Overwhelming response for 2nd intake of ICASL-INSEAD leadership programme

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The second intake of the highly acclaimed ICASL-INSEAD global leadership programme has proved to be yet another overwhelming success with organisers having to increase the number of participants by many folds to accommodate the high demand.

The second programme commenced on Wednesday (14 September) and will conclude on 17 September at Waters Edge, Battaramulla, also targeted high-end professionals and business leaders who will see a thought provoking outline of topics covering a wide array of areas, aimed at enhancing their leadership qualities.

The leadership programme will be conducted by renowned Professor of Leadership, Professor Thomas Mannarelli from the Faculty of the INSEAD Business School.

The inaugural landmark venture between the Business School of the ICASL and INSEAD, in mid-June received an overwhelming response which resulted in a second intake.

The topics that would be covered in the September programme will include; Vision and leadership transition, creative thinking outside the box, influence without authority, leading organisation change, leading high performance teams, decision making under uncertainty, negotiation dynamics and influencing for change.

Course Director, Professor. Mannarelli, who holds a PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley and a B.S. in Business Administration the Indiana University, is a specialist in issues related to creativity, innovation and leadership in organisations.

As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD is a pioneer of international business education based in Europe. Its 145 renowned Faculty members from 36 countries inspire more than 1,000 participants in MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes, and also executives exceeding 9,500 who participate in INSEAD’s executive education programmes.