Executive Education Open Programs · success. Hult International Business School is dedicated to educating not just leaders of business, but leaders of the world.” Bertil Hult Benefactor

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Embedded in business

An agile business school for the global leader

Faculty with real experience

• We listen to you. Our custom approach enables us to partner with you to identify your individual and organizational needs. To make the most of your time, before the program we assess your capabilities with our personalized psychometric tests and incorporate these findings into your education.

• We follow up with you after your program with action plans, peer learning groups, and coaching to ensure that what you learn is applied in the workplace, maximizing your personal and organizational ROI.

• Our practitioner faculty include everything from CFOs to entrepreneurs. With a 50+ year tradition as professionals who educate, our faculty focus on the application of business rather than just the theory.

• Our practical research is singularly focused on identifying the real problems facing business today and then solving them through behavioral change and leadership.

Unique experiential learning

Global learning

• We pioneered experiential learning, and have been perfecting it for over 30 years. Our education is both world-class and enjoyable, which is reflected in our +84 Net Promoter Score (NPS) and is why companies like Ferrari and the Premier League choose us.

• Our neuroscience-inspired approach to education pushes you out of your comfort zone, and improves the stickiness of learning. For example, read about our course which uses heart rate monitors on page 42.

• Great ideas have no borders. Learn alongside executives from diverse backgrounds, who share their business knowledge from around the world.

• Gain a global perspective. Our internationally sourced faculty and campus network enable us to provide a globally relevant business education adapted for local context.

Executive Education Open Programs

General management programs:- Senior Executive Program- Advanced Management Program- Management Development Program- Personalized Development Program

Specialized courses:- Leadership - Strategy

An agile business school for the global leader

“For more than 50 years, we have been helping build leaders. Because ultimately, people drive success. Hult International Business School is dedicated to educating not just leaders of business, but leaders of the world.”

Bertil HultBenefactor of Hult International Business School and Founder of EF Education First

18 Overview

20 Build your network

27 General management programs

39 Leadership courses

51 Strategy courses

59 Functional courses

83 Your next steps—enroll

The world is changing, but executive education is not.

Global change is disrupting organizations around us. And it calls for something new.

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Executives today need the agility of an entrepreneur.They need a vision that transcends borders.

Because disruption is inevitable,and effective leadership can change everything.

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Let us show you how we’re different.

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An agile business school for the global leader.

18 Overview

20 Build your network

27 General management programs

39 Leadership courses

51 Strategy courses

59 Functional courses

83 Your next steps—enroll

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We stand behind our ability to change behavior and make you a better leader. We do this by tailoring our instruction to match your personal development needs. You will leave your program a more confident, effective leader or we’ll refund your education*.

We’ll make you a better leader, guaranteed

Embedded in business

Faculty with real experience

• We listen to you. Our custom approach enables us to partner with you to identify your individual and organizational needs. To make the most of your time, before the program we assess your capabilities with our personalized psychometric tests and incorporate these findings into your education.

• We follow up with you after your program with action plans, peer learning groups, and coaching to ensure that what you learn is applied in the workplace, maximizing your personal and organizational ROI.

• Our practitioner faculty include everything from CFOs to entrepreneurs. With a 50+ year tradition as professionals who educate, our faculty focus on the application of business rather than just the theory.

• Unlike most business schools, our practical research is singularly focused on identifying the real problems facing business today and then solving them through behavioral change and leadership.

Unique experiential learning

Global learning

• We pioneered experiential learning, and have been perfecting it for over 30 years. Our education is both world-class and enjoyable, which is reflected in our +84 Net Promoter Score (NPS) and is why companies like Ferrari and the Premier League choose us.

• Our neuroscience-inspired approach to education pushes you out of your comfort zone and improves the stickiness of learning. For example, read about our course which uses heart rate monitors on page 42.

• Great ideas have no borders. Learn alongside executives from diverse backgrounds, who share their business knowledge from around the world.

• Gain a global perspective. Our internationally sourced faculty and campus network enable us to provide a globally relevant business education adapted for local context.

Four reasons why we’re different:

Our modern Dubai campus is located in the city’s innovation hub–Internet City.

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Ashridge House is an award-winning, Grade 1 listed neo-gothic mansion and was occupied as a royal residence up until 1603.

Our History

Arthur D. Little

School of

Management is

renamed Hult

International

Business School.

2003Arthur D. Little,

the world’s oldest

management

consulting firm,

opens a school

of management

dedicated to training

top executives and

consultants.

Ashridge Management

College opens to

provide management

training to professionals

and organizations.

19641959

Empowering organizations for over 50 years

We were founded with the support of leading organizations including Unilever, Shell, and Guinness to identify problems, change behaviors, and improve performance through executive education. Today we work with over 1,000 clients across 40+ countries*.

2007 2008 2014 20152009Ashridge Business

School helps

to create the

UN Principles

for Responsible

Management

Education and

becomes one of its

first signatories.

Hult becomes the

first US academic

institution to be

licensed in the UAE,

and welcomes its

first class of students

to the MBA program

in Dubai.

Hult’s first London

campus opens.

We welcome

MBA, Masters, and

Bachelor degree

candidates.

Ashridge Business

School is ranked

23rd best in

the world for

its Custom and

Open programs

by the prestigious

Financial Times.

Hult creates a strategic

alliance with Ashridge

Executive Education.

Corporate clients

1988Ashridge

Business School

(formerly Ashridge

Management

College) launches

its first MBA

qualification.

Astounding results—just ask our participants

Last year over 90% of our participants recommended our Open Programs, giving us an industry-leading Net Promoter Score (+84)**. In addition, over 90% of our biggest clients send their top talent to us year after year.

***Source: NPSbenchmarks.com, June 6, 2017

**Based on 2017 NPS data

*Based on 3-year customer data

30th best school for executive education Financial Times combined rankings (2017)

Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Ashridge Executive Education

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+26

Industry average:***

Education

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Financial Services

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EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards: Gold Winner with Diabetes UK in collaboration with Novo Nordisk 2017, Swarovski 2016, and National Institute for Health Research 2015

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Open Programs

Our Ashridge campus is set in acres of gardens overlooking a National Trust Estate–the perfect location to escape the office and reflect on your learning.

Open Programs

Lead your organization to its next frontier

Are you looking to strengthen one particular area?

Whether you are learning something new or improving existing knowledge, our specialized courses will enable you to expand your expertise and drive further organizational impact.

On our Open Programs, we partner with business leaders to identify and solve problems facing their organizations. Through experiential education, we create more agile executives able to overcome disruption and embrace change.

Strategy coursesLeadership courses Functional courses

Transformational Senior

Leadership

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p.40

Expert Strategy:

Driving Growth and Innovation

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p.52

Advanced HR Strategy

and Impact

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p.60

Leadership Foundations:

Performance through People

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p.48

Advanced Strategy:

Translating Strategy into Action

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p.54

Advanced Coaching for

Organization Consultants

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p.62

Advanced Leadership:

Influencing Strategies

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Expert level

courses

Advanced

level

courses


Leading on the Edge

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Strategy Foundations:

Strategic Decisions

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Foundation

level

courses

Financial Foundations

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Capability

level

Specialized courses

3 - 5 days

Which Open Program is right for you?

On our Open Programs, we partner with business leaders to identify and solve problems facing their organizations. Through experiential education, we create more agile executives able to overcome disruption and embrace change.

Senior

Executive

Program

2 x 5 days

For professionals who determine the strategy of their organization.

Minimum previous management experience: 10 years

Read more on p.28

Advanced

Management

Program

2 x 5 days

For professionals who influence the strategy of their organization.


Read more on p.30

Management

Development

Program

5 days

For professionals who implement the strategy of their organization.

Read more on p.32

Are you looking for a comprehensive program to broaden your understanding of business?

On our general management programs, you’ll deepen your understanding of yourself and expand your ability to lead others. You’ll enhance your ability to think strategically and grasp the underlying fundamentals impacting your organization’s financial performance.

General management programs

5 - 21 days

Personalized

Development

Program

Up to 21 days

For professionals who influence the strategy of their organization.


Read more on pg.34

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Open Programs

“This course has a great reputation at British Airways, and it was an honor to be on it. The experience was excellent. The professors brought theory to life with up-to-date, relevant business examples. They gave straight answers and were very open about their own past mistakes in business and what they had learned from them, which made the experience very genuine and valuable.

We were encouraged to share our own business issues and the coaching sessions helped us arrive at solutions. I could immediately apply the techniques I learned to my own workplace—the techniques are brilliant in their simplicity, and they work.

Now I have a sophisticated method for influencing and creating a positive impact. It was one of the best courses I’ve been on.”

Alison FleetPeople Strategy Manager British Airways Advanced Leadership: Influencing Strategies course

“This course has a great reputation

at British Airways, and it was an honor to be

on it. Now I have a sophisticated method for

influencing and creating a positive impact.

It was one of the best courses I’ve been on.”

Build your network Meet professionals from diverse industries and functions whose experience will help you see your own organization through a different lens.

“Beyond 70 years of performance and passion, Ferrari stands for the highest innovation and continuous improvement, embracing competition and driving for disruption. Ferrari is a curious organization, eager to learn from others and best practices. So it is key for us to be in touch with the rest of the world.

Together with the team of Ashridge, we not only shared learnings but also received insights on the latest technology developments, innovations, trends, and customer expectations in the world of hi-tech, luxury, and design.

The program allowed us to engage with peers from leading innovation companies and leaders in their respective fields, to learn from each other’s digital challenges. And finally, to work with a highly diversified, international group of participants on the Ferrari digital case-challenge. We could not have imagined a better approach. The caliber and diversity of innovation that sparked out of this program are inspiring.”

Dennis de MunckTalent Acquisition Director Ferrari S.p.a.

“We could not have imagined a better

approach. The caliber and diversity of

innovative ideas that sparked out of this

program are inspiring.”


Open Programs

“I wanted to make the move from

operations into general management, but

feared I would only be seen as an introverted

engineer. After my program, I was a lot more

confident, and I was promoted to a global

management role at the BBC.”

“I came back with actionable ideas to improve both myself as a leader and the business. I’ve already used what I’ve learned to re-evaluate our customer segmentation and better align our messaging strategy to meet their various needs. Internally, we’ve also reviewed how we’re communicating across global offices as a direct result of the cross-cultural communications session. I feel like I understand how to use each person’s strengths to build a stronger team.

The instructors struck the perfect balance in creating valuable yet memorable lessons. Sessions were dynamic and engaging and challenged all of us to reconsider how we’re organizing teams, evaluating new market opportunities, and thinking from the consumer’s perspective. Attending the course as a team was so beneficial—we all returned with a shared vision to drive the business forward. I would definitely recommend it.”

