Your Course of Study
The Corporate Leader immerses you in a one-week learning experience
recognized for its intensity, fast pace, and impact. Because your role
as an executive is potentially quite broad, the program's curriculum
covers four fundamental areas of focus: corporate leadership, corporate
strategy, corporate finance, and corporate governance. As you explore
each of these topics in depth, you will acquire the strategic skills and
wide-ranging perspective needed to become a more effective leader,
succeed in your current role, and take on additional responsibility over
time.
Specific topics addressed in lectures, case studies, interactive
discussions, hands-on exercises, and study groups include:
Corporate Leadership
- Exploring the elements of leadership in a large multibusiness
company
- Providing vision for the strategic direction of the organization
- Building effective management teams that are dedicated to hiring,
developing, and retaining the most talented individuals at all levels
- Understanding the CEO's role, including the qualities of
successful leaders
- Managing in a crisis
Corporate Strategy
- Crafting corporate strategies that leverage all business units to
create value and deliver sustainable competitive advantage
- Recognizing and taking advantage of opportunities for synergies
across business units
- Overseeing the development of new businesses and managing growth
created by new activity within existing business units
- Considering a broad array of options that might fulfill the
organization's mission and goals, including mergers, acquisitions,
business unit reorganization, or strategic partnerships—and executing
these initiatives effectively
Corporate Finance
- Devising sound financial strategies to fund domestic and
multinational initiatives
- Managing relationships with financial markets in an uncertain
global economy
- Building a balance sheet and other financial management tools that
fit the needs of your specific corporate portfolio
- Managing cash flows from a strategic perspective
- Understanding the contribution and role of the CFO
Corporate Governance
- Structuring equitable and effective compensation and incentive
programs across the organization
- Ensuring corporate accountability, responsibility, and ethical
business practices
- Building and maintaining productive relationships with the
company's key stakeholders
- Learning from notable examples of corporate governance, both good
and bad
"The Corporate Leader deals with every dimension of leadership—from
corporate finance to corporate strategy to corporate governance. As a
result, I now have a thorough understanding of what real leadership
is—and, in the process, have become a better board member."
Fernando M. Portella [President], MP & Associates, Brazil