Owner-Managed Programs
When you are a company's owner, leader, or perhaps founder as well, success depends on the strength of your leadership—your ability to build effective teams, negotiate complex deals, and create long-term value. Exploring the diverse challenges and opportunities associated with owning, running, and sustaining a profitable enterprise, these programs prepare you and your executive team to build tomorrow's success—one decision at a time.
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
Learn how to plan for tomorrow while mastering today's complex business conditions in this program for leaders in small-to-midsize companies. You will examine fresh approaches to strategy, financing, and organizational planning in the context of the current economy, internalizing best practices that prepare you to achieve your goals. Providing new insights and tools, this two-week program readies you to build your company's future.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Lynda M. Applegate (faculty chair)
Families in Business
Emphasizing the unique challenges facing family-owned companies, this proven program promotes long-term success for both business and family. In private, facilitated sessions and in group sessions with family business teams from around the world, you will gain valuable insights into issues such as nurturing effective work and shareholder relationships, evaluating performance, passing the business to the next generation, and maintaining ownership control.
PROGRAM FACULTY: David L. Ager, John A. Davis (faculty chair), Deepak Malhotra, Belén Villalonga
Key Executives Program
This general management program helps senior managers in smaller, privately held companies increase their effectiveness and leadership ability. During two intensive weeks focused on general management best practices, you discover how to contribute more fully to your company's success and gain a deeper understanding of your role in shaping corporate direction and improving performance.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Lynda M. Applegate, John A. Davis, Rohit Deshpandé, Deepak Malhotra
Launching New Ventures
Develop the diverse skills required to transform a new business opportunity into a successful company in today's business environment. Focusing on the challenges facing entrepreneurs in small-to-midsize companies, this program helps you make sound investment and management decisions, build a strong team, exploit disruptive opportunities, define new business initiatives, and sell your concept to investors, partners, and other parties.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Lynda M. Applegate (faculty chair), Bhaskar Chakravorti, Shikhar Ghosh, William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda
Owner/President Management Program
Crafted for the needs of business owners, this program delivers the insight, vision, and skills to expand your potential—and your company's success. In three multiple-week sessions taking place over three years, you will enhance your business knowledge and transform your leadership ability. Stepping back from day-to-day demands, you will assess your company's position, develop long-term strategies, and prepare to deliver greater value to stakeholders.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Lynda M. Applegate (faculty chair), John A. Davis, Rohit Deshpandé, Josh Lerner, Deepak Malhotra, Cynthia A. Montgomery, V.G. Narayanan, Forest L. Reinhardt
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
Programs, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change.
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