Heidi DurflingerPresident, Go Ahead Tours EF Education First

“I came back with actionable ideas to

improve both myself as a leader and the

business. I’ve already used what I’ve learned to

re-evaluate our customer segmentation and

better align our messaging strategy to meet

their needs.”

“I’d been in my job in operations for over five years, and there was very little left for me to learn. I wanted to make the move from operations into general management, but feared I would only be seen as an introverted engineer.

The Management Development Program taught me that you don’t have to be an extrovert to lead. I realized management styles can be very different but equally effective. Good leadership and creative solutions can come from anyone, even the quietest person in the corner.

The program was an excellent overview in leadership and strategy. Many participants were making that step from operations to management, and so I learned from their experiences as well.

After my program, I was a lot more confident, and I was promoted to a global management role at the BBC. Now I regularly use what I learned on the program at work. I understand why people behave in certain ways, and how to adjust my communication style accordingly. This is essential, especially when dealing with high-pressure projects and conflict.”

Mark SeeleyService Assurance Manager BBCManagement Development Program


Open Programs

“I lead over 300 people indirectly across three hospitals, but I had never before had any formal training. I wanted the Senior Executive Program to help me be a more effective strategist and leader, both in my current role but also in future roles I might have.

On the program, I was very impressed by the knowledge of the faculty. They shared so many tools that they’d tried and tested themselves in the business world. Plus, the delivery and experiential learning process really helped to park the knowledge in my brain for the long term.

My final project explored how we could improve processes at my company by communicating more effectively across our three hospitals. I followed the model I learned on the program and put so much of what I learned into practice. Now, this project is a central part of the future thinking of the company.

After the program, I created a formal, written strategy with built-in checkpoints. We now respond better to changes, and have a sense of unity and purpose because people see how they link together.

I’m now a far more self-aware leader, and am equipped with a fantastic toolkit which will enable me to adapt and respond to challenges I face.”

Samantha SheehanExecutive Director BMI HealthcareSenior Executive Program

“My final project explored how we

could improve processes at my company by

communicating more effectively across our

three hospitals. Now, this project is a central

part of the future thinking of the company.”

“Before I had a reputation as a good

‘number two’, but now I’m seen as a leader. I

now know what I’m good at, so I can plan my

career around that. My aim is to be a partner

and it’s an excellent program, which has

equipped me for that.”

“I needed to develop my broader strategic skills as the next step in my development, as for many of us at PwC our careers are built on technical expertise. I saw this program as ‘an MBA in 10 days’, with a particular focus on strategy and leadership.

The sessions were extremely thought-provok-ing. For example, we had one about risk, run by a former professional gambler. We did useful work around strategy tools and also a business simulation which brought together all the elements; strategy, team dynamics, and personal development.

It’s an open program, which means you get a broad range of perspectives. You get huge value from peer discussions with other participants in the group. At the same time, the program is very much focused on you as an individual, and what you can do to get results. This is supported by psychometric testing and one-to-one coaching.

It has been of huge benefit, giving me high-level insight into how I work and what this means for my team. Before I had a reputation as a good ‘number two’, but now I’m seen as a leader. I now know what I’m good at, so I can plan my career around that. My aim is to be a partner, and it’s an excellent program which has equipped me for that.”

Dean FarthingPartner PwC Advanced Management Program


Open Programs

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30 Advanced Management Program

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Sona Sherratt, Leadership Faculty

General management programsOn our general management programs, you’ll deepen your understanding of yourself and expand your ability to lead others. You’ll enhance your ability to think strategically and grasp the fundamentals impacting your organization.

General Management Programs

Senior Executive ProgramLearn how to chart the future of your organization and embrace disruptive innovation with a global executive program which could take you to London, Dubai, or San Francisco.

Foundation Advanced Senior

Course level

Program details

Length: 2 x 5 days

Dates:

Ashridge:

Module 1: 02 Oct - 06 Oct 2017

Module 2: 15 Jan - 19 Jan 2018

Module 1: 30 Apr - 04 May 2018

Module 2: 02 Jul - 06 Jul 2018

Dubai:

Module 1: 03 Dec - 07 Dec 2017

Module 2: 25 Feb - 01 Mar 2018

San Francisco:

Module 2: 29 Jan - 02 Feb 2018

Fee: £16,000 + VAT or US$19,800

(Dubai) *excluding accommodation

Location: Ashridge, Dubai, and

San Francisco (2nd module only)

To enroll: hult.edu/exec

Who is this program for?

You have at least ten years of management experience, and determine the strategic direction of your organization.

C-level executives, managing directors, divisional directors, and subject matter experts, in both the private and public sectors, typically thrive in this senior program.

What will I learn?

The Senior Executive Program is designed to enhance your resilience and adaptability as both a transformative strategic thinker and influential motivator within your organization. You’ll develop a deep self-awareness of your own leadership style and how to best leverage it persuasively, and gain an advanced understanding of transformational strategic innovation and the power of digital disruption and how to effectively manage and implement change.

Our faculty’s research is rooted in our practical focus on the application of business, rather than theory. Topics include:

Leadership in a disruptive world—creating agile responses aligned with the dynamics of your industry and organization and working constructively with ambiguity, unleashing the potential of millennials and the digital generation.

Mindfulness—Develop the deep personal insight, resolve, and confidence required to combine tenacity and persistence with openness, engagement, and personal connection.

Speaking truth to power—how senior leaders can ensure the truth bubbles up to them, and understanding the inevitable blindness of leadership and working to minimize it.

You’ll learn from faculty with real-world experience. More than just academics, our professors are practitioners who have been consultants, directors, and vice presidents at leading global companies.

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will learn how to grow your organization and lead change successfully. You will explore how to be a strategic thinker whose individual leadership style can produce innovative solutions and generate a genuine competitive difference.

Before you arrive, you’ll complete a psychometric evaluation and work 1:1 with an executive coach to understand your results and improve your interpersonal effectiveness. You’ll apply your learning in a realistic business simulation. This simulation will purposely push you out of your comfort zone so you’re challenged but also supported, which our research indicates is when learning best sticks.

Throughout the program, we’ll partner with you to identify and solve a problem facing your organization. We’ll help you apply theoretical frameworks to this problem and a coach will also help you to create a 100-day action plan to implement when back at work. You’ll complete a final project after the course, and earn a Certificate of Application as a result. Following the program, you’ll enjoy a virtual 1:1 session, as well as have six months of access to our online learning portal.

The program takes place over two five-day modules, with a choice of campuses for each. Regardless of location, our modular approach allows you to trial your learning at the office before returning to track progress and refine.

Meet the faculty: Paul Griffith

Before joining us, Paul worked in telecoms as a VP at Inmarsat, where he was responsible for the global portfolio. As a member of the executive leadership team, he took the business through a private equity transaction and subsequent IPO. He’s also held leadership roles at BT, FirstMark, and Datapoint. He began his career in the oil and gas sector for Air Products.

Paul focuses on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

He has worked with many organizations, including Astra Zeneca, Barclays Bank, Gala Coral Group, Erste Bank, Imperial Tobacco, KPN, Senior, Skanska, and the government of Dubai.

Paul holds an MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College and an MBA (Distinction) from London Business School.

We’re constantly evolving our learning environment. Therefore, faculty and learning activities are subject to change.

Learn how to embrace digital disruption and transform behavior to create a revolutionary new product in this challenging one-day simulation. Broken into teams representing different divisions of a recently merged company, your group will compete for resources and investment to create the best category-revolutionizing product. Throughout, unexpected challenges and surprises will complicate your task, and force you to apply your learnings to succeed. The simulation concludes with a group debrief where you’ll the explore the choices you’ve made, specifically how you respond to external disruption in your environment, trigger internal disruption and transform behaviors with positive outcomes.

Experiential learning spotlight:

Navigate a complex merger

Samantha Sheehan

Executive Director, BMI Healthcare

“I’m now a far more self-aware leader, and I’m equipped with a fantastic toolkit which will enable me to adapt and respond to challenges I face.”

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Length: 2 x 5 days


Helen Whitten

Head of European Marketing Communications for Roland Europe Group

“Within a year of completing the AMP, I was promoted to Marketing Director. This was a huge step from a functional, UK-focused role to a strategic position working with European colleagues on a global scale.”


You have at least five years of management experience and you’re hoping to expand your ability to lead others, enhance your strategic thinking, and better understand business fundamentals. You want the most well-rounded management education available for the minimum number of days away from the office.

If you’re a business unit or country manager, a high-potential mid-level manager, a specialist working across teams, or a project manager tackling complex projects, you’re well suited to benefit from the Advanced Management Program (AMP).

What will I learn?

On the Advanced Management Program, you’ll learn through a carefully crafted curriculum that covers topics on leadership, strategy, and business foundations.

During the program, you’ll cover:

Leadership: Understand your leadership style and how to capitalize on it; develop tools for maximizing your team’s skills and influencing others.

Strategy: Identify ways to maintain a competitive advantage; learn how to translate inventive strategy development into seamless execution.

Business Foundations: Understand core financial principles and their effect on business performance, and how customer-centric marketing strategies can drive growth.

You’ll learn from faculty with real experience working with organizations. More than just academics, our professors have been consultants, directors, and vice presidents at leading global companies.

Unlike the Personalized Development Program, which allows participants to create a tailored curriculum, the AMP covers set topics to ensure everyone receives a well-rounded education in as little time as possible.

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will develop a real understanding of the impact of your behavior upon others, and channel this to drive growth within your organization.

To ensure that your learning is as relevant and impactful as possible, before arriving you’ll complete our Ashridge Inventory of Management Skills (AIMS) 360° evaluation. The AIMS 360° process helps line managers, peers, and direct reports to provide feedback on you. Using this data, you’ll partner 1:1 with an executive coach throughout the program to ensure that lessons learned are applied to work.

During this program, you’ll step out of the classroom to put theories into action. You will work with faculty to identify a personal learning project and consult with a real company on a current business problem they’re facing. Near the end, you’ll also experience a day-long simulation on decision-making under pressure.

After the program ends, completing a final project on a challenge back at work will earn you a Certificate of Application. A virtual 1:1 follow-up will help you reassess your progress, and you’ll also have six months of access to our online learning portal.

This hands-on program takes place over two five-day modules. This design allows you to trial your learning at the office before returning to track and refine your development.

