ASIA’S
#1
UNIVERSITY
#8
GLOBALLY
Source: QS World University Rankings 2024
Future Leaders
Programme
BUILDING TEAM LEADERS
AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES
3 MONTHS | ONLINE | MASTERCL ASSES
WHY LEADERSHIP
S K I L L S M AT T E R
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do,
while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
- Steve Jobs
The ability to inspire, manage, develop, and influence a variety of people you work with, lies at
the heart of successful leadership. These are also the most valued skills employers look for when
hiring or promoting people into leadership positions. Having the skills needed to deal with tough
challenges can not only accelerate your career but also help you create an enjoyable working
environment for your teams.
INFLUENCE & PERSUADE PEOPLE
MOTIVATE OTHERS
LEADERSHIP
SELF AWARENESS
MANAGE KEY STAKE-HOLDERS
One of the major themes that has emerged during the pandemic is a significant shortfall of
capable leaders within organisations. More than 86% of the organisations we researched are
looking to overcome this through better succession planning, training their mid-level managers
for leadership positions and hiring the next generation of leaders. The pandemic is also seeing a
trend referred to as the Big Resignation with mid-level managers resigning for bigger
opportunities. This is the making of the perfect storm - a significant internal shortfall of future
leaders combined with higher attrition. So if you are a mid to senior level manager waiting to
step into a leadership role, this is your time to step up, sharpen your skills and go after these
internal and external opportunities.
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WHY LEADERSHIP
S K I L L S M AT T E R
Effective Leadership requires a high level of
awareness of your own strengths and
weaknesses combined with a systematic,
data-driven approach to problem solving. This
is both an art and a science, and a skill that can
be developed through deliberate practice. The
finest leaders don’t just rely on intuition, they
apply tried and tested tools and frameworks to
help them navigate the many leadership
challenges they face.
The Future Leaders Programme, offered by
NUS in collaboration with Great Learning, takes
a structured approach towards making you an
effective leader. The program focuses on your
professional growth, self-awareness and core
leadership skills that you can practically apply
to real-world situations. What also makes this
programme stand out is the way in which it is
delivered. You not only learn concepts but also
frameworks & toolkits that make it easy for you
to get hands-on practice in applying these skills
to real-world situations.
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ABOUT THE
PROGR AMME
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN AND HOW
To become a better leader one has to work on both Self Development and People Management
and these are the two parallel themes that run throughout. We divide these into 10 core skill
sets. With each topic you learn the concept, do a self appraisal, get feedback from your peers
and then discuss and apply these skills to real world scenarios, reflecting and testing each
concept and seeing it play out in real life.
The assignments and activities ensure first-hand experience of the impact of the concepts and
help translate them into tangible skills. The goal is to help you increase your emotional
intelligence, recognise biases, read signs of emerging conflicts, understand people’s
motivations, and learn to operate the levers for influencing and managing stakeholders. You’ll
learn to structure Management and Leadership challenges and find practical solutions using
frameworks and tools.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK
Each week, you will learn a set of tools, checklists and
frameworks that you will want to refer back to in future.
This ready reckoner will help you apply what you learn
THE today to the challenges of tomorrow. It gives you the
LEADERSHIP opportunity to make notes to your future self and
PLAYBOOK document the feedback you receive from your peers
over the course of this programme.
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ABOUT THE
PROGR AMME
WHO THIS PROGRAMME IS FOR
• Middle level managers looking to move up by creating higher impact
• High performing managers who have been shortlisted for succession planning
• Senior managers looking to hone their skills as they prepare to step into CXO roles
• Managers who have faced a lot of challenges and need to upskill
• Domain experts who are new to management and are keen to make the right impression
• Entrepreneurs and Consultants who need to lead within and outside their organisations
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completing this programme, you will have developed:
• A blueprint for becoming a strong leader
• Skills to make data-driven decisions to real-world challenges
• A robust view of your own strengths and weaknesses
• The ability to quickly identify sources of conflict and solve them
• The skills to motivate your team and foster loyalty
• Influence people you work for and work with
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PROGR AMME
STRUCTURE &
HIGHLIGHTS
3-month Masterclass with
programme industry leaders
4-5 hours of learning Certificate from
commitment per week NUS Business School
Programme content Comprehensive playbook -
from tenured faculty at all the tools you need to
NUS Business School apply as a leader
Peer learning with Carefully designed
learning pods - learn assignments & activities
with an accomplished that give you first-hand
and diverse group of experience of the impact of
professionals the concepts taught
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Upon successful completion of the programme,
learners will receive a digital certificate from NUS Business School.
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CURRICULUM
The hands-on curriculum covers the entire spectrum of skills and several tools needed to become effective
managers and leaders. Participants go from understanding the fundamentals to getting first-hand experience
of the skills being taught by practicing and observing for themselves.
