Future Ready Executive MBA

Bring one live business issue. Leave with a plan your team can act on.

Across 6 months, in 6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions, with one-to-one coaching and an applied business project, you take a current issue from your own responsibility from problem definition to a written action plan reviewed by faculty, while you continue in your role. The Executive MBA on Future Ready Business Leadership is awarded and endorsed by CMI. It is a six-month, non-academic professional development programme, not an MQA-accredited academic degree or a regulated qualification.

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The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome.

How the six months work

Work your issue beside managers carrying similar decisions.

6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions, while you continue in your role. The applied business project becomes a written action plan reviewed by faculty.

Across the six months

A written action plan for your own business

Complete 6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions, one-to-one coaching and an applied business project on a current issue within your own responsibility. Successful completion is recognised with the CMI Certificate of Recognition. The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome.

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Separate CMI route

Chartered Manager route

Chartered Manager is a separate CMI route. CMI decides eligibility, assessment, membership and fees. It is not included in the published Executive MBA programme or fee.

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Who it is for

For people whose decisions affect more than their own desk.

Business owners, directors, general managers and senior managers responsible for business results, teams, cross-functional decisions or growth plans.

01

Business owners

Building a stronger management system around a growing company.

02

Directors

Making decisions that affect several functions, teams or markets.

03

General managers

Responsible for business performance, people and execution.

04

Senior managers

Preparing for broader strategic or transformation responsibility.

Built for the people carrying the decision

For executives, senior managers, directors, business owners and founders.

The programme is open to executives and above, including senior managers, directors, business owners and founders.

Company enrolment & HRD Corp

For employer-led HRD Corp funding, the company must be HRD Corp-registered, have available levy and submit the application before training. A founder or owner may be included where the company confirms the participant is on its payroll. HRD Corp decides eligibility and the approved amount.

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What you learn to do

Seven disciplines, applied to the decision you already carry.

Practise each discipline on your own business issue, not a case study, moving it from a vague problem to a written action plan the people who act on it can follow.

See how the F.A.S.T. method works

01

Trace the wider system

Examine causes, dependencies and likely consequences before deciding.

02

Test the foundations

Separate verified constraints from assumptions, then build options from the evidence.

03

Combine analysis and invention

Develop options that balance strategic logic, user needs and practical constraints.

04

Structure complexity

Organise complex information into a decision that can be explained and acted upon.

05

Review five perspectives

Evaluate each decision through five defined business perspectives.

06

Connect strategy to delivery

Use Draw, Drive, Define and Deliver as one coherent planning process.

07

Connect people and business

Consider human capability, innovation and commercial requirements together.

Curriculum

12 modules. One plan your team can act on.

Each module builds toward the same output: reasoning the people who depend on your decision can follow, from future foresight and customer-centred innovation to transformation and stakeholder trust.

M01

Future Foresight

Sense the business landscape

M02

JTBD

Customer-centred innovation and growth

M03

F.A.S.T. Methodology

Adaptive systems-based thinking

M04

Critical Issues

Problems and opportunities

M05

Strategic DNA

4D Strategic Crafting

M06

SBAP

Strategic Business Action Planning

M07

Transformational Leadership

Principled and situational

M08

Team Intervention

Coaching for acceleration

M09

Integrated Systems

Systems perspective and review

M10

Organisation Transformation

BOLT leadership

M11

Influence by Design

Strategic presence and precision

M12

Stakeholder Ecosystem

Trust and influence networks

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Included in the fee

Training, coaching, tools and project support.

6 training days across 3 sessions

Practitioner-led framework workshops scheduled once a month during the 6-month programme.

Guided management self-assessment

Review current decision habits and select specific areas to improve during the programme.

Executive coaching & project review

One-to-one guidance applied to the participant's own organisational context.

The Leverage Management System (LMS)

Participants retain the programme frameworks, references and working templates.

An applied business project

Produce a written action plan for a current business issue and submit it for faculty review; there is no traditional thesis or examination.

CMI Certificate of Recognition

Successful completion leads to the CMI Certificate of Recognition. Chartered Manager is a separate optional CMI route with its own eligibility, assessment and fees.

What the recognition means

A recognised programme certificate, followed by an optional route to Chartered Manager.

