Accelerated Development ProgrammeEXECUTIVE EDUCATION

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Fast-track to a bigger management role

Contents

What kind of leader will you be? 3

Programme overview 4

Programme benefits 5

Is ADP right for you? 6

Programme content 7

Your learning journey 8

A transformational experience 10

Experts in the field 11

The ADP impact 12

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“ This programme is different from any other in that it offers a truly global perspective.”Nuno Santos (Portuguese) MD, Senior Account Executive, TIBCO Software Inc

What kind of leader will you be? The business world is changing, with organisations facing more complexity than ever before.

As structures become flatter and less hierarchical, future business leaders are faced with wider responsibilities, with little room for failure.

Collaboration is key, and a willingness to explore uncertainty is essential. Prepare yourself for the next step.

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Programme overviewEmbark on a transformational journey to fast-track into a bigger management role.

On Campus

2 WEEKS

Apply learnings at work

On Campus

2 WEEKS6–8 WEEKS

Fast-track to a bigger management role with the core general management essentials of strategy, finance and leadership. Experience our transformational four-week programme in the heart of London.

On London Business School’s Accelerated Development Programme, you will learn to make a lasting impact on your organisation, and advance the strategic, leadership and management skills essential to navigate complexity and change in the digital world.

In four weeks, you will unlock new ways of thinking and challenge your perspectives. Surrounded by the diverse views of an international group of powerfully charged business minds, you will embark on a transformational journey with a lifelong community.

Throughout the programme you will be challenged to reflect on your learning and apply it to your professional context. You will find answers to help you overcome obstacles and you will refine

your bespoke action plan to implement back at work.

Ranked as one of the world’s leading business schools, benefit from a central location in the heart of London, and immerse yourself in a global business capital. You will also become a part of our remarkable Executive Education alumni network, a global group of over 17,000 successful leaders in more than 150 countries.

Start your journeyFind out more about the Accelerated Development Programme at london.edu/adp, or call our dedicated programme consultant on +44 (0)20 7000 7302

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Good for you

● Learn to navigate complexity and change in the digital world, and adopt new approaches to strategic management and decision making.

● Sharpen your leadership skills by challenging and developing your self-awareness and understanding your impact on others.

● Expand your perspectives and unlock your thinking through a transformational journey with a diverse group of business leaders – and build your community for life.

● Fuel a collaborative mindset, harness the power of diversity, and maximise performance within your organisation.

● Develop the confidence to effectively deal with other senior leaders across a variety of business functions.

● Enhance your understanding of how your business generates value, and learn to lead and contribute on complex discussions about your organisation’s future.

● Learn how adjusting your lifestyle can enhance your productivity and impact with our integrated wellbeing curriculum.

Programme benefitsTransform your impact.

“ Expert faculty provide you with practical management tools that can be implemented straight away. The impact of the programme runs deep, you truly understand more about yourself from a professional and personal perspective.”

Abdulaziz Al-Ahmadi (Saudi Arabian) Senior General Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel

Good for your organisation

● Invest in your top talent and create a lasting impact on your organisation.

● Build your executive pipeline, and empower your people to successfully navigate the transition to bigger management challenges.

● Develop awareness of the opportunities and risks facing your business, and upskill your people to strategically navigate complexity and change in the digital world.

● Grow your managers’ confidence and people skills, to engage and develop teams and individuals.

● Drive innovation in your business with renewed knowledge, networks and impactful skills.

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Is the Accelerated Development Programme right for you?Create a lasting impact on your organisation and your future.

A diverse classroom

Right for you If your looking for an immersive learning experience , where your perspectives will be challenged by world-leading faculty and a diverse class of highly experienced peers, our Accelerated Development Programme is right for you. Take the next step to transform your career and achieve your organisations goals. Join an international group of leading business minds, alive to a new way of thinking.

The programme is designed for successful managers transitioning to a bigger management role, with an average of five years management experience. It’s a programme for those being asked to operate beyond their functional expertise and focus instead on shaping an organisation’s strategy and successfully leading people.

We give you the platform to develop the strategic leadership and management skills to deliver success and impact and lead projects that span a variety of functions, regions and cultures.

Attendees include: ● Managers who have recently stepped up to – or are

about to step up to – a general management/head of business role, leading their business unit to deliver sustainable value within the organisation.

● Senior functional managers responsible for managing other managers – individuals who are required to contribute to the shaping and formulation of business strategy, and its effective communication and implementation within their function and across the organisation.

● Senior project/programme managers tasked with managing large, strategic projects to support the delivery of their organisation’s business strategy – individuals required to coordinate and manage resources and effective decision making across different business areas.

● Individuals with a proven track record in management gained in any functional or technical area of their business.

11%Africa

7%Asia

1%Australasia

31%Europe

20%United Kingdom

23%Middle East

5%North and

South America

The data above displays the top nationalities and top 10 industries of participants who responded to our survey during the last full academic year.

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Programme contentAdvance your strategic, technical and leadership skills in four weeks.

