The Rice Global Energy Leadership Program is designed to equip senior functional, technical, and business managers with the tools and frameworks required to step into a leadership role or embark on entrepreneurial ventures in the energy industry. It is a one-of-a-kind, four-month learning journey for future leaders in energy.
Designed by leading academics and experts, the Global Energy Leadership Program offers a transformational curriculum for leaders in the energy sector. The multimodular program gives participants broad exposure to learning content, case studies, and methodologies — focused on but not limited to the energy sector — enabling them to apply contextual knowledge and best practices to their organizations. The cohort-format program features seminars, workshops, guest speakers, and webinars with in-person immersions in Dubai and Houston.
This program is ideal for senior functional, technical, and business managers about to make the transition to a general management role or embark on entrepreneurial ventures in the energy industry.
The learning journey is specifically designed for senior executives with:
The faculty of the Global Energy Leadership Program have been carefully selected to provide the right blend of unconventional wisdom, technical finesse, and cutting-edge research to ensure the program becomes a valuable investment in our participants’ careers and visions. They draw on their extensive experience to address the challenges of the energy industry today while anticipating tomorrow’s disruptive innovations.
A leading behavioral scientist, Professor Brent Smith is the senior associate dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Previously, he served on the faculty at London Business School and Cornell University and has taught at UC Berkeley, Oxford, INSEAD, Columbia, the Technical University of Denmark, and the Indian School of Business.
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A sought-after expert on corporate strategy and M&A and with extensive experience consulting global energy clients, Dr. Prashant Kale serves as associate professor of strategic management in the Jones Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on corporate strategy, strategic alliances, and M&A. His articles on these topics have been published in reputed international journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, European Management Journal, Managerial and Decision Economics, Academy of Management Perspective, and others.
Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology — Organizational Behavior
Associate Professor of Accounting
Associate Professor of Finance
J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Management — Marketing
Upon successful completion of the Global Energy Leadership Program, you will become a member of the Rice Business professional community. As a member, you are eligible to receive the following executive education alumni benefits:
| Module | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | June 5–10, 2022* | Dubai |
| Module 2 | July–August 2022 | Live Online Sessions |
| Module 3 | September 25–30, 2022* | Houston (Rice University Campus) |
*Program delivery may change to live online in case there are prevailing COVID-19 travel restrictions.
| Round | Date | Application Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Closed | - |
| Round 2 | Closed | - |
| Round 3 | Closed | - |
| Program Fee*: US$17,000 |
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