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Executive Education
Harvard Business School - Executive Education
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Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
Accepting Applications
Dates: 17–22 MAR 2024
Location: HBS Campus
Fee: $17,000
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

Summary

Market-leading organizations must constantly innovate, adjust to new business conditions, and seize opportunities before competitors do. Focused on leading organizational change, this program explores how to create a nimble organization that balances innovation with performance—and experimentation with financial stability. You will return to your company prepared to build change strategies that inspire organizational change and drive corporate success.

This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More

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Summary

Market-leading organizations must constantly innovate, adjust to new business conditions, and seize opportunities before competitors do. Focused on leading organizational change, this program explores how to create a nimble organization that balances innovation with performance—and experimentation with financial stability. You will return to your company prepared to build change strategies that inspire organizational change and drive corporate success.

This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More

Key Benefits
Delving into the challenges of leading and managing change, this program prepares you to drive organizational evolution and innovation as the business environment rapidly evolves. You will gain new insight into the strategies used by top global companies to eliminate roadblocks to change—and improve your ability to become an effective agent of corporate change and organizational renewal.

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Drive the changes your organization needs to thriveDrive the changes your organization needs to thrive
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  • Anticipate, evaluate, and proactively respond to external shifts
  • Analyze disruptive technologies as both threats and opportunities
  • Build and lead more effective change strategies
Nurture innovation and agility across your organizationNurture innovation and agility across your organization
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  • Diagnose organizational problems that hinder innovation
  • Embed new ways of doing things within your corporate culture
  • Build a shared vision of success around change initiatives
Promote organizational flexibility from the top down and the bottom upPromote organizational flexibility from the top down and the bottom up
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  • Recognize how leadership styles and senior team characteristics affect change
  • Make better decisions about change initiatives—even with insufficient information
  • Develop internal communication networks essential to driving initiatives forward
  • Help your leadership team develop the skills of "change champions"
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
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  • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
  • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

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Delving into the challenges of leading and managing change, this program prepares you to drive organizational evolution and innovation as the business environment rapidly evolves. You will gain new insight into the strategies used by top global companies to eliminate roadblocks to change—and improve your ability to become an effective agent of corporate change and organizational renewal.
Details

Drive the changes your organization needs to thrive

  • Anticipate, evaluate, and proactively respond to external shifts
  • Analyze disruptive technologies as both threats and opportunities
  • Build and lead more effective change strategies

Nurture innovation and agility across your organization

  • Diagnose organizational problems that hinder innovation
  • Embed new ways of doing things within your corporate culture
  • Build a shared vision of success around change initiatives

Promote organizational flexibility from the top down and the bottom up

  • Recognize how leadership styles and senior team characteristics affect change
  • Make better decisions about change initiatives—even with insufficient information
  • Develop internal communication networks essential to driving initiatives forward
  • Help your leadership team develop the skills of "change champions"

Expand your personal and professional network

  • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
  • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for senior executives at companies of all sizes and stages—from current market leaders to fast-growing midsize competitors to dynamic emerging companies.

HBS gives admission preference to senior management teams composed of four to eight individuals. Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact on your organization.

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

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Who Should Attend

This program is designed for senior executives at companies of all sizes and stages—from current market leaders to fast-growing midsize competitors to dynamic emerging companies.

HBS gives admission preference to senior management teams composed of four to eight individuals. Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact on your organization.

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

Global Perspective Experience the world in your classroom. /Lists/Infographics/EditForm.aspx?ID=167 Top Industries Represented Insights from a range of industries ignite your thinking. /Lists/Infographics/EditForm.aspx?ID=168 Experience Years worked /Lists/Infographics/EditForm.aspx?ID=169

Learning and Living at HBS

When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols

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Learning and Living at HBS

When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols

Admissions Criteria and Process

We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.
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Answering Your Questions

Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

Application Submission

We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

Application Review

To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

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Admissions Criteria and Process Dropdown down

We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

Answering Your Questions

Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

Application Submission

We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

Application Review

To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
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.

What You Will Learn

In a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, group discussions, and project-oriented working groups, you will tackle the challenges of leading organizational change from the diverse perspectives of innovation, organizational structure and culture, leadership, and risk management. Studying the implementation of proven models, you will discover practical approaches that balance short-term success with long-term innovation.

Working each day in small groups, you will focus on a project related to a specific challenge you face in your organization. Exchanging insights with peers and a faculty facilitator, you will explore common problems, diagnose performance gaps, strengthen your judgment, and develop an action plan for driving successful change

Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

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What You Will Learn

In a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, group discussions, and project-oriented working groups, you will tackle the challenges of leading organizational change from the diverse perspectives of innovation, organizational structure and culture, leadership, and risk management. Studying the implementation of proven models, you will discover practical approaches that balance short-term success with long-term innovation.

