MBA in Global Leadership
Course Overview
The MBA in Global Leadership at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a one-year UK MBA for senior operators, international executives and Big Four industry-hire candidates targeting director-track, general-management and country-lead roles across UK operators, multinationals and consultancies. Sitting inside the Business & Management faculty, the degree combines senior CMI Level 7 leadership content, IoD Chartered Director material, ILM senior practice and academic leadership theory, and closes with a dissertation or a sponsor consulting project.
You will work with a dissertation supervisor from term one, undertake a live board-facing consulting brief with a UK multinational or scale-up in term two, and defend the dissertation or capstone in front of a working senior board panel — typically an IoD-affiliated non-executive director or FTSE-experienced adviser. The MBA in Global Leadership is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning from 2026 (two years part-time).
Key Features
- Curriculum designed around senior CMI Level 7 leadership, IoD Chartered Director material and ILM senior practice, mapped to UK corporate-governance expectations.
- Three delivery modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
- Dissertation supervisor allocated from term one, with weekly one-to-ones from term two.
- Live board-facing consulting brief with a UK multinational or scale-up.
- Senior-practitioner panel defence — dissertation or capstone reviewed by an IoD-affiliated non-executive director.
- Executive coaching and application coaching in the final term.
What You Will Learn
The MBA treats global leadership at senior-Master's level — the discipline of the country-lead or FTSE 250 director expected to shape strategy, chair a board and manage across cultures. You will graduate operating as a credible senior UK and international leader.
- Corporate governance under the UK Corporate Governance Code.
- IoD Chartered Director duties and Companies Act 2006 responsibilities.
- Cross-cultural leadership and Hofstede-style analysis.
- Corporate strategy at board level.
- Corporate finance for leaders — capital structure, dividend policy.
- People leadership at scale and succession planning.
- Boardroom persuasion, audit-committee and remuneration-committee interface.
- Ethics, ESG and stakeholder-capitalism practice.
- Research methods for dissertation or sponsor capstone.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior operators moving into director-track and country-lead roles.
- International executives targeting UK or multinational leadership.
- Big Four industry-hire candidates targeting general management.
- Aspiring FTSE 250 non-executive directors.
- Founders professionalising toward exit or scaled leadership.
Career Pathways
Graduates typically progress into director-track, general-management and country-lead roles across UK operators, multinationals and consultancies. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes. Typical destinations include:
- Head of Function (senior)
- Director-level Leader
- Country Manager (mid-market)
- Chief of Staff (senior)
- Strategy Director (junior)
- Portfolio Non-Executive Director (junior)
The MBA in Global Leadership is the natural end-point of the CMI Chartered Manager route and supports IoD Chartered Director progression.
Entry Requirements
- A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive senior leadership experience may apply on a portfolio route — five years is preferred for the MBA cohort.
- GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).
Why Study at LSIBM
The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.
London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.
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