Program details

Length: 2 x 5 days

Dates:

Module 1: 25 Sep - 29 Sep 2017


Module 1: 05 Mar - 09 Mar 2018

Module 2: 23 Apr - 27 Apr 2018

Module 1: 25 Jun - 29 Jun 2018




Fee: £13,000 + VAT

*excluding accommodation

Location: Ashridge



Course level


Meet the faculty: James Moncrieff

James’ career began in telecommunications with Telecom Australia. After moving to the UK, he worked in manufacturing and IT as a development manager and strategic consultant.

James works with senior teams to support strategy formation and execution. His teaching is grounded in reality and often uses live case work. This takes him across the globe, often working through simultaneous translation. His clients include financial services, engineering and energy, FMCG, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

James has an MBA, and is currently researching how businesses can survive and thrive in complex and disruptive environments.

Put what you’ve learned to the test by consulting with a real organization which has a pressing business challenge. Working in teams, you’ll draw on your skills of strategy, finance, and innovation to put forth a creative and sound solution. Periodic checkpoints with the client will help to assess your progress as your team work towards a common goal. The consultancy project culminates in a client presentation—will your team rise to the challenge?

Solve a real business challenge

Advanced Management Program

Strengthen your leadership, strategy, and business acumen with a pre-designed program to accommodate your busy schedule.

Length: 2 x 5 days

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“We were paired with a faculty member at the start, and you could meet for lunch or drop them an email. The faculty would go out of their way to find me the relevant information to answer my questions.”

Diane French

Director of Operations and Business Development, Fitzroy


You may have recently entered a management position from a specialized functional or technical role. You’re looking to push yourself out of your comfort zone in order to jump start your growth as a people leader, strategist, and business contributor.

What will I learn?

The Management Development Program will introduce you to a broad set of management knowledge and help you accelerate your growth as a new manager. As with our other general management programs, you’ll study topics across leadership, strategy, and finance:

Leadership: Learn how to adapt your own leadership approach to motivate your team and deliver excellence.

Strategy: Understand strategy and how creative solutions are formed, and develop a strong personal and team management process to ensure seamless execution.

Business foundations: Learn key financial principles and build confidence in contributing to business-shaping discussions.

You’ll explore these topics with professors who have impressive professional experience themselves. More than just academics, they’re practitioners with real-world experience who have been consultants, directors, and vice presidents at leading global companies.

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will learn to expand your business acumen, lead a high-performance team, and influence at all levels within your organization.

Impactful executive education must start with your individual leadership style. That’s why before you arrive, you’ll complete a self-assessment to identify your strengths and areas for development. We’ll help you to understand your personal leadership style and maximize your ability to motivate others.

Our core research indicates that people learn best when in stressful yet supported, safe environments. Therefore, activities will place you in immersive yet supported simulations so that your learning sticks.

Throughout the program, we’ll partner with you to identify and solve a problem facing your organization. We’ll help you apply theoretical frameworks to this problem, and a coach will also help you to create an action plan to implement at work. You’ll complete a final project on this topic post-program, and earn a Certificate of Application as a result.

Our immersive setting away from the typical office will also ensure you have the mind space to focus and reflect, so you’ll return to work energized and ready to apply your learning.

Once the program is over, you’ll be invited to a group webinar with a tutor to assess your progress, and also have six months of access to our virtual learning portal.

Program details

Length: 5 days

Dates:

27 Nov - 01 Dec 2017

05 Mar - 09 Mar 2018

11 Jun - 15 Jun 2018

24 Sep - 28 Sep 2018

Fee: £5,900 + VAT


Location: Ashridge



Course level


Meet the faculty: Stephan Schubert

Stephan has extensive experience in energy, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, construction, professional services, and government. He’s worked in over 25 countries and his clients include Philips, Vodafone, Lufthansa, Sinopec, and Munich Re. His subject expertise ranges from strategy to leadership, and from organizational behavior to emotional intelligence.

Before joining us, Stephan gained over 15 years of experience as a consultant in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, working with multinational organizations and government departments.

Stephan holds a BA in Business Administration, an MA in HR Management, and a PhD in Industrial Economics.

Your accumulated learning across leadership, strategy, and finance will be put to the test in our computer-based simulation designed to see how you would cope if you inherited a business in the middle of its lifecycle and desperate for leadership to help it stay competitive. Competing in teams, you’ll make difficult group business decisions that will require you to apply learning from across the program and impact your team’s stock price. Throughout, unexpected disruptions will rock your team’s progress, forcing you to recalibrate. Will your team finish with the highest return?


Lead a company to stock market success

Management Development Program

Build a well-rounded set of business skills to accelerate your career.

Length: 5 days

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*We’re constantly evolving our learning environment. Therefore, faculty, and program offerings are subject to change.

General Management ProgramsGeneral Management

Meet the faculty: Colin Williams

Colin has worked across Europe, North America, and Asia. He has over ten years’ international experience managing operations in the service sector, and his recent client work includes projects with Daimler, Vorwerk, Volkswagen, Electrolux, and the British Civil Service. Colin completed an MBA at Cass Business School. He’s fluent in both English and French.Jon Stainer

Senior VP Sales, Repucom

“We covered material 100% relevant to my needs. It allowed me to hone my existing expertise and acquire necessary new skills.”


You have at least five years of management experience and you’re hoping to expand your ability to lead others, enhance your strategic thinking, and better understand business fundamentals. Moreover, you’re particularly interested in a program which has been tailored for your individual development.

If you’re a business unit or country manager, a high-potential mid-level manager, a specialist working across teams, or a project manager tackling complex projects, you’re well suited to benefit from the Personalized Development Program (PDP).

What will I learn?

Your Personalized Development Program will cover a series of thought-provoking topics across leadership, strategy, and business foundations (see adjacent chart). You will be taught by practitioner faculty with industry experience who conduct research solving the real problems facing businesses today.

Potential program topics include:

Leadership: Understand your leadership style and how to capitalize on it; develop tools for maximizing your team’s skills and influencing others.

Strategy: Identify ways to maintain a competitive advantage; learn how to translate inventive strategy development into seamless execution.

Business foundations: Understand core financials which drive business goals.

Your course will be personalized, corresponding to your individual online self-evaluation taken before you start. Your program will be taught by faculty who have been consultants, directors, and vice presidents at leading global companies.

To take the online self-evaluation, please visit: hult.edu/pdp

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will learn to sharpen your expertise across the operational areas of your job and to better deliver results within your organization.

To start, you’ll complete a proprietary online self-evaluation and your course will be personalized to your individual results. Our custom algorithm will intelligently translate your data into a program optimized for you. You can, of course, make alterations, although we advise participants to follow the recommendations.

Our goal is for your learning to positively impact your organization. That’s why, before arriving, you’ll complete an employer learning contract with your manager to define your desired learning outcome and its intended impact on the business. You will also complete a 360 AIMS questionnaire and discuss the results with your individual PDP coach in two 90-minute sessions.

Throughout the program, you’ll step out of the classroom to put theories into action with simulations and creative workshops. After the course ends, in addition to your final session with your coach, you will benefit from six months of access to our online learning portal.

The program runs for a minimum of 14 days and is to be completed within two years of the start date. Personalized to your needs, you’ll study over a series of two- to five-day periods, for a total of up to 21 days. This multi-modular design allows you to apply your education back at the office and then return to class to review your progress.

Program details

Length: Up to 21 days

Dates: Vary, as each program

is personalized

Fee: £22,500 + VAT


Location: Ashridge



Course level

Personalized Development Program

Strengthen your leadership, strategy, and business acumen with a program intelligently customized for your personal development.

Length: Up to 21 days

Strategy coursesLeadership courses Functional courses

Transformational Senior

Leadership

____

p.40

Senior Strategy:

Driving Growth and Innovation

____

p.52

Advanced HR Strategy

and Impact

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p.60

Leadership Foundations:

Performance through People

____

p.48

Advanced Strategy:

Translating Strategy into Action

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p.54

Advanced Coaching for

Organization Consultants

____

p.62


Influencing Strategies

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p.46

Expert level

courses

Advanced

level

courses


Leading on the Edge

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p.42

Strategy Foundations:

Strategic Decisions

____

p.56

Foundation

level

courses

Financial Foundations

____

p.64

Capability level

*Courses available on the PDP

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Post-learning assessment center

When an organization enrolls a large number of employees into our programs, they may wish to see a more formalized assessment of their employees’ improvement and individual growth.

Our assessment center involves a series of tests, interviews, and activities which take place after a program or course. It allows us to evaluate an individual’s growth post-learning. Organizations often find this helpful in identifying top talent, and as a vehicle for providing feedback to talented individuals on strengths and development areas, which can be fed into a development plan.

The open exclusive option

Sometimes an organization wants to send numerous employees on an exclusive program or course. This maximizes our ability to tailor the education to the needs of your organization.

The aligned option

Organizations who have a number of employees with individual development needs can fulfill their employees’ growth by participating in one of our Open Programs. We can support this with our aligned option, which features customized events to bring the group together and align their learning with your organization’s goals.

The executive coaching option

Executive coaching provides a confidential sounding board for senior managers who want to review sensitive issues, such as their own leadership and management style, or the effectiveness of their relationships with some of their key stakeholders—direct reports, management team, colleagues, and customers—and explore the potential impact on business results.

To learn more about any of these options and corresponding fees, please contact us at [email protected]

Options for organizations

Pre-arrival

We listen to you

*These are examples of pre- and post-program exercises. Specific exercises will vary by program.

On-site learning

You learn through experiential,

peer, and 1:1 learning

Post-program support

We follow up with you

Pre-Program Preparation

• Personalized self-evaluation

• Ashridge Inventory of Management Skills (AIMS) 360° evaluation

• Identifying a project or challenge your organization is facing

• Employer learning contract

During the Program

• Practical focused classes delivered by expert practitioners

• 1:1 mentoring

• Interactive simulations

• Peer-to-peer learning and feedback

• Personalized action plan development

Certificate of Application

• Obtain a Certificate of Application by completing follow-up work, demonstrating the impact of your learning on both you and your organization

• Examples of follow-up work include:

• Virtual 1:1 session with a tutor

• Group webinars with tutor and peers

Virtual Ashridge

• Six months access to Virtual Ashridge, an online database of learning resources

We partner with you to maximize your ROI

Our uniquely customized approach to learning delivers relevant and impactful benefits to your organization. We work with you to identify and solve critical business challenges through talent development and executive education.


Tom Ban

Executive Vice President Corporate HR, Swarovski

“Ashridge is a thought partner, supporting us with insights into cultural patterns and ongoing dynamics, recognizing what’s happening, and designing interventions which interweave our specific complexities and challenges”

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Barbara Wang, Professor of Practices

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Leadership CoursesOur practical research has helped us to create leadership

courses which will instill lasting behavioral changes in you,

making you a more persuasive and adaptable leader.

