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    Senior Executive Leadership Program—India

    Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
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    • Dates: 10 APR–15 SEP 2023
    • Format: In-Person
    • Locations: HBS Campus, India
    • Fee: ₹40,00,000 plus Goods and Service Tax (GST)
    • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
      Modules:
      • 10–21 APR 2023 — Module 1 (Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India)
      • 12–24 JUN 2023 — Module 2 (Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India)
      • 28 AUG–15 SEP 2023 — Module 3 (HBS Campus)
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      • 10–21 APR 2023 — Module 1 (Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India)
      • 12–24 JUN 2023 — Module 2 (Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India)
      • 28 AUG–15 SEP 2023 — Module 3 (HBS Campus)
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    Kasturi Wilson

    "Within the first few days of the program, I realized I had already changed my views regarding how to approach challenges."

    Kasturi Wilson
    Managing Director, Sri Lanka, Hemas Pharmaceuticals, MD Hemas Logistics, MD Hemas Martitime
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    Kasturi Wilson

    "Within the first few days of the program, I realized I had already changed my views regarding how to approach challenges."

    Kasturi Wilson
    Managing Director, Sri Lanka, Hemas Pharmaceuticals, MD Hemas Logistics, MD Hemas Martitime
    Read Her Story
    Need Help? Contact Us:
    Program Advising team
    Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
    Krishna G. Palepu, faculty chair, Global CEO Program for China HBS Executive Education

    "By attending this program, CEOs prepare to take their companies to the next level and make them more successful globally."

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    "By attending this program, CEOs prepare to take their companies to the next level and make them more successful globally."

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    Summary

    India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To seize opportunities and sustain success under shifting global business conditions, companies need executives who are exceptional leaders—confident decision-makers, skilled strategists, global thinkers, and effective change agents.

    Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business success. Delivered in a series of modules in Boston and Mumbai, this business management program can take your leadership skills and your career to the next level. You will become a stronger leader who can design competitive strategies in a global context, promote continuous innovation, and overcome obstacles to growth.

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    Summary

    India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To seize opportunities and sustain success under shifting global business conditions, companies need executives who are exceptional leaders—confident decision-makers, skilled strategists, global thinkers, and effective change agents.

    Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business success. Delivered in a series of modules in Boston and Mumbai, this business management program can take your leadership skills and your career to the next level. You will become a stronger leader who can design competitive strategies in a global context, promote continuous innovation, and overcome obstacles to growth.

    Key Benefits

    Focused on helping growing businesses in India and beyond develop greater leadership capacity, this intensive program empowers you to look critically at the business as a whole—and build and lead a high-performance organization. You will emerge better prepared to make the bold market moves that foster business growth.
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    • Think strategically and find innovative approaches to business challenges
    • Seize growth opportunities and compete successfully in a complex global economy
    • Improve your organization's ability to deliver value to customers
    • Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability across the organization
    • Build confidence in yourself as both a leader and a decision-maker
    • Develop enduring bonds with accomplished peers who span functions, industries, and countries
    • Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community

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    Focused on helping growing businesses in India and beyond develop greater leadership capacity, this intensive program empowers you to look critically at the business as a whole—and build and lead a high-performance organization. You will emerge better prepared to make the bold market moves that foster business growth.
    • Think strategically and find innovative approaches to business challenges
    • Seize growth opportunities and compete successfully in a complex global economy
    • Improve your organization's ability to deliver value to customers
    • Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability across the organization
    • Build confidence in yourself as both a leader and a decision-maker
    • Develop enduring bonds with accomplished peers who span functions, industries, and countries
    • Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community

    Download the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India Curriculum Guide

    Who Should Attend

    Senior executives, senior functional leaders, or general managers leading successful, established companies in India and South Asia who want to sharpen their management and leadership skills and are preparing to assume new responsibilities or drive growth initiatives. Additionally, executives planning to establish or expand presence in the India and South Asia region.

    Participants typically represent organizations including:

    • Large, established companies
    • Entrepreneurial ventures—either new companies or new ventures within established companies
    • Family businesses
    • Multinational firms with an increased presence in South Asia
    • Nonprofit organizations
    • Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector
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    Explore the unique business challenges and opportunities emerging across South Asia—and the globe.
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    An Exceptional Learning Experience

    When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program, 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 small learning group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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    While in Boston, you will spend most of your time in an area of the HBS campus designed for Executive Education, with living quarters and amenities that maximize your comfort while facilitating small group discussions. Classrooms, supported by the latest technology, are designed to foster dynamic and fast-paced interactions among participants and faculty.
    During the program's Mumbai modules, you will not be living with your group, but you will continue to work together, with ongoing opportunities for cross-cultural learning, discussion, class preparation, mutual support, and feedback.

