Executive MBA (London)

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Customisable career pathways

Every MBA journey is unique. That’s why we offer you tailored career pathways designed to meet your specific career goals. Whether you're looking for accelerated career progression, planning a bold career transition, or looking to launch your entrepreneurial venture, we’ll work with you to provide a personalised action plan to help you realise your ambitions.

Discover the career pathway that fits your goals

I’m looking to advance my career

I’m looking to make a career transition

I want to build my own venture

Your chosen career pathway is just the starting point. No matter which route you select, career progression, career transition, or entrepreneurship, you’ll have access to all activities across every pathway. This means you can explore, learn, and benefit from the full breadth of opportunities available.

Pathway 1: Advance your career

If you are an experienced professional aspiring to senior executive or board-level positions, this pathway combines a practice-based leadership development programme with personalised career support to accelerate your journey to C-suite readiness.

You’ll cover these areas of personal and professional career development:

• Leading Self
• Leading Teams
• Leading Ecosystems
• Leading Transitions

Career development support

Executive Coaching: personalised one-to-one coaching from experienced executive coaches.

Executive search insights: Meet leading executive search firms to understand the executive recruitment market, build relationships with search consultants and learn how senior appointments are made.

Executive panels and networking: Connect with CEOs, board members, executive search consultants, and alumni through exclusive panel discussions and networking events.

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Pathway 2: Transition your career

If you are a professional looking to change role, function, industry, or location, this pathway provides a structured framework to help you identify opportunities, position yourself effectively, and secure your next career move.

The pathway is built around three key stages of career transition and development:

• Discover: Clarify your value, strengths, and skills
• Design: Shape your direction, network and brand
• Deliver: Communicate, perform and negotiate with Impact

Career development support

Career coaching: Work one-to-one with an experienced careers coach to clarify your goals, develop your job search strategy, overcome barriers and stay accountable throughout your career transition.

Specialist coaching: Access specialist coaches in areas such as consulting, healthcare, tech, finance etc, and salary negotiation to receive tailored advice aligned to your career aspirations.

Sector Connector events: Expand your professional network through industry-focused networking events with employers, alumni and sector experts. Gain insights into different industries while building meaningful professional connections all supported by our Employer Relations Team.

Simulation days: Put your learning into practice through immersive simulation experiences, e.g. consulting projects. Receive personalised feedback to build confidence and improve performance before entering a real recruitment process.

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Pathway 3: Entrepreneurship

Ready to turn your big idea into a thriving business? At WBS, we champion entrepreneurial ambition with a rich ecosystem of support. Whether you're refining your concept or scaling your startup, you'll find everything you need, from expert-led drop-in clinics to access to the WBS Founders Hub, and the immersive 12-month Warwick Enterprise Start-up Programme. It’s your launchpad to build, test, and grow your venture with confidence.

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Create connections that matter

Entrepreneurship thrives on collaboration and fresh perspectives. At WBS, you’ll be able to build a network that reaches across industries and borders, opening doors to new opportunities. From face-to-face events held at our Warwick campus and WBS London to dynamic online communities, you’ll be able to tap into a powerful mix of peer support, industry insight, and professional development.

We host a wide range of groups, via LinkedIn and WhatsApp, tailored to career goals, interests, and location. Each network hosts dedicated events, where you can access sector insights, hear from speakers from industry, access careers guidance and professional development opportunities. You can join as many as many groups as you like to start building meaningful relationships to support your career growth.

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