Program for Leadership Development: Earning Alumni Status

If you have completed the Program for Leadership Development (PLD), you have an opportunity to achieve HBS alumni status by completing additional HBS Executive Education programs. Earn alumni status by selecting one of three options:

1. Complete PLD and PLD Module 5 to earn 10 Program for Leadership Development Alumni (PLDA) Points.

2. Complete PLD and additional qualifying HBS Executive Education programs with values that total 10 PLDA Points.

3. Complete PLD and attend two consecutive Executive Education programs—

   Launching New Ventures and Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, plus a special PLD only evening—to earn a total of 10 PLDA Points.

You have five years from the completion of PLD to fulfill alumni status requirements. Qualifying programs include those completed within two years prior to your PLD start date.

As part of the HBS alumni network, you gain exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success.

If you have participated in a custom program developed for an organization, please contact our Program Advising team to determine whether the program qualifies.

The following upcoming programs qualify for PLDA Points.

10 PLDA Points

• PLD Module 5

• Managing Health Care Delivery

• Senior Executive Program—Africa

8 PLDA Points

• Managing Turbulence

6 PLDA Points

• Launching New Ventures

• Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

5 PLDA Points

• Aligning Strategy and Sales

• Authentic Leader Development

• Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision-Making

• Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision-Making—Middle East

• Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

• Disruptive Innovation

• Driving Corporate Performance

• Driving Digital Strategy

• Families in Business

• Finance for Senior Executives

• Growing as a Purposeful Leader

• High Potentials Leadership Program

• Leadership for Senior Executives

• Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation

• Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

• Leading Global Businesses

• Leading in the Digital Era

• Leading Professional Service Firms

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Real Estate Management Program

• Risk Management for Corporate Leaders—Virtual

• Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth

• Strategic Negotiations: Dealmaking for the Long Term

• Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

• Transforming Customer Experiences

4 PLDA Points

• Managing Innovation

• The Women's Leadership Forum

• Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director

3 PLDA Points

• Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

• Agribusiness Seminar

• Building a Legacy: Family Office Wealth Management

• Competing in the Age of AI

• Creating Brand Value

• Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Investment Management Workshop

• Making Corporate Boards More Effective

• Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

• Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise

• Succeeding as a Strategic CFO

• The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports

2 PLDA Points

• Advanced Corporate Director Seminar

• Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual

• Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

• Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions

• Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

• Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual

• Driving Strategic Decisions—Virtual

• Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual