Executive Program Content

Strategic Planning and Implementation

Draft and implement a dynamic and effective strategic plan

• Develop a structured and disciplined framework for planning
• Challenge conventional thinking and create shareholder value
• Integrate all functional areas and operating plans into the strategic plan

Leading Change

Drive positive change and improve organizational performance

• Create strategies that support the organization's vision
• Understand the effects of corporate culture and identify possible impediments to performance and growth
• Restructure for growth and effectively manage internal communications

Strategic Collaboration

Develop internal and external collaboration to achieve a sustainable competitive edge

• Examine different forms, timing and objectives of collaboration
• Build an infrastructure for collaboration in your organization
• Identify partners and build effective relationships

Finance

Use financial tools to ensure your decisions are based on the right information

• Use concepts such as the time value of money and cost of capital for evaluating investment decisions
• Measure liquidity, profitability and capital structure and effectively manage risk
• Understand financial instruments such as swaps, forwards, futures, options and derivatives

Project Management and Lean Innovation

Lead and support product and service innovation in a lean environment.

• Use leading-edge tactics to accelerate projects, meet or exceed objectives, and minimize risk.

Marketing and Sales Management

Maximize the profit impact of your marketing and sales efforts

• Establish a clear value proposition and market positioning
• Integrate the marketing and sales plans
• Profile, focus on, and create value for the right customers

Information Management

Understand IT’s capacity to transform business models, reduce costs, drive real business value

• Understand emerging technologies and how they can be used to create business value
• Maximize the value of ERP, customer relationship management, supply chain management and knowledge management
• Justify IT investments, manage risk and measure return on investment

Human Resources Management

Attract, engage, develop and retain the best talent.

• Create an environment in which individuals and teams excel
• Achieve continuous improvement in team performance and management practices
• Align values, policies, practices and systems to support high performance

Developing a Personal Leadership Plan

Enhance organizational performance by applying the principles of transformational leadership and coaching

• Gain insights into your personal leadership style through personal assessments and one-on-one feedback
• Develop a personal leadership plan and your personal coaching skills
• Recognize and value different styles of thinking and decision-making

Creating a High-Performance Organization

Achieve continuous improvement in work processes, teamwork, and management practices

• Align values, policies, practices and systems to support high performance
• Design reward and recognition programs that reinforce the business strategy
• Effectively manage the corporate culture

Negotiation and Consensus-Building

Negotiate effectively with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders

• Understand the dynamics of conflict
• Transform confrontation into problem-solving
• Invent creative options that maximize the interests of all parties