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Matt Lewis

COO, The Shared Resource Service

“We are now planning well ahead and building a broad portfolio, giving me enhanced credibility in my new role.”


You’re an experienced senior-level leader. Though you’re comfortable with many tactical areas of leadership such as giving feedback, having difficult conversations, and conducting performance reviews, you are looking for a deeper dive into your leadership ‘essence’ and how to use it to accelerate your organization’s transformational journey.

What will I learn?

This course is an evolution of the popular Ashridge Leadership Process and is designed to transform your leadership. This includes:

- How to develop your adaptability and personal resilience

- How to work with organizations as complex adaptive (living) systems and inter-dependent value chains to unleash the potential of your people

- Enhancing self-awareness and self-management by exploring issues like purpose, legacy, and sub-conscious limiting behavior

- Applying three emerging leadership intelligences: ego intelligence, eco intelligence and intuitive wisdom intelligence

- Mindfulness practice as an enabling capacity

Why learn with us?

This course will develop your agility as a leader and build upon your strategic thinking. You will learn how to manage increased responsibility and design effective action plans to achieve both personal and organizational goals.

Before arriving, you’ll complete two psychometric evaluations as well as an assessment of your leadership. These exercises also collect feedback from your peers and managers and allow us to combine business theory with your personal and organizational input to maximize the relevance and impact of the course.

From over 30 years of practice in experiential learning rooted in our own research, you’ll learn through experiences and activities designed to push you out of your comfort zone in a safe setting, which is when our neuroscience research indicates learning sticks best.

You’ll work with a personal coach during and after the residential module. They will help you identify your goals at the outset and assess how your perspective has shifted afterwards. Together, you’ll create a leadership development plan for your continued growth at work, which will detail a specific challenge you’re facing in the workplace. Post-course, you’ll complete a final project related to this challenge, and earn a Certificate of Application as a result.

Foundation Advanced Expert

Course level

Program details

Length: 5 days + 2 virtual

follow-up sessions

Dates:

20 Nov - 24 Nov 2017

05 Feb - 09 Feb 2018

23 Apr - 27 Apr 2018

25 Jun - 29 Jun 2018

10 Sep - 14 Sep 2018

Fee: £7,500 + VAT


Location: Ashridge

To enroll: hult.edu/execMeet the faculty: Megan Reitz

Before joining us, Megan was a consultant with Deloitte. She also surfed the dot-com boom with boo.com and worked in strategy consulting for The Kalchas Group (now the strategic arm of Computer Science Corporation).

Megan researches and consults on leadership, change, and mindfulness. Her research on “Speaking Truth to Power,” which was recently featured in the Harvard Business Review, examines how communication reaches–or doesn’t reach–senior leaders.

Megan has a PhD from Cranfield School of Management. She is an accredited coach with Ashridge and is qualified to deliver feedback through a range of psychometric instruments.

We believe that placing people in a variety of situations and experiences helps draw out profound personal insights. Along with other senior leaders, you will take part in a half-day physical exercise where you’ll spend reflective time outdoors and work together to solve complex abstract riddles and codes. Can you adapt quickly enough in this structureless team environment to complete the task?

This will form part of a progressive journey to help bring clarity to you on your purpose and legacy, and enhance the impact you make in your world. Post-exercise analysis will help you identify how to use learning from this activity to influence behavioral change among senior stakeholders in your organization.


Learn how to influence other senior executives


Transformational Senior Leadership

Make the transition from senior manager to leader.

Length: 5 days

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Program details

Length: 3 days

Dates:

Ashridge:

01 Nov - 03 Nov 2017

06 Mar - 08 Mar 2018

13 Jun - 15 Jun 2018

Dubai:

30 Oct - 01 Nov 2017

Fee: £4,500 + VAT or US$5,600


Location: Ashridge, Dubai, and

virtual option


Leadership Courses

“Wearing a heart rate monitor gave useful insights into how I react physically in situations. It made me realize that the key to improving my performance was improving my coping methods.”

Rob Pearse

Head of Contractors and Installers, Rexel UK Ltd

Who is this course for?

You’re a high-potential manager or specialist moving into a leadership role, possibly on a fast track toward greater leadership responsibility in the near future. You’re looking to accelerate your leadership growth by several years, and are intrigued by the idea of a uniquely immersive simulation that will deliberately place you under carefully measured stress.

What will I learn?

It normally takes ten years of bitter experience in the field for a leader to acquire the knowledge contained in this program. Thanks to our extensive research findings, you have the opportunity to condense this learning into just a few days. You will learn key lessons on your own terms and practice your responses to situations in a safe environment. In the future, when it really matters, you will know what to do. Your organization’s investment in its future leaders is vital to retaining talent with the strength and flexibility to cope with what lies ahead.

By experiencing some of the critical incidents that you’re likely to face as a leader, you’ll be equipped and supported to deal more effectively with them in future.

A few of the situations you’ll encounter include:

- Stepping up to take responsibility andto lead

- Making decisions within uncertain,ambiguous contexts

- Delivering results through and with others

- Handling difficult conversations

- Managing stress and recovery

Why learn with us?

In these turbulent times, organizations need leaders who are prepared for the unexpected. By practicing now, you will be able to rely on your ‘muscle memory’ to deal effectively with these incidents when you encounter them in future.

You’ll be placed in the center of a three-day experiential simulation where you will experience a range of challenging leadership dilemmas. You will receive in-depth developmental feedback from coaches, tutors, and fellow participants.

This experience is the ultimate test run, allowing you to assess your readiness for leadership and how to prepare yourself for the challenges that are likely to arise. It’s not for the faint of heart, but in the future, when it really matters, you’ll know what to do.

You’ll meet with a coach before arriving, as well as after the course to support you as you take your leadership skills forward. After the course, a final project related to applying your learning at work will allow you to earn a Certificate of Application. You’ll also enjoy six months of access to our online virtual learning portal.

Advanced Leadership: Leading on the EdgeAn immersive experience where you will confront your leadership challenges of tomorrow.

Length: 3 days

Course level



Meet the faculty: Vicki Culpin

Vicki Culpin is a globally recognized Professor in Organizational Behavior specializing in well-being at work research. A member of the faculty at Ashridge Executive Education, Vicki has worked with a range of international clients in the public, private, and cultural sectors: Heineken, PepsiCo, Bayer, Oxfam, and the World Health Organization.

As a chartered psychologist, Vicki has spent over 17 years in academia, delivering guest lectures around the world on a variety of psychological topics. Vicki’s more recent research dives into the relationship between sleep, well-being, and memory with resilience in management populations.

Vicki holds an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology and a Ph.D. in Psychology and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Our research has found that people learn best when they feel stretched, yet equipped for the challenge. That’s why this course will plunge you into an immersive experience alongside others where you’ll be stretched beyond your comfort zone, but also supported. For the duration, you’ll be invited to wear a heart monitor so that you can receive feedback from a qualified sports psychologist on how you manage stress and your ability to recover.

Experiential learning section:

Improve your ability to manage stress, rest, and recovery

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Who is the program for?

You are a manager possibly on a fast track towards greater leadership responsibility in the near future. You’re looking to accelerate your leadership growth by several years, and are intrigued by the idea of a uniquely immersive simulation which will deliberately place you under carefully measured stress. You would prefer to do this program virtually for a variety of reasons such as locality or time out of the office, or you are required to manage and engage others virtually on a regular basis and would like to enhance your ability to lead virtually in stretching and difficult situations.

What will I learn?

The learning outcomes are similar to our face-to-face 3-day option, namely:

- Stepping up to take responsibility and to lead

- Making decisions within uncertain, ambiguous contexts

- Delivering results through and with others

- Handling difficult conversations

- Managing stress and recovery

The main differences between the face-to-face and virtual programs are that the virtual program offers a more condensed experience in real time (all participants online at the same time), with learning blocks of four hours at a time using the zoom technology. All participants will still be able to see each other on screen and participate fully.

This condensed and virtual version also includes practical skills on how to lead virtually in other words how to ensure you achieve quality connections and maximize engagement from a team that may be distributed all over the world and needs to be managed virtually. None of the intensity is sacrificed—the online experience is as stretching and challenging.

Why learn with us?

Working virtually is becoming increasingly common in many organizations and there is a need for executives to effectively lead in these more digitized settings.

We’re committed to helping you learn in a way that’s reflective of these changing times, and most convenient for you. That’s why we now offer Leading on the Edge as a virtual learning option that takes 16 hours to complete over a three-day period.

We recently conducted research which compared the learning outcomes of in-person versus virtual learning. The results surprised us. Months after, participants who completed the virtual learning option showed the same competency development and behavioral change, as those who attended in person.

After the course ends, you’ll also be invited to a coaching session with an Ashridge-accredited coach to support you in applying your learning back at work.


Course level

Program details

Dates:

Twice per year:

21 Nov - 23 Nov 2017

21 May - 23 May 2018

16 hours of real-time learning

over a 3-day period:

Day 1: How to effectively

interact using the virtual

technology (4 hours)

Day 2: Full simulation

conducted virtually (2x4 hours)

Day 3: Reflection and

feedback (4 hours)

Fee: £3,600 + VAT


Location: Virtual



Meet the faculty: Lee Waller

Lee specializes in researching the neurological, cognitive, and psychological processes involved in adult learning. She teaches in the areas of neuroscience and learning and developing a high-performing learning organization, and tutors experiential simulations underpinned by her research.

Lee has worked with clients in both the private and public sectors, including Bayer, Vodafone, and the BBC, to explore the learning needs of their individuals and the strategic objectives of their organizations.

Lee has an Honours degree in Psychology and a Masters in Occupational Psychology. She is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and is currently undertaking a Ph.D. at the University of Reading.

We’re committed to helping you learn in a way that’s most convenient for you. That’s why we’ve adapted Leading on the Edge to the online format, giving you the benefit of learning how to effectively establish rapport and engage people using technology and virtual interactions.

Don’t worry, none of the intensity is sacrificed—even the online experience is not for the faint of heart. The premise of the course remains unchanged and you will be stretched beyond your comfort zone.


Learn how to manage stress and uncertainty in a virtual space

Advanced Leadership: Leading on the Edge - VirtualAn online immersive course where you’ll confront your leadership challenges of tomorrow and improve your ability to lead virtually.

Length: 3 days

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Sian Davies

Process Performance Manager, United Utilities Group Plc

“Shortly after the course, I was promoted. I now have a £3 million budget to operate and maintain major treatment works, and 21 direct reports.”