What you learnClimb to new career heights

Develop your strategic capabilities to shape and execute business strategy while honing your leadership and people management skills to engage and inspire teams across your organisation.

Strategy and innovation

Develop a general management perspective by shifting your thinking from ‘functional expert’ to ‘strategic leader’. Learn to identify opportunities for value creation, delivery and capture, and put in place the processes, structure and culture that will enable innovation to flourish.

“ One of my biggest challenges was around delegation. I now have a simple model to aid me with this, which has made me a better leader and allowed me to develop my team more effectively.”Ivan McMinn (Irish) Head of Business Acquisition, Danske Bank

Leading people and managing organisational change

Strategy alone cannot create or sustain value. To effectively execute and manage the change process, you need to use both negotiation and influencing skills. Discover what makes your people tick, implement change management systems in line with your organisational structure, avoid common pitfalls and use your strengths to lead your organisation to sustained success.

Effective decision making

One of the greatest challenges’ managers face is making decisions through uncertainty. Hone tested techniques that support your decision making by tapping into the collective experience and intuition of your team and organisation. Learn how to manage the technical and commercial risks of your business with the latest tools and frameworks.

Deliver customer value

The long-term success of your organisation is often determined by its ability to create and deliver customer value. Analyse your customer needs in order to define your product strategy and maintain and enhance a powerful brand.

The financial equation

When stepping up to a senior management role and aligning financial resources and strategy, adopting the latest business thinking is essential. Understand the foundations of finance and organisational performance to make strategic decisions that maximise value.

A journey of self-awareness

We begin by challenging you to understand your contribution as a leader, both now and in the future. Heighten your self-awareness by examining diverse leadership in multiple contexts that will challenge your thinking and help you develop a more global perspective.

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“ ADP gives you the tools to develop into a newer, better version of you.”Samah Salman (Sudanese) Strategic Planning Manager, Sayga, DAL Group

Your learning journeyMake the step up you need to a bigger management role, with the knowledge to inspire teams and the strategy to sustain success.

PRE–PROGRAMME

● Consider the impact you are currently having and want to deliver through a 360-degree review and the 5 Step psychometric personality questionnaire.

MODULE ONE | 2 WEEKS

WEEK 1 WEEK 2

● Develop leadership capabilities with intensive 360-degree feedback and action planning.

● Learn with an exceptional group of peers from all over the world through group exercises and social learning.

● Focus on strategy formulation, evaluating and managing organisational performance, managing risk and leading change.

● Scope and refine your business challenge with an action plan and objectives for the inter-modular break.

BACK IN THE WORKPLACE | 6–8 WEEKS

● Apply your personal action plan and new classroom concepts in your workplace

● Receive support from your group and coach.

MODULE TWO | 2 WEEKS

WEEK 3 WEEK 4

● Explore how to create and deliver customer value and raise your brand profile

● Focus on the dynamics of digital disruption, digital platforms and sustainability and how you can leverage these to achieve strategic advantage.

● Consider decision-making process and practice, navigating change and creative analytical thinking.

● Finalise your bespoke action plan for implementation.

POST–PROGRAMME

● Reinforce your learning with post-programme follow-up through one-on-one and group coaching sessions and the opportunity to redo your 360 survey after 6 months to ensure that you actions are leading to impact.

● To further embed and enhance your learning, you will also have the option to complete an online strategy elective focusing on innovation, digital transformation or sustainability to drive further strategic advantage.

● You can choose to do this between or after the face-to-face modules and can join any iteration up to 12 months after completion of the face-to-face modules. These online electives have five or six learning module weeks and are a combination of self-directed learning, live faculty teaching sessions, live learning manager sessions and virtual support

– requiring three to five hours of work per learning module week.

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“ The programme is structured to make you interact with people in different environments. It rounds out your leadership style with challenges beyond the classroom.”Lisa Quinn (British) Group Head of External Communications, Royal London Group

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A transformational experienceBegin your career-defining professional and personal journey.

Embark on a unique learning experience where theory, context and practice come together, and diverse minds powerfully collide. Our world-renowned faculty put their industry-leading research into practice within your study group, challenging you to share your experience and bring your context to the classroom.

You will gain exposure to a variety of diverse perspectives. We hand-pick your cohort, leveraging the views of an international group of highly experienced business individuals. You will begin to see the world in different ways, challenging your preconceptions and opening yourself up to new ways of thinking.

Through experiential learning, case studies and simulations, we don’t follow a single learning methodology – we use engaging, innovative methods to help you transform your career trajectory.

To further embed and enhance your learning, you will also have the option to complete an online strategy elective focusing on innovation, digital transformation or sustainability to drive further strategic advantage.

You can choose to do this between or after the face-to-face modules and can join any iteration up to 12 months after completion of the face-to-face modules. These online electives have five or six learning module weeks and are a combination of self-directed learning, live faculty teaching sessions, live learning manager sessions and virtual support – requiring three to five hours of work per learning module week.

