Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

• Practicing strategic thinking
• Building strategic advantage through service and operational excellence
• Creating customer value and building brands
• Designing and executing growth strategies
• Driving corporate performance

• Leading teams and managing talent
• Driving organizational change
• Becoming a more effective negotiator
• Managing corporate finance
• Leading an accountable organization

• Developing a more innovative organization
• Understanding and promoting design thinking
• Leveraging digital technologies
• Becoming an entrepreneurial leader

• Understanding the global economy
• Building businesses in emerging markets
• Expanding your global perspective

This first module expands your ability to think entrepreneurially about your company and its offerings in the context of the local, regional, and global business environment. 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.

• Explore the dynamics of the global economy and globalization
• Recognize the opportunities and challenges created by the interactions among business, government, and the international economy
• Identify, evaluate, and select high-potential opportunities in developed or emerging markets
• Use a detailed questionnaire as the basis for starting work with your personal coach

Rejoining HBS faculty and peers in Dubai, you will expand your ability to evolve an organization that can innovate continuously—in products, services, organizational structures, and business processes. You will develop new ways to sustain exceptional performance and deliver more value to stakeholders.

• Nurture an experimentation mindset and a culture of innovation
• Embrace the strategic and tactical opportunities presented by new technologies and trends
• Create corporate value by strengthening financial management
• Translate corporate mission and business strategy into a comprehensive set of performance targets and measures
• Improve management-board relationships while strengthening governance, accountability, and risk management

You will explore how companies build competitive advantage by focusing on specific markets and delivering what customers truly value. Examining how the rise of digital technology has generated both obstacles and opportunities, you will continue to find new ways to create value for customers—and for your business.

• Design and execute sound competitive strategies and growth plans
• Foster a culture of customer centricity
• Develop service excellence as a competitive advantage
• Update your brand strategy
• Determine your company's ideal size—and whether to operate locally, regionally, or globally
• Maximize the value of partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions

Returning to the HBS campus, you will refine your personal leadership strategies, continue to explore opportunities created by ongoing digital innovation, evaluate your leadership journey over the past several months, and prepare to continue developing yourself and your organization.

• Invest in and empower the people who will enable your organization to succeed
• Recognize and exploit disruptive opportunities
• Drive the changes that align your organization to achieve strategic goals
• Adapt your leadership style to the needs of your team and your organization
• Negotiate more effectively—in routine situations and in high-stakes deals on which your company's future depends

A four-module 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—personal and professional—in a safe environment

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

Through a customized 360-degree assessment of your current skills, you will examine your leadership and management strengths and identify areas for improvement.

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

Using the 360-degree feedback assessment tool as a starting point, your personal coach will work closely with you 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.

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