Leadership Fundamentals
Learn about the key characteristics that differentiate a good leader from a good manager. Evaluate yourself
against these attributes and establish your target areas of improvement.
Self-Awareness
Deep dive into the various dimensions of personality and use scientifically validated frameworks to get a
detailed understanding of your own personality. You will learn how others see you and how personality
influences decision making.
Motivation
Learn what science says about human needs and the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators that drive people.
Using real life cases, you will then learn and practice the various techniques to motivate yourself and your
stakeholders.
Managing Performance
Learn how to address performance challenges within your team, how to give feedback and align objectives.
Do appraisals still stress you? This is where you learn to change that.
Decision Making for Leaders
Like our personality, heuristics and biases play a crucial role in our ability to make decisions. Aided by case
studies, we deep dive into these topics and identify the pitfalls. You will not always have all the information
necessary to make the right decision, this is where you learn to build the courage of conviction.
Influence and Persuasion
There is a fine line between influencing and manipulating. Learn and practice the core techniques of influence
and persuasion.
Managing Stakeholders
Does office politics bother you? Use frameworks to turn these stressful situations into simpler problems
you can analyse without getting bogged down. Prepare yourself to face headwinds as you grow to be a
future leader.
Building your Personal Brand
In today’s digital world managing your public image and persona is just as important as having the right skills
to be a successful leader. Here you build your own toolkit for success and practice applying these techniques.
Putting it all together
Through the programme, you have grasped key concepts and built a toolkit of
frameworks and techniques. In this final section you will consolidate your knowledge.
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LEARNER
TESTIMONIALS
“I can genuinely say this programme grew me as a leader and person. The students
were a mix of seasoned, senior leaders alongside early graduates, which gave a wide
view of leadership from different life experiences. What I loved even more than the
content was the cohort I got to study with. The lecturer and tutors gave a humbling
view of what leadership is, that challenged my perspective of who I can be as a leader.”
ALYCE ERIKSON
APAC B2B - PRODUCT MARKETING LEAD,
LINKEDIN
“The learning material is great. The masterclass with the professor gave us a deeper
insight into the concepts that we are studying from the videos and articles. It would be
great if this were continued, especially through live sessions.”
JEANNE KATRINA GERONA
COUNTRY MANAGER,
ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
“The programme has been excellent. Mr. Jay's sessions were practical and always
presented learning opportunities. I am looking forward to being a part of many such
sessions like this in the future.”
HARISH GOVINDA RAJULU
DIRECTOR - SALES,
SIGMAAVIT
“I joined this programme because I found the curriculum extremely fascinating and
comprehensive. The elements I enjoyed the most were self-awareness, stakeholder
management and decision-making. This program has personally helped me become
more confident. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be challenged and
grow as a person.”
TANYA HRISTOVA
FINANCIAL OFFICER,
EISMEA
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FA C U LT Y
Prof. Jayanth (Jay) Narayanan is an Associate Professor of
Management & Organisations at the NUS Business School.
He received his Ph.D. from the London Business School and
was a professor at IMD, Switzerland prior to re-joining NUS
in 2018. Professor Jay teaches MBA, and Executive MBA
courses and has been the Director of the Ph.D. programme
for the Management and Organisation department at the
NUS Business School. Over the course of his career, he has
trained several thousand Senior and Mid-Level executives
JAYANTH NARAYANAN
Associate Professor, across the world and from various Industries.
Management & Organisation,
NUS Business School, Some of his corporate clients include Alcatel-Lucent,
National University of Singapore Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander, Schenkel Logistics,
Norsk Hydro, Japan Tobacco, Suntory, and Mitsubishi
Chemicals
PROGR AMME FEES
USD 1,800
(Admission Fee - USD 400)
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ABOUT NUS
NUS IS RANKED
ASIA’S
#1 #8
QS WORLD QS WORLD
UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS RANKINGS
NUS is currently ranked number 1 in Asia and 8th globally by QS World University Rankings
2024. NUS Business School is consistently rated as one of the top business schools in the
Asia-Pacific region and one of the leading business schools worldwide.
A B O U T G R E AT L E A R N I N G
Great Learning is a leading global ed-tech company for professional and higher education.
It offers comprehensive, industry-relevant, hands-on learning programmes across various business,
technology and interdisciplinary domains driving the digital economy.
Great Learning's programmes are developed in collaboration with the world's foremost academic
institutions like National University of Singapore, Stanford, MIT, The University of Texas at
Austin, Northwestern University, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee and Great Lakes Institute of
Management and are constantly reimagined and revamped to address the dynamic needs of the
rapidly evolving business landscape.
Great Learning is the only ed-tech company to provide these programs in a blended mode,
classroom mode and in purely online mode, relying on its vast network of expert mentors and
highly qualified faculty to deliver an unmatched learning experience for over 8 million learners
from over 170 countries around the world.
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