunity to refine your leadership approach, leveraging your years of experience to drive meaningful change.
The Management Development Programme (MDP) is a comprehensive transformational leadership programme tailored for Middle-Level Managers who are seeking to steer their organizations through adaptive challenges, lead innovation and thrive in the new normal in the backdrop of digitalization, artificial intelligence, remote work, and other disruptive shifts.
Programme Objective
This programme is meticulously designed to equip you with the skills needed to thrive in the fast-changing complex environment of modern business with innovation, resilience, and exponential growth.
Target Participants
This programme targets tactical managers in middle to senior management positions.
Modules
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| Module 1 | Translating Strategy for Execution: |
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| Authentic Self Leadership and Self-Awareness: |
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| Leading Teams Remotely: |
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| Financial Management in Uncertain Times |
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| The Executive Coaching Challenge: |
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| Module 2 | Managing for results: |
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| Operational Excellence: |
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| Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence |
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| Module 3: An East African Immersion | Understanding the global and local perspectives |
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| Innovation and Leading Change: |
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| Optimizing cultural diversity and differences: |
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Programme Structure
| Modular Programme Structure |
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| Action Learning Projects through Coaching |
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| Exchange Programmes with Cultural Immersions: |
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Programme Delivery
The programme consists of a combination of two one-week modules delivered over a 6-month period.
In between the modules, participants will be in contact with a professional business coach for purposes of executing your Leadership Project.
This unique programme structure allows participants to broaden their knowledge in an intensive learning environment while putting into practice the learning skill and knowledge acquired in the modules.
The programme mostly employs the case methodology as one of the learning techniques; this gives participants a chance to analyze real business scenarios as they immerse themselves in the various contemporary business challenges.
This will be in addition to various class simulations, videos, thought-provoking lectures by our key faculty and enlightening syndicate and class discussions by fellow participants.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of the programme, you should be able to:
- familiarize yourself with the organisational context of management
- have a strong understanding of organisational systems, their dimensions, life cycle and culture
- acquire the knowledge and skills and how your role is key for effective management in organisations
- gain a new awareness of what your operational and leadership strengths are
- understand and work with your own leadership style
- strengthen core operational skills like project management, marketing, communications, finance – as well as critical thinking and problem-solving
- have built a strong character for responsible leadership – through corporate social responsibility and triple bottom line (people, planet, profits)
- develop concrete action plans with the guidance of expert faculty and executive coaches
- gain new insights from other industries – helps you approach your own challenges with greater creativity and broader perspectives
Key Focus Areas
In this programme, we focus on developing skills and competencies in:
- Effective Strategy Execution
- Change Management
- Drive Results Throughout the Organization
- Society Driven Innovation
- Performance Management
- Implementing Inclusive Strategies
- Analysis of Business Problems
- Accounting Framework
- Organizational Communication
- Operations Excellence
- Business Ethics
- Developing Winning Business proposals
Special Features
- Professional networking that comes as a result of interacting with high-level participants and faculty who share different perspectives on business ideas and issues
- A lifetime chance of being an SBS alumnus upon completion of the programme that gives you access to the frequent SBS high profile events and learning forums
- The programme is structured in a modular format of 3 three-days modules spread over a period of 6 months to accommodate the busy schedule of the participants
- One-on-one Coaching with well-versed and internationally-certified Executive Coaches
Faculty
The faculty has been carefully selected to meet the specific demands and subject areas of the programme while bringing in their rich experiences in these areas.
The faculty consists of professors and industry experts with both local and international repute.
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Key Details
2025 Dates:
- Module 1: 28 – 30 May | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Module 2: 23 – 25 July | Virtual
- Module 3: 8 – 12 Sept | Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: USD 3,500
Contacts
For more information on the programme and the application process,
please write to:
- SGI-Tanzania Admissions Team: sbstanzania@strathmore.edu or
- Charles: ctowo@strathmore.edu/ or call +255 (0) 654 127799
- William: wchamla@strathmore.edu/ or call +255 (0) 786 670130.
Testimonial
“Through the various course units, we’ve done, it has helped me either affirm what I knew or opened up my understanding in other areas. I enjoyed the various personalities that were brought in the faculty, each with their unique way of delivery.”
