Top 10 Executive Courses on the Future of Work

Columbia Business School offers the course called Strategy and Leadership in the Future of Work, which targets HR leaders navigating the post-Covid world of work. They learn how to redesign workforces, the nature of work, and physical workplaces themselves. The curriculum is based on the most recent corporate case studies and run by the former leader of Deloitte Consulting’s Future of Work practice.

Harvard Business School has its Managing the Future of Work program, which helps participants to develop specific, actionable strategies to navigate the looming workforce challenges. They learn how to attract and retain talent and improve the productivity of the workforce. That’s in addition to navigating the disruptive potential of automation and artificial intelligence.

ESSEC Business School runs the Advanced Certificate program in Digital Leadership. Aimed at senior executives wishing to transform their organizations in the digital age, the course focuses on how to identify, design and implement the best working practices to create enhanced customer and employee experiences.

London Business School offers The Future of Work, an executive education course that helps participants to become an expert in and ambassador for change in their organization. They build personal resilience to adapt to future changes and discover how changes to the future of work can impact their organization, as well as strategies for addressing these challenges.

MIT Sloan offers the Communication and Persuasion in the Digital Age course. Participants learn how to become effective communicators in real life and online, whether that’s facilitating group discussion, leading virtual presentations or communicating via social media. Topics include speaking persuasively, visual persuasion, communicating quantitative information clearly, and adapting messages to audiences.

ESCP runs the program called Exploring the Future of Business. It helps executive participants to build a strategic vision of tomorrow’s business landscape, and deal with the major workforce changes within their companies. They study how the concept of hybrid work will redefine business and how to equip teams with the tools to improve the organization’s ability to navigate uncertainty.

Imperial College puts on the Leadership in a Technology Driven World Virtual Program. It is all about navigating the fast and frequent changes in the world of work to mobilize and empower teams, make better decisions and create competitive advantage. Participants also gain the skills to lead teams in the digital era.

The Hybrid Leadership program at Aalto University in Finland presents an opportunity to reimagine how teams work and how people are led. It is anchored in the notion that remote and hybrid work are here to stay, so how to bring out the best in employees working from a distance? The course focuses on people management, with participants learning how to influence to successfully lead teams virtually and when in hybrid mode.

BI Norwegian Business School runs the Leading in Digitized Workplaces executive course, which focuses on giving participants the knowledge and skills to lead more effectively in an era of rapid digitalization. They learn to manage the workplace of the future and implement agile, digital teamwork. They also learn how to create the workplace culture to enable innovation and digital transformation.

Duke CE runs the Digital Leadership for Digital Transformation course. It gives leaders the hands-on experience required to develop “digital mindsets”, and develop the confidence to enable transformation at speed and scale. They will understand the digital revolution at work and how to develop new digital capabilities in employees. They also demystify the emerging technology landscape including 5G, IoT and the cloud.