Senior Management Program

Consider business strategy from various lenses, including leadership, organizational culture, industry trends, and talent management, with a focus on building competitive advantage and winning in emerging markets. Direct interaction with Wharton faculty and peers throughout this module will enrich your learning with meaningful discussions and encourage you to think differently to succeed as a leader. This module will be conducted in-person in Dubai.

Explore approaches to drive growth and deliver sustainable results that meet your organization’s goals and objectives. By understanding your organization’s growth potential and making informed decisions for expansion, you will optimize resources and increase value for shareholders.

• Diversifying and Consolidating Corporate Scope

Apply the ABC tests to evaluate whether your organization should own a particular firm and discuss the implications using real examples.

• Modes of Growth

Understand the three primary growth approaches (organic growth, alliances, and acquisitions) and the risks and commitments each requires.

• Scaling

Explore how organizations determine whether to diversify or consolidate when scaling and the key factors that shape each path.

• Metrics

Use a practical framework to assess scaling readiness, and identify the metrics required before and after expansion to support sustainable growth.

• The Link Between Corporate Strategy and Intrinsic Value

Understand how corporate strategy connects to intrinsic value over time and how leaders balance reinvestment with growth decisions.

• Corporate Strategy and Value Creation

Examine the levers of value creation, including organic growth, return on capital invested, cost of capital, and sustaining performance over time.

Expand your perspective through interactive sessions led by renowned Wharton faculty and industry guest speakers. These sessions provide expert insights into scaling organizations, emerging business trends, and enhancing leadership presence, equipping you with practical strategies to address professional challenges effectively. These session topics include:

• Scaling — Gad Allon, PhD

Explore how leading organizations scale efficiently by aligning operations, strategy, and execution for sustainable growth

• Leadership Presence — Cade Massey, PhD, and Mike Useem, PhD

Strengthen executive presence and influence to lead with clarity, credibility, and impact in high-stakes environments

• The Leaders Checklist — Mike Useem, PhD

Elevate your perspective and assess how leaders make sound, timely decisions in unpredictable and high-pressure environments

• Macroeconomics — Joao Gomes, PhD

Interpret macroeconomic signals to inform strategic decisions, and navigate volatility with greater confidence

• Generative AI for Business Transformation: Patterns of Corporate Adoption — Stefano Puntoni, PhD

Understand how enterprises are adopting generative AI, and identify practical pathways to create measurable business value

Additionally, engage with like-minded senior executives and build relationships during monthly live online peer-networking sessions.

Customize your learning journey by selecting one of three Wharton Executive Education online certificate programs: Corporate Governance: Maximize Your Effectiveness in the Boardroom, M&A and Corporate Development Strategies, or Executive Presence and Influence: Persuasive Leadership Development.

Corporate Governance: Maximize Your Effectiveness in the Boardroom

• Strengthen boardroom effectiveness by mastering board roles, responsibilities, and governance frameworks

• Improve strategic oversight by guiding decisions on strategy, risk, and organizational performance

• Navigate board dynamics with confidence by managing stakeholder expectations and accountability

M&A and Corporate Development Strategies

• Make stronger growth decisions by evaluating acquisition, alliance, and divestiture opportunities

• Increase deal confidence by understanding valuation, deal structuring, and strategic fit

• Drive value beyond the transaction by managing integration and post-deal value creation

Executive Presence and Influence: Persuasive Leadership Development

• Build credibility faster by strengthening leadership presence and executive confidence

• Influence senior stakeholders more effectively through persuasive, strategic communication

• Lead high-stakes conversations with clarity while driving change initiatives forward

Experience a two-day immersive in-person module in Dubai focused on leading through disruption, innovation, and emerging technologies. Through faculty-led sessions, peer interaction, and practical discussions, you will explore how leaders can build resilient organizations, create competitive advantage, and position their businesses for long-term growth in a rapidly evolving environment.

• Leading through AI and Digital Disruption

Explore how technological change and digital disruption are reshaping industries, leadership priorities, and organizational decision making.

• Building Competitive Advantage through Ecosystems and Platforms

Examine how organizations create value through partnerships, ecosystems, platforms, and network effects in increasingly interconnected markets.

