Columbia Custom Programs

If you are struggling with a strategic or management issue that affects an entire division or company, a Columbia Business School Executive Education custom program may be the right solution for you.

Our work is guided by a simple belief: that an idea, no matter how brilliant, has ultimate value only when it is put into action. This approach holds that life is the classroom for the adult learner and reinforces the concept that people learn best through, and from, real-life experiences.

Maximizing this approach, we will partner with you to design, develop and deliver a program that addresses your company’s unique challenges, applying state-of-the-art research and thought leadership to develop solutions that will achieve results.

Teaching Philosophy

Columbia Business School Executive Education faculty believe the greatest retention of learning occurs when learners teach each other and put the learning to immediate, practical application. The majority of the learning occurs through active case application, role plays, group discussion and knowledge sharing, often augmented by focused short lectures and dialogue.

Senior Leadership Engagement

We often invite and include a company’s senior executives to work with our faculty, whenever this adds value, with the goal of modeling leadership behavior, promoting greater networking and enhancing outreach skills.

Challenges a Custom Program Can Address

• Building sustainable leadership capacity in your organization • Repositioning your firm within a shifting industry landscape • Aligning your corporate culture with your strategic vision • Leveraging the intellectual capital of your organization • Managing change caused by growth or post-merger integration • Addressing the challenges and opportunities of globalization • Balancing short-term results with long-term growth • Making the leap from strategy formulation to implementation

Selected Client List

Aviva Barnes Group Bovis Lend Lease Center for Curatorial Leadership Cheng Kuong Graduate School of Business Deloitte Deutsche Bank Deutsche Telekon Ericsson Fudan University Japan Bank for Internal Cooperation (JBIC) Kone

Leading Concepts M&T Bank Novartis Oncology Novartis Pharmaceutical Siam Cement Group Société Générale Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Swiss Re Telefónica Time Warner Uplace U.S. Army War College Virgin Mobile V Society