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    Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations

    Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
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    • Dates: 13–18 OCT 2019
    • Format: In-Person
    • Location: HBS Campus
    • Fee: $13,000
      • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
    John R. Wells, faculty chair, Strategic IQ HBS Executive Education

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    John R. Wells, faculty chair, Strategic IQ HBS Executive Education

    Q & A with Professor John R. Wells.

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    Faculty Chair
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    Program Announcement

    Thank you for your interest in Executive Education at Harvard Business School. The Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations program will not be offered in 2021. Additional information is not available at this time.

    For a complete list of the most current HBS Executive Education programs, please visit the program finder.

    You also may contact a program advisor at 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call 1.617.495.6555) or at executive_education@hbs.edu for a personalized consultation, access to other program resources, and details on related offerings.

    Summary

    Successful companies maintain their competitive edge by constantly innovating and adapting their strategies. They rely on executives with high "strategic IQ" to diagnose the health of the firm, set priorities for improvement, and drive and sustain superior performance. Designed to help companies boost their strategic intelligence, this business strategy program prepares you to lead a smarter, more nimble, and more profitable organization that can adapt to new realities and thrive in a highly competitive landscape.

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

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    Summary

    Successful companies maintain their competitive edge by constantly innovating and adapting their strategies. They rely on executives with high "strategic IQ" to diagnose the health of the firm, set priorities for improvement, and drive and sustain superior performance. Designed to help companies boost their strategic intelligence, this business strategy program prepares you to lead a smarter, more nimble, and more profitable organization that can adapt to new realities and thrive in a highly competitive landscape.

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

    Key Benefits
    When it comes to sustaining a winning strategy, flexibility is key. Focused on diagnosis and action, this business strategy course will help you avoid the fate of companies that rigidly adhere to inflexible strategies and structures. You will emerge with a diagnostic framework for identifying and overcoming organizational inertia, with the analytical skills to anticipate and adjust to strategic change, and with the leadership vision to secure a competitive edge in an ever-evolving business climate.

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    Evaluate your organization's challenges in responding to changeEvaluate your organization's challenges in responding to change
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    • Identify what's holding your company back and set priorities for improvement
    • Overcome the underlying sources of strategic, structural, and human inertia
    • Learn from your mistakes, continue to evolve, and pull ahead of the competition
    Create a smart enterprise with the capacity for constant strategic changeCreate a smart enterprise with the capacity for constant strategic change
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    • Design and implement formal structures that readily respond to new circumstances
    • Leverage informal structures that support the capacity for strategic organizational change
    • Attract, develop, and retain the people who will enable your firm to thrive in a fast-changing environment
    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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    When it comes to sustaining a winning strategy, flexibility is key. Focused on diagnosis and action, this business strategy course will help you avoid the fate of companies that rigidly adhere to inflexible strategies and structures. You will emerge with a diagnostic framework for identifying and overcoming organizational inertia, with the analytical skills to anticipate and adjust to strategic change, and with the leadership vision to secure a competitive edge in an ever-evolving business climate.
    Details

    Evaluate your organization's challenges in responding to change

    • Identify what's holding your company back and set priorities for improvement
    • Overcome the underlying sources of strategic, structural, and human inertia
    • Learn from your mistakes, continue to evolve, and pull ahead of the competition

    Create a smart enterprise with the capacity for constant strategic change

    • Design and implement formal structures that readily respond to new circumstances
    • Leverage informal structures that support the capacity for strategic organizational change
    • Attract, develop, and retain the people who will enable your firm to thrive in a fast-changing environment

    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

    • Senior executives who significantly influence their firm's strategic direction, organizational design, or human-capital development
    • Particularly appropriate for: Chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief strategy officers, group or sector vice presidents, human resource directors, and other senior executives

    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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    See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
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    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
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    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
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    Who Should Attend

    • Senior executives who significantly influence their firm's strategic direction, organizational design, or human-capital development
    • Particularly appropriate for: Chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief strategy officers, group or sector vice presidents, human resource directors, and other senior executives

    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.

    Dive Deeper into the Experience
    Play video
    Play video
    Inside the Classroom
    See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
    Play video
    Play video
    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
    Play video
    Play video
    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video

    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

    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

    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. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals 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. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals 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.
    John R. Wells, faculty chair, Strategic IQ HBS Executive Education

    Q & A with Professor John R. Wells.

    John R. Wells
    Faculty Chair
    Read More
    Program Finder
    Need Help? Contact Us:
    Program Advising team
    Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
    John R. Wells, faculty chair, Strategic IQ HBS Executive Education

    Q & A with Professor John R. Wells.

    John R. Wells
    Faculty Chair
    Read More
    Need Help? Contact Us:
    Program Advising team
    Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
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