Strategies That Build Winning Brands

Create powerful brand strategies for long-term business growth and customer affinity.

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Get a firsthand look at how this program equips you to craft impactful brand strategies that drive growth.

    Key Takeaways

    In this program, you will:

    • Learn to develop your brand's positioning, character, and purpose

    • Evaluate the health of your brand using different approaches

    • Make smart brand portfolio decisions and manage growth

    • Create a powerful marketing plan for a real-world scenario

    • Drive growth and defend against competitive attacks using a financial risk assessment

    Who Is This Program For?

    This program is for managers who are responsible for traditional branding initiatives. But it’s also geared towards any manager or executive who contributes to the organization’s growth initiatives. If you have a role in driving growth, whether through customer experience touchpoints, supply chain, distribution channels, or general management, you can benefit from learning about the critical role that brands play in driving profitable, long-term growth.

    Representative roles include:

    • Brand managers and directors

    • Brand ambassadors such as customer experience managers

    • Branding agency executives and team

    • Founders/entrepreneurs

    • Marketing, communication, and creative leaders

    • Growth and strategy leaders, including consultants

    • General managers

    Program Modules

    In this highly interactive six-week online experience, you will learn by doing. Interactive and hands-on activities are part of every module, which will allow you to put branding concepts that you've learned into practice right away.

    Pathway to Becoming an Executive Scholar

    Participants who successfully complete the Strategies That Build Winning Brands program will accrue points towards becoming an esteemed Kellogg Executive Scholar; a unique credential that provides you the opportunity to customize your pathway to achieve your professional development goals.

    Kellogg’s expansive program offerings allow you to build a variety of competencies that focus on practical application. More than about learning to lead, the path to becoming an Executive Scholar is about leading through learning.

    Award-winning Program Faculty

    TIMOTHY CALKINS
    TIMOTHY CALKINS

    Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management

    Tim Calkins helps people and organizations build strong brands. He is a marketing professor, author, speaker, and consultant. He teaches courses including Marketing Strategy a...

    JULIE HENNESSY
    JULIE HENNESSY

    Clinical Professor of Marketing and Associate Chair of the Marketing Department

    Professor Hennessy's MBA and Executive teaching focuses on the development of Marketing Strategies to enhance long-term competitive advantage and profitability. She works freq...

    Testimonials

    I enjoyed the strategic insight into how famous brands work. It was interesting to learn how brands used customer-centric marketing strategies to become what they are today.
    Marcio Cabral
    Creative Director, Marketing Communications, Oak Street Health
    The program met my objectives, which were to take key matters back to the workplace and leverage going forward, from the outset.
    Pieter Steyn
    Director, General Management, KPMG
    After 20 years on the job, I’m delighted with the amount of new knowledge I was able to gain from this branding course!
    Jason Casto
    Marketing Director, Central Garden Pet
    My personal favorite was understanding when to rebrand, extend, reposition or kill a brand. Very relevant to my current company and role.
    Amy Chamberlain
    Senior Marketing Manager, Marketing & Sales, Liberty Hardware Mfg. Company
    Certificate

    Certificate

    Upon successful completion of the program, Kellogg Executive Education grants a verified digital certificate of completion to participants.This program is graded as a pass or fail; participants must receive 80% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.

    After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Kellogg Executive Education.

    Note: This online certificate program does not grant academic credit or a degree from Kellogg School of Management.

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    Financing Options

    Climb Credit*

    We offer financing options with our partner, Climb Credit*. Click here to learn more.

    *Applicable for US Residents

    Flexible Payment Options For All

    Flexible payment options allow you to pay the program fee in installments. Click here to see payment schedule.

    Didn't find what you were looking for? Write to us at learner.success@emeritus.org or Schedule a call with one of our Program Advisors or call us at +1 315 502 3308 (US) / +44 128 291 1923 (UK) / +65 3129 4131 (SG)

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