Advanced Management Program: Transforming Proven Leaders into Global Executives

• Deepen your understanding of financial reporting, capital investment decision-making, and performance
• Evaluate financial statements and recognize important strengths and red flags
• Assess financial plans and your firm's financing needs
• Analyze the approaches used to evaluate capital investment decisions
• Explore the core principles of accrual accounting, cost accounting, and control systems
• Examine ratio analysis, activity-based costing, the Balanced Scorecard, and risk management

• Identify the regional trajectories of growth, development, and governmental strategies that are leading the world economy toward globalization
• Analyze a country's economic performance, evaluate the social and political context, identify its key institutional strengths and weaknesses, and assess its government's strategy
• Examine national income accounting and balance of payments accounting, inflation and real interest rates, total factor productivity, fiscal and monetary policy, income distribution, and foreign direct investment

• Align business activities to build competitive advantage and renew that advantage over time
• Set the direction of your business and craft its overarching strategy
• Evaluate the competitive forces that distinguish highly profitable industries
• Manage the relationship between the competitive strategy of a business unit and the corporate strategy of an enterprise
• Overcome challenges that arise when leading a company over time
• Take strategic actions today that will position your firm for success tomorrow

• Derive extraordinary work from ordinary people by solving operational issues in quality, availability, and customer service
• Address current operational challenges and opportunities while anticipating future ones
• Recognize how you can pull the levers that drive operational excellence
• Compete on service excellence and new product and service introduction through a better understanding of customer needs
• Effectively communicate to investors about current operations and planned investments

• Advance your personal leadership skills and accelerate your role in building and leading a high-performing organization
• Align the organization's culture, structure, systems, and people to effectively implement your corporate strategy
• Integrate the skills, talents, and resources of individuals and teams to achieve organizational goals
• Overcome organizational inertia by mobilizing and driving change across your company
• Develop and communicate a vision for your organization and motivate people to fulfill it

• Become a more effective negotiator by improving your analytical and tactical skills
• Design and execute agreements that create and sustain maximum value for all parties
• Resolve disputes and achieve superior outcomes, even when others are emotional or irrational
• Think strategically in a wide array of competitive contexts by anticipating the strategies of others
• Respond to differences in ethical standards during negotiations
• Work effectively with people whose backgrounds, perspectives, and values differ from yours

• Address the challenges inherent in the customer-facing functions of a firm
• Maximize marketing, sales, and service to create, communicate, and deliver customer and brand value in a global context
• Understand the importance of segmentation, targeting, and positioning in today's digital world
• Create value by engaging customers in the entire process—from product launch to product life cycle
• Develop effective marketing strategies by integrating new information and interactive technologies

• Navigate the global financial system while creating, measuring, and managing value for your firm
• Gain a broader understanding of financial markets, institutions, and instruments
• Delve into the frontier issues of the global financial system
• Understand your critical role in the valuation of your company
• Analyze the opportunities for adding value to your organization
• Evaluate the risks of your decisions in an uncertain and turbulent environment

A seven-week program creates the opportunity to build close, trusting relationships with a small, diverse group of peer executives who can understand your challenges—but are not part of your organization. Your living group will stimulate your learning each day as you:

• Absorb global insights by working with executives from different countries, cultures, and professional backgrounds
• Share diverse perspectives as you discuss cases and assignments
• Complete small group exercises and projects as a team
• Give and receive feedback and advice—both personal and professional—in a safe environment

You will assess your personal leadership strengths and weaknesses through a 360-degree leadership and personality assessment.

Our distinctive coaching method is highly integrated into the program to accelerate both individual and team growth. During the first and third weeks, you and your peers will meet with your professional HBS executive coach to accelerate the living group process. Your coach will also help you assess your personal leadership strengths and weaknesses through two one-on-one sessions—one focused on your 360-degree leadership and personality assessment at the start of the program and another focused on your reentry strategy following the program. All coaching sessions are strictly confidential, giving you the freedom to share your personal goals and professional challenges.

The program allows you to dig deeply into timely topics that are important to you and your company, such as corporate governance, entrepreneurship, strategic marketing, and digital strategy. In addition, a series of inspirational seminars helps to foster self-reflection and prompt you to rethink, redefine, and reinvigorate your individual leadership approach.

Members of the Advanced Management Program faculty are often available to meet with you one-on-one and provide new perspectives on your business challenges.

You will have exclusive access to unparalleled resources that you can use to extend your learning, investigate topics of personal and professional importance, and identify new learning objectives.

• Research Assistance – Take advantage of exclusive access to research specialists from the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center, the world's largest business archives. These experts will help you navigate the vast library collections and use your time effectively.
• Harvard ManageMentor® – This self-directed learning resource includes 44 modules that address critical management issues and empower you to build, broaden, and refresh your leadership skills.
• Advanced Management Program Website – This alumni website keeps you connected with peers worldwide via webinars, renewal programs, and reunions. You also will have exclusive access to a wide array of support tools, resources, and videos of executive guest speakers.

You will have a unique opportunity to hear from some of the business world's most influential and innovative CEOs—often the case protagonists—who share how they overcame diverse business and leadership challenges. HBS thought leaders will be on hand to share their latest research, industry insights, and special expertise.

During a three-day break midway through the program, we will invite your family members to participate in an optional two-day, on-campus program that includes special class sessions, social gatherings, and children's activities. If you prefer, you can use the time to travel home or explore New England.