Operating Systems for Scale
Module II — High-Performance Teams & Execution
You can build a great team with charisma. You can only sustain one with systems.
A 2-day intensive on the operating architecture that turns talented teams into durable performance — through pressure, scale transitions, and turnover.
Part of the Vietnam Executive Leadership Program · Available standalone
What this module covers
Most Vietnamese enterprises hit the same wall around 100–300 people. The team that built the company can't be managed the way the founding team was managed. Charisma stops scaling. Hands-on leadership becomes a bottleneck. The leader has to install systems they've never built before.
This module is for that transition. It treats team performance as an engineering problem, not a personality problem.
What you'll take away
Practical architecture for the operating systems that sustain senior team performance: how to design accountability without micromanagement, how to align incentives without creating internal competition, how to install operating cadence that survives leadership turnover, and how to run senior teams under sustained uncertainty.
Specifically:
Team dynamics and conflict under pressure
Incentive design and alignment systems
Accountability architecture beyond the founder
Operating cadence: meetings, reviews, decision rights
Format
Duration: 2 days, in-person
Dates: June 11 — 12, 2026
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Cohort size: 20–25 participants
Language: English
Who should attend
C-level executives navigating cross-functional or board-level decisions
Founders transitioning from operator to enterprise leader
Senior leaders preparing for institutional or geographic expansion
Operators who have mastered execution and now need to master alignment
This is not a course in soft skills or generic leadership theory. It is calibrated for executives operating at scale.
WashU—Olin Faculty
Dr. Markus Baer
Knight Family Professor of Organizational Behavior; Vice Dean of Executive Education
Two Pathways
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Take this module as part of the full Vietnam Executive Leadership Program — a sequenced four-month journey through Power, Teams, Strategy, and Institutional Design. Priority admission. Maximum cohort integration.
US$6,250 · 4 modules · May — August 2026
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Take this module on its own. Targeted capability upgrade for leaders who need to sharpen this specific dimension.
US$1,750 · 2 days · June 11 — 12, 2026
Pricing exclusive of VAT. Priority is given to full-track participants. Corporate seat blocks available.
I deeply appreciated Prof. Markus Baer’s session on "Leading Teams Through Uncertainties” in both the form and content. A very well structure intervention with a mix of essential teams rules reminder (related to set-up and management), thoughtful examples to illustrate the key points, and practical frameworks to apply when leading a team.
The session helped me reflect upon the evolution and status of my team, and of each team members, and to take concrete actions to reinforce the team dynamics.
— Bertrand Sauvageon CEO, Vietnam Australia International School
Apply for Module II — High-Performance Teams & Execution
Cohort size is limited to 25. Priority admission for full-program participants.
$1,750
stand-alone, 2-day program
Introductory rate, pricing exclusive of VAT. Priority is given to full-track participants. Corporate seat blocks available.