The Executive MBA on Future Ready Business Leadership is awarded and endorsed by CMI. Successful participants are awarded a CMI Certificate of Recognition. It is non-academic, not an MQA-accredited academic degree or a regulated qualification. The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome.

Executive MBA programme certificate: Complete 6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions, the coaching requirements and the applied business project. Successful participants are awarded the CMI Certificate of Recognition for the Executive MBA programme.
Foundation Chartered Manager — fCMgr: CMI's published terms for CMI Recognised programmes state that learners receive Foundation Chartered Manager status on completion. CMI controls activation, continued use, membership renewal and the fCMgr post-nominal.
Chartered Manager — CMgr MCMI: Chartered Manager is a separate CMI route. CMI confirms eligibility, assesses each application and controls timing, membership and fees. It is not included in the published Executive MBA programme or fee.

Any Chartered Manager application is a separate optional CMI route. CMI alone controls eligibility, assessment, membership and fees.

Understand the CMI recognition

Published 2026 dates

Choose an English or Mandarin cohort.

6 training days run across 3 scheduled weekend sessions. Review every published date before choosing a cohort.

Cohort	Language	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Days / time	Enquire
Cohort 17	English	22–23 Aug	19–20 Sep	17–18 Oct	Sat–Sun 9am–6pm	Arrange a programme conversation
Cohort 18	English	25–26 Sep	23–24 Oct	13–14 Nov	Fri–Sat 9am–6pm	Arrange a programme conversation
Cohort 19	English	30–31 Oct	20–21 Nov	4–5 Dec	Fri–Sat 9am–6pm	Arrange a programme conversation
Cohort 2	Mandarin	4–5 Sep	9–10 Oct	6–7 Nov	Fri–Sat 9am–6pm	Arrange a programme conversation
Cohort 3	Mandarin	30–31 Oct	20–21 Nov	4–5 Dec	Fri–Sat 9am–6pm	Arrange a programme conversation

English
Cohort 17
Open for enquiries
Session 1
22–23 Aug
Session 2
19–20 Sep
Session 3
17–18 Oct
Sat–Sun9am–6pm
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English
Cohort 18
Open for enquiries
Session 1
25–26 Sep
Session 2
23–24 Oct
Session 3
13–14 Nov
Fri–Sat9am–6pm
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English
Cohort 19
Open for enquiries
Session 1
30–31 Oct
Session 2
20–21 Nov
Session 3
4–5 Dec
Fri–Sat9am–6pm
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Mandarin
Cohort 2
Open for enquiries
Session 1
4–5 Sep
Session 2
9–10 Oct
Session 3
6–7 Nov
Fri–Sat9am–6pm
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Mandarin
Cohort 3
Open for enquiries
Session 1
30–31 Oct
Session 2
20–21 Nov
Session 3
4–5 Dec
Fri–Sat9am–6pm
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The employer—not the participant—applies for the grant. HRD Corp—not the programme provider—decides approval and the approved amount. The Executive MBA on Future Ready Business Leadership is awarded and endorsed by CMI. Successful participants are awarded the CMI Certificate of Recognition. It is not an MQA-accredited academic degree or a regulated qualification. HRD Corp determines every grant approval and approved amount. Personal data is processed under Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010 [Act 709], as amended.

Programme enquiry

Get the programme facts before you decide.

Tell the team the decision or business issue you are weighing, and choose a call, online meeting, in-person meeting or email. The programme team will answer questions about suitability, dates, fees, recognition and employer-led HRD Corp funding. An enquiry does not commit you to enrol or pay.

→Say what you are trying to change at work
→Choose how the team should contact you
→Confirm programme fit, available dates and the exact fee
→Decide your next step after receiving the information

Roy Affandi · Programme Coordinator · +60 12-981 8533 · support@futurereadymba.com

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Your route

What are you planning for?

Choose the route that best describes your decision. The programme team will respond with the relevant information.

For my own roleI am considering the programme for myself.Employer sponsorshipI want to use employer sponsorship or eligible HRD Corp funds.Manager developmentI am evaluating the programme for managers responsible for teams in my company.International participantI am enquiring from outside Malaysia.Mandarin programmeI want to discuss a Mandarin-language cohort.Programme information firstSend the programme guide before arranging a call.

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