Driving Corporate Performance

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Master the art of aligning structures, systems, talent, and processes to execute a winning strategy. Leverage powerful systems for performance measurement and management control to chart a path toward short and long-term success.

The program fee covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals.

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Corporate performance goes far beyond financial results. If you're only measuring by dollar amounts, you're missing the big picture—potentially ignoring risks and missing opportunities.

Driving Corporate Performance explores how leading companies optimize strategy execution by leveraging strategy communication, accountability, and organizational design. You'll harness the tools to align measurement and control systems to design, motivate, and lead a successful, scalable organization.

Key Program Features

Key Topics

  • Translate your company's mission and business strategy into performance targets and measures

  • Define and measure your unique value proposition for target customers

  • Create a blueprint to align people, processes, and IT for improved performance

  • Develop job designs and accountability systems to motivate and encourage entrepreneurship

  • Allocate resources and evolve systems to adapt to changing customer needs

  • Leverage data, machine learning, and AI to unlock new growth opportunities

  • Link intangible assets, like brand and intellectual property, to your strategy so you can sustain a competitive edge

  • Measure and align internal capabilities and processes for optimal customer value creation

Program Format

  • 6
    days on the HBS campus
  • 12–15
    hours of pre-program work

Case materials and a detailed schedule will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

Who Should Attend

  • General managers

  • Executives with planning, control, and accounting responsibilities

  • HR executives engaged in aligning talent with business strategy

  • Other roles responsible for designing and implementing systems to measure, monitor, and improve enterprise performance

Individuals and teams are welcome to attend. Sending two or more representatives from your organization fosters teamwork and amplifies program impact.

Global Perspective

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15%
Africa
14%
Asia Pacific
11%
Europe
14%
Latin America
13%
Middle East
33%
North America

Top Industries Represented

  • 12%

    Raw Materials / Energy

  • 11%

    Financial

  • 9%

    Nonprofit Services

  • 8%

    High Technology

  • 7%

    Hospitality

  • 6%

    Manufacturing

  • 6%

    Professional Services

  • 5%

    Agriculture

  • 5%

    Chem/Pharma/Bio

  • 5%

    Real Estate / Construction

Experience

Years Worked

  • 7%

    Less than 10 years

  • 12%

    10-14 years

  • 28%

    15-19 years

  • 20%

    20-24 years

  • 13%

    25-29 years

  • 16%

    30-34 years

  • 3%

    35-39 years

  • 1%

    40 or more

Companies That Have Participated

  • Airbus
  • Cementos Argos S.A.
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • ExxonMobil
  • Guess
  • IBM
  • Marriott
  • Nike, Inc
  • State Street Bank International GmbH
  • ThyssenKrupp
  • Vanguard

Teaching Team

All our executive education programs are developed and taught by a team of widely recognized HBS faculty. Many are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

Faculty Cochairs

  • Headshot of Robert Kaplan HBS Staff

    Robert S. Kaplan

    Senior Fellow Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus

  • Headshot of Robert Simons

    Robert Simons

    Baker Foundation Professor Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

Faculty

The HBS Experience

This in-person program takes place on our storied campus where you'll live and learn at the heart of Boston's vibrant business, academic, and technology hubs.

At HBS, every detail is carefully calibrated to drive your success. Living arrangements and classrooms that spark connection. Unrivaled academic resources. And rejuvenating fitness, dining, and cultural amenities.

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The dedicated Executive Education area of campus features multiple classroom buildings and three residence halls around a quad

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Our well-appointed residence halls feature private bedrooms, living group lounges, and courtyards to fuel vibrant discussions

Admissions

We admit applicants on a rolling, space-available basis, so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

The selective admissions process is based on professional achievement, organizational responsibility, and the admissions criteria for each program as described in Who Should Attend. There are no formal educational requirements for HBS Executive Education programs.

Learn more about the admissions process and requirements.

Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.