The Global CEO Program: A Transformational Journey offers chief executives an opportunity to step back from the rapid pace of daily business to reflect on the most pressing issues facing their companies, while engaging with seasoned executives from distinct backgrounds, industries, and cultures.
This strategic management program is led by three top-ranked business schools — IESE Business School, the Wharton School, and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) — and participants will attend one-week modules on three continents: Europe, North America, and Asia.
The Global CEO Program challenges your business models, thinking, and practices, says Professor Harbir Singh.
November 10 - 15, 2019Philadelphia, PA$47,000
February 23 - 28, 2020Shanghai, China
June 8 - 12, 2020Barcelona, Spain
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In Global CEO Program: A Transformational Journey, you will:
Designed for a truly international learning experience over three non-consecutive weeks, the Global CEO program offers a unique forum for the exchange of ideas among senior executives from diverse backgrounds, industries, and cultures. The program employs a wide array of teaching approaches. For example:
Module I Asia — China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, China November 11–16, 2018
Module II North America — The Wharton School, Philadelphia, U.S. March 10–15, 2019
Module III Europe — IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain June 3–7, 2019
Participants are of diverse cultural backgrounds, come from a wide range of industries, and represent the private and public sectors. Participant titles include:
The Global CEO Program typically attracts chief decision makers and C-level senior executives with commensurate general management experience in companies with global or regional operations. Participants should be fluent in English for business purposes and willing to share their experiences, viewpoints, and expertise with fellow participants.
This program is ideal for individuals from companies working in areas affected by an uncertain and complex world, such as financial services, telecommunications, health care, and consumer goods, as well as firms impacted by increased pressure from globalized market forces.
Fluency in English, written and spoken, is required for participation in Wharton Executive Education programs unless otherwise indicated.
To further leverage the value and impact of this program, we encourage companies to send cross-functional teams of executives to Wharton. We offer group enrollment benefits to companies sending four or more participants.
The faculty, drawn from each of the three participating business schools, represents a distinguished academic team. Faculty members are recognized globally for their teaching contributions and as business executives, consultants, advisors, directors of corporate boards, and authors of numerous books, case studies, and academic papers.
CEIBS Professors: Rama Velamuri Jianmao Wang Juan Antonio Fernandez Willem Burgers
IESE Professors: Julia Prats Marc Sachon José Luis Nueno Toni Dávila Pankaj Ghemawat Pedro Videla Pedro Nueno
Wharton Professors:
Mauro Guillén, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Academic Director
Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International Management; Professor of Management; Director, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Globalization, international political economy, multinational management
Raphael Amit, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Marie and Joseph Melone Professor; Professor of Management, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, family business, venture-capital financing
Harbir Singh, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Mack Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management; Wharton School Faculty Director for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Corporate governance, corporate restructuring, management buyouts, strategies for corporate acquisitions
Christian Terwiesch, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School; Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions; Professor of Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine; Co-Director, Mack Institute of Innovation Management
Research Interests: Analyzing operational performance, innovation management, R&D management
Karl Ulrich, ScDSee Faculty Bio
CIBC Endowed Professor; Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions; Professor of Management; Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Environmental issues, product design and development, innovation
David Wessels, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Adjunct Professor of Finance, The Wharton School
Jerry Wind, PhDSee Faculty Bio
The Lauder Professor Emeritus of Marketing; Academic Director, The Wharton Fellows Program; The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Global marketing strategy, marketing-driven corporate strategy, new product and business development
There is a huge value with the cross-program project, which we can’t even quantify. The feedback sessions are powerful in many ways.”
Carmen TanasieCEO, Omnicom Media Group
I chose the GCP program because I was looking for a program that provides a lot of depth into many disciplines in business today, and also a global outlook with a glimpse into the future.”
Mansour HajjarCEO, Allied Enterprises (UAE Chalhoub Group)
Peers are some of the most interesting and experienced people you could have as co-participants. So learning from them is great. It’s a good course for senior executives or those trying to get to CEO positions. The way it’s designed is smart because by locating the program in places like Brazil, the U.S. and China, you get the flavor of these markets – and a sense of adventure, too.”
Sanjay SharmaCEO, Tata Interactive Systems
This is the ideal program for people looking to broaden their business outlook and deepen their understanding of global trends and market behavior. Learning and sharing experiences with a culturally diverse group of peers increased the value of the program exponentially for me.”
Hans van der NoordaCEO, Benelux of ING Bank
The GCP provided an exceptional learning experience. You are transformed by the enriching perspectives of a culturally diverse group of peers and leave the program armed with practical solutions to address your unique business challenges as a global leader.”
Lain JagerCEO, Zespri international (New Zealand)
Download the program schedule, including session details.
Tuition includes three non-consecutive sessions. All sessions are required for completion.
The program fee includes tuition, teaching materials, and accommodations. Travel expenses are not included.
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