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Harvard Custom Programs Harvard
Business School
[ The Faculty ] [ Sample Programs ] [ The Experience ] [ Learning Model ] [ Process ] [ The HBS Advantage ]
Harvard Business School works with companies on a one-to-one
basis to create high-impact learning experiences that are tailored
to the needs of each firm. Whether an organization is facing
shifting market dynamics, new competitors, more demanding customers,
or other strategic challenges, a custom program can be developed to
strengthen the leadership capacity of executives individually and of
the organization as a whole.
Program Goals
The primary goal of every HBS custom executive education program
is to develop leaders who can make a difference within the
organization. While each company faces its own unique set of issues,
all typically partner with HBS to help achieve one or more of three
commonly shared objectives:
- Prepare leaders to implement a strategic change—perhaps a
merger or an acquisition—and move the company forward
- Enable individuals to enhance specific management skills
- Build new or greater organizational competency in specific
areas—such as marketing, operations, or governance
Learning Outcomes
Most learning outcomes differ from one program to the next, as
they relate directly to the defined goals of each tailored
experience. However, feedback reveals that every HBS custom program
puts a group of committed individuals, with the desire to learn and
change, on a new and more productive path that will lead their
organizations to a different and better place.
Through ongoing interaction with the faculty and their peers,
participants acquire enlightened perspectives, enhanced capabilities,
improved decision-making skills, and the desire to drive the
takeaway learning throughout all levels of the organization. Whether
focusing on change management, capability enhancement, or
organizational development, executives return to their companies
with the ability to contribute more broadly as leaders.
HBS custom programs add value in five distinct categories:
- Reinforcing positive intangibles—confidence, trust,
organizational commitment, openness to change, and inspiration—to
energize executives' efforts, transform managers into leaders, and
spread leadership throughout the organization, from top to bottom
- Fostering collective recognition of the company's mission and
values, core businesses, key challenges, and promising
opportunities, as well as a common level of understanding, to
further improve the communication of ideas within the business
group and across the organization
- Providing the necessary time and space for participants to
step back from their daily responsibilities and reflect, think,
learn, and converse about the issues, thereby fostering a learning
culture
- Creating professional and personal networks to enhance
intracompany relationships, develop a different mindset, break
through barriers, and "make it happen"
- Focusing on best practices, case lessons, models, frameworks,
and tools to apply new knowledge, course concepts, and innovative
approaches within the workplace
The Power of a Long-Term Relationship with HBS
Custom programs are virtual "windows" into the rich resources of
the Harvard University community. These include Baker Library, the
world's largest and most-respected business library, and Harvard
Business School Publishing, as well as the resources and faculty of
not only Harvard Business School, but also of the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, Medicine, Law, Government, and other Harvard
University Schools. The University's unparalleled worldwide network
of research centers adds an extra dimension to the program
experience. While building relationships that help position the
School as a powerful force in the global marketplace, opportunities
are created for faculty and students to produce a stream of
innovations in education and research, anticipating and meeting the
evolving needs of business leaders everywhere.
Custom programs enable learning partnerships that have mutual
value for leading companies and the HBS faculty. In addition to
gaining timely exposure to new research that is shaping the practice
of management, executives have ready access to the MBA community's
extensive field work. In turn, the faculty benefits from the
awareness of emerging issues that will expand their research
agendas, plus new opportunities for case development that will feed
back into the programs. Because company relationships with the
faculty extend beyond the course sessions, they can be leveraged to
support other corporate initiatives, as well.
Why HBS?
With more than 60 years' experience in Executive Education,
Harvard Business School is the leading provider of
advanced learning
opportunities that strengthen the leadership capacity of both
individuals and their organizations. Regardless of the issues
confronting individual organizations, all client companies can
attest to the power of a long-term, multifaceted relationship with
HBS.
For More Information on Custom Programs, please
complete and submit the
custom program inquiry form.
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