Yale School of Management Executive Education
Leadership for Global Business and Politics
Equip yourself with the tools and insights needed to navigate and thrive in a changing world while effectively leading and inspiring others towards positive outcomes.
Start date
10 September 2025
Course duration
8 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
Access resources from start date
Effort
8–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Program overview
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Competitors, suppliers, and customers are just a few factors organizations consider while operating within their industry. However, there is also a broader nonmarket environment that encompasses social, political, environmental, and regulatory forces that can impact their success.
The Yale School of Management Executive Education's Leadership for Global Business and Politics online program offers business leaders a unique perspective on how nonmarket factors affect their businesses. By providing strategies, frameworks, language, and tools to analyze and respond to these forces, this program can help you gain a competitive edge.
Under the guidance of industry expert David Bach, you can develop the skills and knowledge necessary to anticipate and plan for changes and disruptions. This program also covers stakeholder capitalism and how it can be leveraged for a sustainable and strategic advantage for your organization. Additionally, you'll have the chance to interact with a diverse and global group of participants, expanding your network online.
Is this program for you?
This online program teaches transnational leadership practices and global and political economy assessment. Led by international affairs experts, it focuses on how multinational organizations can balance globalization effects and maintain international relations. It's ideal for those in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility, and leading industries who must address topical social, political, and environmental issues. Participants will learn a best practice approach to leadership in a changing corporate and societal landscape and gain access to frameworks and tools for managing stakeholder engagement in a global context.
Program overview
Introduction
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Competitors, suppliers, and customers are just a few factors organizations consider while operating within their industry. However, there is also a broader nonmarket environment that encompasses social, political, environmental, and regulatory forces that can impact their success.
The Yale School of Management Executive Education's Leadership for Global Business and Politics online program offers business leaders a unique perspective on how nonmarket factors affect their businesses. By providing strategies, frameworks, language, and tools to analyze and respond to these forces, this program can help you gain a competitive edge.
Under the guidance of industry expert David Bach, you can develop the skills and knowledge necessary to anticipate and plan for changes and disruptions. This program also covers stakeholder capitalism and how it can be leveraged for a sustainable and strategic advantage for your organization. Additionally, you'll have the chance to interact with a diverse and global group of participants, expanding your network online.
Is this program for you?
This online program teaches transnational leadership practices and global and political economy assessment. Led by international affairs experts, it focuses on how multinational organizations can balance globalization effects and maintain international relations. It's ideal for those in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility, and leading industries who must address topical social, political, and environmental issues. Participants will learn a best practice approach to leadership in a changing corporate and societal landscape and gain access to frameworks and tools for managing stakeholder engagement in a global context.
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Leading organisations recognise the value of this course and invest in it to enhance their employees' skills and expertise.
What will set you apart
The ability to see beyond business and the market, with an enhanced understanding of stakeholder capitalism and the global social, political, and environmental landscape.
Insights and tools to lead effectively through the pressures of future disruption.
The skills to assess and improve engagement with key stakeholders internally and externally, and how differing global contexts influence these interactions.
Strategic frameworks to affect and redefine your nonmarket environment, and factor these forces into your decision-making to strengthen your competitive advantage.
Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.Program curriculum
Orientation Module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Compete beyond the market
Module 2
Analyze nonmarket challenges for strategic advantage
Module 3
Navigate the politics of disruptive innovation
Module 4
Nationalism in international business
Module 5
Lobbying and framing in a global context
Module 6
Stakeholder engagement and global governance
Module 7
Ethics, values, and business decisions
Module 8
Doing well by doing good
What past students
think
Matthew Lee
Business Controllership, AI2
“The material and content of the course far exceeded my expectations. Having taken other courses before in MOOC platforms, this has really raised the bar on what I will look forward to in the future coursework that I seek out. The overall experience on the GetSmarter platform is phenomenal.”
Program Convener
David Bach
Dean of Innovation and Programs, IMD Business School; Former Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management Executive Education
About the certificate
Distinguish yourself and showcase your expertise when you earn an official certificate of participation from the Yale SOM Executive Education.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.
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You can pay your course fees before the course starts, or you may opt for a split payment plan on courses that are nine weeks and shorter. For courses 10 weeks and longer, there is a three-part payment plan available. To find out more about payment options please visit our Payment and Financing page, or contact an Enrollment Adviser, to find out which option you qualify for.
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GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each module you'll be presented with the course content and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Adviser who will help you manage your time, and support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
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By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too. Here is a guide to show you how to request financial assistance from your employer.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager, or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
How to change your start date
As part of our commitment to your professional development, GetSmarter offers you a two-week period to change your course start date or request your money back if you’re not fully satisfied.
To qualify for a deferral of your course start date, or to cancel your enrollment and receive a refund of your course fee, your request would need to reach our Success Advisers before the release of Module 2. For more information, please read our Terms and Conditions.
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The Online Campus will be your virtual classroom for the duration of your course. Through its easy-to-use interface you'll have access to a diverse variety of course content formats including: interactive videos, module notes, practice quizzes, presentations, assignment briefs, and additional web resources.
On the Online Campus, you'll also be able to ask questions and interact with your fellow students and teaching team through the discussion forums. If you are looking for your Online Campus login, please visit your Account page here.
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