Programs for Alumni

leftquoteAs an alumnus, I value that rare opportunity to have the luxury of time to think a problem through.rightquote
Roger Servison, MBA '69
President, New Business Development
Fidelity Investments, U.S.
 
 

Today's complex business world demands visionary thinking. Designed for HBS alumni and executives who span industries and the world, each program builds on your HBS experience to help you address current challenges and emerging opportunities. You'll gain market insights from faculty thought leaders, tap into our global alumni network—and receive a 30-percent discount on open-enrollment programs.

Breakthrough Insights

Dates and Fees

  • June 3–6, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $3,500

Offered exclusively to HBS alumni, Breakthrough Insights focuses on timely business challenges that are on the minds of business leaders across the globe. By exploring topics related to the global financial system, this upcoming session will help you navigate the current business environment and achieve strategic advantage for your firm.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Lynda M. Applegate (faculty chair), William W. George (faculty chair), Youngme E. Moon, Stefan H. Thomke

Making Corporate Boards More Effective

Dates and Fees

  • July 24–27, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $8,500
  • November 6–9, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $8,500

Our flagship board program gives directors a new perspective on their role—along with frameworks to help them position companies for long-term success. Recognizing the demand for increased board leadership, this program prompts you to examine growing challenges, prioritize board responsibilities, and learn from the practices of successful boards. You will gain insight into how to execute strategy, develop top talent, and enhance enterprise value.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Rakesh Khurana, Jay W. Lorsch (faculty chair), Krishna G. Palepu, Walter J. Salmon, Guhan Subramanian

Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

Dates and Fees

  • July 28–30, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $5,600

Recognizing today's economic volatility and growing regulation, this program is designed to help audit committees and CFOs lead more effectively. Proven frameworks will help you increase your capacity to improve transparency, ensure compliance, strengthen working relationships, and create a better-performing committee.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Paul M. Healy (faculty chair), Jay W. Lorsch, Krishna G. Palepu

Compensation Committees

Dates and Fees

  • July 31–August 2, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $5,600

Taking an in-depth look at executive compensation, this program improves compensation committee effectiveness through development of sound policies. You will gain a new perspective on challenges ranging from external calls for reform to the imperative to align compensation with corporate performance. Through study of well-functioning committees, you will find new compensation approaches that motivate top executives—and enhance shareholder value.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan (faculty chair), Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan

Authentic Leadership Development

Dates and Fees

  • August 25–30, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $13,000
  • December 2–7, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $13,000

To become a great leader, you must find your inner compass. Learn how to develop a leadership approach driven by your values and principles. This program prompts you to explore your motivations, ethics, and leadership style. Encouraged by a frank, confidential exchange with peers, you will learn how to become a more confident, trusted, and capable leader who can also develop authentic leadership in others.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: William W. George (faculty chair), Robert Steven Kaplan, Joshua D. Margolis, Leslie A. Perlow, Scott A. Snook

Governing for Nonprofit Excellence

Dates and Fees

  • October 27–30, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $4,000

Exploring the nonprofit board's critical role, this program offers best practices that enhance the contribution of outside board members and chairs. As you master proven governance frameworks, you improve your capacity to define, oversee, and adjust the organization's mission; create strategic plans; and assess and measure performance. As a result, your board will be better able to build financial sustainability and improve overall performance.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Alnoor Ebrahim (faculty chair), Allen S. Grossman, Robert Steven Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, F. Warren McFarlan, Kathleen L. McGinn, William Ryan, Howard H. Stevenson

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Dates and Fees

  • October 27–31, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $11,000

Build a successful investment strategy and improve your effectiveness at all stages of a deal, even in today's turbulent market. In this program, you examine critical aspects of investing, such as negotiation strategy and portfolio management, while exploring industry models—from venture capital to growth equity to buyouts. You emerge with practical approaches to industry infrastructure, portfolio strategies, and decision making.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Paul A. Gompers, G. Felda Hardymon (faculty chair), Josh Lerner, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

Global Energy Seminar

Dates and Fees

  • November 3–6, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $8,500

Develop a keen understanding of the political and economic risk involved in capturing maximum value in the global energy marketplace. Created for energy industry executives, this offering examines the innovations and dynamic forces that affect how energy is produced and distributed worldwide. You gain strategies and frameworks that enable superior decision making and expand your capacity to capitalize on growth opportunities domestically and abroad.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Rawi Abdelal (faculty chair), Rebecca M. Henderson, Shon R. Hiatt, Joseph B. Lassiter III, Noel Maurer (faculty chair), Forest L. Reinhardt (faculty chair), Richard H.K. Vietor

Risk Management for Corporate Leaders

Dates and Fees

  • December 8–13, 2013 (HBS Campus)

  • $11,250

By exploring the three levels of risk hierarchy, you will learn how to help your company turn risk into opportunity. You will develop a scorecard that incorporates risk into strategy execution, and build processes that anticipate, prioritize, and mitigate unknown threats across the enterprise.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Paul M. Healy, Robert S. Kaplan, Anette Mikes, Robert Simons (faculty chair)

Leadership in Financial Organizations

Dates and Fees

  • July 2014 (HBS Campus)

  • TBD

Investigate the critical leadership issues that confront high-level executives of financial institutions in today's challenging economy. This program, designed for managing directors and high-level leaders, explores risk management, ethical obligations, regulatory controls, and other demands placed on today's companies. You will learn to lead franchises, teams, and entire organizations more effectively.

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PROGRAM FACULTY: Boris Groysberg (faculty chair), Paul M. Healy (faculty chair)

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