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    An Exceptional Learning Experience Dropdown down

    When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program, 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 small learning group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
    Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols
    While in Boston, you will spend most of your time in an area of the HBS campus designed for Executive Education, with living quarters and amenities that maximize your comfort while facilitating small group discussions. Classrooms, supported by the latest technology, are designed to foster dynamic and fast-paced interactions among participants and faculty.
    During the program's Mumbai modules, you will not be living with your group, but you will continue to work together, with ongoing opportunities for cross-cultural learning, discussion, class preparation, mutual support, and feedback.

    Alumni Status and Lifelong Learning

    Upon completing the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India, you will become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community—gaining exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success. Learn more.

    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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    The Application Process

    We select applicants who embrace challenges, seek genuine personal and professional growth, and are ready to innovate—in themselves and in their organizations. The curious, open-minded executive who commits wholeheartedly will find the program to be a highly stimulating, rewarding—even life-changing—experience.

    To apply, you will submit:

    • 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
    To review both the application and letter of reference, download the Application PDF. You can submit your application via our online Application Form or by returning a completed PDF. When submitting the online application form, you will be asked for the email address of the individual serving as your reference. That individual will receive an email with a link to an online letter of reference form.

    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).

    Letter of Reference

    To gain a deeper understanding of your background and your potential as a leader, we require a letter of reference from a senior executive within your organization, a board member, or an HBS graduate familiar with your role and responsibilities. To submit the letter, follow the instructions in your application.

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply as soon as you can. 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.

    English Proficiency

    Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential for active participation in fast-moving classes and small group discussions.

    Learning Commitment

    Residency is required for each module—on campus for Boston modules and at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai for India modules. Your active participation in all classroom sessions, case discussions, and other program activities is essential, so you must be free of other responsibilities during the program. In addition, you must be able to set aside sufficient time for the virtual learning assignments between modules.

    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.

    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.
    Potential candidates may apply through the HBS Executive Education website. Harvard Business School Executive Education also works with Eruditus Executive Education as a program recruitment partner for the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India.

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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.

    The Application Process

    We select applicants who embrace challenges, seek genuine personal and professional growth, and are ready to innovate—in themselves and in their organizations. The curious, open-minded executive who commits wholeheartedly will find the program to be a highly stimulating, rewarding—even life-changing—experience.

    To apply, you will submit:

    • 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
    To review both the application and letter of reference, download the Application PDF. You can submit your application via our online Application Form or by returning a completed PDF. When submitting the online application form, you will be asked for the email address of the individual serving as your reference. That individual will receive an email with a link to an online letter of reference form.

    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).

    Letter of Reference

    To gain a deeper understanding of your background and your potential as a leader, we require a letter of reference from a senior executive within your organization, a board member, or an HBS graduate familiar with your role and responsibilities. To submit the letter, follow the instructions in your application.

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply as soon as you can. 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.

    English Proficiency

    Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential for active participation in fast-moving classes and small group discussions.

    Learning Commitment

    Residency is required for each module—on campus for Boston modules and at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai for India modules. Your active participation in all classroom sessions, case discussions, and other program activities is essential, so you must be free of other responsibilities during the program. In addition, you must be able to set aside sufficient time for the virtual learning assignments between modules.

    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.

    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.
    Potential candidates may apply through the HBS Executive Education website. Harvard Business School Executive Education also works with Eruditus Executive Education as a program recruitment partner for the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India.

    What You Will Learn

    The innovative and comprehensive curriculum of the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India will take you beyond business basics to focus on the challenges of greatest concern to corporate leaders today—across India and the globe. Requiring just seven weeks away from the office, the unique format maximizes learning and the development of a global perspective, while minimizing consecutive days away from home and work.

    Three intensive in-class modules—two in Mumbai and one in Boston—include faculty presentations, case discussions, guest speakers, and skill-building exercises. Through personal coaching and special projects, you will address the leadership challenges facing you and your organization. Between modules, work on an individual strategy project and sharpen your leadership skills. As you try out new approaches in your workplace, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your experience, receive feedback from your boss and colleagues, and bring new insights back to the classroom.

    Download the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India Curriculum Guide

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    What You Will Learn

    The innovative and comprehensive curriculum of the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India will take you beyond business basics to focus on the challenges of greatest concern to corporate leaders today—across India and the globe. Requiring just seven weeks away from the office, the unique format maximizes learning and the development of a global perspective, while minimizing consecutive days away from home and work.

