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This program is now available in three unique formats to meet your learning needs: consecutive, modular, and customized.
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Dates for the modular format are:
Oct 4–16, 2020 and Oct 17–29, 2021
"During this program, executives develop into leaders who can create a vision, communicate it, and motivate others – and ultimately design organizations so that information and responsibility are allocated to those who can make a difference."
– The program's faculty director Paul Ingram
Join the Advanced Management Program that puts you at the very center of business. The program that allows you learn, reflect, and practice the abilities and ideas that will matter most to you and those you lead — all backed by Columbia Business School’s history, scale, and resources.
As our flagship comprehensive leadership program, the Advanced Management Program uses a mix of learning methods, weaving together insights from faculty and industry thought leaders with state-of-the-art experiential learning sessions, peer learning, personal assessments, and individual and group coaching.
Past participants from around the globe are calling the program “eye-opening,” “empowering,” and “transformational.”
For a personal consultation about the program, please contact Yoon Lee, director of Learning Solutions, at [email protected] or +1 212-854-3390.
Executives emerge from the Advanced Management Program stronger and more focused leaders, ready to better communicate their strategy and execute change for their organizations.
Participants hone their integrated leadership skills by sharpening their expertise across three key themes:
Upon completion of the program, executives earn select Columbia Business School alumni benefits, joining a powerful community of 47,000 Columbia Business School alumni worldwide.
Columbia's Advanced Management Program is comprised of two parts — the core and the deep dive.
You begin your Advanced Management Program journey with the core of the program — two weeks of cutting-edge classroom learning at the state-of-the-art GE Management Development Institute just outside of New York City.
View the curriculum for the two-week core.
For the second half of the program, choose from one of two learning paths — with scheduling options that meet your needs.
To learn more about the three program formats, please contact Yoon Lee, director of Learning Solutions, at [email protected] or +1 212-854-3390.
Executives who join Columbia's Advanced Management Program have:
Hear more about your program cohort from the faculty and program directors:
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Paul Ingram, Faculty Director
Kravis Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Paul Ingram's research examines the intersection between culture and social networks. Recent papers investigate questions such as the role of value similarity to foster business networks, determinants and outcomes of individuals’ fit in organizational cultures, and influences on ethical decision making.
He has held visiting professorships at Tel Aviv University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Toronto and, before coming to Columbia, he was on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University.
He has consulted on issues of organizational design and strategy to leading companies in the finance, health care, insurance, energy, and consumer products industries.
Hear about the role of the faculty director in this video.
Bruce Craven, Program Director
Faculty, Columbia Business School Executive Education
Adjunct Associate Professor, Executive Education
Bruce Craven is the program director of the Advanced Management Program, partnering with the faculty director and on-site and off-site Columbia teams, visiting faculty, and conference center staff to deliver a transformational educational opportunity for program participants.
He also teaches sessions on leadership, focusing on communication, defining purpose, flexible learning, effective messaging, and the power of writing as a tool to face future challenges. In addition to his teaching and leadership roles, he has responsibility for the pre- and post-program effort of the executive education team, including serving as an executive coach.
Over the years, he has taught and had a leadership role in a number of open-enrollment and custom programs in the Executive Education portfolio. He has also been a visiting professor at the WHU Business School in Germany in 2013-2014 and the faculty director in 2016 of the one-week leadership program of WHU at the Columbia Business School.
Hear about the role of the program director in this video.
Along with Professors Ingram and Craven, more than 50 Columbia Business School faculty members and industry experts contribute to and teach in the program. Faculty members who have taught in the program include:
Modupe Akinola
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics
Vanessa Burbano
Assistant Professor, Management Division
William Duggan
Senior Lecturer in Business, Management Division
Adam Galinsky
Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business; Chair of Management Division
Sheena S. Iyengar
S. T. Lee Professor of Business, Management Division;
Faculty Director, The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center
Todd Jick
Bernstein Faculty Leader, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Ethics Fellow
Rita McGrath
Faculty of Columbia Business School Executive Education;
World-Renowned Strategist
Oded Netzer
Associate Professor of Business, Marketing Division
Doron Nissim
Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting and Finance; Chair of Accounting Division
Willie Pietersen
Professor of The Practice of Management, Management Division
Andrea Prat
Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business, Economics Division
Tano Santos
David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance, Finance Division;
Co-Director, Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
Medini Singh
Assistant Professor, Decision, Risk, and Operations Division
Hitendra Wadhwa
Professor of Professional Practice, Marketing Division
Pierre Yared
MUTB Professor of International Business, Economics Division
Along with the above listed faculty, additional Columbia Business School faculty may contribute to and teach in the program. Faculty lineup is subject to change.
