Leadership Training Program for managers & leaders
Leadership today means faster, sharper decisions in an environment changing at the speed of AI. The program is a focused space away from daily pressure to rethink a real challenge in your organization, test options with peers from other sectors, and return with an evidence-based plan.
What you gain
Leading with AI
When to delegate to AI tools, when decisions must stay human, and how to lead your team through the shift.
Governed, defensible decisions
Options weighed on declared criteria, risks managed, and a governance and compliance framework that protects the decision.
International standing
Understanding global index methodologies and turning performance into a compelling narrative.
Dialogue with decision-makers
Direct meetings with H.E. leaders and experts, and a peer network across organizations.
Bring a live institutional challenge from your organization; it becomes your working material all week and you return with an applied solution.
Is this path for you?
- Department directors and heads of sections and units.
- Strategy, planning, innovation and digital transformation leaders.
- Decision-makers in government, semi-government and private organizations.
Four integrated modules on one leadership track — with governance, risk & compliance at the core
Sessions from the four modules are spread across the week so that each builds on the previous one, and all of them converge in the group research paper.
Eight documented outcomes in five days
The program doesn’t end with an attendance certificate — it ends with documented outputs that can be verified and cited.
A peer-reviewed published paper
A group paper, peer-reviewed and published in the Center’s proceedings with a DOI, with full text deposited in the digital library.
A verifiable completion certificate
One completion certificate with an online verification number employers and promotion committees can check instantly.
Up to 20 accredited hours
Accredited training hours, counted toward CPD and recorded on the certificate.
Institutional impact report
For organizations sending a team: a report comparing pre- and post-test results and tracking progress quantitatively.
A permanent researcher ID
A research identifier in your name at the Center, linking your future scholarly work.
Alumni network membership
Membership of the program alumni network with Center benefits for one year.
Professional Excellence Medal
Outstanding papers are nominated against published criteria; the medal is awarded at the closing ceremony.
Annual volume publication
Top papers are selected as chapters in the program’s annual volume with an ISBN.
Everything you need to know
What is Leadership Training Program 2026?
A five-day interactive leadership training program delivered as a scientific research retreat, presented by Emirates Scholar Center for Research & Studies and ICESCO under the theme “Leading Institutional Transformation with AI Tools”. It covers governance, risk and compliance across its modules and combines lectures, workshops, simulations and meetings with H.E. leaders and experts, and ends with a research paper published with a DOI.
Does the program cover governance, risk and compliance?
Yes. Governance, risk and compliance are built into all four modules: data and AI governance, organizational governance and decision rights, risk registers, internal control and compliance monitoring, and international governance indicators — informed by ISO 31000, ISO 37000 and the COSO framework.
Who is it for? Is it only for leaders?
No. The program is designed for senior students and recent graduates, employees who want to develop their skills or earn a promotion, managers and leaders, and organizations nominating teams of their staff.
What is the fee and what does it include?
AED 3,800 per participant for the complete program, covering all four modules, materials, the assessment path, peer review and DOI publication, the completion certificate, the closing ceremony and one year of alumni network membership. The final fee including applicable taxes is shown at checkout.
How many seats are available?
Up to 30 participants only, to protect the quality of interaction and direct supervision of the research teams.
Other paths
Seats are limited to 30 participants
Reserve your place at Leadership Training Program 2026 — 9 to 13 November at ICESCO, Sharjah.