Design Your Own Future
The most successful leaders have a constant desire and ability to learn in order to address the complex problems they face on a daily basis.
Whether you are navigating a career change, preparing for a new role, taking on new global leadership responsibilities, or need to refresh your skills, our diverse programs and faculty can help meet your needs.
At the Asia School of Business, we invest in understanding the current market needs to develop and deliver dynamic, market-relevant programs that respond to the intense and constantly changing needs of our industry leaders.
Arm yourself with an ASB Executive Education toolkit that covers 5 key areas and embrace your future with confidence and expertise:
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
Earn an Executive Certificate from ASB
ASB offers a diverse range of open enrollment courses that address a broad range of management challenges. These self-contained programs are designed to address immediate problems and drive results. But for those seeking deeper expertise in a given domain, we offer five different Executive Certificate Tracks, whereby a participant can take multiple related courses, master a subject in greater depth, and earn an ASB Executive Certificate or an ASB Advanced Certificate through our Advanced Certificate Program (ACP).
An ASB Executive Certificate enables the attainment of knowledge and skill depth in a given domain. Each certificate option provides that depth along with flexibility to customize the program to specific individual and organization needs.
Certificates offered in 5 specialization areas / tracks:
Corporate Governance
Enhance your board effectiveness through the latest insights on the governance in the era of digital world while balancing multiple stakeholder perspectives
The Corporate Governance Certificate aims to hone directors’ skills so that they are better equipped to fulfill their fiduciary duties, and carry out their roles and responsibilities. The programs focus on the areas of risk management, strategy, succession planning, talent management, financial reporting and stakeholder management.
Leadership & Management
Equip yourself with foundational leadership tools to navigate effectively through this unprecedented change
Senior leaders and those moving up to senior leadership need knowledge and skills related to strategy development and execution, goal setting, motivation, culture building, and organizational development. In times of high uncertainty and rapid change, strengthening leadership and management capabilities is critical to organizational success.
Strategy & Marketing
Strengthen your strategic thinking and planning, and execute that strategy with digital techniques for marketing and brand development
The pace of change in technology, the economy, and in business models requires that business strategies must be continuously assessed for relevance and potency. The Strategy and Marketing track will help keep your organization on a profitable growth path as you navigate new threats and competition, with tools for identifying and building new opportunities and capabilities.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The courses in this certificate track deliver to transform your organization and build resilience
To survive, organizations must learn to adapt quickly, especially in crisis situations. For most organizations that adaptation requires innovation – product services, processes, marketing, and/or business models. Furthermore, entrepreneurship (or intrapreneurship in an established organization) is required to drive that innovation from concept to market. The courses in this certificate track delivers the concepts, the tools, and the strategies to drive rapid and continuous innovation into your organization.
Finance & The Global Economy
Learn current and cutting edge thinking on finance, fintech and the workings of the global economy
Business leaders who have a sophisticated understanding of financial markets, financial institutions, and the macroeconomy have a huge advantage in today’s dynamic economy. This certificate program will provide the tools and knowledge to operate in a modern, dynamic financial marketplace, covering subjects such as: stock and bond markets, options and derivatives, government fiscal and monetary policies, fintech, digital currencies, plus determinants of long run growth, short-run fluctuations, business cycles, aggregate demand, inflation/deflation, exchange rates and currency movements.
Design Your Executive Certificate
Choose from 5 Executive Certificate Tracks
Leadership & Management
Strategy & Marketing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Finance & Global Economy
Corporate Governance
Create your plan by selecting 8 course days that best suit your learning objectives.
At least 6 must be from your chosen track and 2 elective courses in any other areas
Take up to 2 years to complete the course requirements.
To qualify for an Executive Certificate, participants must complete 8 days* over a 2 year period.
At least 6 days of courses in the chosen area, and 2 days of elective courses in any area.
