Business Leadership Program (Developing Avant-Garde Business Leaders)
Before delving into the Business Leadership Program, it’s important to acknowledge the nature of today’s world—uncertain, ambiguous, volatile, complex, and unpredictable. Businesses operating in such environments need disruptive leaders who not only respond to change swiftly and adaptively but are also catalysts for fundamental transformations within the business ecosystem.
If leadership is considered an art, then inspiring and impactful leaders who challenge accepted business norms and lead change can be called avant-garde leaders. These leaders often initiate new movements and trends in business. With innovation and risk-taking, they shift the boundaries of the business ecosystem.
Target Audience of the Leadership Program
The Mahan Leadership Program is designed for business owners and professionals seeking to grow and enhance their managerial skills. If you belong to any of these groups, don’t miss this opportunity.
- CEOs of businesses
- Entrepreneurs
Leadership Program Learning Objectives
Key learning objectives include:
- Know yourself and enhance self-awareness through acceptance and adaptability.
- Create a vision and identity for your organization based on its structure.
- Ensure your organization possesses the essential capabilities to achieve its goals and vision.
- Build an environment that brings out the best in your team.
- Transform your organizational culture into one of innovation.
- Align and adapt your organization to environmental changes.
- Adopt a servant leadership style to positively impact society.
Program Details
- Language of Instruction: Persian
- Delivery Method: In-person
- Organizing Institution: Mahan Business School
- Program Type: Part-time
- Duration: Minimum 6 months, maximum 8 months
- Certificate Awarded By: Mahan Business School
- Total Hours: 105 hours
Leadership Program Overview and Modules
Instructors delivering the leadership program are a selection of experienced faculty members.
Admission Requirements for the Avant-Garde Program
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Minimum of 7 years of executive experience as a CEO or Managing Director in organizations
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Evaluation and approval of executive résumé
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Successful admission through the entrance interview
Roles
The Leader as an Authentic Human
The Leader as a Lighthouse
The Leader as an Architect
The Leader as an Inspirer
The Leader as a Change Maker
Leadership Program Learning Methodology
Interactive Lectures and Practical Workshops
Participants will benefit from instruction by executives with real-world experience, interactive teaching methods, and practical workshops. The program features some of the most experienced and distinguished instructors.
Challenges
Each module includes a challenge through an individual assignment or project that encourages participants to apply what they have learned. Participants are required to present their projects in dedicated sessions to evaluate their learnings. Completing these assignments is mandatory.
Executive Coaching
Participants will have the opportunity to attend up to four individual coaching or therapy sessions for personal analysis and development. These sessions may include coaching conversations or psychotherapy if needed.
Case Studies
Case study analysis is a well-established method for advanced executive learning. Through analyzing real business scenarios, participants will strengthen their decision-making and problem-solving skills. The program includes three official case study sessions known as Mahan Case School.
Mentoring
During the program, participants will attend group sessions where they learn from the experiences of inspiring Iranian leaders.
Boot Camp
Participants will join two 2-day boot camps alongside other CEOs and senior executives in the leadership network. These camps focus on assessing and practicing soft leadership skills through group games and introspection.
Psychology Sessions
These sessions are designed to support psychological analysis and development of avant-garde leadership qualities, preparing participants to lead their organizations.
Games
Each module features a leadership game designed to reinforce learning objectives. These games help participants identify and strengthen their personal leadership skills through real-world simulation and team interaction.
Mirror of Being
This is a monthly gathering organized by alumni of the leadership program. It creates a community of leaders who are committed to making positive changes in themselves, their teams, businesses, and society. Every participant is an inspiring leader striving for co-creation and transformation in the business ecosystem. The organization serves as a facilitator, ensuring that each gathering results in a meaningful reason to stay connected.