Upon completion of the programme, you will become part of London Business School’s Executive Education alumni community – joining a lifelong community of 17,000 global business leaders.

How you learn ● Challenge and develop your

leadership skills and self-awareness through coaching, 360 surveys and peer group feedback.

● Build a tailored action plan with a clear focus for your return to work.

● Absorb years of commercial experience and academic prowess from world-renown faculty, grounded in real-world practicality.

● Challenge yourself with exposure to your cohort’s wide range of diverse perspectives, unlocking your thinking and altering your approach to global business.

● Build a lifelong global network of supportive relationships from within your cohort as you move through your transformational journey together.

● Dive deeper into three critical areas of strategy by completing an optional online strategy elective in innovation, digital transformation or sustainability.

● Following the programme, benefit from check-ins with your executive coaches to track business impact in a real-life context.

“ The programme taught me many lessons such as technical models for solving business issues, leading change, and inspiring and motivating a team through a sense of purpose.”

Valeria Rosati (Italian) Executive Director, Hastings Funds Management

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Experts in the fieldAccess some of the world’s leading thinkers whose cutting-edge research in global business is grounded in real-world practicality.

João CoccoProfessor of Finance

Academic focus: Evaluating & Managing Organisational Performance.

Eliot ShermanAssistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour

Academic focus: Influence and change.

Victor DeMiguelProfessor of Management Science and Operations

Academic focus: Design, analysis and application of quantitative models for managerial decision making.

Lakshmanan ShivakumarLord David Sainsbury of Turville Professor, Professor of Accounting

Academic focus: Financial reporting quality, stock-return predictability and macro-accounting.

Randall PetersonProfessor of Organisational Behaviour

Academic focus: Interpersonal skills and self-awareness to improve team and organisational leadership.

David ArnoldAdjunct Professor of Marketing

Academic focus: Marketing strategy, innovation and market evolution, brand management, and global customer management.

Ioannis IoannouAssociate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Academic focus: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Aneeta RattanAssistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour

Academic focus: Mindsets and intergroup relations - how leaders can create cultures of self-development.

Gillian KuAssociate Professor of Organisational Behaviour

Academic focus: Influencing and persuading change at both the individual and group level.

“ This programme will allow you to fast-track the way you make a difference in your organisation.”Guy Saunders, ADP Programme Director

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The ADP impactOur alumni have a profound impact on the way the world does business.

“ My class was an incredible mix of people at different career stages, who brought different experiences, cultures and perspectives.”

Nino Sturua (Georgian) Head of Wealth Management and VIP Departments, TBC Bank

“I love coming to LBS, it gives me a feeling of empowerment,” she said. “I remember all the promises I made to myself when I was studying here. I promised myself I would choose career paths, which are good for me, that I truly want. LBS is where I gained my confidence and I found my voice.

“I knew I had to come here and get out of my comfort zone. I couldn’t

do the MBA for family reasons but I realised that the ADP would give me the transformation that I was looking for. Before the ADP I had accomplished a lot in my career yet I was waiting for something bigger and I maybe didn’t have expertise and confidence for that next step. I knew I was ready for something else and the ADP equipped me with needed skills.

“My class was an incredible mix of people at different career stages, who brought different experiences, cultures and perspectives. And the ADP alumni network has kept that ethos of sharing and learning together we had in class. It’s so easy to ask a question and find the right insight.”

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“The programme is truly enriching. In the first week we focused on self-assessment and the assessment of others. We talked about how we see our future careers and our life in general. It is rare to have this opportunity to self-reflect and learn how others perceive you.

“Subsequent weeks focused on business topics relevant for managers or leaders moving into a broader role. It covered subjects that we require in daily life combined with refreshers of those used less frequently. There were open conversations and heavy debates in class which made the experience interesting and exciting. The wellbeing programme was a real bonus – allowing us to get physically back into shape, in the same way our minds and relationships were.

“What made the programme stand out for me was the people.

“ ADP gave me the push I needed to take up a new challenge.”Nicolas Demarest (Belgian) Director – Sales & Wealth structuring, Lombard International Assurance

“It’s not often you take a break from your job and plunge into new surroundings with people you don’t know from different countries, backgrounds and cultures. And it’s remarkable that the programme gathers more than 50 business professionals from all corners of the globe to think as a community rather than as individuals.

“We maintain the relationships developed on the programme through quarterly conference calls with our group coach who is fantastic at helping us manage certain challenges we face. I believe this is unique for a business school.

“I knew I wanted to reassess my career path. I’d been in the same organisation for more than 17 years. The programme gave me the push I needed to take up a new challenge, get out of pure people management and move

into a broader sales position which focuses more on business development.

“Management and leadership are not only about your personal abilities but how you empower the people you work with. I now have better insights into the construction of my personal vision for both professional and personal spheres, something I have even managed to share with my spouse!”

Talk to usContact our dedicated programme consultant on +44 (0)207 7000 8545 adp@london.edu

For the latest programme dates and fees visit london.edu/adp

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