You have management experience and a good understanding of how to make the most of your team. However, you’re looking to improve your ability to persuade, gain buy-in from, and influence other internal and external organizational stakeholders.

What will I learn?

This course will help introduce you to the latest strategies in persuasion to help you diagnose, analyze, and refine your influencing approach and maximize your personal persuasiveness.

Upon completion, you will:

- Have a deep understanding of your own innate influencing approach

- Grasp the influencing styles of others, and understand how to adjust your approach for maximum effectiveness

- Learn how to apply these theories of persuasion and influence to real challenges you’re currently facing in the workplace

You’ll learn from our faculty who have mastered the art of influencing in the workplace as consultants, directors, and vice presidents—long before they became academics.

Why learn with us?

Our goal is to help you develop the confidence and skills required to create successful working relationships. Before arriving, you’ll complete an evaluation that helps identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and also allows managers, peers, and direct reports to provide feedback on you. We use this data to help maximize your ability to impact your organization.

We’ll also partner with you to identify a real challenge you’re currently facing at work, which will form the basis for this course. You’ll leave with an action plan to help you overcome that challenge, and completing a final project back at work will you earn a Certificate of Application as a result.

You’ll immediately put classroom strategies into action through immersive simulations with peers and actors. These environments deliberately stretch your capabilities while supporting you–which our research indicates is the ideal setting for long-term learning. By the time you return to work, you’ll have mastered the techniques.

Our location away from hectic work life will ensure that your learning unfolds in an environment where you can self-reflect, focus, and network with like-minded peers. You’ll return to your organization energized and ready to apply your learning.


Course level

Program details

Length: 3 days

Dates:

22 Nov - 24 Nov 2017

07 Feb - 09 Feb 2018

21 Mar - 23 Mar 2018

23 May - 25 May 2018

11 Jul - 13 Jul 2018

24 Sep - 26 Sep 2018

Fee: £4,500 + VAT


Location: Ashridge



Meet the faculty: Pam Jones

Before joining academia, Pam worked internationally with HSBC based in Hong Kong, where she was responsible for designing and delivering programs throughout the region. She also worked previously with Monash Mount Elisa Business School in Melbourne, helping them to develop their business in China. She has consulted with a range of clients, including JTI, Spirax Sarco, and the BBC.

Pam’s research focuses on coaching, managing performance, and delivering team excellence. She holds a degree in sociology from Warwick University, and an MBA from Cass Business School. She is qualified in a range of psychometric instruments and is an accredited Ashridge coach.

Learn how to apply your skills of persuasion to produce a coherent approach to influencing. Could you work together effectively with new peers to solve a short-term problem? What if you couldn’t see? In this activity, you’ll try to identify which of a series of objects is missing from your team and what color it is. You’ll need to work together and use the tools provided to crack the challenge. Can you establish an effective plan to collaborate using only verbal communication, particularly when taking into account cultural barriers and language?


Improve your ability to verbally influence others

Advanced Leadership:Influencing Strategies

Perfect your ability to persuade key stakeholders.

Length: 3 days

Functional Courses

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Jesper Fabricius

Head of Communications, Ramboll Denmark

“In the first month after, I referred to the course notes regularly to help me consider which leadership style I need given the situation, and now I’m starting to identify the right style intuitively.”


You're directly responsible for the success or failure of a team. You have some experience as a leader, but are looking to improve your ability to deliver feedback, handle difficult conversations, and inspire different types of team members. You want to accelerate your ability to develop high performances from others.

What will I learn?

This course will teach you how to motivate, delegate, and coach for success. You’ll leave aware of your impact on others, and be able to encourage confident, effective communication in your team.

Upon completion, you’ll understand:

- The developmental and people skills critical to leadership

- How to tap into others’ diverse motivations to inspire results and build high-performing teams

- Strategies for delivering feedback and engaging in difficult conversations

- How to build high-performance teams

- How to coach others to achieve their potential

- The importance of personal mindfulness in leadership, based on practical research conducted by our own faculty.

During the course, you’ll learn from faculty who are more than just academics. Our professors are practitioners with real-world experience as HR managers, directors, and coaches.

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will develop skills to lead performance through change and learn how to implement key concepts learned back in the workplace. To ensure your learning has an impact on your personal and organizational goals, you’ll complete an evaluation prior to arriving that identifies your own strengths and weaknesses, and also allows managers, peers, and direct reports to provide feedback on you. Once here, you’ll partner 1:1 with a tutor to interpret your results, which will be central to the remainder of your course.

Our original research on brain muscle memory indicates that people learn best when in stressful yet supported environments. Therefore, some experiential learning activities will place you in immersive—yet supported—scenarios. For example, you’ll role-play with a trained actor who has been briefed on a difficult conversation you’ve had (or will have) at work.

Post-course, you’ll complete a final project related to your individual action plan, and earn a Certificate of Application as a result.


Meet the faculty: Ian Hayward

Ian previously worked for the BBC as Head of Leadership Development, where he launched and directed the BBC Leadership Program and introduced the first corporate succession-planning process for senior managers. Prior to that, he worked for British Airways, where he launched the Senior Management Academy and was responsible for the young professionals graduate training scheme.

Ian’s research areas are leadership, culture, and organizational change. He has consulted with a range of clients, including BP, Lufthansa, Philips, Orange, Vodafone, and the UK Ministry of Defence.

Ian has a BSc in Psychology from Southampton University, an MA in Organization Development from Loyola University of Chicago, and a DBA from the University of Bradford School of Management. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Have you ever wanted to go back in time to change how a situation or conversation played out? What would you do differently to create a better, more productive result? On this course, you’ll get to do exactly that. We’ll partner with you to identify a real, challenging situation you’ve faced in the workplace. A trained actor will be briefed on that situation, and then you’ll have the opportunity to try it again, this time equipped with newly learned techniques and strategies for creating a better outcome.


Master the skill of managing difficult conversations

Leadership Foundations: Performance through People

Develop the skills to engage, motivate, and build high-performing teams.

Length: 5 days

Program details

Length: 5 days

Dates:

27 Nov - 01 Dec 2017

26 Feb - 02 Mar 2018

04 Jun - 08 Jun 2018

17 Sep - 21 Sep 2018

Fee: £5,500 + VAT


Location: Ashridge


Course level


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James Moncrieff, Professor of Practice in Strategy

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Strategy CoursesLearn the skills needed to assess your options, pre-empt market disruption, and translate brilliant strategy into action.

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We’re pioneers of experiential learning with over 30 years of experience, and we use it to maximize individual learning.

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Program details

Length: 5 days

Dates:

Ashridge:

16 Oct - 20 Oct 2017

05 Feb - 09 Feb 2018

11 Jun - 15 Jun 2018

Dubai:

19 Nov - 23 Nov 2017

Fee: £5,900 + VAT or US$7,300


Location: Ashridge and Dubai


Emma Dagnes

Deputy Chief Executive, Alexandra Palace

“The course was invaluable, and it’s helped me prevent expensive mistakes in my business.”


You’re a leader searching for new ways of future-proofing your company’s long-term strategy by pre-empting disruptive influences in the marketplace and uncovering creative options for growth. You may also be leading the development of new ideas and innovation practices in your organization.

What will I learn?

On this intensive course, you’ll learn how to assess your growth options and identify new digitally transformative ways to shape your company’s strategic future. You’ll learn how to evaluate the potential merits of new market penetration, expanded product development, and competitor acquisition—among other topics—to grow your business. You’ll explore approaches for successful implementation of innovation strategies and culture.

By the end, you’ll understand how to:

- Define what innovation means for your organization, and develop the ability articulate that to your teams

- Source and sustain growth

- Leverage your own innate strengths for delivering innovation

- Inspire a culture of agile, dynamic thinking among your team leaders

- Generate creative customer-centric ideas and adapt them to your real business capabilities and constraints

- Think like a disruptor, understanding what jobs need to be done and learning the frameworks to create strategies around business model innovation

Why learn with us?

On this program, you will learn how to manage change and make innovation a reality in your business. To ensure that learning is relevant and rooted in your organization, before arriving you’ll complete an online psychometric test to explore your personal capabilities for leading innovation and creativity, as well as a short exercise analyzing the growth of your business. Course material will revolve around this so that your investment with us directly drives your organization’s goals.

So that you can network with and be inspired by other diverse executives on the course, hands-on simulations will take you out of the classroom and require team cooperation. These exercises will not only force you to apply classroom theories in action but will also stretch your creative thinking. This concept of an in-class innovation lab enables you to present your organization’s products and benefit from collaboratively solving bottlenecks and designing tangible new ideas.

Both our Ashridge and Dubai locations are ideally situated for reflective and thoughtful learning, ensuring you’ll return to work energized and mentally refreshed.

You can also earn a Certificate of Application through applying frameworks learned in class directly to your organization. A virtual follow-up session after the program will allow you to present your progress, and allow a tutor to assess your development.


Course level


Meet the faculty: Victoria Harrison-Mirauer

Victoria’s experience spans advertising, branding, marketing, and innovation. She has led innovation and marketing projects for organizations including Vodafone, Google, Barclays, GSK, PepsiCo, HSBC, Unilever, Land Rover, and Johnson & Johnson. In addition, before joining us she founded an innovation consultancy.

Victoria also spent seven years based in Abu Dhabi as Head of Digital Strategy & Marketing for Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management. She launched the Barclays Premier League online in the Middle East and North Africa, and her work on an Arabic-language women’s interest website was awarded “most influential” in the region by Forbes.

A Cambridge graduate with an MSc in Organizational Psychology, Victoria won the 150th Anniversary London University Prize for Academic Excellence.

Are you currently working on creating new ideas for innovation in your organization, or are you leading the implementation of a new business model, product, or service? Our innovation lab will run alongside the course, offering you the chance to connect and work with your chosen project.

We bring in expert practitioners in the field of innovation and growth to inspire and support you through the week. You’ll get the opportunity to work on your ideas or strategy, using new thinking techniques and frameworks such as design thinking, as well as the chance to test out new ways of working with other participants who come from a wide array of industries and backgrounds.


Innovation LabExpert Strategy: Driving Growth & InnovationNo business is safe from disruption. Learn the techniques to foster creative innovation and develop a growth mindset within your organization.

Length: 5 days

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Course level

Daniel Shaughnessy

Senior Investment Operations Manager, Canada Life

“The group came from such a diverse mix of sectors. I discussed the challenges I was facing and gained different perspectives on how best to handle them.”