1. What is the admission criteria and process?
Each cohort of Columbia’s Advanced Management Program is selected through careful review of each candidate’s background, achievements, and learning goals. We not only aim to accept leaders with a wealth of knowledge and successes but also those who have a curiosity about themselves, are willing to view their strongest convictions with humility, and believe in continuous learning and progress to discover what else they can do for their organization and themselves.
To apply, you will submit an application form and share a bit of information about your background, goals, and business challenges. Then you will be asked to set up a call with a member on the program team.
2. What is the program schedule?
The class schedule is Monday through Friday from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by daily Executive Well-Being classes and several social gatherings in the evening and optional sessions on weekends. Download a sample agenda.
3. What is included in the program fee?
The program fee for all three formats (4-week consecutive, modular, and build your own) includes tuition, program materials, accommodations, executive coaching sessions, and most meals.
4. What support do you provide before the program?
At the Advanced Management Program, your journey of intellectual, personal, and professional growth begins long before you arrive in New York. Before the program begins, you will receive a personal onboarding call from the program director, setting the foundation for your learning and helping you formulate your personal and organizational goals.
5. What support do you provide after the program?
Your Advanced Management Program experience spans well beyond the last day of the program. After the program ends, you will receive:
6. Can you provide a referral from a past participant?
We'd be happy to put you in touch with a past participant for a personal recommendation to the program. In addition, we invite you to hear from past participants in these videos:
Joerg Biebernick, President at Kimberly-Clark Latin America, talks about becoming a more authentic leader as a result of Columbia Business School's Advanced Management Program, and shares the feedback he’s received from peers and direct reports shortly after returning to his organization.
Michelle McPherson, CFO and Deputy CEO at NIB Health Funds, talks about the importance of learning and development for senior executives, why she chose Columbia Business School Executive Education for her professional development, and the power of experiential learning the Advanced Management Program.
Mohamad Ballout, Senior Director for Real Estate Development for the King Abdullah Economic City, talks about the powerful impact the experiential learning sessions at the Advanced Management Program have had on his leadership and communication.
Rachel Mushahwar, General Manager, Head of Americas for Retail, Hospitality, and CPG at Intel, explains how the Advanced Management Program has become part of her leadership journey with an impact far beyond the four weeks of the program.
Charles Mudiwa, Chief Executive at Stanbic Bank Zambia, on how he developed a better understanding of himself at the Advanced Management Program and the need for senior executives to grow and evolve in order to stay ahead of the competition.
Stephen Doberstein, Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research at Nektar Therapeutics, talks about authentic leadership as an overarching theme at the Advanced Management Program and the immediate changes coworkers noticed upon his return to work.
Karin Åge, Executive Search Consultant at Egon Zehnder, on how the Advanced Management Program has provided her with the time and resources to reflect, share ideas, and focus.
Haris Fadzilah Hassan, Director of Commercial and Land Management at Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Malaysia, explains how the program experience has brought new perspectives to his communication style and leadership values.
7. Can you provide a referral from an organization?
We'd be happy to put you in touch with a participating organization for a personal recommendation to the program. In addition, we invite you to read this powerful case study of New Zealand's Powerco company, who leveraged Columbia's Advanced Management Program to develop top leadership skills and new mindsets for a changing industry:
While Columbia Business School’s Advanced Management Program may be located 9,000 miles from Powerco’s New Plymouth, New Zealand headquarters, there are a number of reasons why the utility company decided to put it at the center of its leadership development and succession planning efforts. In this case study, learn how the program instilled new energy in Powerco's C-suite and catapulted their executives from a task-oriented, operational mindset to a strategic group with long-term aspirations in an industry challenged by major transformations.
8. I still have questions. How can I find help?
Please contact Yoon Lee, director of Learning Solutions, at +1 212-854-3390 or [email protected] if you have any open questions.