The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University Executive MLOC program prepares leaders to navigate complexity, coach with compassion, advance emotional intelligence, drive transformation and foster inclusive, sustainable change. With a human-centered approach, this hybrid program bridges technical expertise with relational leadership, empowering you to lead with purpose in a dynamic world.
Unique Program Features
- Pioneering Leadership Frameworks: Learn from faculty who developed renowned models like Appreciative Inquiry and Intentional Change Theory.
- Global Perspective: Engage in an international residency and consulting experience, applying leadership skills to global challenges.
- Actionable Skills: Build mastery in developing emotionally intelligent leaders, compassionate coaching, leading effective teams, systems change and building inclusive and flourishing organizations.
- Hybrid Learning: Balance work and study with a hybrid format combining virtual coursework and immersive residencies.
- Coaching: Develop Coaching skills and a model of how to foster a culture of development to complement a culture of performance in organizations.
MLOC at a Glance
Career Outcomes
Graduates of the Weatherhead Leadership and Organizational Change Management program have experienced career outcomes such as:
- Drive Organizational Transformation: Lead transformation across all levels, navigate ambiguity and drive innovation while gaining skills to create inclusive cultures and advance to senior roles.
- Lead Social Change: Drive global change and lead purpose-driven initiatives by applying systems thinking, relational skills and change strategies to tackle societal challenges.
- Professional Leadership and Change Mastery: Build resilient teams, lead value-driven culture shifts and consult on leadership, change or social impact initiatives for organizations, coach emerging leaders, revitalize existing leader’s engagement and renewal.
- Individual Coaching: Develop mastery in coaching with compassion.
Your Degree, Your Way
Program Highlights
Transformational Leadership
Coaching with compassion. Inspire change with a focus on empathy and sustainability.
Organizational Development
Drive innovation and align culture with purpose.
Global Change Strategies
Discover and capitalize on profitable business opportunities to solve the world’s growing social and environmental problems.
Business as an Agent of World Benefit
Discover how business can help create a world in which businesses prosper, people flourish, and nature thrives.
Student Profile
- Professionals in STEM, healthcare, or technical fields ready to lead relational and organizational change
- Aspiring leaders passionate about creating social and organizational impact
- HR leaders transitioning to strategic roles in culture and engagement
What You’ll Learn
- Experiential and Applied Learning Focus: Apply theories to real organizational challenges through a Capstone Mastery Project and global engagement opportunities.
- Cutting-Edge Leadership Development: Develop value-driven leadership skills with a focus on emotional intelligence, inclusion, and collaboration.
- Cohort Model and Network Building: Foster an extensive network of support and collaboration.
- Designed for Aspiring Leaders in High-Demand Fields: Address the unique gap between technical expertise and relational leadership skills to lead transformative change effectively.
Program Design
The program requires 10-15 hours per week of online coursework and faculty engagement, complemented by one residency at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management and one residency at an international site for a global consulting project.
Affordable Excellence
- Merit-Based Scholarships: Available to students based on academic and professional accomplishments.
- Employer and Sponsor Partnerships: Tuition-reimbursement programs and corporate partner discounts at select organizations.
- Federal Financial Aid: Eligibility for loans through FAFSA and other options.
The Weatherhead Way
At Case Western Reserve, you’ll study at one of the nation’s leading research universities located in a city known for industry and healthcare innovation, where nearly 40% of Fortune 500 companies are represented. You’ll learn breakthrough business concepts from the people who literally wrote the book on them.
Plus, you’ll:
- Learn more than just the core skills of business management,
- Discover yourself better as a person and as a leader, and
- Build the skills you need to reach beyond problem solving to solution innovation.
Want to find out how?
Your Next Step Starts Now
Ready to become an emotionally intelligent leader who coaches with compassion? Our program can help you get there.