• Future-Ready Strategy: AI, Foresight, Scenarios

Develop approaches for navigating uncertainty through strategic foresight, scenario planning, and long-term thinking. Explore the AI Applications: Harnessing AI for Innovation, Growth, and Operational Excellence while assessing the impact of emerging technologies on business strategy.

Following the successful completion of the Senior Management Program, you have the option to continue your learning journey by enrolling in a Wharton Open-Enrollment program (OEP) at an exclusive 20 percent tuition benefit. This optional phase allows you to deepen expertise in specific areas aligned with your leadership goals, extend your exposure to Wharton faculty and peers, and further strengthen capabilities that directly impact enterprise leadership and decision making.

Choosing the right senior management program depends on your professional goals, strategic challenges, and leadership context. For leaders in the Middle East, programs that blend global insight with regional relevance are especially valuable.

The Senior Management Program from Wharton Executive Education brings together world-renowned Wharton faculty, case studies, and a diverse cohort of senior executives to strengthen strategic leadership in complex business environments.

Program fees vary across general management courses and premium executive leadership programs, depending on the format, faculty engagement, and in-person components. The fee for the Senior Management Program from Wharton Executive Education is listed on the program page and covers faculty-led instruction, live online sessions, digital learning, and in-person sessions in Dubai.

Travel and accommodation for the in-person component are additional. Program advisors can guide you on payment options and any applicable benefits.

The impact of any C-suite leadership or executive development program depends on the program you choose and your personal and professional aspirations. For senior leaders navigating complexity, the right executive education experience can help sharpen strategic judgment, strengthen leadership presence, and support enterprise-level decision making.

The Senior Management Program is designed to help current and aspiring C-suite executives strengthen these capabilities through applied learning, peer exchange, and faculty guidance. The experience offers executive coaching-like development through real-world leadership discussions, frameworks, and peer perspectives.

The Senior Management Program is designed for professionals with a minimum of 10 years of work experience who currently hold, or are preparing for, senior leadership roles. Participants typically include senior executives, general managers, entrepreneurs, and functional leaders responsible for enterprise-level outcomes and leading high-performance teams.

Strategic leadership is built through a range of career paths. Many senior executives develop deep expertise in technical, functional, or domain areas before expanding into broader enterprise-wide decision-making and leadership responsibilities.

The Senior Management Program helps strengthen strategic leadership, influence, and decision making through structured executive learning, peer discussion, and real-world case studies. With live online and in-person sessions in Dubai, the experience offers a leadership training-like environment that supports leaders in broadening their enterprise perspective.

Preparing for broader C-suite responsibilities often involves expanding from functional leadership into enterprise-wide decision making. This typically includes strengthening strategic judgment, building comfort with ambiguity, and leading across complex stakeholder environments.

The Senior Management Program from Wharton Executive Education supports this shift through applied frameworks, peer exchange, and faculty-led insights. The program helps leaders refine strategic thinking, strengthen leadership presence, and apply executive-level perspectives across innovation, governance, and transformation initiatives.

A senior executive leadership program is designed for experienced professionals who want to strengthen enterprise-wide decision making and long-term value creation. The Senior Management Program exemplifies this approach by focusing on executive leadership, strategy, and organizational impact rather than day-to-day operational execution.

The Senior Management Program from Wharton Executive Education is ideal for C-suite executives, senior leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-potential professionals responsible for growth, strategy, and transformation. It is designed for leaders looking to strengthen enterprise decision making, evaluate growth strategies, build leadership presence and influence, and develop a sharper understanding of the emerging trends shaping business strategy and organizational performance. 

If you are exploring a general management course or an executive leadership program and want to balance learning with ongoing leadership responsibilities, consider executive education programs that combine structured learning with practical application. The Senior Management Program from Wharton Executive Education offers a balanced experience through live online engagement and in-person sessions in Dubai, supported by Wharton faculty, peer exchange, and real-world case discussions.

You can pay the full program fee upfront or pay in easy installments. If you apply well in advance of the program start date, you can receive a fee benefit. If you would like to approach your company with a sponsorship request for this program, here is a customizable template that you can use.

Emeritus collects all program payments, provides learner enrollment and program support, and manages learning platform services.

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Program fees for Emeritus programs with Wharton Executive Education may not be paid for with (a) funds from the GI Bill, the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Act of 2008, or similar types of military education funding benefits or (b) Title IV financial aid funds.