Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Programme

• Innovation Ecosystem

• Digital Transformation Strategies

• Platform Strategies for Leaders

• Technology and AI-led Transformation Strategies

• The CEO’s playbook for geoeconomic resilience

• Business leadership workshop

• Mastering executive presence

• Strategic negotiations

• Generative AI as a CEO’s growth multiplier: From efficiency to strategic advantage

• Decision intelligence: Embedding science and simulation into CEO decision-making

• Boardroom leadership, influencing stakeholders and building trust and C-suite collaboration

• Managing partnerships/alliances

• Crisis management and safeguarding reputation

• Change management and execution

• Building a growth-oriented culture

• Organisational development

• Responsible stewarding in the age of stakeholder capitalism and AI

• Beyond ESG: Competing through regenerative and net-positive business models*

• Corporate governance and compliance

• The age of agentic enterprises: Reimagining strategy, scale and speed with autonomous AI*

• The geoeconomics of technology: Competing for power, talent and supply chains*

• The Intelligent Marketing Operating System

• Sensing: Customer Intelligence — From Signals to Insights

• Focusing: Segmenting, Targeting, ICP and Positioning

• Designing: Creative Systems and Content at Scale

• Orchestrate, Attract and Execute: Journey Design, Decisioning Service, AI-Mediated Discovery, System Campaign

• Agentic AI and the Operating Stack (From Strategic Architecture to Operating Architecture — How Agentic Services Come to Life Inside the I-MOS)

• Learn and Measure (Incrementality, Attribution, Experimentation, Marketing ROI)

• Govern, Transform and Lead (Governance Controls, Regulation, Organisational Transformation, Agent-To-Agent Future)

This IIM Kozhikode CEO program is designed for business heads looking to advance to the highest level of role in the organisation with the ability to spearhead business transformation, set long-term directions for the organisation, and enable smooth navigation in the rapidly changing complex business landscape. It is also beneficial for new, existing and aspiring CEOs, looking to master next-level capabilities. You are keen on navigating uncertainty and propelling growth with strategic decision-making, reengineered productivity, AI-led transformation, influential communication, financial cognizance, and confident boardroom management.

The curriculum of the IIMK CEO Program by IIM Kozhikode online courses covers essential topics financial strategies, supply chain excellence, brand leadership, and innovative technologies including AI. Participants gain expertise in negotiation, conflict management, crisis leadership, and global market strategies. The program also covers corporate governance, cybersecurity, ethics, and sustainability, preparing participants to drive transformative growth and navigate complex challenges with confidence.

This IIM leadership programme includes live online sessions conducted by IIM Kozhikode faculty, providing interactive and engaging learning experiences, which will provide a holistic CEO training. Counted among the best CEO training programs online, there’ll be a five-day campus immersion in which the participants will get a chance to interact with like-minded peers and CXOs.

The IIM Kozhikode CEO Program fees is INR 7,02,000 + GST.

Yes, flexible payment options are available, including installment plans to help manage the fee payment for this CEO programme. Detailed information about these options can be obtained from the program advisors.

A chief executive officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking executive in a company. A CEO's primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, driving the workforce and resources of a company toward strategic goals, and acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and corporate operations. The chief executive officer serves as the public face of the company in many cases, and fulfilling chief executive officer education requirements is often essential to effectively perform these duties.

This IIM Kozhikode CEO programme is one of the best executive programme as it is the first-of-its-kind CEO programme which provides a blend of live online learning from IIMK along with 2 online certificate courses from Kellogg Executive Education. Participants will get to enrol in global cohorts of these Kellogg programmes and learn from top global faculties.

Participants will be awarded a completion certificate from IIM Kozhikode on successfully completing all evaluation components including a capstone project and maintaining a minimum attendance of 75%, as part of the CEO certification and IIM courses. Participants who are unable to clear all evaluation components but have a minimum attendance of 75% shall be awarded a participation certificate. On successfully completing the modules of AI Applications for Growth and Leading Growth Strategy, you are eligible to receive online certifications from Kellogg Executive Education, enhancing your CEO certification credentials.

The IIMK CEO programme includes a 5-day campus immersion wherein participants can collaborate and network with like-minded peers and CXOs. The programme's delivery is live online during which the participants can interact with peers from their cohorts.

On successful completion of the programme, participants will be eligible for the prestigious IIM Kozhikode Executive Alumni Status. These participants will subsequently receive the alumni registration details from IIM Kozhikode.

This IIM Kozhikode CEO programme features 2 online certificate courses from Kellogg Executive Education. These programmes cover key topics such as AI Strategies for Business Transformation and Business Strategies for Growth: Fewer, Bigger, Bolder which are beneficial for the participants. These programmes will be delivered online via pre-recorded videos from faculty of Kellogg Executive Education. Participants will be able to gain a worldwide perspective through these programmes while networking with global cohorts.