Owner/President Management Program

LEADING EFFECTIVELY IN AN UNCERTAIN CLIMATE
If you're in the Houston area on February 20, please join us for a complimentary event with Professor Rob Kaplan, who will discuss the current economic crisis and its implications through the lens of his new book on leadership, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror (Harvard Business Review Press). A networking reception will follow. To RSVP for this event, please email Sarah MacElroy.

Who Is Right for the Program

OPM is ideal for CEOs, COOs, presidents, and managing directors of companies with annual sales of at least $5 million. In addition to being actively involved in running the business, candidates must hold a significant equity stake in their firms.

While the program emphasizes entrepreneurial leadership, participants from companies that are bootstrapped, venture funded, or long established also are welcome. In this intensive learning experience, you must be ready to challenge yourself, seek out new ideas, and contribute to a range of thought-provoking group activities. Between sessions, you will be expected to actively reflect on and apply what you have learned.

OPM participants represent a broad range of industries and organizations and hail from countries around the world. This global diversity not only empowers you to negotiate, compete, and conduct business across borders, but also maximizes your exposure to successful business practices and enables you to expand your professional network with accomplished business leaders worldwide.

Past Participants Represented:

Industries Nationalities
4% Chem/Pharm/Bio 4% Africa
3% Communications 11% Asia
11% Consumer Products 5% Australia/NZ
7% Financial 11% Europe
4% High Technology 9% Latin America
15% Manufacturing 2% Middle East
4% Nonprofit 52% North America
2% Other 6% Other
10% Other Services
12% Professional Services
3% Raw Materials/Energy
14% Real Estate/ Construction
10% Retail Services
1% Utilities/Telecommunications

"OPM was an outstanding experience. The interaction with fellow attendees on a personal level created deep, lifelong friendships, while at the same time facilitating powerful interlearning. The group interaction in the case studies coupled with the class discussions challenged my business mindset and helped me develop new and creative business models."

Padraig O'Ceidigh [Chairman], Aer Arann, Ireland