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Program Dates
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Venue/Deadline IIMB Campus Early Bird Deadline: 06 Oct, 2025
Register By: 17 Oct, 2025
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Program Fees (excluding GST) Residential: Rs.1,50,000 |
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In today’s hyper-connected and volatile global landscape, corporate diplomacy is no longer just an abstract idea; it’s a crucial imperative. It encompasses strategic, financial, operational, and societal dimensions. This represents a paradigm shift for companies navigating an increasingly complex global environment. Success now hinges on excelling in relationships, reputation, and responsibility, which is essential for securing the vital “social license to operate.” This goes beyond traditional public relations or government affairs, demanding that senior leaders develop sophisticated stakeholder engagement strategies.
Strategic management of a firm’s relationships and engagements, much like a diplomat navigates international relations, is a critical prerequisite for long-term corporate success. Corporate leaders must adeptly navigate stakeholders, cultures, governments, and societal expectations.
This intensive two-day programme is designed for senior leaders, including CEOs, CXOs, and Board Members, who are responsible for corporate reputation, government relations, or expansion into challenging markets. The programme equips participants with the frameworks and practical tools to leverage effective corporate diplomacy. By learning to manage stakeholder pressures, foster collaboration, handle emerging issues, and align corporate strategy with social responsibility, participants will learn how they can build a lasting competitive advantage for their organization.
Shashidhara C S
Mobile: (+91) 78999 91576
Email: shashidhara.cs@iimb.ac.in
The programme employs a dynamic and diverse pedagogy to ensure both deep conceptual understanding and practical application. Learning methods include: Case Studies, Interactive Workshops and Simulation Exercises, Expert-led Sessions, and Peer Learning.
This programme is structured into key modules designed to build a comprehensive understanding and practical application of corporate diplomacy, covering:
• The Diplomatic Mindset: Understanding the evolving role of the manager as a diplomat in a complex global environment. This module will equip you with the essential perspective to lead in today’s interconnected world.
• Navigating Geopolitical Dynamics: Understanding global trends, assessing risks and opportunities, and applying scenario mapping for strategic foresight. Gain the foresight needed to proactively address global shifts and identify new opportunities.
• Stakeholder Ecosystem Analysis: Advanced techniques for mapping, analyzing, and understanding diverse stakeholder landscapes. Master the art of identifying and comprehending all critical players in your corporate environment.
• Forging Alliances: Developing multistakeholder initiatives and coalitions. Learn to build powerful partnerships that drive shared objectives and amplify impact.
• Crafting Your Diplomacy Strategy: Building trust, influencing key actors, and integrated risk and reputation management. Develop a robust strategy to enhance your organization’s standing and mitigate potential threats.
• Strategic Communication: Mastering communication techniques essential for effective corporate diplomacy. Acquire the skills to convey your message with impact and foster productive dialogue.
• Government & Regulatory Engagement: Navigating interactions with official bodies and policymakers. Understand how to effectively engage with government and regulatory bodies to achieve favorable outcomes.
• Complex Negotiations: Advanced techniques for linked and multi-stage negotiations in high-stakes environments. Hone your negotiation prowess to secure advantageous agreements in challenging scenarios.
• Embedding Diplomacy: Designing organizational structures and processes that support continuous corporate diplomacy. Learn to integrate diplomatic practices throughout your organization for sustained success.
Participants will gain an understanding of:
Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –
P D Jose, Professor of Strategy
Jose teaches core courses on Competition and Strategy, Strategy and Public Policy and electives on Business and Sustainability; Learning from Corporate Failures; and Strategy through Simulations. He has held visiting faculty positions at Cardiff Business School, and the University of Gothenburg’s Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law. Before joining IIMB, Jose was a faculty member at ASCI in Hyderabad. Jose’s consulting experience spans private, public, and international organizations. He has facilitated strategy workshops for several Indian and multinational companies.
Sandeep Chakravorty, Ambassador to Indonesia
With almost three decades as a distinguished diplomat, Sandeep Chakravorty has served as India’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Peru, and Bolivia. He was also India’s Consul General in New York. He has also held key diplomatic roles in Spain and Colombia and spent three years as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, managing relations with Western Europe and the EU. Before his diplomatic career, Sandeep worked on environmental conservation and sustainability projects for five years with non-profit organisations and international donors.
Jaideep Sarkar, Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship
Jaideep Sarkar brings a wealth of experience from his 35-year career as a distinguished diplomat. He has served as India’s Ambassador to both Israel and Bhutan and High Commissioner to South Africa. His extensive government service also includes key tenures in the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance.
N Ravi, Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs
N Ravi had a distinguished four-decade career in the Indian Foreign Service. In his final assignment as Secretary (East), he oversaw India’s bilateral relations with over 60 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and East & Southeast Asia, and Australasia. He was also responsible for India’s economic relations globally, particularly through multilateral organizations like ASEAN, BIMSTEC, and SAARC.
Programme Fee
Residential : INR 1,50,000/- (+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 06-Oct-25 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,35,000/-(+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR /-(+ Applicable GST)
Group Discount
Group Discount of 5% percentage can be availed for a group of 3 or more participants when nominations received from the same organization.
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