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Transform knowledge into impact and drive innovation and change in your organization with Stanford LEAD, our flagship online business program.

Stanford LEAD helps you discover your purpose and maximize your potential to meet the demands of today’s dynamic world. Taught by the same world-renowned Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty who teach in our MBA program, this year-long experiential learning journey is highly flexible, customizable, and actionable. Emerge with the fundamental business skills and innovation mindset needed to successfully navigate and implement real change.

LEAD is more than a program; it’s a community. Collaborate with a diverse, accomplished, and energized cohort of peers. Join clubs to connect with other LEADers with shared goals and interests and participate in extended learning opportunities beyond your coursework to get even more out of the program. After the program ends, stay connected with the entire LEAD community — thousands of past participants who are ready to learn, engage, accelerate, and disrupt their organizations, industries, and the world.

Key Benefits

Acquire new tools to accelerate change, gain the confidence to take bold risks, and advance yourself, your team, and your organization.

Who Should Attend?

19 Mar 2025 – 18 Mar 2026

Online | US $19,200 (4 quarterly installments of $4,800)

At-a-Glance

Deadline

05 Feb 2025

Application Requirements

Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged.

Payment Information

The program fee includes tuition, access to course platforms, and all required course materials. Explore our payment options and tuition funding strategies.

Awarded Upon completion

Stanford GSB Professional Certificate and continuing education units

Contact

Marineh Lalikian

Director, Stanford LEAD Online Business Program Executive Education

Program Overview

Program Overview

Faculty director Peter DeMarzo gives an overview of the Stanford LEAD online business program and what makes it unique from other online learning opportunities.

Learn More About the Program

Explore our carefully designed curriculum, and go deeper with select course descriptions or a sample schedule.

Review all eligibility requirements, and learn about the application process.

Learn more about our past participants, and find out if the program is right for you.

Hear from Stanford LEAD participants about how the program has propelled them further in their career and extended their impact.

Faculty Leadership

Peter M. DeMarzo

Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Business (Interim)

Sarah A. Soule

The Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior and the Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

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Program dates, fees, and faculty subject to change. Consistent with its non-discrimination policy, Stanford’s programs are open to participants regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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