Strategic Marketing Leadership provides students with the innovation, marketing strategy, and leadership skills to help them reach the C-suite and thrive. The course focuses on the skills, confidence, and insights needed to lead a more customer-centric and competitive organization to create and sustain a sustainable competitive advantage in a business environment. Students will learn about two key issues in formulating a marketing strategy: identifying target markets and creating a differentiated advantage, and how to lead strategic marketing successfully. Students will apply their knowledge to implement marketing strategies through strategic customer management, strategic sales organization, building networks and strategic alliances, implementing internal marketing, and corporate social responsibility. Finally, students will develop their own marketing strategy and a marketing plan for a specific business.