Mastering Executive Communication: Empower Your Leadership Voice
Mastering Executive Communication: Empower Your Leadership Voice
Overview
Effective communication is the lifeblood of leadership. It drives vision, builds trust, and mobilizes teams into action. Leaders who communicate clearly and confidently create environments where innovation thrives, and challenges are met with purpose.
The Mastering Executive Communication: Empower Your Leadership Voice program equips rising leaders with the tools to communicate strategically and authentically. Throughout the program, participants engage in immersive role-plays, simulations, and real-world scenarios that help them practice new techniques, strengthen their presence, and translate ideas into meaningful impact.
Program Content
This program addresses these critical challenges by equipping leaders with the tools and techniques needed to master the art of communication.
Lecture sessions include:
The Leader’s Voice
Introduction to goals, projects, and pedagogy, setting the stage for the program.
Leadership Application Case Part 1: Principles into Action
Explore communication and listening principles, laying the groundwork for interactive learning.
Assessing the Environment: How to Navigate Risk and Build Opportunity
Explore how to recognize and navigate leadership responsibilities through applied learning in emotional and contextual intelligence and leadership purpose.
Aligning and Leveraging Experience as a Communication Resource
Discover how life history and experiences can be used as a "library" of resources for future leadership communication opportunities.
Learning Methodology
The program is intentionally designed to prioritize hands-on practice and real-time application. Participants learn by doing, reflecting, and refining in a supportive environment. Key pillars include:
- Communication Theory and Principles: Explore essential frameworks, models, and real-world applications that prepare you for challenging communication scenarios.
- Interactive Role-Plays and Simulations for Participants’ Real-World Challenges: Apply concepts immediately through guided simulations, personalized scenarios, and targeted exercises that mirror leadership situations. Faculty and peers provide feedback to help participants strengthen their leadership voice.
- Small Group Collaborations: Small-group work is integrated throughout the program, ensuring continuous dialogue, peer coaching, and shared problem-solving.
- Lectures and Practice: Core concepts are reinforced through a mix of guided instruction, hands-on practice, and real-time feedback in an interactive classroom setting.
Impact
With Columbia Business School’s Mastering Executive Communication: Empower Your Leadership Voice program, participants will:
- Understand the full scope of communication (from daily interactions to high-visibility moments) and how each shapes leadership effectiveness.
- Practice accessing and refining their authentic delivery style through guided exercises and peer feedback
- Diagnose current communication challenges and develop targeted strategies for upcoming leadership opportunities
- Build on your skillset to navigate ambiguity and communicate with clarity, purpose, and influence
Program Locations
Participants can attend in New York City and Dubai, experiencing the same fast-paced, idea-driven classroom dynamic that defines the program–led by faculty who shape how executives think, decide, and lead.
The expansion extends that energy into new locations, adding diverse peer perspectives while maintaining the program’s intellectual rigor.
Please note: Schedule, format, faculty, and CIBE credits vary by site; a learning specialist can help you find the right fit.
For personalized guidance, contact John Cissel at john.cissel@gsb.columbia.edu.
Participant Profile
- C-Suite and senior-level leaders with approximately 10 years of professional experience who want to strengthen their presence, clarity, and influence
- High-potential professionals looking to enhance their leadership skills and build confidence in high-stakes communication moments
- Participants from diverse roles and industries who benefit from learning in an interactive, collaborative environment where real scenarios are explored through simulations and peer dialogue
Participant Perspective
Through their words and experiences, participants share how the Mastering Executive Communication: Empower Your Leadership Voice program reshaped the way they communicate, lead, and show up when it matters most.
Dr. Catherine Moya on Leading with Clarity and Compassion
In a recent interview, Dr. Moya, Chief Medical Officer of Broward HealthPoint in South Florida, shares how, through our Mastering Executive Communication program in Dubai, she learned to amplify her message and inspire collaboration across cultures and teams.
“Participating in the Mastering Executive Communications program at Columbia Business School has been a profound catalyst for my professional and personal growth. The program's success is driven by the incredible charisma and expertise of Bruce and Jeff. Thanks to their guidance, I have walked away with a concrete framework to refine my leadership credo and a deeper understanding of how to redefine my values through the lens of my own lifeline. Beyond the strategy, this program provided the essential tools to become more acutely aware of the signals we constantly send and receive. It has truly sharpened my executive presence and transformed how I connect with the world.”
Juan Vallejo
Sector Lead - Google“This program equipped me with practical tools that will directly shape how I communicate at work and beyond. Most importantly, it shifted my perspective—turning challenges I once avoided into opportunities to grow, mature, and elevate my leadership. ”
Paula Pimentel
Head of Marketing and Communications for LATAM“A refreshing outlook on the importance of communication in your leadership journey, which is delivered with practical insights, examples, and in a structure that really resonates with the Senior Executive delegates in the room.”