Main topics covered in the Mirror of Being gatherings, presented based on a specific calendar, include:
- Expanding leaders’ professional networks to create opportunities and shared value
- Experience sharing by renowned business leadership mentors in Iran
- Personal leadership stories and turning points shared by participants
- Leadership games
- Collaborative leadership projects aimed at serving society and developing servant leaders
- Film screenings related to leadership topics with analysis by facilitators or participants
- Nature walks for mindfulness
- Drawing inspiration from legends and iconic figures
- Reflections on Iranian history and sociology to enhance cultural intelligence
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Introduction to the Business Leadership Course The business leadership course may cover various concepts including fundamental business principles such as financial, structural, organizational, and legal issues, as well as general skills like communication methods and research. Although business leadership courses may differ in syllabus and content, they often teach a set of skills. Additionally, these courses can cover organizational psychology, employee behaviors and attitudes, motivation, team building, performance evaluation, and diversity in the workplace. Mahan Business Leadership Course The Business Leadership course is one of the most prominent leadership courses in Iran. By leveraging international instructors, this course offers business leaders a new vision. This leadership course includes 7 main goals, which are: Know yourself and develop self-awareness through practicing acceptance and flexibility. Create your organization’s vision and identity according to your business context. Ensure your organization has the key capabilities necessary to achieve goals and vision. Create an environment that brings out the best in your team. Transform your organizational culture into an innovative culture. Adapt your organization to environmental changes and strengthen adaptability. Adopt the servant leadership style to impact society. Features of the Leadership Course Features of the leadership course include: All courses are offered both in-person and online. No prerequisites are required. Online participants have access to course videos in their personal panel. Issuance of a valid certificate. Who is the Business Leadership Course Suitable For? This course is suitable for: CEOs Entrepreneurs Learning Methodologies of the Business Leadership Course One of the main reasons this leadership course excels compared to others is its learning methodology, which includes 10 learning models as follows: 1. Interactive Lectures with Practical Workshops During the course, participants benefit from teaching by instructors with executive management experience, using an interactive teaching style along with practical workshops. You will learn from the best and most experienced instructors. 2. Leadership Challenge Each module in the course is accompanied by individual exercises and projects, challenging participants to apply what they have learned. Participants must present their individual projects in specific sessions and test their learning. Completing these exercises and projects is mandatory. 3. Executive Coaching Participants have the opportunity to attend individual coaching or psychological sessions, through coaching conversations or, if necessary, psychotherapy, to enable personal analysis and growth. Each participant is entitled to 4 individual sessions. 4. Case Study Case study is a recognized deep learning method at senior executive levels, where participants study and analyze educational cases to strengthen decision-making and problem-solving skills. Participants have access to 3 official case study sessions (case school). 5. Mentoring Throughout the course, participants benefit from the experiences of top inspirational Iranian leaders during group mentoring sessions. 6. Boot Camp Participants, along with other CEOs and senior executives who are members of the leadership network, take part in 2 two-day boot camps aimed at assessing and practicing soft leadership skills through group games and internal reflection. 7. Leadership Psychology Sessions The Avangard Leadership course includes psychological sessions for the excellence and creation of an avant-garde leader from a psychological perspective, preparing participants to lead their organizations. 8. Leadership Games Each course module includes a leadership game related to the learning objectives, helping participants identify and strengthen their personal skills for leading a team. Games are a unique technique for learning leadership skills by simulating real environments and challenging oneself and teammates. 9. Receiving an Individual Profile Booklet Mahan, to enhance the leadership knowledge of participants in the Avangard Leadership course, strives to attract international instructors with avant-garde leadership styles. Avant-garde leadership is a transformative journey for leading organizations. 10. “Mirror of Existence” Gatherings This is a monthly gathering held and managed by the leadership course community. This gathering creates a community of leaders who are making positive changes in themselves, their teams, their businesses, and especially society. Active members in these meetings are inspirational and influential participants aiming to impact and co-create improvements in the business ecosystem. The community acts as a facilitator ensuring that after each gathering, there is a valuable reason to stay connected. Main topics covered in these monthly gatherings include: Developing leaders’ networks to create collaboration opportunities and shared value Sharing experiences by well-known business leadership mentors in Iran Sharing leadership stories and turning points of each participant Leadership games Creating joint leadership projects with a focus on serving the community and nurturing servant leaders Watching and analyzing leadership-themed films by facilitators or participants Nature outings with mindfulness goals Drawing inspiration from legends and memorable figures Exploring Iranian history and sociology to enhance leaders’ contextual intelligence Duration of the Business Leadership Course The leadership course duration ranges from 8 months to 1 year, totaling 105 hours held at the Advanced School. For registration conditions, please contact our experts. The Best Business Leadership Course in Iran According to surveys conducted, this advanced school, with more than 250 international business instructors, is among the top organizers of organizational leadership courses in Iran. It has designed and created the leadership course based on the experience and needs of future business leaders.