    Three intensive in-class modules—two in Mumbai and one in Boston—include faculty presentations, case discussions, guest speakers, and skill-building exercises. Through personal coaching and special projects, you will address the leadership challenges facing you and your organization. Between modules, work on an individual strategy project and sharpen your leadership skills. As you try out new approaches in your workplace, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your experience, receive feedback from your boss and colleagues, and bring new insights back to the classroom.

    Download the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India Curriculum Guide

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    Receive an overview of critical business issues and topics that you will examine in greater depth in subsequent modules, including:

    • Strategy: Looking critically at your business as a whole; evaluating your company's capabilities, advantages, potential, and challenges in the context of the global economy; and cultivating new sources of value and advantage
    • Leadership: Building your capabilities in the context of the leader's multifaceted role; becoming a more effective negotiator; leading authentically and ethically while creating a more accountable organization; and driving changes that generate performance and shareholder value
    • Innovation: Becoming an entrepreneurial leader; leveraging design thinking and improving
    • your organization's ability to innovate; and taking full advantage of digital technologies and related opportunities
    • Globalization: Gaining a broader understanding of the increasingly interconnected global economy and how global conditions affect your company's opportunities and challenges in both developed and emerging markets

    Diving deeply into the case method of learning, you will open yourself to new insights as you work individually, in small groups, and in the larger classroom. You will begin working on your Value Mapping Strategy Project and also use a detailed questionnaire as the basis for starting work with your personal coach.

    Creating, capturing, and measuring valueCreating, capturing, and measuring value
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    You will examine how successful companies build the capabilities to create customer value and sustain competitive advantage. In the process, you will expand your ability to define, measure, and monitor performance—and align your company's operations to achieve its strategic objectives.

    • Design sound competitive strategies and growth plans
    • Deliver more value to customers—and corporate stakeholders
    • Empower employees and align service levels and cultures with strategic choices
    • Translate corporate mission and business strategy into a comprehensive set of performance targets and measures
    • Balance economic, social, and governance goals while managing risk
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    You will focus on improving your personal performance as a leader and refining a key executive skill—negotiating. Examining multiple dimensions of innovation, you will learn how open, creative, and exploratory thinking can contribute to both personal and organizational success.

    • Adapt your leadership style to your organization's needs while managing competing demands on your time
    • Expand your ability to manage yourself, your team, and your internal and external networks
    • Negotiate more effectively—in routine situations or in high-stakes deals on which your company's future depends
    • Develop and sustain an empowered, entrepreneurial, and innovative culture
    • Embrace the strategic and tactical opportunities presented by new technologies and trends
    Leadership and changeLeadership and change
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    You will refine leadership strategies that can help you take your company forward. Reflecting on course themes and your leadership journey during the past year, you will delve into the nature of authentic, responsible leadership and prepare to continue growing as a leader throughout your career.

    • Drive the changes that align your organization to achieve strategic goals while improving accountability
    • Meet your organization's ongoing financial needs, ethical obligations, and legal requirements
    • Foster effective teamwork by empowering and inspiring others
    • Lead authentically with greater self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and integrity
    • Balance work and home life and obtain greater satisfaction from your leadership role

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    Imperatives for today's organizations and leaders

    Receive an overview of critical business issues and topics that you will examine in greater depth in subsequent modules, including:

    • Strategy: Looking critically at your business as a whole; evaluating your company's capabilities, advantages, potential, and challenges in the context of the global economy; and cultivating new sources of value and advantage
    • Leadership: Building your capabilities in the context of the leader's multifaceted role; becoming a more effective negotiator; leading authentically and ethically while creating a more accountable organization; and driving changes that generate performance and shareholder value
    • Innovation: Becoming an entrepreneurial leader; leveraging design thinking and improving
    • your organization's ability to innovate; and taking full advantage of digital technologies and related opportunities
    • Globalization: Gaining a broader understanding of the increasingly interconnected global economy and how global conditions affect your company's opportunities and challenges in both developed and emerging markets

    Diving deeply into the case method of learning, you will open yourself to new insights as you work individually, in small groups, and in the larger classroom. You will begin working on your Value Mapping Strategy Project and also use a detailed questionnaire as the basis for starting work with your personal coach.

    Creating, capturing, and measuring value

    You will examine how successful companies build the capabilities to create customer value and sustain competitive advantage. In the process, you will expand your ability to define, measure, and monitor performance—and align your company's operations to achieve its strategic objectives.

    • Design sound competitive strategies and growth plans
    • Deliver more value to customers—and corporate stakeholders
    • Empower employees and align service levels and cultures with strategic choices
    • Translate corporate mission and business strategy into a comprehensive set of performance targets and measures
    • Balance economic, social, and governance goals while managing risk

    Becoming an agile leader

    You will focus on improving your personal performance as a leader and refining a key executive skill—negotiating. Examining multiple dimensions of innovation, you will learn how open, creative, and exploratory thinking can contribute to both personal and organizational success.