Sunil Mashari
Head of Marketing and Communications for Middle East and Africa - FTI Consulting“If there is any course a person aspiring to a leadership position would like to take, this is the one to consider first. You will be glad you did.”
William Pyne
Financial Controller - Amandi Energy Ltd.Faculty
Bruce Craven
Academic Director in Executive Education
Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Management Division
Faculty Director
Jeffrey Golde
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Management Division
Program Director
Faculty and speakers are subject to change.
All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Columbia Business School Executive Education.
FAQ
Certification
I’m interested in the Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE), how do I get started?
At Columbia Business School Executive Education, you’ll be able to customize a unique learning experience by selecting programs that best interest you and are most suited for your needs. Any completed program, regardless of format (live online, in-person, or online), will count towards the Certificate in Business Excellence.
Which programs qualify for the CIBE?
Any completed executive education program, regardless of format (live-online, in-person, or online), will count towards the Certificate in Business Excellence. Partner programs will also count towards the certificate.
What programs are considered partner programs?
Executive education programs developed and administered with our educational partners, bring the best of our combined knowledge, thought leadership, resources, and expertise. Kindly find a list of our partners here on our partnership page.
What are the costs of the certificate?
There’s no set cost associated with the certificate path since you’re able to customize your learning journey with in-person and online programs (price will vary depending on the program type and length).
Are there any tuition assistance or scholarships?
At Columbia Business School Executive Education, we offer non-degree and non-credit-based professional development programs to the global business community. As our programs are non-degree and non-credit, they do not qualify for financial aid.
How are CIBE credits determined?
Credits for a program are determined by the program duration and total learning hours.
Where do I find information on the credit value for a program?
You will find this information on each program page. Credits range from 0.5 credits – 26 credits per program.
How do I get enrolled in the CIBE?
Your certificate journey will start with your first program, and you have 4 years to complete your CIBE. You may register for any of our executive education programs on each program page. You may enroll using the “View My Application Cart” button, and the application process should take 5-10 minutes.
How do I receive credits?
You are required to fully attend a program and complete all necessary coursework in order to receive CIBE credits. Credits are only awarded after you complete a program.
How do I check the status of my Certificate completion?
Kindly reach out to a Learning Solutions representative for any questions on the status of your CIBE credit count.
Do CIBE credits expire?
Credits are only valid for four years. If you have not completed your CIBE within four years, we will only count non-expired credits towards your CIBE credit total.
Does the Certificate in Business Excellence expire?
Your Certificate in Business Excellence does not expire. Once you become a certificate recipient, you will join the greater alumni community at Columbia Business School.
I’ve reached 18 CIBE credits, what’s next?
Congratulations! You should receive a digital copy of your certificate at the end of your program. If you do not receive a copy from your program manager, kindly contact your Learning Solutions representative or your program manager for next steps.
Will I receive a physical certificate?
Upon completion, you will receive a secure, digital certificate through Accredible. Within the platform you will have the option to print your credential, post it to your LinkedIn feed, or display it on your profile as a certification. Please contact your program manager for the status of your digital certificate.
How do I get access to my alumni benefits?
Once you complete your CIBE, we kindly ask for your patience as we process your alumni credentials. The processing time can take anywhere from 8 to 10 weeks long.
Can I add the Certificate in Business Excellence to LinkedIn?
Yes! We will provide you with instructions on how to add your certificate to your LinkedIn profile after you become a Certificate recipient.
Assignments
Will there be any homework or assignments?
For select programs, there will be some assignments to complete after the end of select program sessions. Assignments will typically consist of readings, self-reflections, and brief assessments. This approach is designed to help you practice your learnings.
How long will assignments take?
We do not expect that homework assignments will take up a large amount of time to complete.
Will there be any examinations or grades?
There will be no examinations or grades for our live online programs.
Preferred Pricing and Tuition Benefits for Alumni
Are there preferred pricing options available?
Yes, preferred pricing is available for groups of two or more. To inquire, email execed@gsb.columbia.edu.
As a Columbia Business School alumni am I eligible for tuition benefit?
When you earn a Certificate in Business Excellence you will receive a 25 percent tuition benefit for full-price Executive Education in-person programs lasting three and four days and all full-price online programs. Exclusions apply**
Which programs do not qualify for a 25 percent tuition benefit?
- Columbia Senior Executive Program
- Executive Development Program
- Emerging Leader Development Program
- Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive
- High Impact Leadership
- Leading Strategic Growth and Change
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Investment Officer
- Venture Capital Private Equity
- Executive Program in Management
- Emerging Chief Revenue Officer Program
- Emerging Chief Human Resources Officer Program
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