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
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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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Drive the changes your organization needs to thriveDrive 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 organizationNurture 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 upPromote 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 networkExpand 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
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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.
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.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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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.
Admissions Criteria and Process
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 composed of individuals representing different geographies, industries, and roles, you will focus on a project related to a specific challenge you face in your organization. Exchanging insights with peers, you will explore common problems, diagnose performance gaps, strengthen your judgment, and develop an action plan for driving successful change – all under the guidance of a skilled facilitator. Note that teams of 5 or more from the same company will be assigned their own facilitator.
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
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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 composed of individuals representing different geographies, industries, and roles, you will focus on a project related to a specific challenge you face in your organization. Exchanging insights with peers, you will explore common problems, diagnose performance gaps, strengthen your judgment, and develop an action plan for driving successful change – all under the guidance of a skilled facilitator. Note that teams of 5 or more from the same company will be assigned their own facilitator.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration
Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Business Administration
Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
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The HBS Advantage
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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
Stanford University Graduate School of Business:Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational BehaviorFacultyDwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Accounting and ManagementDorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementAnna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational BehaviorAssistant Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational Behavior