International Business Leadership

About

This course equips students with leadership skills for international business environments. It uses an innovative teaching method that includes a custom-made leadership movie

Participants will develop their knowledge of leadership traits and skills, accompanied by in-depth practice of skills such as empathy, social effectiveness, influence, presentation skills, living with and thriving under paradox. They will become familiar with the application of various leadership styles in practice, with models of employee motivation, building and leading effective teams, the importance of context and culture in leadership, power and politics in organisations, practical approaches to networking, leading change, gender and ethics in leadership. They will become more aware of their own values and preferences, personality and character, and will acquire knowledge and tools for self-leadership including topics such as stress and burnout, the impostor phenomenon, psychological capital. They will internalise the sense making and storytelling not only as practical skills, but as leadership frameworks, and will ultimately build their own personal "leadership development movie".

Course leader

Emilia Bunea

Target group

This course is for advanced Bachelor’s students interested in a corporate career. Master students, PhD students and professionals are also very welcome to sign up for the course. The level of assessment of this course is advanced bachelor's level.

Course aim

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Have a clear understanding of leadership models and frameworks and how they connect to practice in corporations;
Have developed their social effectiveness, empathy, influencing, presentation and storytelling skills;
Have a heightened awareness of their identity as (emerging) leaders and of their own leadership journey;
Be better prepared to address practical leadership challenges in a corporate context.

Fee info

Students, PhD candidates and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner €765 Students and PhD candidates at partner universities of VU Amsterdam €1035 Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam €1140 Professionals €1360