Global Leadership Catalyst (GLC)
Berkeley GLC Program
Berkeley International Study Program (BISP)
Berkeley GLC is for:
Advanced Talent Development
Career Acceleration
Boardroom Blend:
Executives in Venture Ecosystems
A high-touch, personalized program for 25 candidates per year.
For Whom: rising star business and technical leaders located worldwide.
Why: for professional advancement
How: By being immersed as an ex-officio or advisory board member in an innovative new venture
While being taught and coached by world-class faculty and industry leaders
Benefits to Your Firm: Bring back technical trends, insights, venture connections, and innovation leadership skills
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Increase Leadership for Innovation
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Understand Advanced Technology
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Cross Pollinate with Ventures
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Innovation Mindset & Behaviors
Exponential Mindset for Executives:
Key Program Aspects:
Immersion: Learn while joining a new venture board as an advisory or ex-officio executive member.
Build credentials as a board member for future governance and innovation roles.
Executive and Venture Cohort: Work and connect with a cohort of peer executives and venture leaders.
Executive Coaching with training from world-class professors and highly successful leaders
Mixing Executives, Ventures, and
World-Class Faculty
GLC is also an Opportunity For Ventures Seeking New Markets, Industry Trends, and Funding:
Ventures benefit from new executive-level points of contact in the industry, hands-on help with execution, and strategic insight on newly emerging industry trends, and access to strategic funding sources.
Sample Ventures:
Post Series A Example: Molten Industries. A revolutionary technology to decarbonize natural gas for industrial applications. The firm has founders from Stanford and Berkeley and is currently scaling.
Pre Series A Example: Hangry, S.A. An FMCG mobility advertising venture. The firm has raised over 1M Euro, is revenue positive, and is looking to expand into new markets.
Seed Stage Example: Futurebrain. This AI-driven new venture has raised its seed round and is in stealth mode in the area of HR-related effectiveness.
Building on the Proven Experience of Professional Leadership at UC Berkeley
Using Proven Frameworks for Innovation Leadership
Next Generation Leadership:
Berkeley’s GLC brings Ventures and Industry Leaders together.
Monthly Events. Program Completes in One Year
Begin Progam and join cohort
First 12 Weeks: Matching Executive and Venture Boards
Monthly Deep Dive Learning Sessions and Cross-pollination in 2.5-hour event formats
Assigned Coaching with a global faculty member and/or industry leader. AI Advisory tools.
Final reports and graduation
A Symbiosis with Industry Leaders and Ventures
Format and Requirements
Program Format:
Global: The program can be taken from any location.
Application: Applicant submits required materials and interviews with faculty and staff.
Asynchronous 9-Month Length: Applicants join the program at any time of year and stay with it for 9 months
Three-month onboarding period: The participant is matched with a new venture advisory or board role.
Personalized: Upon acceptance, a customized schedule and the first session date are provided. During the onboarding, a personal mentor/coach is also provided.
Once matched with a venture, participants continue for 6 months, participating in coaching sessions, lectures, and support of the venture.
Graduation: After nine months, participants report their experience and reflection about the venture board role. Participants graduate. The venture and participant may mutually agree on future interactions.
Upon Acceptance:
Monthly: Live lectures and coaching workshops provide active engagement with professors and participants (2.5 hours per month)
Interactive: Sessions allow participants to meet and share. Lectures with workshops provide active engagement with professors and participants.
Faculty Berkeley, global innovation leaders, an ecosystem of SV, and Global Ventures
Exercises with assessment
Application Requirements:
Established technical or business leader. Typically, VP or director-level
Track record and demonstrated potential for growth
Must have taken an existing executive or professional leadership program, such as
Berkeley’s Engineering Leadership Program (ELPP)
Engineering Leadership Program – Stanford Online
Stanford Lead Program
Engineering Leadership for Emerging Leaders – MIT
or other comparable program
Must be recommended by at least one senior-level executive within your firm or from your network
GLC Deep Dive Session Topics:
GLC Sessions hosts invited industry leaders and faculty to cover the most recent trends in technology and geopolitics
Sample Business and Geopolitical Discussion Areas:
The Intersection of Geopolitics and Corporate Strategy
The Impact of Emerging Economies on Global Leadership
Leadership in the Age of Economic Decoupling
Climate Policy and Corporate Leadership
The Role of Business in Shaping Global Governance
Sample Faculty Lecture and Case topics:
Opportunity Recognition and Market Analysis: Strategies for identifying and evaluating market opportunities in different sectors.
Advanced Product Management Practices: Dive into best practices for managing product development cycles, market fit, and user feedback.
Cultivating Innovation-oriented Leadership: Developing leadership styles that foster innovation and creative thinking within organizations
Contemporary Board Governance Challenges: Exploring modern challenges and effective strategies in board governance.
"Core Competence and Innovation Strategy: Leveraging Organizational Strengths to Foster Sustainable Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Sample Technology Discussion Areas:
State of the art in Quantum Computing and Its Impact on Global Industries
AI-Powered Automation: Redefining Work and Society
The Shift from Centralized to Decentralized Systems: Blockchain and Beyond
Future of Connectivity and Mobility: Opportunities and Challenges
The Emergence of the Spatial Computing
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