At Booth, we believe that your development as a leader will impact your career—and moving forward in your career will take strong leadership. That’s why leadership and career support are intertwined and connected throughout your EMBA journey.
Our EMBA Program graduates report increased confidence in their ability to navigate ambiguity, lead teams, and solve any business problem.
Your Booth experience will strengthen your analytical skills, foster a flexible mindset, and empower you to think strategically about your career at every step of the way.
You’ll enjoy lifelong access to global industry expertise, individualized coaching, and leadership and career support. All of our EMBA career and leadership programs are tailored to meet the needs of executive‐level professionals with unique aspirations, capabilities, and perspectives.
“The Global Career and Leadership Development (GCLD) team at Chicago Booth provides leadership coaching and career expertise to support students throughout their program. I set up bi-weekly calls with a coach on the Booth team. These sessions gave me the confidence to explore opportunities in areas beyond my professional expertise and consider jobs that could be potential ‘career pivots.’”
Career and leadership development are woven together throughout your MBA experience at Booth. Our Global Career and Leadership Development (GCLD) team oversees the required Leadership Exploration and Development course (LEAD) as well as optional programs designed to help you become a better leader, which in turn will advance your career.
Specifically designed for executive-level students, the GCLD team’s offerings combine classroom experiences with skill-building workshops, personalized coaching, curated discussions with alumni, and career support. Our global approach builds your cultural competency and prepares you to adapt your leadership skills to new challenges.
Leadership Exploration and Development, or LEAD, is a required course for all Chicago Booth MBA students. Within the Executive MBA program, LEAD is a series of integrated career and executive-level leadership experiences designed to augment your classroom learning with action and insight skills. Combining workshops, networking opportunities, industry insight discussions, and one-on-one coaching, LEAD helps you build self-awareness as a leader and integrate those insights into an intentional, lifelong process of leadership development.
Built on leadership principles articulated by Harry L. Davis, Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Distinguished Service Professor of Creative Management at Booth, LEAD was one of the first experiential MBA leadership development courses at a major business school.
LEAD and Global Career and Leadership Development programming combine required components—designed to provide a foundation for any professional challenge—with the flexibility to customize some elements to meet your growth and development needs. The program has three components:
Dive deep into a particular industry or region, or explore a new interest. Panel discussions, industry roundtables, and small-group workshops with industry leaders and Booth experts build your understanding of the executive marketplace and prepare you to advance in your career.
Executive Marketplace Knowledge
This workshop series is designed to expand your leadership capacity through experimentation, practice, and reinforcement. In small, interactive groups, you’ll work with peers and expert facilitators to explore real-world situations and build the interpersonal skills that are essential in the executive marketplace.
Executive Leadership Skills
Define your professional goals and craft a plan to achieve them. As an EMBA student, you’ll have unlimited access to an executive coach who will help you optimize your leadership and career potential.
Executive Coaching
No matter which of our global campuses you choose, you’ll have lifelong access to a dedicated team of knowledgeable industry experts, advisors, and coaches who will support you at every step of your career journey. For example:
Throughout your Booth experience, the GCLD team will support your career and leadership development through a variety of co-curricular opportunities that empower you to define your goals, generate new insights, and prepare for lifelong learning from experience. For example:
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Kyle Sweeney, ’21, changed jobs—and welcomed his first child—while earning his Executive MBA. Booth’s Global Career and Leadership Development team was there for him every step of the way.
A Significant Transformation
Executive MBA student Edoardo Collevecchio used Booth’s global flexibility to expand his company into Asia.
A Career Catalyst
For current EMBA student Atri Sen, navigating a career crisis while juggling school wasn’t part of the plan. Booth’s Executive MBA Global Career and Leadership Development team coached him through a successful job search.