Organizational Leadership

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Start- and course dates

September 2, 2025

Utrecht Campus

January 13, 2026

Tilburg Campus

September 7, 2026

Utrecht Campus

Duration

2 x 3 days

Fees

€ 8400 (exempt from VAT)

Number of locations

Multiple locations

Language

Dutch

Rankings

TIAS Executive Education is ranked #1 in the Netherlands for participant satisfaction by the Financial Times, with a score of 8.7 out of 10.

Course details:

Lead your organization to the next level

You want an organization that is resilient, yet also innovative and agile. You want your employees to take ownership and show an entrepreneurial mindset, while still being able to collaborate and remain aligned with direction. You aim for short-term performance, but also long-term sustainability. These are the tensions every organization faces, and as a leader, it is your role to manage them. But what does the next phase of organizational development look like in your context? And how do you lead the change process to get there?

These questions are at the heart of the six-day Organizational Leadership module. You will gain new knowledge and insights, and immediately apply them. Through realistic case studies, you will learn how to navigate the complexity and diversity of organizations and how to design and transform them effectively. This will strengthen your ability to ensure your organization performs at its best. Is this program not exactly what you are looking for? Then take a look at our other leadership & general management programs.

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Participant Profile

The Organizational Leadership module is designed for experienced leaders who want to drive organizational change and operate effectively across a range of management roles.

The participants include:

C-Suite
Managing directors or MT members of medium-sized organizations
Regional directors and country managers
Senior project managers
Business Unit directors

Executive Leadership & Management Program (ELMP)

The Organizational Leadership module can also be taken as part (core module) of the Executive Leadership & Management Program (ELMP). Click the link for more information about the Executive Leadership & Management Program.

Challenge yourself and create your own impact. Apply for the Organizational Leadership module.

Admission requirements

The level of this module is closely linked to the level of the participants. That is why we apply the following admission requirements:

A Bachelor's or Master's degree
Strategic responsibility in a senior position
A minimum of 15 years' work experience, of which 8 years at management level

Certificate

You will receive a TIAS certificate for completing the Organizational Leadership module. When you complete the full Leadership & Management Program, you will receive a TIAS School for Business and Society diploma.

Realize Effective Growth For Your Organization

During this Organizational Leadership module you will work on solutions for a problem of your own definition, such as transforming with your organization and getting employees moving. You will also reflect on the performance of your Management Team and your organization. This will help you realize effective growth for your organization.

Take the Next Step With The Organizational Leadership module

Together with a group of peers, you will gain new insights and solutions for the strategic challenges you encounter in your work. At the end of the Organizational Leadership module you will have taken a first step towards solving your strategic dilemma.

Results Of The Organizational Leadership Module

You understand the complexity of strategic goals within the organization and are able to manage them effectively
You know how to get people to work together across units
You know which competencies and interventions you, as a leader, need to move your organization towards a high-performance organization
You know which design principles form the basis for agile organizations and are able to apply them to your own organization
You are building a network of like-minded people in senior management

A different way of leadership

‘In recent years I noticed that, as a manager, I mainly focused on the content. Now I experience that as a leader you have much more impact. A flywheel from the team is many times stronger than what I can achieve as an individual.'

Sandor Hermens, Manager Legal Affairs at Achmea Investment Management

Inspiring parts of the Organizational Leadership module

The Organizational Leadership module consists of two inspiring components, each lasting three days. During these sessions, you will work with real-life cases to learn how to navigate complexity and diversity within organizations. You will explore how organizational development can take shape and what modern organizing requires, both in terms of transactions and relationships. Two essential roles of the organizational leader are central to this module.

Organizational Architect

In the first block, you will explore what it takes to create a high-performance organization. This involves not only gaining insight into structural and design challenges, but also discovering how to build bridges across departments in your role as an organizational architect. You will also learn how to make decisions that gain sufficient support. The module also covers how to encourage initiative and self-direction among team members.

Change Agent

In addition to continuously developing and optimizing your organization, you also need to drive change. This includes helping people move beyond their comfort zones and guiding them through significant transformations. In the second block of the Organizational Leadership module, you will examine how you, as a change agent, can activate and sustain momentum among people. You will learn how to strengthen your organization’s change capacity and agility in a sustainable way.

The core themes for each day

Day 1 - Organizational design and organizational development
Core themes: organizational design in the face of increasing complexity and dynamics, organizational development and the influence of culture, communities and social capital

Day 2 - Innovative Organizational Forms in Times of Digital Disruption and AI
Core themes: Network organizations, platforms, innovativeness and change capability

Day 3 - Human Capital in Organizations
Core themes: Strategic workforce planning, labor mobility, sustainable employability and personal leadership

Day 4 - Management of organizational change
Core themes: Organizational development, mobilization, collective learning facilitation, behavioral management

Day 5 - Undercurrents in organizational change
Core themes: Organizational dynamics, connecting the surface and undercurrents, Socratic dialogue and change interventions

Day 6 - Organizational change in practice
Core themes: Management game, management vs. leadership interventions, leading organizational change

Dates and Locations Organizational Leadership module

Name	Location	Start date
Core module Organizational Leadership - 2-3-4 September & 30 September-1-2 October 2025	Utrecht Campus	September 2, 2025
Core module Organizational Leadership - 13-14-15 Januari & 9-10-11 February 2026	Tilburg Campus	January 13, 2026
Core module Organizational Leadership - 7-8-9 & 28-29-30 September 2026	Utrecht Campus	September 7, 2026

Costs Organizational Leadership module

The fee for the Organizational Leadership module is € 8400 (exempt from VAT).

This fee includes the opening dinner, literature, lunches, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Study costs are tax deductible and our program fees are exempt from VAT.

How do you finance your education?

You have found the program that best suits your learning goals and ambitions. But how do you finance this? There are different ways to do that. Your employer can play a role, but there are also interesting statutory regulations that you can use yourself. We list the possibilities for you.

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Faculty

Michiel Schoemaker

Lecturer

Toni Sfirtsis

Associate Professor

Merel Feenstra-Verschure

Assistant Professor/Academic Director

Woody van Olffen

Full Professor

Peter de Roode

Dirk Jan Bolderheij

Start your application

Following your enrollment, the Academic Director will review your CV. After the Academic Director determines that you meet the admission requirements, you will receive the official study agreement and you can finalize your enrollment.