Program details

Length: 3 days

Dates:

Ashridge:

02 Oct - 04 Oct 2017

31 Jan - 02 Feb 2018

21 May - 23 May 2018

Dubai:

05 Dec - 07 Dec 2017

01 May - 03 May 2018

Fee: £4,500 + VAT or US$5,600





You’re a senior manager who has experience influencing and implementing strategy, both of your own team and of the wider organization. Though you’re comfortable thinking innovatively, you’d like to improve your ability to turn abstract strategy into an actionable plan of attack that yields tangible results.

What will I learn?

Our research indicates that 70% of strategic plans fail to be executed and commonly dissolve away due to cultural blocks. In this course, you’ll learn how to implement strategy and understand what the blockers for successful execution might be. Under the management process we call ‘translation’, you’ll learn the particular skills needed to become the 30% that actually drive strategic plans all the way through to completion.

This course will equip you with a set of practical, simple, but powerful tools and organizing frameworks to turn strategy into action and get results in an increasingly unpredictable world.

By the end of the program, you will understand how to:

- Overcome ambiguity and barriers to strategy execution

- Create successful execution roadmaps

- Work with behaviors and values to engage teams and gain stakeholder buy-in to enable execution and ensure lasting change

More than just academics, our professors are accomplished business professionals in their own right, so you’ll learn from their real-world business experience.

Why learn with us?

To maximize the relevancy and business impact of the course, we’ll engage with you before your arrival so that you identify execution challenges you’re facing in your organization. Post-course, you’ll complete a final project related to this challenge, and earn a Certificate of Application as a result.

With over 50 years of experience consulting with organizations, we’ve mastered the technique of bringing strategic frameworks to life in innovative ways. Through analyzing famous cinematic battle scenes and modern relevant case studies— among other methods—you’ll learn the link behind behavioral influence and strategy translation.

A virtual follow-up with a tutor after the course will provide an opportunity for you to review progress in applying your learning in the workplace, and gain additional support as you complete your final project.

Whether you study in Ashridge or Dubai, our internationally sourced faculty and campus network will enable us to provide business education that is both globally relevant and adapted for the local context.

Meet the faculty: Hari Mann

Hari started his career in Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division, where he worked with senior executives on consulting projects around the alignment of companies following a merger. He went on to the London School of Economics to undertake a variety of roles in consulting, research, and teaching. There, he consulted with a wide range of FTSE 100 companies.

Hari’s research examines how businesses develop the culture, environment, and infrastructure to foster innovation and entrepreneurial activities.

He holds an MSc (with distinction) and a PhD from the London School of Economics.

We draw on diverse examples to bring classroom theories to life. On this course, abstract concepts of strategic planning and the link between strategy and behavior are illustrated through something you might not expect: an epic battle scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. You’ll dissect the classic cinematic scene piece by piece to uncover how the various components of the army come together to form one cohesive attacking unit. By the end, you’ll understand why strong leaders need both a strategy and the ability to instill behaviors in those around them to be successful.

Looking outside the workplace for inspiration:

What can Hollywood teach you about business strategy?

Advanced Strategy: Translating Strategy into ActionStrategy is useless without effective execution. Advance your career by understanding how to transform ideas into tangible results.

Length: 3 days

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Course level

Rachel Pallett

Sales and Marketing Director, Watson-Marlow

“The tools are simple, effective, and easy to apply. I use them to communicate our strategy and to help people understand the part that they play in it, wherever they are in the organization.”

Program details

Length: 5 days

Dates:

13 Nov - 17 Nov 2017

12 Mar - 16 Mar 2018

25 Jun - 29 Jun 2018

Fees:

Module 1: £2,700 + VAT

Module 2: £3,700 + VAT

Full course: £5,900 + VAT


Location: Ashridge



You’re a manager in either a general management position or a functional role, and want to understand how best to structure and execute a strategic decision. You may be in transition from an operational to a more strategic role, and want a better understanding of strategies you have to implement or how to shape strategic decisions.

What will I learn?

This practical and highly interactive program will help you improve the quality of your decision-making and to think through issues in a more strategic way. By exploring the tools and reflecting on how strategy is formulated, you’ll understand how your future decisions can affect your organization.

Module 1: Strategy Tools With the use of real case studies and group exercises, learn how to evaluate the external environment, identify options, and ultimately select the best one.

Module 2: Formulating Strategy You’ll explore how biases can affect decisions, how to develop robust processes to address those biases, and how to stimulate the creation of new strategic options.

This course will:

- Help you understand the difference between strategic and operational thinking

- Enable you to decide which tools to use for developing strategy

- Equip you with the techniques for managing the decision-making process

- Give you essential tips and alert you to the pitfalls in making strategic decisions

Why learn with us?

To prepare you for the intense and fast-paced course, you’ll take part in a virtual learning session beforehand to help you revise your existing knowledge of strategic theory.

Once here, through the use of film clips, case studies, and extensive group work, we’ll bring strategic frameworks to life. Real examples–including a film about the Cuban Missile Crisis and a case study on the publishing industry–will help to explain the models, which you’ll then apply to your own real workplace examples. You’ll finish with a day-long simulation enabling you to practice frameworks and decision-making under pressure.

The course draws on our research into decision-making, as captured in the book Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep It from Happening to You, coauthored by our own Jo Whitehead.

This course also includes a virtual follow-up session to help support you in applying your learning back in the workplace.

This course is split into two: first, a two-day module on strategy tools, and then a three-day module on formulating strategy. Though we encourage participants to attend both modules for the maximum benefit, you may choose to attend just one.

Meet the faculty: Jo Whitehead

Jo was previously a Vice President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He worked in the London, Los Angeles, and Atlanta offices and acted as BCG’s Director of Energy, Research, and Marketing.

Jo’s research is in strategic decision-making, business unit strategy, corporate strategy, and the roles of Chief Strategy Officers and their departments.

Jo holds a Masters from Cambridge University, an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, and a PhD in Strategy and Organization from the London Business School.

Strategy Foundations:Strategic DecisionsLearn essential frameworks enabling you to evaluate strategy, generate options, and make better decisions.

Length: 5 days

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Functional CoursesWhether improving your finance, coaching, or organizational

development skills, our functional courses will help you

grow in confidence and ability.

Human Resource Courses


Mike Thompson

HR Director, Bloor Homes

“The sessions with trained actors were a real highlight because they gave me the chance to experiment with different influencing techniques and receive feedback straightaway.”


You’re a senior HR leader responsible for formulating or implementing people and HR strategy. Though you’re very experienced in HR, you’re looking to improve your strategic impact and influence, as well as your knowledge of organizational development.

What will I learn?

You know that people determine the success or failure of a business strategy. This course provides insights and practical skills that will enable you to leverage the human network potential in your organization for sustainable business success. It introduces a HR Strategic Impact framework and explores insights and practical skills on the following three levels:

Strategic—developing your strategic role, impact, and influence of HR.

Tactical—enhancing the way you create ownership for initiatives with key stakeholders to impact meaningfully on the organization.

Personal—the way in which you develop and leverage your strengths and courage to enhance your personal credibility and impact.

By the end, you’ll understand:

- How to optimize the operating model of your own people and HR strategy

- The strategic context and how to align people strategy within it

- How to partner with greater credibility to impact organizational culture and business results

This commitment to ensuring your learning is applicable in the workplace has led to 90% of our participants saying they would highly recommend this program to their colleagues.

Why learn with us?

Our approach to executive education places you at the center. Before arriving, you’ll complete our custom HR leadership Ashridge Inventory of Management Skills (AIMS) 360° evaluation. This helps identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and also allows managers, peers, and direct reports to provide feedback on you. Using this data, you’ll partner with an executive coach 1:1 during two sessions to maximize the individual and organizational impact of the course.

This immersive course includes interactive sessions with two leading blue chip organizations’ HR thought leaders, sharing innovative new approaches to talent, leadership, and performance management. As well as, simulations that bring trained actors into the classroom to push you out of your comfort zone.

Before leaving, you’ll partner with a coach to create an action plan based on solving a real workplace challenge. Post-course, you’ll complete a final project related to this problem, and earn a Certificate of Application for it.

We support the experimentation with new skills through a peer action learning virtual session about four weeks post-program, adding further value to your professional development.

Program details

Length: 5 days

Dates:

Ashridge:

06 Nov - 10 Nov 2017

04 Jun - 08 Jun 2018

Dubai:

22 Oct - 26 Oct 2017

Fee: £5,300 + VAT or

US$6,500 (Dubai)




Meet the faculty: Sharon Olivier

Sharon previously spent 20 years as a senior manager, organizational design consultant, learning facilitator, and coach. She started her career as an HR manager at Volkswagen, then led human capacity building in a large consulting company, after which she established a successful consulting practice in South Africa. Her clients have included Audi, BMW, Land Rover, De Beers, and Anglo.

Sharon teaches, researches, and consults in HR, leadership, team development, inter-cultural intelligence, and talent identification. She has established a track record as an inspirational speaker at conferences and has co-published a book on resilience.

Sharon holds a Masters in Industrial Psychology. She is also a Master Practitioner in neuro-linguistic programming.

The whole week is highly experiential. You will have the opportunity to test out your strategic partnering skills during a real-life simulation created around dealing with the engagement dilemma of an organization that has gone through a difficult merger, working in groups with peers and trained actors.


Facilitate a merger integrationAdvanced HR Strategy and Impact

Maximize your business value and strategic impact as an HR leader.

Length: 5 days


Course level

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Meet the faculty: Susanne Parsons

Susanne is a business psychologist, human resource professional, and executive coach. She has over 25 years of experience with organizations like the Royal Air Force, BAE Systems Ltd, Ernst & Young, ABN Amro Bank NV, and a leading London law firm. She has specific capabilities in developing and applying human resource strategies in support of organizational change and individual learning.

Susanne works with individuals and groups around the world, mainly from large organizations that are undergoing significant change. Her recent clients include the House of Commons, HM Revenue & Customs, BP, Danfoss, Fujitsu, Linklaters, and Deloittes.

Susanne is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, and an alumni of INSEAD.

Program details

Length: 5 x 2 days

October 2017 Intake

Workshop Dates:

02 Oct - 03 Oct 2017

20 Nov - 21 Nov 2017

08 Jan - 09 Jan 2018

26 Feb - 27 Feb 2018

23 Apr - 24 Apr 2018

March 2018 Intake

Workshop Dates:

05 Mar - 06 Mar 2018

23 Apr - 24 Apr 2018

11 Jun - 12 Jun 2018

16 Jul - 17 Jul 2018

10 Sep - 11 Sep 2018

May 2018 Intake

Workshop Dates:

21 May - 22 May 2018

25 Jun - 26 Jun 2018

03 Sep - 04 Sep 2018

Fee: £7,400 + VAT


Location: Ashridge

To enroll: hult.edu/cfc

Karen Griffin

Director of KGA Associates, business coach, trainer, HR consultant

“I came away with heightened self-awareness and techniques to evolve my coaching. This has helped take my coaching to a deeper level.”


