"Leadership, Embodied." — A Research Doctorate for Senior Leaders.
The DBA in Business Leadership is a doctoral research degree designed for senior executives, CEOs, and organizational leaders who seek to advance leadership practice through rigorous, practice-based research.
Leadership is treated not as a skill set, but as a field of inquiry—concerned with judgment, governance, ethics, power, decision-making, and long-term value creation.
Focuses on leadership theory, strategy in VUCA systems, design thinking for research framing, and advanced research methods.
Key Output: Approved doctoral research proposal
Covers global strategy, geopolitics, corporate governance, ESG leadership, and doctoral field research (data collection).
Key Output: Interim research report
Thesis writing, executive research labs, knowledge translation, and public dissemination.
Key Output: Doctoral dissertation and formal impact report
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