Overview of modules, 2008-2011 cohort
Strategy
- General strategy (Insead, Columbia Business School)
- Strategic Decisions in a Shifting Landscape (LBS)
- Strategy, Management and Organization (LBS)
- Strategic Growth under Uncertainty (Wharton)
- Discovery-Driven Planning (Wharton)
Management and Leadership
- Leading organizations and teams
- Cross-Cultural Management (Insead)
- Building Effective Networks (Insead)
- The Leadership Mystique (Insead)
- Feedback and Coaching (Insead)
- Personal Power and Influence (Wharton)
- Becoming an Effective Team Player (Wharton)
- Leadership and Followership (Wharton)
- Creative Leadership (Rhode Island School of Design)
- Creating and Leading High-Performance Teams (LBS)
- Making Change Happen (Columbia Business School)
- Talent Management (Wharton)
Presentation and persuasion
- Strategic Persuasion (Wharton)
- The Harvard Negotiation Method (Harvard University)
- Taking the Stage (Columbia University, School of the Arts), including:
- Freeing the Natural Voice
- The Authentic and Active Voice
- Physical Presence and Status
- Image Theatre and Interactive Dialogue
- Embodying the Speech and Engaging the Audience
- The Value of Humor in Speech
Analysis
- Market-oriented decisions (LBS)
- Judgements and Decision Making (Insead)
- Catastrophy Risk Management (Wharton)
- Systems Thinking
Career Development
- Leadership & Change (Insead)
- Career Development
- Managing Your Leadership Brand
Others
- Finance and Accounting (Wharton)
- Globalization and Emerging Markets (Wharton)
- Investor Capitalism (Wharton)
- Ethical Issues for Leaders (Wharton)
- Building Societal Wealth (Wharton)
Global Leadership Fellows Programme
- The 2008 cohort of the Global Leadership Fellows at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, March 2009 (Photo: INSEAD)
- Team-building exercise
The Global Leadership Fellow Programme is an internal three-year programme for selected World Economic Forum staff to prepare them for future leadership roles in the public and private sectors.
Matthias Catón participated in the programme from 2008 to 2011 and received an Executive Master in Global Leadership, awarded by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the programme's academic partners Insead, London Business School, The Wharton School and Columbia University.
In addition to their regular jobs at the Forum, the Fellows spend several weeks each year in academic trainings and retreats, both in Geneva and offsite, such as on the campus of one of the programme's main academic partners. Workshops, meetings with world leaders, coaching and mentoring complement the programme.
Fellows have at least a Master degree and generally between five and seven years of work experience when entering the programme. They have a large variety of backgrounds in government, business and civil society and come from all over the world.
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