Programme for Leadership Development (PLD®) Bilbao and Donosti-San Sebastian

The Program for Leadership Development (PLD®) provides a global vision of the organization, the necessary tools for the decision making and develops the capabilities and skills to lead and to direct people.

The goals of the PLD become definite from the perspective of the participant in:

• Facilitate an understanding of the current competitive environment confronting the 21st century’s challenges and diagnosing their implications for organization.
   
• Develop a comprehensive vision of a business and reinforce its strategic focus, highlighting the issues of sustainability, innovation and digital strategy.
   
• Improve the decision making process, considering a company’s different functional areas and their interrelationships.
   
• Acquire up to date management tools and models that enable rigorous decision making.
   
• Develop the management skills required to manage people and lead towards change.
   
• Reinforce professional relationships among the participants, and other alumni and managers.
  
   

ESADE's PLD® is designed for high-potential professionals who carry out executive functions in any of various functional areas within an organisation, executives who occupy management positions in small and medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs or business owners with the potential for growth. Participants are required to have at least five years of professional experience. Since we aim to create a plural and cooperative learning environment, professionals from all sectors and types of company are welcome.

The PLD® focuses on the following aspects:

Management skills

The programme provides students with in-depth practical knowledge about business management criteria and work methods. This results in substantive improvement in analytical and decision-making skills, greater process-management efficiency, and the alignment of activities and resources with the strategic needs of the organisation.

Executive skills

The programme is an ideal space for students to analyse and reflect on their executive skills and leadership abilities. Our specific methodology - which involves workshops, role-playing activities, teamwork, etc. - helps students to define their own strategy for personal and skill-related development.

Managing personnel and leading teams

The key function of any executive is the ability to make an organisation grow by helping collaborators and members of work teams to grow personally. This is one of the main educational goals of the PLD®. The programme's various methods address key skills and issues related to personnel management. This particular area is emphasised in some of the programme's most important modules.

Networking

The programme allows students to expand their professional networks by sharing and comparing their experiences with the other students, with business leaders and with the faculty.

The course content is delivered through a 3 phase program:
 

PHASE 1. Vision. Strategy planning and design

• Socioeconomic and geopolitical environment
• Competitive strategy
• New sources of value: sustainability
• Market Orientation
• Financial analysis
• Innovation and entrepreneurial activity

PHASE 2. Decision making: processes and tools

• Corporate Finances
• Compete from Operations
• Strategic marketing
• Information Systems for the businesses
• People and advanced team management

PHASE 3. Decision making: leadership and innovation

• Intensive Module I: Human quality and leadership
• Talent Management
• Strategic Implementation and Management of Change
• Intensive Module II: Management Simulation

The program’s design combines its content with distinct methodologies:

Sessions. In the sessions’ design content and methodology are combined with case studies, role playing, workshops, etc., each session is intended as an experience for the participant and is tailored to the contents delivered.

Simulator. Interactive experience of running a business and strategic management, that highlights the areas of management strategy  and business policy. It is an opportunity to review one’s skills and extend your global vision of strategic planning.

Leadership Forums. The program includes the participation of distinguished company executives and experts who deliver sessions on current themes based on their own experience. These are followed by group discussion. These sessions are a unique opportunity for direct contact with the real world of business from a practical perspective.

Dates	Fees	Location
From 16 de January to 6 June, 2012 Monday, from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm	19.500€	University of Deusto, Campus Bilbao
From 10 February to 5 October, 2012 Friday afternoon, from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm Saturday morning, from 9:00 am  to 1:00pm	19.500€	University of Deusto, Campus Donostia-San Sebastián

Program Director Barcelona

Carlo Gallucci Calabrese

carlo.gallucci@esade.edu

see CV

Barcelona

Montse Cañellas Pascual, Product Manager

montse.canellas@esade.edu

Gisela Guevara Pou, Program Manager

gisela.guevara@esade.edu