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Connected is the newsletter of Columbia Business School Executive Education. Send comments about Connected to execed@columbia.edu. For information about programs, visit www.gsb.columbia.edu/execed.


Carbon Regulations: New Program Shows Business Impact, Opportunities
Fall 2009

Carbon Regulations: New Program Shows Business Impact, Opportunities

This December, Columbia Business School Executive Education is launching a brand new program, Carbon Finance Strategies. The program's goal: to help U.S. firms prepare for upcoming regulation of carbon emissions and create a sustainable and profitable plan.

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October 05, 2009

Mastering Strategy: What the Experts Say

What is the importance of mastering strategy-and why does it take courage to be strategic? Hear from experts Willie Pietersen, faculty director of Creating and Executing Breakthrough Strategy; and Rita McGrath, faculty director of Leading Strategic Growth and Change.

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October 05, 2009

Aligning Technology With Business Strategy

Special guest contributor Pradeep Henry, recipient of the Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia Business School Executive Education, writes about how his Executive Education programs helped him test a new method of integrating technology with business strategy.

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July 23, 2009

Managing Change in a Downturn

Guiding people through change is one of the most difficult business situations leaders can face—even more so during the economic downturn. According to Joel Brockner, faculty director of the High Impact Leadership program, an effective change implementation plan has four components.

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July 23, 2009

Columbia Senior Executive Program: Fall Session Takes to the Stage with Hamlet

Participants in the fall session of The Columbia Senior Executive Program will spend one week in the heart of New York City. They will stay in a Times Square hotel, enjoy academic sessions at Columbia University and other venues, and experience such "only-in-New-York" events as a dinner cruise to the Statue of Liberty and a performance by actor Jude Law in Hamlet.

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Upcoming Programs


Columbia Essentials of Management: Highlights of an MBA

October 25 – November 6, 2009
April 11 – 23, 2010

Leading Strategic Growth and Change

November1 – 6, 2009
April 18 – 23, 2010

Executive Development Program: Transition to General Management

November 8 – 20, 2009
June 6 – 18, 2010

Creating and Executing Breakthrough Strategy

November 15 – 20, 2009
May 16 – 21, 2010

High Impact Leadership

November 15 – 20, 2009
May 16 – 21, 2010