Leading Organizational Change
Tuck Executive Sprints at Dartmouth
Program Overview
Learn to navigate complexity, drive transformation, and lead with intention.
The Leading Organizational Change program at Dartmouth prepares leaders to diagnose the forces shaping change, design more effective interventions, and build coalitions that drive sustained transformation. Delivered live and online over four short sessions and two days, this program teaches participants to successfully guide change at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
Are you ready to lead your organization through our complex times? Join us.
Program Benefits
Benefits For You
- Explore timely topics online, led live by award-winning faculty from Dartmouth’s top-ranked Tuck School of Business
- Understand change as an emergent process shaped by structure, culture, and human behavior—and how to make change a success
- Identify and leverage your informal networks to accelerate adoption and alignment, and apply behavioral insights to sustain momentum
- Personally interact with Tuck faculty in small cohorts, and gain real insights on your most pressing challenges.
- Earn a general management certificate that can be shared on LinkedIn and included on your CV.
- Gain access to the Tuck Executive Education alumni community and receive a 10% discount on future Tuck Executive Education programs.
Benefits For Your Organization
- Because programs are topical and timely, participants begin applying their learnings immediately, resulting in an immediate ROI.
- For companies that send small groups, Tuck Executive Education programs create a common language and shared framework to help tackle challenges and drive action.
- Participants thrive post program and transfer their learning back to teammates. One client company has reported that 75% of their global leadership team is now comprised of Tuck Executive Education alumni.
Build a Business Case to Attend
Learn more about organizational benefits and how to advocate for yourself on our Building the Business Case page.
Who Should Attend
Leading Organizational Change welcomes executives from across industry.
Participants are typically business leaders who want to change their organization for the better and build more resiliency in complex times. The program is targeted at senior leadership as well as project and people managers at all levels.
This program is a fit for you if you meet the above criteria and seek to:
- Diagnose why change efforts often stall or fail—and what makes them succeed
- Engage stakeholders across levels and roles to drive shared transformation
- Reflect on your change leadership style and build greater adaptive capacity
Come with Your Team
We encourage teams from the same company to attend the program at the same time to maximize application and impact. Groups of four or more participants who come together will receive a 10% discount on the program fee. To learn more about group enrollments and discounts, please contact us today.
Cohorts by the Numbers
Participant Stories
As a Tuck alumna, the Executive Sprint I took was a reminder of the outstanding quality of a Tuck education. Being able to tap faculty expertise in a shared learning environment with participants from across industries was invaluable. The program accelerated my learning curve in the best possible way.
Rebecca Joffrey T'97
IT Director of Strategy and Innovation, Cornell University
The Tuck Executive Sprint's bite-sized sessions work well for busy executives who find it hard to carve out a lot of time for personal development. Doing the sprint with a diverse group of leaders also enhances the experience and perspectives gained.
Jared Carlson
SVP of Operations at McCarthy Building Companies
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My Tuck Executive Sprint was a refreshing and intellectually stimulating experience—featuring sharp insights, practical tools, and thought-provoking discussions. It not only expanded my perspectives but also equipped me with actionable approaches for both professional and personal growth.
Thomas Sammer
CEO at Mediconsult AG
Program Curriculum
Prepare yourself to lead change across your company.
Leading Organizational Change draws on leading-edge research in organizational behavior, network theory, and behavioral science to build a framework for change. The program combines faculty-led sessions with small- and large-group discussions to ensure that participants leave with a practical and psychologically grounded roadmap for leading change—not only during crises, but as a daily leadership discipline.
Learn more about each Leading Organizational Change session:
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October 28, 2025: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST
Adapt or Die
Why do smart people and organizations fail to change, even when the stakes are high? This session opens with provocative cases—ranging from retail to the tech sector—and explores the structural and social forces that block adaptation. Participants will identify the deep patterns that shape resistance and consider their own organization's change capacity.
Change as an Organizational Process
Change is not an event; it's a process. This session introduces frameworks for understanding change as a journey across time and levels. Through interactive examples, participants will examine levers for leading change, from vision and structure to symbols and systems—and will assess where their own organizations get stuck.
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November 4, 2025: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST
A Network Perspective
Change doesn’t flow through the org chart—it spreads through relationships. This session introduces social network theory to map influence, uncover informal leaders, identify coalition partners, and reveal hidden bottlenecks. Participants will learn how to activate the network to build alignment, surface dissent, and drive bottom-up momentum.
A Behavioral Perspective
Even the best-designed change efforts can be undermined by irrational or habitual behaviors. This session draws on behavioral science to identify opportunities to both add fuel to the change effort and also identify and mitigate frictions that prevent change. Participants will reflect on how to lead change in ways that are both human-centered and evidence-based.
Program Faculty
FACULTY DIRECTOR
Adam M. Kleinbaum
Professor of Leadership and Organizations
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Today’s leaders operate in an era marked by complexity, rapid transformation, and interdependence. Whether navigating market volatility, implementing new strategies, or fostering inclusion, the challenge is not only to initiate change—but to make it stick.
The Tuck Experience
Tuck’s transformative experience, designed for your schedule.
All of our Executive Sprint participants experience what makes Tuck distinctive: world-class faculty, deeply personal engagement, and a focus on real-world application. Delivered live and online over four short sessions and two days, Tuck Executive Sprints brings the best of Tuck to you, no matter where you are.
Designed for busy executives, the format allows you to immerse yourself in transformative learning without stepping away from your responsibilities. You’ll leave with the same trusted frameworks, faculty access, and lasting insights Tuck is known for—ready to lead with clarity in a rapidly evolving world.
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