Program for Leadership Development Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders

Who Is Right for the Program

The Program for Leadership Development is designed specifically for managers and functional specialists who have approximately 10 years of work experience and are considered to be outstanding prospects for leadership within their organizations. The goal is to assemble a group of participants that represents diverse business functions, companies, industries, and countries.

Appropriate titles include, but are not limited to:

  • Vice president
  • Director
  • Project manager
  • Functional manager

Visit the admissions section for details about our application process.

Past Participants Represented:

Industries Nationalities
5% Chem/Pharm/Bio 7% Africa
1% Communications 14% Asia
6% Consumer Products 5% Australia/NZ
18% Financial 31% Europe
7% High Technology 5% Latin America
6% Manufacturing 8% Middle East
10% Nonprofit Services 27% North America
8% Other 3% Other
3% Other Services
13% Professional Services
5% Raw Materials/Energy
5% Real Estate/Construction
7% Retail Services
6% Utilities/Telecommunications

Participating Companies Have Included:

Alcatel-Lucent
Areva
The Boeing Company
Carlsberg A/S
CB Richard Ellis
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Forbes Media LLC
Hess Corporation
Google, Inc.
Intel Corporation

ITOCHU Corporation
Kaiser Permanente
Nestlé S.A.
Novo Nordisk AS
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Red Bull GMBH
Toyota Motor Corporation
The Walt Disney Company
UBS AG
Wipro, Ltd.

"The peer-to-peer experience at PLD extended the classroom learning in ways I hadn't anticipated. As participants come from all over the world and have wide-ranging job functions and industry backgrounds, I gained exposure to different viewpoints and cultural realities—all of which better prepared me to implement strategies successfully within my own organization."
Joanie Purser [Product Manager], BT Global Services, Malaysia