INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Executives (ILPSE) – India
Shape your future—and your company’s success
The INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Executives (ILPSE) – India is a one-year part-time general management and business leadership programme. Now in its 13th year, ILPSE offers an integrated approach to general management that combines the imagination and creativity of entrepreneurship with the strong functional focus of operating managers. With an extraordinary record of success, this transformative programme will prepare you for senior management roles and provide a timely boost for your career.
While the programme is designed specifically for the Indian context, it equips participants with a wider global perspective that is crucial in today’s interconnected business world.
The programme brings an outstanding peer group, immersions across INSEAD’s global campuses and tailored career support.
A journey that redefines leadership
Why should you consider the programme?
This transformative learning experience will enable you to:
Enhance your general management skills by gaining in-depth perspectives on functional areas, strategic thinking and business leadership skills.
Deepen your leadership capabilities through experiential modules on personal leadership, 360-degree feedback and assessments, one-on-one coaching and a leadership action plan.
Analyse global case studies and real-world examples for valuable insights into international business practices and trends.
Broaden your horizons with week-long immersions at INSEAD's global hubs near Paris and in Singapore and Mumbai for an exceptional international educational experience.
Learn from over 19 world-class faculty and guest speakers and leverage INSEAD's global thought leadership.
Apply the learnings to your workplace through a comprehensive action plan and application assignments, throughout the 12 months of the programme.
Develop an enriching network by being a part of the over 67,000-strong worldwide INSEAD alumni community.
Graduate with INSEAD alumni status and become eligible to join national alumni associations across the globe.
Comprehensive curriculum
The design and curriculum of the ILPSE are derived from INSEAD’s extensive experience, recognising that a participant’s success hinges on the mastery of three key dimensions of leadership – leading self, leading teams and leading organisations.
Leading Self
Self-awareness plays a pivotal role in the journey of personal growth and development. Accomplished leaders possess a profound understanding of their identity and motivations, allowing them to govern themselves adeptly and engage others productively. This pillar of the programme focuses on providing participants with the tools for introspection, feedback solicitation and cultivation of a personal leadership agenda. These tools empower participants to challenge themselves and be an effective leader.
Leading Teams
Progress in a participant’s journey requires transitioning from being a successful individual contributor to a leader who can successfully motivate and manage their teams to generate collective success for the organisation. The curriculum in this pillar of the program focuses on providing the participants with the skills that are foundational for influencing others and creating successful teams.
Leading Organisations
The curriculum for this pillar of the programme focuses on providing participants with cutting-edge knowledge encompassing all aspects of general management and frameworks for understanding the implications of contemporary macro- and micro-level developments. It progressively establishes the connections across these different domains and culminates in a capstone simulation during the final module of the programme, where participants compete to successfully build and grow a profitable business.
Learning journey
Participant testimonials
Alumni status
With over 67,000 alumni distributed across 179 countries with 169 nationalities, our alumni are citizens of the world.
Eligibility to join national alumni associations across the globe
Networking and professional development opportunities
Invitations to regional events
Reduced rates for Executive Education programmes
Programme directors
Professor of Marketing, The Unilever Chaired Professor of Marketing
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Meet the faculty
Associate Professor at ESCP Europe; Executive Coach at the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise; Academic Co-Director, Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI)
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Professor of Strategy
Professor of Economics, The Shell Fellow of Economic Transformation
Professor of Strategy
Professor of Management Practice in Organisational Behaviour
Guest lecturer with a range of specialist executive education programmes for INSEAD
Professor of Organisational Behaviour; The Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning
Visiting faculty members
Lee Kong Chian Professor of Operations Management; Deputy Dean (Programmes) and Academic Director, PhD in Business (General Management) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, S...
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master's Programs; Senior Lecturer, Accounting and Law at MIT Sloan School of Management
Founding Partner at Pluris Value Lecturer at INSEAD; Lecturer at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Professor of Leadership and Strategy at Antwerp Management School
Distinguished Teaching Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Professor of Corporate Finance and Head of Economics and Finance at the Ecole des Ponts; Visiting Scholar at INSEAD Social Innovation Centre Affiliate Professor at HEC Montréa...
Professor, Division of Leadership, Management and Organisation at Nanyang Technological University
Professor and Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship at IESE Business School
VOYA Financial Chair and Professor of Marketing at the University of Connecticut School of Business
Past participant profile
The diversity of participants is critical to the learning experience. Our participants come from a wide range of functions, industries, backgrounds, organisations and life experiences. What they all share in common:
- Proven leadership potential
- Strong achievement, drive and motivation
- Depth of business experience (minimum of ten years; 16 years on average, with significant time in management)
- Recognised career progress
- Enthusiasm for learning and intellectual development
Industries
Work Experience
Schedule
Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|
Module 1: Programme Introduction and Group Intro | PLA + Team Building Activity | Managing Leadership Transition | Judgement and Decision-Making | Business Strategy and Multi-Business Strategy | Building Useful Networks | Leading Change in Complex Organisations | Corporate Entrepreneurship | 2–8 August 2025 | On Campus | Singapore |
Module 2.1: Financial Accounting (FFA) | 10 August–10 September 2025 | Virtual |
Module 2.2: Financial Accounting | 13 September 2025 | 20 September 2025 | 4 October 2025 | 11 October 2025 | 2 Hours per Day | Live Virtual |
Module 3: Beneath the Surface: Introduction | Getting Things done | Emotions and Emotional Intelligence | Influence and Persuasion | India Business Dialogue | 8–14 November 2025 | On Campus | Mumbai |
Module 4: Negotiation Skills | 22 November 2025 | 6 December 2025 | 13 December 2025 | 3 Hours per day | Live Virtual |
Module 5: Macroeconomics | Multi-Business Strategy | Applied Game Theory/Strategic Thinking | Reimagining Organisations | Corporate Governance | Communication Skills | 24–30 January 2026 | On Campus | Singapore |
Module 6: Versant English Test | 21 February–14 March 2026 | 45 Minutes | Asynchronous Virtual |
Module 7: Marketing | Corporate Finance | Diversity and Inclusion | 18–23 April 2026 | On Campus | Mumbai |
Module 8.1: Operations Management | 2 May 2026 | 9 May 2026 | 16 May 2026 | 3 Hours per day | Live Virtual |
Module 8.2: Private Equity | 6 June 2026 | 13 June 2026 | 20 June 2026 | 3 Hours per day | Live Virtual |
Module 9: Marketing | GELM-based group coaching | SATTVA Simulation | SATTVA Learnings and Graduation | 11–18 July 2026 | On Campus | Fontainebleau |
Note: Topics and programme schedule are subject to change for reasons beyond the control of INSEAD.
Connect with an Emeritus programme adviser for a 1:1 session
Email: ILPSE@emeritus.org
Phone:+91 993 031 1295 (India) | +65 3129 7301 (Singapore) | +971 80 0088601096 (UAE) | +44 1416 732351 (UK) | +1 234 603 6577 (USA) | +52 55965 46131 (LATAM)
Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly.
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