Seed Transformation Program — India participant

Seed Transformation Program – India

Seed Transformation Program – India

Gain​​ ​​management training​ and networking ​support in this leadership program ​for established business leaders in India.

How can you bring Silicon Valley innovation and entrepreneurship to your company? What management skills are required to grow and scale? How can the success of your business help to lead your region to prosperity?

The Seed Transformation Program is the answer. This comprehensive yearlong program includes eight months of immersive management training designed specifically for business owners in Chennai, India led by Stanford GSB faculty and supported by trained local facilitators. The ultimate goal: to create and activate a detailed action plan to help you grow and scale your company.

Throughout the yearlong experience, you will work in small peer groups called Leadership Labs to share experiences, resources, ideas, and support. Participants may also apply to receive high touch coaching upon completion of the STP curriculum.

Key Benefits

Develop the skills, tools, and mindset to grow and scale your business, create jobs, and lead your region to greater prosperity.
  • Gain essential business and leadership skills, from strategy and finance to business ethics and design thinking, all taught by world-renowned Stanford faculty, and local business practitioners.
  • Take advantage of a world-class curriculum from Stanford GSB and the innovative thinking that has shaped some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley.
  • Create an action plan to grow and scale your business.
  • Get support from trained local facilitators to help you introduce what you’ve learned to your company and promote buy-in.
  • Develop relationships with like-minded leaders to share experiences and develop an ongoing peer-to-peer support network.

Who Should Attend

  • Founders and senior leaders of for-profit companies who want to grow and scale their companies, thereby creating jobs, products, or services that benefit those living in poverty.
  • Senior leaders of companies, across all industries, that have an annual revenue between US $150,000 and US $15 million and that are headquartered, legally registered, and currently operating within India.

2018 Program | Dates TBD

Format

In-person|Chennai, India
Full-time during on-site sessions

Program Schedule

The program schedule is subject to change.
Session 1: Build Your Strategy
Session 2: Know Your Company
Session 3: Know Your Product and Customers
Session 4: Develop Your Plan
Months 10 – 12: Transformation plan implementation, Leadership Lab meetings

Deadline

The application for the 2018-19 program will be available Mar 2018. The application deadline is TBD.

Program Fee

TBD

Fee includes value-added tax.

Breakfast, lunch, snacks, most dinners provided during the program. Lodging and transportation not included.

Awarded

Stanford GSB Statement of Completion

Contact

Davis Albohm
Associate Director, Global Operations
Stanford Seed
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Learn More About the Program

Curriculum

Explore our highly interactive, collaborative 12-month curriculum, including on-site sessions and in-company workshops.

Application Requirements

Review all eligibility requirements and learn about the application process.

Participant Profile

Hear from past participants and learn what is expected of Seed Transformation Program participants.

Faculty Leadership

Jesper B. Sørensen
The Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Professor of Organizational Behavior
  • Co-Director, Executive Program in Strategy and Organization
  • Director, Seed Transformation Program – East Africa
  • Director, Seed Transformation Program – India
  • Director, Seed Transformation Program – Southern Africa
  • Director, Seed Transformation Program – West Africa

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