Sustainability Leadership Program
Start date
4 maart 2026
Duration
6 days
Language
Dutch
Costs
€ 7500
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.
Fulltime / Parttime
Parttime
Introduction
More and more organizations want to create societal value alongside economic value, for example in the areas of nature and the environment, well-being and quality of life, and social cohesion. The question is: how can you do this in a way that is both meaningful to society and healthy for your organization?
In the Sustainability Leadership Program, you gain the knowledge and skills to develop sustainable strategies that fit your organization. You learn how, as a leader, you can give direction to change, how to set up new partnerships, and how to make your societal impact visible.
The Sustainability Leadership Program is a collaboration between TIAS and MVO Nederland, the largest business network in the field of sustainability.
Participant profile
Participants in the Sustainability Leadership Program are managers and C-level professionals from the private and non-profit sectors who are responsible for strategy, operations, finance, innovation, sustainability, or marketing and communications.
You have substantial experience leading an organization, business unit, or program, and you are now tasked with further developing and embedding multiple value creation within your organization. You recognize that innovating toward new sustainable business models, and putting these into practice, can be challenging.
Average demographics
45 years | 58% men & 42% women
Why this program
The Sustainability Leadership Program supports you in developing a new sustainable strategy for your organization. You gain insight into promising sustainable business models and into the change management processes needed to realize them in your own context.
Reflection on the practice of your own organization runs throughout the program, so theory is immediately translated into concrete tools. The program also strengthens your leadership capabilities, enabling you to initiate and guide the desired change in your organization.
What will the program bring you?
You gain clear insight into your own drivers and your role as a responsible leader.
You learn how to engage colleagues and stakeholders and keep sustainability firmly on the agenda.
You develop future proof sustainable business models, objectives and KPIs for your organization.
Over the course of the program, you work towards a coherent and well substantiated plan to advance your organization’s sustainability agenda.
About this program
In the Sustainability Leadership Program, you work with solid academic frameworks in a strongly practice-oriented learning environment. Through lectures, discussions, and assignments, you deepen your view on sustainability, strategy, and leadership. The reality of your own organization is central throughout, and you learn intensively together with other experienced professionals.
Your sustainability challenge as guiding theme
At the start of the program, you describe your organization’s sustainability challenge. This case then forms the guiding thread during all program days. You work on it in the form of a learning log, in which you record new insights, analyses, and decisions. By adding to your learning log after each day, you will have a coherent and well-founded plan at the end of the program to advance your organization’s sustainability agenda.
The program design:
The program consists of six content-driven program days and two peer learning sessions in smaller groups.
Day 1: Strategy and sustainability
Learn about the social significance of organizations and how to integrate social and economic values into your corporate strategy.
Day 2: Innovation for sustainability
Discover various types of new business models and explore which ones align with your sustainable ambitions.
Day 3: Business transformation towards sustainability
Learn how to get people on board and measure the impact of a sustainable strategy with supportive reporting systems.
Day 4: Responsible Leadership
A sustainable organization requires a different leadership style. Explore your own motivations and leadership style and learn how to implement a radical sustainable vision.
Day 5: Transition management and sustainability
Become familiar with theoretical transition management models and learn which interventions you can use within your organization in order to accelerate innovation.
Day 6: Crucial communication
Effective communication is a crucial factor for a transition to a sustainable corporate strategy. Learn how to inspire and connect people even when there is friction or significant divergence.
Peer sessions:
The peer sessions take place after the first and after the fifth program day. In these sessions, you discuss current issues from your daily practice, bring in challenging situations, and reflect on the challenges of other participants. You learn from each other’s context and perspectives and sharpen your own approach.
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