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Getting your employer to pay

Ask early in the budget year, tie the program to a problem your company has now, and offer something back, such as sharing what you learn or staying for an agreed period. Your employer's own policy decides the rest.

Before you ask

  1. Find the company's learning or education policy. Look for a spending cap, a repayment clause if you leave, and who approves.
  2. Find out when the training budget is set, and ask before it is spent.
  3. Pick one or two programs and copy the fee, length, format and extras from the official page, with the date. The table has them.
  4. Work out the time away from work: weekly hours for the full length, plus any campus days and travel.
  5. Add costs outside the fee, such as tax, application fees or accommodation.

The fee your employer would be asked to cover

Copy the fee for your program, with its date, into the ask. Bars start at zero and stay within one currency.

GBP

  1. Imperial College8,000
  2. Cambridge19,000

INR

  1. IIT Madras Pravartak280,000
  2. IIM Lucknow535,000
  3. ISB631,000
  4. IIM Kozhikode678,000

USD

  1. CTO Academy4,450
  2. Wharton23,000
  3. UC Berkeley29,000
  4. MIT34,500

Make the case in three lines

  1. The problem: what the company needs from its technology leadership in the next 12 to 18 months.
  2. The fit: which parts of the program address it, named from the program page.
  3. The return: what you will bring back, such as a strategy document, a budget model or a plan to grow the team's leaders.

The ask in three steps

  1. The problem

    What the company needs from its technology leadership in the next 12 to 18 months.

  2. The fit

    Which parts of the program address it, named from the program page.

  3. The return

    What you bring back: a strategy document, a budget model or a plan to grow the team’s leaders.

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