You’re a consultant working with organizations, or an internal management development adviser, HR professional, or change consultant. You’re already working as a coach, but are looking to dramatically improve your level of impact on individuals in organizations.

What will I learn?

This course is designed to dramatically increase your ability to impact organizations with which you currently consult. Through a variety of psychological theories and models, sound business knowledge, and facilitative coaching, you’ll acquire skills which will allow you to grow your coaching and consulting practice.

By the end, you’ll:

- Better understand others’ behaviors, and how to respond best to enable change

- Acquire high-level coaching skills to increase your impact and effectiveness

- Know how to optimize the relationship between coach and client to deliver influential coaching

To enhance your coaching capabilities to facilitate clients in teams and group settings, an alternative open program, Team Coaching for Organization Consultants starts on 15-17 November 2017.

Why learn with us?

To maximize the relevancy of your learning, we’ll engage with you before you arrive to measure your current unique behavioral profile as a coach. We’ll suggest relevant pre-reading materials so that you arrive ready to learn.

Over five two-day sessions, you’ll put into action models and frameworks acquired in the classroom through interactive learning experiences. These activities are designed to allow you to practice and apply your new knowledge in a supported environment, with plenty of group feedback from peers and facilitators.

You’ll learn from faculty with real experience working with organizations. More than just academics, our professors have been consultants, coaches, and advisors to some of the top FTSE 100 companies.

You will be supervised on your current coaching practice and you will receive guidance on how to achieve the Ashridge Accreditation Process, which provides an internationally recognized quality standard of executive coaching competence.

This course has achieved the European Mentoring and Coaching Council’s European Quality Award (EQA) at Senior Practitioner level.


Course level

Advanced Coaching for Organization Consultants

Develop your coaching skills and engage with your clients at a profound level.

Length: 5 x 2 days

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More than just academics, our faculty are practitioners with real-world experience.

Neil Greig

Director of Policy and Research, Institute of Advanced Motorists

“This course was a perfect introduction to the key financial metrics that affect every organization.”

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Course level

Program details

Length: 3 days (in person) or

approximately 24 hours (virtual)

Dates:

30 Oct - 01 Nov 2017

12 Mar - 14 Mar 2018

Fee: In person £3,900 + VAT


virtual £1,700 + VAT

Location: Ashridge and

virtual option



You’re a manager who doesn’t work in finance, but who is looking to better understand financial terminology and concepts in order to contribute meaningfully and confidently to strategic financial decisions. This course is offered in person and virtually.

What will I learn?

This course is designed to demystify finance and explain terminology, concepts, and principles in a way that’s simple and easy to understand.

By the end, you will:

- Understand financial terminology and concepts and finance’s impact on the organization

- Feel confident in analyzing and interpreting financial results

- Have a greater awareness of how management decisions impact financial drivers and the performance of the organization

Topics include:

- Financial statements: profit and loss, balance sheets, and cash flow

- Working capital, depreciation, and profit

- Contribution and break-even

- Payback, net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR)

- Discounting and the cost of capital

Why learn with us?

This course aims to make finance easy to understand by helping you to master financial concepts through hands-on team activities that only require reason and logic. Once you begin overcoming the practical challenges, you’ll grow in confidence and realize there’s nothing daunting about understanding the foundations of finance.

You’ll also leave the course with a copy of our financial toolkit, which you can reference in the workplace to continually refresh and sense-check your understanding. The toolkit is a concise cheat sheet of glossaries, explanations, and tips on all key concepts you’ll learn on the course.

Your course will conclude with a 1:1 coaching session, during which you can analyze a finance-related problem in your organization. After the course, you will have the opportunity to apply your learning back at work and obtain a Certificate of Application, as well as enjoy six months’ access to the online resource learning portal.

This course is also offered in an online format and is flexible to your schedule. You can start and complete the course on the dates that best suit you, giving you the benefit to go at your own pace. An optional face-to-face day is included for an additional fee.

Meet the faculty: Steve Seymour

Steve is a chartered management accountant and, before joining us, was a divisional CFO at the energy company PowerGen (now e.on). Prior to that he was a management consultant with PwC, where he worked on preparing business plans and accessing finance for start-up businesses.

Steve also consults with a range of organizations internationally, including CRH, Fenner, JTI, Philips, and Sinopec. He has published on financial management, as well as on the future of virtual organizations and careers.

Steve holds an MBA and PhD from Loughborough University and is also an adjunct professor at Abu Dhabi Higher College of Technology.

Financial Foundations is also offered virtually, which allows you to personalize the program. Study at your own pace with the flexibility to start and complete the program on the dates that suit you. Quizzes and interactive challenges enable you to test your understanding pre- and post-program. An optional face-to-face session is offered for an additional fee.

Virtual learning option:Financial FoundationsAcquire the knowledge to understand and speak confidently about core financial concepts.

Length: 3 days (in person) or approximately 24 hours (virtual)

Varies by program Program fees

Accommodation £116 + VAT per night

• Breakfast included• En-suite bathroom • Wi-Fi • TV • Telephone

*11 VIP executive lodges available for additional fee.

• Tea and coffee provided • Hairdryer • Iron and ironing board• Security safe

• A fully equipped gym• Swimming pool• Sauna and steam

• Pilates, aerobics, and dance classes• Tennis and squash courts • Free bike hire

Standard room

Lifestyle center

Participate in an Open Program at our Ashridge location and you’ll be invited to stay at the breathtaking Ashridge campus. In doing so, you enjoy full immersion in your executive education experience, and away from city distractions.

Stay with us for a royal retreat

Fit for a king

Set in the Hertfordshire countryside, the 5,000-acre estate is a stunning venue with 730 years of fascinating history, managed by the National Trust you will quickly forget that you are just 30 miles from the stresses of central London, and a 50-minute drive from Heathrow Airport. Few venues can offer such superb facilities and spectacular views so close to the city. It is no wonder that former kings and queens of England have chosen to reside in these blissfully calm surroundings.

At your disposal

After a long day’s work, guests have a whole range of facilities at their disposal. Switch off and unwind with a gentle walk through our miles of formal gardens and National Trust woodland. Free bike hire, a croquet lawn, and a pitch and putt course are all available for guests wanting to make the most of their picturesque surroundings.

A fully equipped gym with swimming pool, sauna, and steam room is on site and free for guests to use throughout their stay. The gym also hosts Pilates, aerobics, aqua aerobics, and dance classes. For the more competitive minded, table tennis, squash, and tennis courts are available to use.

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78 Degree Programs

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World-class education programs for corporations, governments, and non-profit organizations. We work with each client to design and deliver a custom solution to solve a particular need or to improve organizational performance. We have a wide subject expertise with a particular focus on leadership, strategy, and change, and take pride in our teaching methods.

Customized Programs

Your custom program will benefit from a breadth of business expertise and research-based content, drawing on our unique combination of centers of excellence in leadership, change, organizational development, strategy, and innovation. When working together, we will help address your unique challenges by investing the time to really understand your business.

Organizational consulting

We help you identify and solve critical and strategic challenges in your organization. We offer knowledge, insight, and world-class expertise in helping clients change, cultivate, and develop their cultures in order to thrive in new realities. We also specialize in talent identification and development, at both board and executive level, ensuring you identify key skills to retain top talent.

Real-world experience

We work with hundreds of international organizations every year and have decades of expertise in co-creating custom learning, development, and change interventions. You may simply want a short-term solution,

such as a customized open program. Alternatively, you may be looking to invest in a strategic relationship to deliver a multi-layered talent development program. We are pragmatic in our approach and flexible in our offering.

We deliver custom executive education worldwide, at Ashridge and virtually. Simultaneous translation to non-English-speaking groups can be incorporated into your design. Clients benefit from a team working closely with them, from design through to delivery and evaluation. Ashridge is committed to ensuring that you get the very best of what we have to offer.

Real-world wisdom

Clients value that our faculty understand the real world—and the critical contextual variation across industries, regions, cultures, and business models. Our philosophy is to understand and work alongside you. Our faculty members have strong academic credentials and have had successful careers in international business. They have grappled with issues similar to yours. They also retain an active interest in the commercial world through research and consultancy, so you will find them to be invaluable sounding boards, educators, and facilitators to help you address your organizational challenges.

Real-world impact

The value of a custom program is the impact it has on your organization, team, or individual learning and behavior. We focus on results and impact. We design processes and content which link learning to action. We know that the program absolutely must have a significant impact on your organization and your people. This is why our practical and experiential approach is so valued by our clients. As a fundamental principle, you can expect more time dedicated to experience and application than input. Ultimately, that’s why clients choose us. Be sure to ask us about our methods for helping you measure the impact of your program.

Corporate clients

Contact us Telephone: +44 (0) 1442 841 246 Email: [email protected]

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Head of HR HSBC Bank plc

“My coach has encouraged me to develop my leadership style and a 5-year strategy that I have created and presented to senior executives and board members. His insights and experience have been highly beneficial and I strongly advocate his approach.”

Executive CoachingPartner with our world-renowned faculty

to unlock the benefits of executive coaching, a powerful contributor to talent development and organizational change.

Other Programs

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Coaching center of excellence

The Ashridge Center for Coaching is internationally recognized for its expertise in the field of executive coaching. It works in partnership with leading academics and practitioners, using a range of robust psychological theories and carrying out research with global businesses and public sector organizations. Our pool of more than 80 accredited coaches have real experience in business, consulting, and facilitation, as well as a deep understanding of human behavior and individuals. This allows us to identify a selection of coaches who will fit your culture and high-level objectives.

Coaching for organizations

Proven in both our research and experience, the most successful organizations are those that have a coaching culture embedded in their organization. As subject-matter experts and practitioners in coaching, culture, and development, we support you in developing internal coaches, mentors, and mediators.

Collectively, we work to avoid and solve costly consequences of conflict, poor morale, and underperformance. Customized to your organization’s requirements, we facilitate a combination of both bottom-up and top-down leading and learning to create real cultural change and impact.

Executive team coaching

Our executive coaches work with your senior teams to build effective working relationships and deeper awareness of team dynamics. Through observational assessments of existing processes within your organization, our transparent feedback will enable your team to understand how the way they relate to each other helps or hinders high-performance working. We offer one-to-one executive coaching to implement changes where needed, and uniquely designed retreats, action-oriented to resolve unique challenges at board and leadership level.

