Leadership is often approached in terms of one's ability to understand and direct our external environment including people, organizations, and events.

Personal Leadership and Success takes the view that to succeed professionally one needs to develop another dimension of leadership consisting of the ability to understand and direct one's internal environment — goals, motivations, mindsets, and emotions.

This three-day program offers a distinctive approach that integrates recent findings in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness with explorations of the inner lives of great achievers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Nelson Mandela.

Participants are invited on a journey of self-discovery, investigating inner thoughts, emotions, and mindsets, to discover how they affect our everyday interactions and personal leadership style.

Until recently, the only way to explore this mastery of the inner environment has been through the teachings of philosophers, prophets, or self-help "gurus." These historical and modern sources of wisdom essentially rely on faith while Personal Leadership and Success replaces this approach with scientifically validated, practical insights and techniques for understanding and mastering one's inner environment.

Other Formats

This program is also being offered in an asynchronous online format. Learn more about Personal Leadership and Success (Online). To compare program formats, click here.

Please Contact Us

Please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists at +1 212-854-3395 for a personal conversation to learn more.

IMPACT

Personal Leadership and Success provides powerful insights and practical techniques to gain greater success in your professional and personal lives through an enhanced understanding and mastery over your inner environment. Lectures are supplemented by exercises involving introspection, self-evaluation, and the application of specific techniques.

Program participants will:

• Learn what impact your internal environment has on your success
• Understand your current level of mastery over different aspects of your inner environment and how it compares with top performers
• Discover practical techniques to cultivate a winner's mindset that will allow you to perform at your optimum
• Implement techniques that further develop your personal leadership skills
• Personal reflections, group discussions and applications of personal leadership techniques
• Gain a deeper understanding of your core values and how to align your day-to-day behavior and priorities with these values
• Find ways to turn personal and organizational adversities into unique value-creating opportunities

Hear about the business need for personal leadership from the faculty director:

Upon completion of this program, you will earn three days towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits. Learn more.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

PLEASE NOTE: The October iteration of the program will take place in a live, virtual setting. See the agenda. You may also view the in-person program schedule for when our in-person programming resumes.

Personal Leadership and Success introduces you to a powerful set of frameworks, tools and insights for mastering your inner environment – your values, goals, beliefs, thoughts, emotions, mindsets, and habits. It is grounded in rigorous scientific evidence and case studies from the lives of great leaders.

Sample session titles include:

• Forging Purpose in Life and Work
• Understanding the Optimal State for Emotions
• From Success to Significance
• Shifting Mindsets to Boost Performance

The program also features a mindfulness exercise as well as industry guest speakers that share their personal leadership stories.

For a complete program schedule and curriculum, download the executive summary and sample agenda.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE & TESTIMONIALS

Personal Leadership and Success is designed for all levels of executives who seek to gain greater success in their professional and personal lives through an enhanced understanding and mastery over their inner environment.

Columbia Business School alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for this program. More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit.

Typical Participant Mix

Hear from Past Participants:

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Aurelio Gisco

General Manager at Ultradent Italia Srl

“This course is a perfect mix of all the logic and techniques that you need to grow and improve yourself and the others colleagues working with you.”

Michelle Abreu

Michelle Abreu

CEO & Founder, Establishment Revitalizers

"This three-day program is of incalculable value. The material is relevant to everyone – regardless of their career, industry, or personal goals. Absolutely life-changing."

Personal Leadership and Success: Participant Testimonial “Introspective”

Leonard Caputo

Asset Management Program Manager at the New York Power Authority

Leonard Caputo on what he learned about emotional intelligence of leaders at the Personal Leadership and Success program.

Bruce McAdie

Bruce McAdie

District Vice President, Fidelity Investments

"I cannot think of one person who would not benefit from this program. It is groundbreaking, revolutionary, and led by a world leader in the field. This should be a mandatory course for executives interested in leading a meaningful life."

