GMP: A High-Return Investment
Going far beyond basic skills, theories, and frameworks, the General Management Program conveys and instills the reality and practice of general management. You will return to your organization with the analytical skills needed to identify, frame, and solve complex business problems; the confidence to make important business decisions in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment; and the leadership skills to drive fundamental change in your organization and industry.
How is this accomplished?
- GMP builds on Harvard Business School's six decades of experience in designing and running outstanding leadership programs for senior executives. It offers a large, diverse, and challenging peer group, with constant feedback from unbiased, noncompetitive peers. The third-party, noncorporate setting allows you to take risks, experiment freely, and escape the confines of your daily working life.
- A world-class faculty, working as an integrated team, provides an unparalleled educational experience. Faculty members work closely with you, in many cases creating bonds that last for years.
- The five-part GMP learning experience moves you from your current knowledge and skill base to a broadly expanded one—with the goal of helping you to think and act differently.
- You will create strong and durable personal networks that provide enduring benefits to both you and your sponsoring organization.
- GMP combines the large-group learning of the classroom with small-group learning, creating an incomparable leadership development experience.
- The small living groups—assembled to include a range of experiences and talents—provide a unique context for personal feedback and professional development. Within these groups, you and your peers will act as mentors, coaches, advisers, teachers, and even as students. You will teach, as well as learn, giving and receiving constructive criticism and honest feedback.
- The length of the program is critically important: Effective learning groups grow out of cohesion and trust, which only can be achieved through a sustained immersion in the learning environment, away from the routines and pressures of the workplace. While shorter programs can offer skill building, they cannot provide the personal transformation that occurs in GMP.
"I highly recommend the GMP program! It truly is a life-changing experience—but you can only grasp its full impact once you’re back at work applying the skills you gained at HBS. The combination of outstanding peers, fantastic faculty, an exhilarating classroom experience, and the vast resources of HBS make this program second to none!"
Boris Kuehn [Head of Mergers & Acquisitions], DB Mobility Logistics AG (FGP), Germany