Working each day in small groups, you will focus on a project related to a specific challenge you face in your organization. Exchanging insights with peers and a faculty facilitator, you will explore common problems, diagnose performance gaps, strengthen your judgment, and develop an action plan for driving successful change

Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

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Understanding the roadblocks to changeUnderstanding the roadblocks to change
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  • Avoiding organizational inertia and falling victim to past successes
  • Discovering how performance is affected by industry standards, dominant designs, technological substitution, and disruptive technologies
  • Gaining insight into how technology cycles drive organizational evolution and innovation
Building an organizational architecture to encourage managerial problem-solvingBuilding an organizational architecture to encourage managerial problem-solving
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  • Understanding the relationship among strategy, culture, and execution
  • Identifying your current cultural challenges and areas for change
  • Creating a culture that values both stability and exploration
  • Configuring an organization to support your strategies, objectives, and vision
  • Developing the right human resource capabilities
Crafting the right leadership styleCrafting the right leadership style
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  • Shaping innovation, learning, and change by cultivating your leadership style and behavior
  • Knowing which levers can shape organizational capabilities and how to use them
  • Juggling contradictory pressures
  • Inspiring your senior team to effectively manage change
Enabling innovation through strategy and executionEnabling innovation through strategy and execution
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  • Identifying the processes that create successful innovations
  • Working with managers to tailor strategies for a dynamic business world
Becoming an ambidextrous organizationBecoming an ambidextrous organization
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  • Aligning structure and management approach to the challenge at hand
  • Managing for short-term efficiency by emphasizing stability and control
  • Spurring long-term innovation through risk-taking and experimentation
Winning through innovation: the senior team's roleWinning through innovation: the senior team's role
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  • Creating highly differentiated units within an integrated organization
  • Succeeding through a clearly articulated common vision, careful team composition, and the right system of rewards
Sourcing knowledge through open innovationSourcing knowledge through open innovation
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  • Managing technological change in firms and communities through distributed innovation systems
  • Capitalizing on the emergence of open source software and collective intelligence for innovative product development
  • Finding and incorporating knowledge from outside the organization
Designing service excellenceDesigning service excellence
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  • Refining your organization's approach to designing, managing, and improving service experiences
  • Leading service innovation from the multiple perspectives of customers, employees, and owners
  • Delivering on customer promises while creating value for broader stakeholders

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Understanding the roadblocks to change

  • Avoiding organizational inertia and falling victim to past successes
  • Discovering how performance is affected by industry standards, dominant designs, technological substitution, and disruptive technologies
  • Gaining insight into how technology cycles drive organizational evolution and innovation

Building an organizational architecture to encourage managerial problem-solving

  • Understanding the relationship among strategy, culture, and execution
  • Identifying your current cultural challenges and areas for change
  • Creating a culture that values both stability and exploration
  • Configuring an organization to support your strategies, objectives, and vision
  • Developing the right human resource capabilities

Crafting the right leadership style

  • Shaping innovation, learning, and change by cultivating your leadership style and behavior
  • Knowing which levers can shape organizational capabilities and how to use them
  • Juggling contradictory pressures
  • Inspiring your senior team to effectively manage change

Enabling innovation through strategy and execution

  • Identifying the processes that create successful innovations
  • Working with managers to tailor strategies for a dynamic business world

Becoming an ambidextrous organization

  • Aligning structure and management approach to the challenge at hand
  • Managing for short-term efficiency by emphasizing stability and control
  • Spurring long-term innovation through risk-taking and experimentation

Winning through innovation: the senior team's role

  • Creating highly differentiated units within an integrated organization
  • Succeeding through a clearly articulated common vision, careful team composition, and the right system of rewards

Sourcing knowledge through open innovation

  • Managing technological change in firms and communities through distributed innovation systems
  • Capitalizing on the emergence of open source software and collective intelligence for innovative product development
  • Finding and incorporating knowledge from outside the organization

Designing service excellence

  • Refining your organization's approach to designing, managing, and improving service experiences
  • Leading service innovation from the multiple perspectives of customers, employees, and owners
  • Delivering on customer promises while creating value for broader stakeholders

The HBS Advantage

Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as 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
Charles A. O'Reilly III
Charles A. O'Reilly III
Charles A. O'Reilly III

Charles A. O'Reilly III

Stanford University Graduate School of Business:

Frank E. Buck Professor of Management

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Michael L. Tushman
Michael L. Tushman
Michael L. Tushman

Michael L. Tushman

Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

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Faculty
Dennis W. Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell

Dennis W. Campbell

Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Accounting and Management

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Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani

Karim R. Lakhani

Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Technology and Operations Management

Read Full Bio

Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan L. Raffaelli

Ryan L. Raffaelli

Marvin Bower Associate Professor

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

Lakshmi Ramarajan
Lakshmi Ramarajan
Lakshmi Ramarajan

Lakshmi Ramarajan

Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

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Emily Truelove
Emily Truelove
Emily Truelove

Emily Truelove

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

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The HBS Advantage

Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as 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
Charles A. O'Reilly III
Charles A. O'Reilly III
Charles A. O'Reilly III

Charles A. O'Reilly III

Stanford University Graduate School of Business:

Frank E. Buck Professor of Management

Read Full Bio

Michael L. Tushman
Michael L. Tushman
Michael L. Tushman

Michael L. Tushman

Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

Faculty
Dennis W. Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell

Dennis W. Campbell

Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Accounting and Management

Read Full Bio

Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani

Karim R. Lakhani

Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Technology and Operations Management

Read Full Bio

Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan L. Raffaelli

Ryan L. Raffaelli

Marvin Bower Associate Professor

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

Lakshmi Ramarajan
Lakshmi Ramarajan
Lakshmi Ramarajan

Lakshmi Ramarajan

Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

Emily Truelove
Emily Truelove
Emily Truelove

Emily Truelove

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

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