Design Your Advanced Certificate
Choose from 5 Executive Certificate Tracks
Leadership & Management
Strategy & Marketing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Finance & Global Economy
Corporate Governance
Create your plan by selecting 25 course days that best suit your learning objectives.
At least 1 course is selected from each track.
Take up to 3 years to complete the course requirements.
To qualify for an Advanced Certificate, participants must complete 25 days* over a 3 year period.
At least 1 course is selected from each track.
Corporate Governance
The Corporate Governance certificate aims to hone directors’ skills so that they are better equipped to fulfil their fiduciary duties, and carry out their roles and responsibilities. The programs focus on the areas of risk management, strategy, succession planning, talent management, financial reporting and stakeholder management.
| Date | Details | Faculty | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | Risk Management & The Internal Control System | Gillian Ng | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 30, Dec 2, Dec 14, Dec 16 | Ethics and Corporate Accountability | Kevin Crow | Find out more > Register Now > |
| [2021] Jan 11, Jan 13, Jan 18, Jan 20 | International Law & Global Business Strategy | Kevin Crow | Find out more > Register Now > |
Leadership & Management
In times of high uncertainly and rapid change, strengthening leadership and management capabilities is critical to organizational success.
The Leadership and Management track is designed for senior leaders and those moving up to senior leadership to build knowledge and skills related to strategy development and execution, goal setting, motivation, culture building, and organizational development.
| Date | Details | Faculty | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 28, Oct 1 | Managing by Freedom Within the Framework | Thun Thamrongnawasawat | |
| Oct 5, Oct 6 | Leading Self & Others | Muhammad Sabri Md Rawi | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Oct 12, Oct 14 Oct 19, Oct 21 | Brain-BASEd Leadership: The Neuroscience of Personal and Organizational Agility | Thun Thamrongnawasawat | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Oct 20, 22 (PM1) Oct 27, 28 (PM2) | The SMART Executive Leadership Program | Loredana Padurean | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Oct 26, Oct 28, Nov 2, Nov 4 | Leading Organizations and Change | Michael Frese | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 9 - 12 | Emerging Leaders | Muhammad Sabri Thun Thamrongnawasawat | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 24, Nov 26, Nov 30, Dec 2 | Digital Transformation Executive Program at ASB | Loredana Padurean | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 29 - Dec 4 | Leading Leaders in Action | Charles Fine Loredana Padurean Thun Thamrongnawasawat Muhammad Sabri Renato Lima De Oliveria | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Dec 15, Dec 16 | Optimizing Decision Making In Family Firms: A Toolkit To Sustain Family Business Success | Ambra Mazzelli | Find out more > Register Now > |
Strategy & Marketing
The pace of change in technology, the economy, and in business models requires that business strategies must be continuously assessed for relevance and potency. The Strategy and Marketing certificate will help keep your organization on a profitable growth path as you navigate new threats and competition, with tools for identifying and building new opportunities and capabilities. View calendar for registration.
| Date | Details | Faculty | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 15, Sept 17 | People, Purpose, and Performance: How To Design Effective Organizations | Ambra Mazzelli | |
| Oct 20, Oct 22, Oct 27, Oct 29 | Platform Strategies | Melati Nungsari Sam Flanders | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 17, Nov 19, Nov 24, Nov 26 | Leading Marketing Strategy | Willem Smit | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Dec 1, Dec 3 | Managing Customer Experiences | Sylvia Ng | Find out more > Register Now > |
| [2021] Jan 5, Jan 7, Jan 12, Jan 14 | Transforming Brands for Success in the Digital Age | Willem Smit | Find out more > Register Now > |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
To survive, organizations must learn to adapt quickly, especially in crisis situations. For most organizations that adaptation requires innovation – products services, processes, marketing, and/or business models. Furthermore entrepreneurship (or intrapreneurship in an established organization) is required to drive that innovation from concept to market.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate delivers the concepts, the tools, and the strategies to drive rapid and continuous innovation into your organization.
