University of Oxford
Oxford Senior Leadership Executive Programme
Drive long-term business success with an aligned purpose, strategy, and team.
Start date
12 February 2025
Course duration
5 months
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
7–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Programme overview
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Duration: 6 months (Including orientation and 2 week-long breaks)
The demand for highly skilled leaders is growing in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. Executives need a holistic skill set to advance their careers and build resilient, high-performing organisations.
The Oxford Senior Leadership Executive Programme combines content from three leading online programmes from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, to provide you with leadership, strategy, and resilience skills to ensure your organisation thrives.
Is this course for you?
If you want to build resilient, high-performing organisations, this programme is for you. Over 15 weeks, you’ll learn how to align purpose with strategy, train teams to anticipate and respond to uncertainty, and drive long-term business success.
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The Oxford Senior Leadership Executive Programme is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The programme has an estimated 200 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. Oxford Saïd and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
Programme overview
Course overview
Duration: 6 months (Including orientation and 2 week-long breaks)
The demand for highly skilled leaders is growing in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. Executives need a holistic skill set to advance their careers and build resilient, high-performing organisations.
The Oxford Senior Leadership Executive Programme combines content from three leading online programmes from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, to provide you with leadership, strategy, and resilience skills to ensure your organisation thrives.
Is this course for you?
If you want to build resilient, high-performing organisations, this programme is for you. Over 15 weeks, you’ll learn how to align purpose with strategy, train teams to anticipate and respond to uncertainty, and drive long-term business success.
The Oxford Senior Leadership Executive Programme is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The programme has an estimated 200 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. Oxford Saïd and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
What will set you apart
A clear vision of your “why” as a leader.
The insights to fuel long-term business success.
The right tools to build organisational resilience. 
Unlimited access to both the official Oxford Executive Education Alumni group on LinkedIn and edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward. Programme curriculum
Programme orientation
Welcome to your Online Campus
Section I: Executive leadership
Over eight weeks, you’ll refine and develop your leadership style and purpose to align with your organisation’s strategic focus. You’ll also improve your ability to lead authentically, manage high-performance teams, explore core leadership themes, and become a driving force for change in your company.
Section II: Enterprise leadership
Following a one-week programme break, you’ll discover the importance of strategic alignment in business. Over six weeks, you’ll identify your organisation’s purpose, assess what it needs to succeed, and create a compelling vision for its future.
Section III: Leading through uncertainty and disruption: Building resilient organisations
Following a one-week programme break, you’ll learn how to lead through uncertainty and disruption. Over six weeks, you’ll reflect on your own capacity for resilience, explore how to integrate resilience into organisational structures, and develop a strategic plan for enhancing an organisation as a business leader.
Programme Directors
Jonathan Trevor
Associate Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Eleanor Murray
Associate Dean for Executive Education and Senior Fellow in Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Tim Morris
Emeritus Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
About the certificate
Learn about strategic leadership and earn an executive certificate from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the programme handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the programme.
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You can pay your course fees before the course starts, or you may opt for a split payment plan on courses that are nine weeks and shorter. For courses 10 weeks and longer, there is a three-part payment plan available. To find out more about payment options please visit our Payment and Financing page, or contact an Enrollment Adviser, to find out which option you qualify for.
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GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each module you'll be presented with the course content and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Adviser who will help you manage your time, and support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
Seek employer assistance
By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too. Here is a guide to show you how to request financial assistance from your employer.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager, or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
How to change your start date
As part of our commitment to your professional development, GetSmarter offers you a two-week period to change your course start date or request your money back if you’re not fully satisfied.
To qualify for a deferral of your course start date, or to cancel your enrollment and receive a refund of your course fee, your request would need to reach our Success Advisers before the release of Module 2. For more information, please read our Terms and Conditions.
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The Online Campus will be your virtual classroom for the duration of your course. Through its easy-to-use interface you'll have access to a diverse variety of course content formats including: interactive videos, module notes, practice quizzes, presentations, assignment briefs, and additional web resources.
On the Online Campus, you'll also be able to ask questions and interact with your fellow students and teaching team through the discussion forums. If you are looking for your Online Campus login, please visit your Account page here.