    • Adapt your leadership style to your organization's needs while managing competing demands on your time
    • Expand your ability to manage yourself, your team, and your internal and external networks
    • Negotiate more effectively—in routine situations or in high-stakes deals on which your company's future depends
    • Develop and sustain an empowered, entrepreneurial, and innovative culture
    • Embrace the strategic and tactical opportunities presented by new technologies and trends

    Leadership and change

    You will refine leadership strategies that can help you take your company forward. Reflecting on course themes and your leadership journey during the past year, you will delve into the nature of authentic, responsible leadership and prepare to continue growing as a leader throughout your career.

    • Drive the changes that align your organization to achieve strategic goals while improving accountability
    • Meet your organization's ongoing financial needs, ethical obligations, and legal requirements
    • Foster effective teamwork by empowering and inspiring others
    • Lead authentically with greater self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and integrity
    • Balance work and home life and obtain greater satisfaction from your leadership role

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    A yearlong program creates the opportunity to build close, trusting relationships with a small, diverse group of peer executives who can understand your challenges—but are not part of your organization. Throughout the program, you will work with a small group of peers who will stimulate your learning as you:

    • Absorb global insights by working with executives from different countries, cultures, and professional backgrounds
    • Share diverse perspectives as you discuss cases and assignments
    • Complete small group exercises and projects as a team
    • Give and receive feedback and advice—both personal and professional—in a safe environment

    While on the HBS campus in Boston, you will share accommodations with your living group, forging relationships that serve as a valuable source of peer feedback, support, and advice.

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    Each living group works with a professional coach to optimize group dynamics and maximize the value of the group learning experience. In addition, coaches work with you one-on-one to help you develop a personal leadership style that works for you.

    Using the 360-degree leadership assessment and feedback tool as a starting point, your personal coach will work closely with you during Module 3 to identify your strengths, target areas for improvement, and help you develop a personal action plan for ongoing development. All coaching sessions are strictly confidential, giving you the freedom to share your personal goals and professional challenges.

    Value Mapping Strategy ProjectValue Mapping Strategy Project
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    Throughout the program, you will work on an individual Value Mapping Strategy Project that addresses a strategic challenge facing your organization. In the process, you will:

    • Utilize a powerful framework for analyzing the value of your offering or business line, considering value from the customer's perspective
    • Compare your own offering with those of competitors
    • Refine your competitive strategy and develop a short presentation based on feedback from faculty, peers, and your personal coach
    • Share your Value Mapping Strategy with your organization and team, and develop an action plan for driving the changes that will improve value and sustain success

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    Living/learning group work

    A yearlong program creates the opportunity to build close, trusting relationships with a small, diverse group of peer executives who can understand your challenges—but are not part of your organization. Throughout the program, you will work with a small group of peers who will stimulate your learning as you:

    • Absorb global insights by working with executives from different countries, cultures, and professional backgrounds
    • Share diverse perspectives as you discuss cases and assignments
    • Complete small group exercises and projects as a team
    • Give and receive feedback and advice—both personal and professional—in a safe environment

    While on the HBS campus in Boston, you will share accommodations with your living group, forging relationships that serve as a valuable source of peer feedback, support, and advice.

    Professional coaching

    Each living group works with a professional coach to optimize group dynamics and maximize the value of the group learning experience. In addition, coaches work with you one-on-one to help you develop a personal leadership style that works for you.

    Using the 360-degree leadership assessment and feedback tool as a starting point, your personal coach will work closely with you during Module 3 to identify your strengths, target areas for improvement, and help you develop a personal action plan for ongoing development. All coaching sessions are strictly confidential, giving you the freedom to share your personal goals and professional challenges.

    Value Mapping Strategy Project

    Throughout the program, you will work on an individual Value Mapping Strategy Project that addresses a strategic challenge facing your organization. In the process, you will:

    • Utilize a powerful framework for analyzing the value of your offering or business line, considering value from the customer's perspective
    • Compare your own offering with those of competitors
    • Refine your competitive strategy and develop a short presentation based on feedback from faculty, peers, and your personal coach
    • Share your Value Mapping Strategy with your organization and team, and develop an action plan for driving the changes that will improve value and sustain success

    The HBS Advantage

    The Senior Executive Leadership Program—India is 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 Chair
    Krishna G. Palepu
    Krishna G. Palepu
    Krishna G. Palepu

    Krishna G. Palepu

    Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Units:
    Accounting and Management
    General Management

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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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    Rohit Deshpandé
    Rohit Deshpandé
    Rohit Deshpandé

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