Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Program
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Program Highlights
Immersive Learning
Engage with peers, faculty, and industry experts during two highly interactive in-person modules held on the Berkeley campus in California.
High Touch
Live online sessions, 8 days of in-person sessions with Berkeley faculty, executive coaching, and guest lectures by industry experts.
High Tech
Theater-style virtual classroom brings the world-class Berkeley experience to you, wherever you are.
Core Curriculum
In-depth core sessions in strategic thinking, innovation, culture, leadership, and more.
Capstone Personal Case Project
Apply your learnings to an enduring leadership challenge you are facing, and develop a personal case codifying the insights.
Real-World Application
Apply lessons learned to your business immediately.
World-Renowned Faculty
Learn from subject matter experts and global leaders.
Interactive Sessions
Take advantage of interactive learning with faculty, industry experts, and an accomplished peer group.
Peer Learning
Learn from high-achieving peers from around the globe and build your network.
Expand Your Network
Interact with peers, industry leaders, and faculty at the three-day in-person global leadership campus immersion, and graduation event.
Alumni Benefits
Earn select Berkeley Haas alumni benefits upon completion of the program.
Curriculum
The Berkeley CEO Program delivers learning that will help you fulfill your potential as a senior leader in driving organizational success. Three core modules will provide you with the tools and frameworks to effectively lead innovation and change. You will explore various leadership styles to emerge as a more strategic leader equipped to build and inspire high-impact teams and drive organizational transformation. Your in-depth learning journey will include lectures by faculty experts and specialists, case studies, group and individual exercises, and discussions with global leaders.
Campus Immersion at UC Berkeley
The Berkeley CEO program participants converge for the in-person module and subsequently the three-day Global Leadership Campus Immersion. During these sessions, they will engage with accomplished peers and gain insights from expert faculty, and industry practitioners. Bringing together participants from multiple cohorts, the Global Leadership Campus Immersion facilitates direct engagement with global thought leaders and expert faculty. It offers networking opportunities, guest speaker sessions, and other activities for a meaningful culmination of the experience.
Capstone Personal Case Project
Across the Berkeley CEO Program experience, you will complete a capstone personal case project. You will apply classroom lessons to a real personal leadership challenge or opportunity to deliver an actionable solution. You will be informed by faculty content sessions and guided by your executive coach and peers. At the on-campus event in Berkeley, you will share the codified learnings from your experience as a personal case story.
Problem definition and analysis
Solution narrowed and chosen
Action planning
Results
Conclusion and codification of insights
Faculty
The Berkeley CEO Program is developed and taught by a team of Berkeley Haas faculty who are renowned experts and skilled educators with a focus on the sociological and psychological processes within organizations. They bring to the classroom their deep research capabilities and rich experience at some of the world’s most prominent enterprises. Through interactive lectures and real-life case studies, they will help you understand how core themes such as decision making, innovation, negotiation, diversity, and culture affect organizational performance. The world-renowned faculty will prepare you to reach and succeed in the highest-ranking role today.
Dean, Berkeley Haas School of Business | Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management | Co-Founder and Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation
Professor Jennifer A. Chatman holds a BA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. She co-founded and co-directs the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innov...
Continuing Lecturer | Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A faculty member of UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School and Graduate School of Information Science, he teaches Cal’s prestigious Entrepreneurship Program to MBAs, undergrads, a...
Associate Professor | Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy & Values
As a professor in the Management of Organizations group, Schroeder's research explores how people make social inferences about others. She is a faculty affiliate in the Social...
Participant Profile
The Berkeley CEO Program is designed for senior executives who are ready to accelerate their career to the highest level of leadership. It is designed for CEOs as well as for senior leaders who are identified as critical to a company's succession plan.
Participants are expected to have:
A minimum of 15 years of work experience
A demonstrated track record of leading regional/global teams and motivating by example
The agenda and ability to drive transformation in a complex, uncertain business environment
Substantial work experience, including significant time as a business leader, ideally across regions and cultures
Readiness to immerse themselves in a transformative learning experience that offers an opportunity for serious self-assessment
Fluency in written and spoken English
Participant Testimonials
Certificate of Excellence
Upon completion of the Berkeley Chief Executive Officer Program, participants are awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Senior Executive Leadership from Berkeley Executive Education.
Note: This program results in a digital certificate of completion and is not eligible for degree credits/CEUs. After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Berkeley Executive Education.
FAQs
Please note that our team is away from December 23, 2024 to January 2, 2025 for the year-end holidays. We look forward to addressing your queries when we resume operations in the new year.
Have Questions?
Email: enterprise.clientsuccess@emeritus.org. We attempt to respond to queries in 24 hours or less. However, over weekends and holidays, our responses may take up to 72 hours.