Leadership Transition Programme
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-03-17 | - |
| 2025-10-03 | - |
Program Overview
The Leadership Transition Programme is a 7-day program designed to enhance leadership skills and confidence, providing participants with the necessary training to successfully transition into management roles. It focuses on developing self-leadership, managing others, and individual coaching. The program is ranked #1 in Open Executive Education in Belgium and has received exceptional feedback from former participants.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Leadership Transition Programme is a seven-day program designed to equip participants with the leadership development training needed to successfully transition into management roles. The objective is to enhance leadership skills and confidence, leading to a guaranteed return on investment for both the individual and their organization. The program focuses on developing skills to lead successfully, both presently and in the future. It's described as an exciting but potentially daunting time in one's career, highlighting the need for this specific training. The program is ranked #1 in Open Executive Education in Belgium and #27 worldwide, with 488 former participants giving it a 4.7/5 rating for Learning Impact.
Outline:
The program is structured around three tracks:
- Track I: Managing yourself – self-leadership: This track comprises two modules:
- Track II: Managing others – the people manager: This track also consists of four modules:
- Module 1: The people manager as a recruiter: This module delves into the psychological contract between employees and the organization, attracting the right people to a team, and working with different generations.
- Module 2: The people manager as a careers manager: This module focuses on gaining insight into people's career ambitions, guiding them through career planning, and assessing one's role as a mentor.
- Module 3: The people manager as a communicator and coach: This module explores emotions and their management, effective communication, and coaching skills enhancement.
- Module 4: The people manager as a motivator and performance manager: This module examines the link between motivation and performance, customizing performance management, and maximizing impact.
- Track III: Individual coaching and action plan: This track provides two two-hour sessions with an experienced Vlerick coach. The coaching helps participants maximize their learning and identify opportunities to apply their skills within their organizations. Goal setting is a key component of this track. The program offers several upcoming editions in both Dutch and English, in Ghent and Brussels.
Teaching:
The program utilizes expert coaching to help participants identify and tackle their challenges. Role-playing is used as a teaching method in at least one module. The faculty includes professors and lecturers specializing in Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership. Specific faculty members mentioned are Dirk Buyens, Koen Dewettinck, Veroniek De Schamphelaere, Karlien Vanderheyden, and David Patient.
Careers:
The program aims to improve leadership skills, enabling participants to make a greater impact on others. The intended audience includes team leaders, project leaders, business unit managers, small business owners, and recently appointed people managers. A success story from a participant, Roger Langhout, highlights the practical application of learned approaches in managing employees and improving organizational leadership roles.
Other:
The program includes an environment conducive to networking. The program is described as providing a guaranteed return on investment.
Vlerick Business School is a prestigious Belgian institution with campuses in Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. Established in 1999 through the merger of MBA programs from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Ghent University, it has evolved into a leading European business school.
The school holds the distinguished "triple crown" accreditation, being recognized by EQUIS, AMBA, and AACSB. This places Vlerick among a select group of business schools worldwide that meet the highest standards in management education.
Vlerick offers a range of programs, including MBA, Masters, and executive education courses, emphasizing a practical, hands-on approach in close collaboration with various companies.
The institution is particularly renowned for its expertise in digital transformation, entrepreneurship and innovation, healthcare, energy, and financial services.
In terms of rankings, Vlerick is recognized as a top-tier school by both the Financial Times and QS. Notably, it is ranked number one in the Benelux region for executive education and 19th in Europe.
The school's international outlook is further enhanced by partnerships that allow students to pursue double Masters degrees, spending one year in Belgium and another abroad, at institutions such as the Darla Moore School of Business in the U.S. and EDHEC Business School in France.
With a network of over 25,000 alumni in 99 countries, Vlerick Business School continues to make a significant impact on the global business community.
