Program for Leadership Development: Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders
"Once you have gone through a program such as PLD, you just belong to this community."
"Once you have gone through a program such as PLD, you just belong to this community."
Summary
Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more effective influencers who can contribute to corporate success on a higher level.
This highly personalized program features two on-campus and two virtual, self-paced modules that focus on accelerating your business and your career. You will return to your organization more confident, more capable, and better equipped to take on new challenges.
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Summary
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Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more effective influencers who can contribute to corporate success on a higher level.
This highly personalized program features two on-campus and two virtual, self-paced modules that focus on accelerating your business and your career. You will return to your organization more confident, more capable, and better equipped to take on new challenges.
Key Benefits
Who Should Attend
PLD is designed for executives preparing for career growth who want to expand their hard and soft skills and refine their personal leadership style to deliver results for their organization. Ideal candidates include:
- Specialists and star contributors who have been identified as outstanding prospects for increased leadership responsibilities
- High potential talent in roles that cover the scope of senior manager, manager, senior director, or director
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Who Should Attend
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PLD is designed for executives preparing for career growth who want to expand their hard and soft skills and refine their personal leadership style to deliver results for their organization. Ideal candidates include:
- Specialists and star contributors who have been identified as outstanding prospects for increased leadership responsibilities
- High potential talent in roles that cover the scope of senior manager, manager, senior director, or director
Dive Deeper into the ExperienceGlobal perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.Stretching the skills and expanding the mindset of a leader.Coaching—designed to define and pursue your leadership goals—is a key step on your path to success.
Leaders in Virtual Learning
This program features sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom.
Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since. In a world that is now centered around virtual connection, our programs reflect the input and experience of tens of thousands of participants.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live synchronous program sessions, you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
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Leaders in Virtual Learning
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This program features sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom.
Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since. In a world that is now centered around virtual connection, our programs reflect the input and experience of tens of thousands of participants.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live synchronous program sessions, you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
Learning and Living at HBS
PLD is a highly structured yet deeply personalized experience. From the careful selection of living group members and new HBS case studies to professional executive coaching for individuals and teams, every aspect is designed to foster collaborative learning and accelerate personal growth.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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PLD is a highly structured yet deeply personalized experience. From the careful selection of living group members and new HBS case studies to professional executive coaching for individuals and teams, every aspect is designed to foster collaborative learning and accelerate personal growth.
Earning Alumni Status
Completing the four core modules of PLD puts you on the path to achieving HBS alumni status. You can become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community by selecting one of three options:
- Complete PLD Module 5 to earn 10 PLDA Points.
- Earn a total of 10 PLDA Points by completing other qualifying HBS Executive Education programs. View all qualifying programs.
- 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.
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.
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Earning Alumni Status
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Completing the four core modules of PLD puts you on the path to achieving HBS alumni status. You can become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community by selecting one of three options:
- Complete PLD Module 5 to earn 10 PLDA Points.
- Earn a total of 10 PLDA Points by completing other qualifying HBS Executive Education programs. View all qualifying programs.
- 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.
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.
Admissions Criteria and Process
- The application, telling us about your experience, your organization, and your current responsibilities, goals, and challenges
- A letter of reference from someone familiar with your work
Applications will be considered on a rolling, space-available basis. Both your application and letter of reference must be submitted before the admissions committee can review.