Helio Cerqueira Neto

Helio Cerqueira Neto

Managing Shareholder, AGAFAC Participacoes

"When I enrolled in the program, I was on the verge of becoming the CFO at a startup in Brazil. My role was about to change from a functional role in finance to a managerial role. Personal Leadership and Success taught me how I can identify the strengths of the members of my team. I’m confident that the program learnings will have a long-lasting effect on my career."

Jose Alves Silva

Jose Alves Silva

Corporate Manager, EEPSA

"The program is not your average program about leadership. It provokes deep reflections about the virtues necessary to build successful leadership skills, helping you to improve as a leader first and then acquire the power to lead others."

Candice Soldano

Candice Soldano

VP and Director of Marketing, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

"Personal Leadership and Success is the only program I’ve seen that has so many exercises and frameworks that can be applied to everyday life. Hitendra was engaging from the very first minute. I learned from his methods and the tie-in to research and science."

John Kett

John Kett

President & Chief Financial Officer, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.

"I am still practicing many of the techniques I learned in the class. The discussion about cognitive distortions has been most impactful to me. I have also made meditation part of my routine."

Ida Breyer

Ida Breyer

Director, Deutsche Bank

"In this program, you grow as a leader and as a person and learn how to have a more positive impact on the world. A very enlightening course."

Finn Glismand

Finn Glismand

Senior External Reporting Officer, A.P. Moller-Maersk

"Three days with some of the best leaders on a topic that is relevant to us all. When I do better, the people on my team will do the same. Inspiration is so important in life."

Valerie Thirkettle-Kayser

Valerie Thirkettle-Kayser

Head Procurement Division for Telecom, Technology and Support, European Space Agency

"An exceptionally rich learning experience. The quality of the teaching is outstanding, the agenda perfect, and the opportunities for personal interaction very enriching."

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Aurelio Gisco

General Manager at Ultradent Italia Srl

Michelle Abreu

Michelle Abreu

CEO & Founder, Establishment Revitalizers

Personal Leadership and Success: Participant Testimonial “Introspective”

Leonard Caputo

Asset Management Program Manager at the New York Power Authority

Bruce McAdie

Bruce McAdie

District Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Helio Cerqueira Neto

Helio Cerqueira Neto

Managing Shareholder, AGAFAC Participacoes

Jose Alves Silva

Jose Alves Silva

Corporate Manager, EEPSA

Candice Soldano

Candice Soldano

VP and Director of Marketing, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

John Kett

John Kett

President & Chief Financial Officer, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.

Ida Breyer

Ida Breyer

Director, Deutsche Bank

Finn Glismand

Finn Glismand

Senior External Reporting Officer, A.P. Moller-Maersk

Valerie Thirkettle-Kayser

Valerie Thirkettle-Kayser

Head Procurement Division for Telecom, Technology and Support, European Space Agency

FACULTY

Hitendra Wadhwa, Faculty Director
Professor of Practice

Hitendra Wadhwa is Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School and the founder of Mentora, the Institute for Life and Leadership. He teaches MBA courses and such Executive Education programs as Personal Leadership and Success, and Driving Strategic. In 2012, he received the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. He is regularly involved with many Fortune 500 corporations in strategy consulting and leadership development. Recent clients include American Express, Pfizer, Godrej Group, Microsoft, Standards & Poors and Lend Lease. His widely acclaimed research and teaching on leadership have been covered by Fortune, Psychology Today, BBC World Service, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition, Wadhwa has been at the forefront of bringing executive education online with the launch of his two online programs on Personal Leadership and Driving Strategic Impact.

Wadhwa was a consultant at McKinsey & Company and the CEO/founder of a Silicon Valley start-up, Paramark, which was twice recognized as a Top-100 Internet technology company by Technologic Partners/Venture Wire. He received his MBA and PhD in management science from the Sloan School at MIT, and his B.A. (Honors in mathematics) from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, where he graduated top of his class.

Along with Professor Wadhwa, additional Columbia Business School faculty contribute to and teach in the program.

FAQ

 
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