| Date | Details | Faculty | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, Aug 5, Aug 11, Aug 13 | Intrapreneurship and Innovation | Michael Frese | |
| Nov 9, 10, 11, 13 | The Strategic Intra/Entrepreneurial Organization - Nail it, Scale it, Sail it | Loredana Padurean | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 10, Nov 12, Nov 16, Nov 18 | Disruption by Design (Thinking) | Rajesh Nair | Find out more > Register Now > |
Finance & The Global Economy
Business leaders who have a sophisticated understanding of financial markets, financial institutions, and the macroeconomy have a huge advantage in today’s dynamic economy. The Finance and the Global Economy certificate will provide the tools and knowledge to operate in a modern, dynamic financial marketplace, covering subjects such as: stock and bond markets, options and derivatives, government fiscal and monetary policies, fintech, digital currencies, plus determinants of long run growth, short-run fluctuations, business cycles, aggregate demand, inflation/deflation, exchange rates and currency movements.
| Date | Details | Faculty | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug, 17, Aug 19 | Demystifying the Fast Changing World of Digital Currencies | Anella Munro Ong Shien Jin | |
| Sept 1, Sept 3, Sept 8, Sept 10 | Macroeconomic Policies and the COVID Crisis | Hans Genberg Gabriele Ciminelli Eli Remolona Triwit Ariyathugun | |
| Sept 24, Sept 25 | What Moves the Bond Markets? | Eli Remolona Gabriele Ciminelli | Find out more > |
| Oct 13, Oct 15 | A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy | Hans Genberg | |
| Nov 3, Nov 5 | Modelling the Term Structure of Interest Rates for Understanding Risk Premia in Bond Markets | Eli Remolona | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 9, Nov 11 | The Dynamics of International Currency and Trade Flows | Anella Munro | Find out more > Register Now > |
| Nov 23, Nov 25 | Energy: Markets, Policies and Sustainability | Renato Lima de Oliveira | Find out more > Register Now > |
To earn a certificate, you must take a total of eight days* over a two year period.
*At least 6 days of courses in the chosen area, and 2 days of elective course in any area.
OTHER PROGRAMS
Added Benefits Of An ASB EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE
Benefits for Executive Certificate holders include:
A Digital, verified version of your Executive Certificate
20% discount on additional courses (some exclusions apply)
Membership in the ASB Executive Certificate Network Group on LinkedIn
Preferred access to ASB symposia and events
Profile in the Executive Certificate online community
Open Enrollment Programs
ASB offers a wide variety of open enrollment courses and programs that address a broad range of management challenges. Our internationally diverse faculty provides tools and frameworks, to address immediate problems and drive results.
Each of our open enrollment courses, which can range from one to four days in length, is self contained and delivers actionable knowledge.
However, for those who seek a deeper expertise in a given domain, we offer five different Executive Certificate Tracks, whereby a participant can take multiple related courses, master a subject in greater depth, and earn an ASB Executive Certificate.
For the most invested participants, ASB offers an ASB Advanced Certificate (ACP) Program, that provides breadth and depth across a range of management topics and covers all five domains of our Executive Certificate tracks.
Custom Built Programs
Our custom programs, each built with the assistance of a dedicated faculty director and one of our program design experts, enable our clients to access critical and targeted content to specifically address their most pressing challenges.
Custom programs can vary significantly in length, and many consist of multiple modules with action learning projects interspersed to drive the learning deep into the organization.
A custom program may be aimed at the senior leadership team, a group of high-potential middle managers, or even a mix, whereby the senior leaders might get an abbreviated version of the program whereas the younger executives get a longer, deeper treatment. Such designs can help assure that all members of the team are on the same page and speak with the same vocabulary about critical issues in the organization.
CONTACT OUR TEAM
Cecilia Chan cecilia@asb.edu.my
Charmaine Augustin charmaine@asb.edu.my
Lily Wong lily@asb.edu.my
JOHN D. STERMAN
ESTHER DUFLO
