Emerging Leaders Program
Become the next skilled and responsible leader
High-potentials assigned to their first significant leadership role need to prove themselves to their superiors, their teams, and peers. Succeeding requires a profound change in both skills and mindset: from delivering individual value to creating value collaboratively with others.
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) aims to facilitate this transformative shift. It equips emerging leaders with essential skills and perspectives while also cultivating a robust network and support system that proves invaluable throughout their leadership journey.
You will learn from two leading European management schools, SDA Bocconi and ESMT, and benefit from an international network.
Who should apply
You are a young manager recently appointed to a leadership position or a high potential preparing for your first significant leadership role. The program is tailored for participants with diverse professional and personal backgrounds.
In partnership with:
SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate
To navigate today’s evolving macroeconomic landscape and organizational change, it is essential to broaden managerial capabilities. Learning plays a central role in this journey.
An initial conversation with our Program Advisors is a required step to design a coherent learning path, clarify objectives and participation options, and to be eligible to earn the Certificate. From there, participants can choose the learning format that best supports their professional development.
Program Advisory
Learning is never a linear journey—it is a path built together, combining specific training needs with practical tools tailored to individual challenges. Contact our team of Program Advisors, and together we will design the ideal learning path for you or your team, ensuring alignment with your goals.
Your benefits:
A dedicated orientation meeting, either in-person or remotely, to identify learning needs and create a customized plan. Throughout the course, you will experience a tailored welcome to introduce you to the program and foster networking between participants and instructors. Upon completion, your evaluation will become a valuable contribution for continuous improvement of the offering.
How your organization benefits:
Training consultation with HR managers to analyze organizational needs and develop personalized projects. Ongoing progress monitoring and a final follow-up to share results and gather feedback, ensuring constant alignment with pre-set goals.
Get in touch with Olesea Ciumas
Structure and contents
The program consists of 8 days, totaling 64 equivalent hours, and is built on 2 pillars.
The context of leadership
Personal leadership skills
More value with
Bocconi Alumni Community
By participating in this course, you will become part of the Bocconi Alumni Community, an international network of more than 140,000 members from 133 countries.
Self-assessment
Self-assessment of skills to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
Peer coaching
A peer-to-peer learning activity where participants exchange feedback.
Calendar and information
Via Sarfatti 10, 20136 Milano
Schloßpl. 1, 10178 Berlino Germania
Calendar
- 06 - 09 ottobre 2026On campus (Berlin)07:00 - 16:00
- 24 - 27 novembre 2026On campus (Milan)08:00 - 17:00
Fees
€ 9.500 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT and includes course materials and working breakfasts.
Special payment terms
Bocconi Alumni
Bocconi Alumni are entitled to a 20% reduction on participation fees. To take advantage of the discount, please enter your Alumnus status when registering by indicating “ALUMNI 20” in the notes section. Remember that without this indication, the discount will not be applicable.
Women are good for business
To foster and contribute to women’s professional development, SDA Bocconi School of Management offers them until 8 March 2027 a 20% discount on the participation fee for all Executive Open Programs and Executive Online Programs.
Multiple enrollments
Companies, institutions and public bodies that enroll at least 3 participants in a single program are granted a 20% discount for each registration fee. The concession is not applicable for personal enrollment and must be formalized by the start date of the course.
Corporate education programs
In the case of learning needs involving several resources of the same company enrolled in more than one program, it is possible to define a customized plan from the specific needs of the organization. In this case, our Program Advisors are available to build with the client organizations ad hoc training plans with special pricing.
Partnerships and channel agreements
SDA Bocconi offers the possibility to initiate collaborations that allow them to expand the portfolio of educational trainings to be offered to their members. In this case, the School is available to evaluate partnerships and channel agreements so as to respond in a timely manner to the specific needs of the organization.
By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Program direction
Taking on a leadership role is one of the most exciting yet stressful situation in one's professional life. Exciting because you have a real opportunity to make a difference, for the business and for the team of people you are leading. stressful because you constantly find yourself out of your comfo...
