LEADING STRATEGIC GROWTHCorporate strategy cascades are often ineffective. The line-of-sight lost in translation. “Leading Strategic Growth” gives executives the tools to identify new strategic growth opportunities while improving their ability to understand and execute current company strategy and build effective and highly aligned teams.

Be a leader: Identifyanddevelopaspecificstrategicopportunity & take it through implementation in the context of fast-moving environments and current company strategy.

Certificate from top-10 business school: Receive an elite credential from an institution focused on strategy and professors driving thought leadership in New York City.

Reasonable and flexible time commitment: Lecture contentison-demandanddeliveredthroughaflexibleand engaging online platform so executives can plan around their busy schedules.

Expand your network: Broaden and deepen your global perspective through collaborative group work with a cadre of high-potential, cross-industry peers.

Forthefirsttime,across-industrygroupofleadingcompanieshaspartneredwithatopbusinessschoolto develop an invitation-only virtual program for select executives driving strategic growth.

STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

LEADERSHIP

Understand your company’s competitive environment and

current strategy.

Apply Columbia’s 4-phase cycle to better understand your

company’s strategy process.

Reliably identify new growth opportunities and develop a

“Winning Proposition.”

Define ey organizational priorities and current gaps

within your “span of control.”

Develop a “line of sight” connecting you and your team’s role with the overall company’s

growth strategy.

Build your team for “continuous reconfiguration.”

STRATEGIC THINKING

STRATEGIC EXECUTION

Execute strategic change by analyzing your company culture to navigate structural and interpersonal barriers. Exercise effective strategic leadership by understanding the learning and social styles of you and your team.

Your Section is a cross-company group of 50-60 peer executives who will meet with the professors for guided discussions and exchange of ideas.

Your Working Team of 6-8 executives from your company will support you in developing strategic thinking and driving your personal case, providing feedback and corporate insights.

Your Buddy is a fellow executive from your organization who will act as thought-partner on weekly assignments and throughout the program.

Your Coach is a Columbia-trained professional who will support you and your team across a variety of platforms.

Your Team Facilitator is a member of the ExecOnline staff who will support your Team Meetings and provide overall assistance throughout the program.

The program's weekly modules feature :

1) On-demand, HD lectures [8-10hrs]

2) Professor-supported Cross-Industry Sections [3hrs]

4) Weekly activities completed individually or withyour Buddy [8-10 hrs]

5) Final Deliverable, which integrates your weeklyactivities [3-4 hrs]

6) Optional Issue Forums and Office Hours providedeep-dive opportunities with coaches andprofessors

3) Facilitated Intra-Company Team Meetings [3hrs]

PROGRAM STRUCTURECourses Begin: March 2, May 11, Oct 12 [6 wks] Time Commitment: 25-30 hrs [4-5 hrs p/wk]

BILL KLEPPER Professor of Management

Bill serves as Academic Director across all Columbia Executive Education offerings and teaches Leadership in the EMBA program while frequently guest lecturing on High Performance Leadership in the

MBA program. His research focuses on Executive Learning and Strategic Leadership. His clients include AT&T, Chase, Sony, J&J and GE. His recent book, The CEOís Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom, details the eight practices of successful executives.

WILLIAM PIETERSEN Professor of the Practice of Management

Willie brings a unique mix of real world experience and thought leadership to his work with corporations and executives around Strategic Learning and Change. Willie served as the CEO of Lever Foods,

Seagram USA, and Tropicana and has advised Deloitte, Exxon Mobil, Novartis, and SAP among others during his Columbia tenure. His latest book Strategic Learning, develops the principles and application tools for the Strategic Learning Process, a unique framework for creating and implementing breakthrough strategies.

RITA MCGRATH Professor of Strategy

Rita is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her clients include Pearson, Coca-Cola and GE. She was ranked 6th by global management award

Thinkers50 and #1 for Strategy in 2014 Rita is the author of four books including The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast As Your Business and has coauthored thirteen articles in the Harvard Business Review.

PETER MEOLA Professor of Executive Education

Peter specializes in Leadership of Organizational Culture and Strategic Learning. He has served as a consultant to leading organizations including Welch’s, Intralinks and Novartis.

Prior to joining the faculty Peter held a variety of senior executive roles including CEO of the Americas Lubricant

PLC he led a cross-functionaDivision at BP l employeebase with operations in over 20 countries.

ExecOnline’s mission is to provide every executive at the world’s great companies with access to superb development opportunities.

We allow companies to combine the quality and engagement of in-person development with the scale, integration and measurability of online development.

To learn more about other ExecOnline programs and school partnerships on our website www.execonline.com

ABOUT EXECONLINE

CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINKColumbia is a recognized leader in executive development. Their top-ranked professors have taught executives from 60+ countries. These future leaders return to their organizations with solutions that can be implemented immediately and in the long-term to address real-world challenges.

An action-oriented approach addresses the conditions and challenges executives face — because the true measure of an executive education program’s effectiveness is how well the learning can be applied to solutions in the work environment. Columbia delivers the tools needed to meet the challenges you face today and in the future.

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RITA MCGRATH Professor of Strategy

Rita is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her clients include Pearson, Coca-Cola Enterprises and General Electric. She was ranked 6th by global management award Thinkers50 and is one of the top ten business school professors to follow on Twitter.

McGrath is the author of four books including The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast As Your Business(Harvard Business Review Press) and has coauthored thirteen articles in the Harvard Business Review, including the best-selling “Discovery Driven Planning.”

Her Ph.D. is from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

BILL KLEPPER Professor of Management

Bill serves as Academic Director across all Columbia Executive Education offerings. He teaches Leadership in the Columbia EMBA program and is a frequent guest lecturer on High Performance Leadership in the MBA program. His research focuses on Executive Learning, Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance. He has served as a consultant to a number of corporations including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Sony, Johnson and Johnson and General Electric.

His recent book The CEO’s Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom details the eight practices of successful executives, such as facilitating innovation, motivating change, and developing leadership skills.

Bill received his Ph.D. from Saint Louis University.

WILLIAM PIETERSEN Professor of the Practice of Management

Willie brings a unique mix of real world experience and thought leadership to his work with corporations and executives around Strategic Learning and Change.

Prior to coming to Columbia, Pietersen served as the CEO of multibillion-dollar businesses including: Lever Foods, Seagram USA, and Tropicana. He has served as a teacher and advisor to many global companies including Deloitte, Exxon Mobil, Novartis, and SAP.

Willie received a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University. His seminal work Strategic Learning introduced the underlying principles and application tools for Strategic Learning, a unique process for creating and implementing breakthrough strategies.

COLUMBIA FACULTY

CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINKColumbia is a recognized leader in executive development. Their top-ranked professors have taught executives from 60+ countries. These future leaders return to their organizations with solutions that can be implemented immediately and in the long-term to address real-world challenges.

An action-oriented approach addresses the conditions and challenges executives face — because the true measure of an executive education program’s effectiveness is how well the learning can be applied to solutions in the work environment. Columbia delivers the tools needed to meet the challenges you face today and in the future.

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