Strategy
Suitable for senior executives, our Strategy programmes are designed to help you develop and action the exact strategies that will set your organisation ahead of the curve.
Overview
Build a versatile strategic toolkit, give direction to your organisation and drive growth. Whether you’re looking to deploy strategy in negotiating environments, develop a strategic framework for competitive advantage or re-think your strategy in the light of new economic and business realities, our Strategy programmes can act as a catalyst for successful strategy implementation.
This programme combines cutting-edge online content with topical interactive live webinars led by renowned FT editors, providing a flexible and immersive learning experience. Participants will delve into the fundamentals of strategy, learn to identify and leverage strategic assets, and master the intricacies of strategic positioning and implementation.
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Online
22 Sep-1 Dec 2025
8 weeks (4-5 hours per week)
£2,340 +VAT
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Online
Dates:
22 Sep-1 Dec 2025
Duration:
8 weeks (4-5 hours per week)
Fees:
£2,340 +VAT
Enhance your strategic capabilities and understand how to position your organisation to maintain competitive advantage. This programme introduces the fundamentals of strategic thinking, enabling you to identify and act on new opportunities for growth.
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Live Online
24-26 Sep and 29 Sep-1 Oct 2025
6 x 0.5 days
£2,900 + VAT
Face-to-face
3-5 Jun 2026
3 days
£4,550 + VAT
Live Online
7-9 and 12-14 Oct 2026
6 x 0.5 days
£2,900 + VAT
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Live Online
Dates:
24-26 Sep and 29 Sep-1 Oct 2025
Duration:
6 x 0.5 days
Fees:
£2,900 + VAT
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Face-to-face
Dates:
3-5 Jun 2026
Duration:
3 days
Fees:
£4,550 + VAT
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Live Online
Dates:
7-9 and 12-14 Oct 2026
Duration:
6 x 0.5 days
Fees:
£2,900 + VAT
Expand your mindset beyond traditional areas of risk, learning to respond dynamically to economic volatility, change and digital disruption, and improving your ability to thrive in the face of complex threats and opportunities.
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Face-to-face
17-19 Feb 2026
3 days
£4,550 + VAT
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Face-to-face
Dates:
17-19 Feb 2026
Duration:
3 days
Fees:
£4,550 + VAT
Understand disruption and how to deal with it. Build the game-changing business models that will help your organisation to compete, to grow, and most importantly, to disrupt others.
Upcoming programme dates to be confirmed.
Application via the Emeritus website
Formulate, evaluate and execute effective strategies for creating and maintaining competitive advantage, even in the face of uncertainty.
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Online
4 Sep-6 Nov 2025
8 weeks (4-6 hours per week)
£2,000
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Online
Dates:
4 Sep-6 Nov 2025
Duration:
8 weeks (4-6 hours per week)
Fees:
£2,000
Application via the Emeritus website
Our strategy programmes provide executives with a versatile and cutting edge toolkit, equipping them to lead their organisations through uncertain and rapidly changing terrains. Above all they are focused at providing a completely new perspective on strategy – one that allows executives to make sense of a dramatically new competitive landscape that surrounds them and make superior strategic decisions.
Delivery formats
High quality programmes, flexible formats. Our 3 delivery styles allow you to choose whichever format best suits your needs.
Face-to-face
Immerse yourself in an inspirational learning environment in the historic and beautiful city of Cambridge. In an intense classroom-based experience, you will engage with faculty and peers in person. Join ‘Cambridge Union’-style debates, hear from guest speakers and faculty, and enjoy group exercises, role-play and informal conversations both in and outside class.
Live Online
Experience the best of Cambridge face-to-face learning right inside your home or office. Using current technologies, our seamless Live Online delivery offers you richly immersive interaction with faculty and peers. You’ll experience virtual debates, hear from guest speakers and faculty, and engage in breakout groups, simulations and role-play.
Online
Study whenever and wherever you want. Our highly flexible fully online programmes run over multiple weeks. Enjoying carefully structured learning, you’ll benefit from curated videos, live Faculty webinars, Q&A chat sessions and a dedicated Programme Support Team.
Faculty and speakers
Meet the faculty teaching on our Strategy programmes.
Professorial Fellow of St Edmund’s College
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (University Community and Engagement)
PhD (McGill University)
PhD (HEC Paris)
Academic Director of the Centre for Risk Studies (CRS)
PhD (University of Wisconsin)
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