MSc Performance for Business Leadership in detail
The MSc in Performance for Business Leadership at Paris School of Business, developed in partnership with Cours Florent, prepares managers to combine management expertise, leadership, and high-impact communication skills.
Through an immersive teaching approach based on simulations, role-playing, real-world scenarios, and practical exercises, students develop the essential soft skills needed to inspire, persuade, and bring people together.
The program combines strategy, innovation, artificial intelligence, leadership, and communication techniques to prepare agile professionals capable of making decisions, leading teams, and navigating complex and international business environments with confidence.
Why choose the MSc in Performance for Business Leadership?
Dual Expertise in Management & Leadership
The MSc combines management expertise and leadership development to prepare students to thrive in complex and international environments.
Through strategy, innovation, economic and geopolitical intelligence, and AI applied to leadership, students develop their ability to make decisions, lead projects, and engage teams.
An Immersive Learning Experience with Cours Florent
Through its partnership with Cours Florent, students develop their communication skills, public speaking, and ability to influence through an experiential learning approach.
Public speaking, storytelling, stress management, active listening, persuasion, and non-violent communication are developed to strengthen their professional presence and impact as future managers.
Soft Skills Driving Performance
The program prepares leaders who can communicate with impact, manage uncertainty, engage their teams, and build effective professional relationships.
Students develop their confidence, agility, and interpersonal intelligence to adopt a management approach suited to the challenges faced by businesses and international organizations.
“In a world where agility and soft skills are essential, this MSc develops versatile leaders who can adapt, inspire, and lead with confidence. The program combines management excellence, leadership, and communication to prepare professionals capable of turning challenges into opportunities.”
Alice DUFOUR
Head of MSc
11
specialization Courses
Focused on decision analytics, digital governance, cybersecurity, and resilience
MSc in Performance for Business Leadership Program (2026/27)
The number of teaching hours is 665h.
- Leading Through Complexity & Uncertainty
- Leading Innovation for Performance
- Economic & Geopolitical Intelligence for Leaders
- Business Design for High-Performance Leadership
- AI Literacy and Data-Driven Leadership
- Fundamentals of Verbal, Paraverbal and Nonverbal Communication
- The Art of the Speech
- The Pitch Attitude
- Fundamentals of Stress Management
- Active Listening and Interaction
- The Art of Storytelling
- Creativity and Imagination for Oral Presentations
- Interactions in Specific Professional Contexts
- Assertiveness and Persuasion in Communication
- Communication in Fundamental Management Situations
- Conflict Management and Nonviolent Communication
A mandatory four-month internship complements the program, giving students the opportunity to apply their skills in a professional environment.
What to do after the MSc in Performance for Business Leadership?
Professional integration
Upon completion of the MSc in Performance for Business Leadership, graduates can pursue careers in management, leadership, business development, communication, and consulting within French and international companies and organizations.
- Manager or Team Leader
- Project Manager / Program Manager
- Business Developer / Account Manager
- Human Resources / Talent Development / Learning & Development Specialist
- Communication / Corporate Relations / Internal Communication Manager
- Management, Leadership, or Change Management Consultant
- Entrepreneur
The school does not offer any track beyond graduation from this program.
How to join the MSc in Performance for Business Leadership?
The admission process for the Paris School of Business MSc in Data Management consists of an application review, and an individual interview. Applications are submitted directly through Paris School of Business,
1.
Apply
Download and send us our application form or apply with our online application
2.
Application Review
The Paris School of Business admissions committee carefully reviews your application.
3.
Individual Interview
You will attend a motivation interview either in person or remotely to validate your admission.
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