Coaching for individuals

Whether you’re new to a leadership role, responsible for supporting a transition, or want to address internal culture challenges, we offer coaching customized to your individual needs and the context of your organization. Tailored for senior managers, our specialist coaches provide a confidential sounding board to review sensitive or complex issues and explore ways to lead more effectively. Our extensive experience in executive coaching can lead to powerful results for you, your team, and ultimately your organization. We deliver professionally accredited coaching in both face-to-face and virtual options, covering a broad range of core areas, including:

- Senior women leadership

- Top talent

- Transition

- Board-level

- First 100 days coaching


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Comprehensive, cost-effective, and flexible

Whether your organization requires resources in leadership, change management, coaching, or improving personal effectiveness, Virtual Ashridge is a cost-effective way of increasing value within your organization by acting as a key learning and development tool. Content can be aligned to your organization’s behaviors, values, or competencies, ensuring your business and learning objectives will be met while also being seamlessly integrated into your other company platforms.

Trusted by some of the world’s leading companies and organizations

Kellogg’s, Merlin Entertainments, and Lend Lease have used Virtual Ashridge as their eLearning platform. We currently support the learning of approximately one million individuals across 150 public and private sector organizations across the world. Our clients agree that Virtual Ashridge combines highly accessible technology with the insights of a traditional business school to deliver a comprehensive and engaging online learning resource.


Colt Technology Services

“84% of our employees who used Virtual Ashridge stated that it had helped them improve their management skills, including leading change, coaching, and giving feedback.”

Virtual AshridgeVirtual Ashridge is an award-winning collection

of online materials created and curated by the faculty and team at Ashridge. Customizable, relevant, and insightful, Virtual Ashridge is the leading digital solution that allows learners across your entire organization to access top-ranked business school content anytime they need it, anywhere in the world.

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Consistently rated one of the best conference and event centers in the UK, Ashridge House is a former royal residence with a history dating back over 730 years. With its impressive history and beautifully restored period features, the house marries refined charm with the convenience and accessibility of more modern venues. The result is a flexible, comfortable, and memorable venue perfectly suited for your next event or celebration.

Ashridge Events & Conferences

Corporate events and conferences

Our larger rooms are suitable for groups of up to 250 people in a variety of configurations, including a wide range of conferences, corporate events, and gala dinners. Smaller breakout rooms are also available.

Meetings

We cater for both small and large meetings. Whether it be a team outing, a training seminar, or a departmental meeting, the dedicated meeting rooms can accommodate 2-50 people. Removable walls and breakout rooms mean we can flexibly accommodate your specific set-up requests.

Bespoke events

For something more tailored, we’ll work with you to create an unforgettable experience. From GPS treasure hunts around our stunning estate to foster teamwork, to themed gala dinners and award ceremonies, your colleagues will leave feeling refreshed and inspired.

Other Programs

Dame Carolyn McCall CEO, easyjet

“Ashridge House understands what we need to achieve through these meetings. They ensure the delivery is good, cost-effective, and flexible.”

Key Facts:

• 33 meeting and function rooms with natural light and on-site accommodation

• Rooms seating 2-250 people

• Positioned on 5,000 acres of National Trust land

For enquiries contact [email protected]

Recent awards and accreditations:

Best UK Management

Training Centre Silver

Award by M&IT Industry

IACC Green Star Award for

state-of-the-art sustainability

VenueVerdict Gold Standard

Accreditation based on highest

customer satisfaction

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Degree ProgramsOnly Hult allows you to complete a one-year

graduate degree while immersing yourself in up to three of the world’s most influential cities, including Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, New York, and Shanghai.

Undergraduate

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• Bachelor of Business Administration Hult’s undergraduate degree program provides a practical foundation in global business with the opportunity to specialize in one of five areas: management, marketing, entrepreneurship, accounting, or finance.

MBA and Executive MBA

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• Global One-Year MBA Hult’s uniquely global MBA enables you to learn core business knowledge, develop leadership skills, specialize, and experience business culture in up to three global cities—all in one year.

• Global Executive MBA

hult.edu/emba Earn a part-time degree while working full-time. Our innovative Executive MBA curriculum enables you to enhance your core business knowledge, improve your leadership skills, and experience business culture in multiple global cities—all with only 21 days out of the office over 18 months.

One-Year Master

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• Master of International Business Hult’s one-year Master of International Business will help you gain a global perspective on finance, marketing, operations, economics, and strategy as you experience global business by studying in three continents in one year.

• Master of International Marketing As companies differentiate their offerings in a global marketplace, Hult’s one-year Master of International Marketing equips you with the strategic and executional marketing skills to stand out.

• Master of Finance Hult’s one-year Master of Finance equips you with the foundation necessary to tackle the complex world of corporate financial management. Learn both the language of business and the tactical financial skills needed to make an impact in corporate finance and accounting.

• Master of Business Statistics As the role of big data becomes increasingly important, Hult’s Master of Business Statistics degree equips you with the analytical and business capability to translate data statistics into action—and qualifies you for a three-year OPT working visa in the U.S.

• Master of Disruptive Innovation As companies race to innovate in a shifting digital landscape, Hult’s Master of Disruptive Innovation will enable you to link successful business decisions with technological advancement. This program is only available as a dual degree option.

Specialized degrees

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• Master in Executive Coaching This two-year part-time program enables professionals to become a fully accredited executive coach. It is an opportunity to develop coaching and mentoring skills, either to integrate into existing consultancy and coaching work or to create a solid foundation for a new practice.

• Executive Master in Management Delivered 100% online, this degree provides a relevant qualification that will equip you with a deeper understanding of leadership, strategy, marketing, finance, technology, and innovation.

• Doctorate in Organizational Change The advanced degree program dives into the ways of working with complex and uncertain situations in pursuit of purposes that matter to organizations.

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Delivering business impact

In today’s global marketplace, English is the language of business. Strategic business English skills are key to any company’s international expansion, cross-border collaboration, mergers, and competitiveness. It’s also critical to most internationally-minded professionals’ promotion and personal development. EF’s language training helps organizations communicate better, collaborate more effectively, close more deals, improve customer relationships, and open up new markets.

The world’s experts in English training

Founded in 1965, EF Education First is the world’s largest private education company. EF is the trusted expert in targeted language education—with a wide range of clients ranging from companies like ABInBev and Philips, to governments and universities. EF’s global network of schools, language centers, and Executive Language Institutes in 53 countries is recognized as second to none.

Customized language courses for individuals and companies

EF’s programs are customized for your organization and for each individual learner to maximize results in the shortest possible time. Talented teachers, combined with tailored learning content, bespoke tutorials, digital access to EF’s virtual school, and informal learning experiences, mean you have the fastest path to fluency.

EF’s cloud-based English school systematically and efficiently raises your organization’s English levels and teaches exactly what your people need to learn to succeed in their jobs. It’s fast, flexible, and delivers results—guaranteed.

EF and the Olympics

Recognizing a shared mission in promoting international friendship, EF has a long-term relationship with the Olympics, serving as the Official Language Training Supplier for several Games—Beijing, Sochi, and Rio—teaching English to thousands of Olympics staff and volunteers. EF has also partnered with PyeongChang and Tokyo for their upcoming Winter 2018 and Summer 2020 Olympics.

Perfect your English communication skills before a program

For participants who would like extra English language training before their program, we recommend EF’s Executive Language immersion courses, available at Ashridge or in nearby Cambridge, England. Every EF language program is delivered as a first-class service, with top facilities, the best teachers, a professional peer group, and carefully chosen accommodation. EF Executive Language courses can be as short as one week or as long as several months, depending on your needs.

Whether you need to prepare for an Ashridge open program or an important presentation in English, or want to perfect your fluency, EF’s immersion courses will help get you to your goal.

To find out more about our exclusive offer with EF, please contact an EF representative.Visit: ef.com/AshridgeEmail: [email protected]

We understand that a lack of confidence in English may hold some executives back from taking advantage of our programs. This is why we partner with EF Education First, the world leader in language education, to offer special access to tailor-made English language courses for executives and companies.

Executive language courses

Your next stepsWe would love to hear from you. Get in touch with our dedicated Program Advisors, who will provide advice and information to ensure you make the right program choice. Even better, come and meet us in person and enjoy a tour of our stunning location.

Visit us onlineWe offer regular webinars on a range of topics. You can find us on social media.

- Website: hult.edu/exec- Twitter: Ashridge_Biz- LinkedIn: company/ashridge

Visit usCome and see us on-site to get a feel for what the Open Program experience is all about. Call our Program Advisors to arrange a suitable time and date.

Mission StatementWe strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.

Hult reserves the right to make changes in the courses offered, requirements for completion, locations, fees, and accommodation at any time without notice. The most recent Terms & Conditions are available at hult.edu.

Contact usAshridge Executive Education Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 1NS United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1442 841 026 Email: [email protected]

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£4,500 / $5,600

£5,900

£5,300 / $6,500

£7,400

Leadership Courses

Month

General Management Program

Functional Courses

10 Oct 2-61 Jan 15-192 Apr 30 - May 4

5

3

3

5

3

Oct 30-Nov 1 (ME) / Nov 1-3

Nov 21-23

Jun 13-15

May 23-25

Jun 4-8

Feb 5-9

Jul 11-13

Mar 6-8

Mar 21-23

May 21-23

Sep 24-26

Sep 17-21

5

3

5

Oct 2-4

Nov 19-23 (ME)

Nov 13-17 Jun 25-29

May 21-23 / 01-03 (ME)

Mar 12-16

Oct 22-26 (ME)5 Nov 6-10 Jun 4-8

10 Oct 2-3 Nov 20-21 Jul 16-17Feb 26-27 Mar 5-6Sep 3-4 /

10-11May 21-22Jun 11-12 /

25-26

Oct

2017

FebNov Dec Jan Mar

Days

Apr July

2018

May AugJun Sep

2017-2018 Program Schedule

Nov 20-24

Apr 23-24

£16,000 / $19,800 Dec 3-71 (ME)Feb 25-

Mar 12 (ME)Apr 30-May 41 Jul 2-62

Apr 23-27 Jun 25-29 Sep 10-14

Feb 5-9 Jun 11-15

Jan 31-Feb 2

*These programs are modular and split into two parts, as indicated by superscript.

**All prices shown are excluding accommodation and VAT.

***ME = Middle East and those fees paid in USD.

SF = San Francisco, £ = fee in GBP, $ = fee in USD

Financial Foundations £3,900 3 Mar 12-14Oct 30-Nov 1

Dates vary by participant

Jan 29- Feb 022 (SF)

Personalized Development Program* £22,500 Up to 21 Dates vary by participant

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