What You Can Expect
Sustaining competitive advantage in a recession requires more than just insightful strategy. To guide a company's trajectory, today's leaders need a balanced view of business that encompasses financial measures, nonfinancial measures, and multiple control systems. In Driving Corporate Performance, you and an accomplished group of peers will explore the important connections between strategy, performance measures, management accountability, organizational design, and corporate governance.
In this HBS Executive Education program, you will master the principles and practical application of powerful new systems for risk management, cost management, and strategy description and implementation. You will return to your organization prepared to implement systems across all business functions and initiatives, helping your company and colleagues execute strategy, achieve breakthrough performance, manage risk, and sustain competitive advantage. Specifically, you will be better able to:
- Translate your company's mission and business strategy into a comprehensive set of performance targets and measures
- Analyze, understand, and communicate business strategy
- Develop and implement an integrated framework for your organization's cost management and performance management control systems
- Align management accountability, organizational design, and corporate governance with your company's strategy
- Understand what is involved in managing operational and strategic risks, particularly during challenging economic times
- Leverage financial, physical, and human capital for corporate value creation
How Will My Organization Benefit?
Executive Education programs at Harvard Business School are a significant investment for both you and your organization. Going far beyond the basic transmission of skills and theories, each leadership development program provides applicable lessons in the classroom that can be implemented successfully within your organization. You will acquire a fresh perspective on global business from our groundbreaking curriculum, world-renowned faculty, and an accomplished group of elite peers from around the world.
"Driving Corporate Performance was one of the most empowering and enlightening learning experiences of my life. Through its informative, challenging, and comprehensive approach, I came away with renewed vigor and a strong belief that we can move from a $35 million to a $100 million company. I sincerely look forward to returning to Harvard Business School in future years."
Paul Green [Chief Executive Officer], CVGT Employment & Training, Australia