Implementing Winning Strategies

Align your organization around proven winning strategies.

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Program Duration

3 weeks

Time Commitment

15 hours
(5 hours/week)

Certification

Columbia Business School Certificate of Completion

About the Program

Implementing Winning Strategies, a 3-week leadership development program, delivers participants the ability to gain greater command of their company’s needs and the skill to identify and execute new growth opportunities in a fast-moving and competitive landscape.

The key to organizational success is to develop an enterprise capable of generating achievement-oriented strategies and adapting and improving those strategies as the environment changes.

Program Overview

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Who Should Attend

  • Senior Leaders
  • Mid-level & Team Leaders
  • Project Managers
  • Directors

Program Structure

  • 3 week duration, 15 hours to complete requirements
  • 6 hours of on-demand, HD lectures
  • Professor interactions, group learning, and optional coaching sessions
  • Facilitated intra-company team meetings
  • Final project, which integrates weekly activities

Key Takeaways

  • Understand your company’s competitive environment and current strategy
  • Better understand your company’s strategic process by applying Columbia’s four-phase planning cycle, developed by Professor Willie Pietersen
  • Identify strategic challenges and where to focus efforts
  • Define key organizational priorities and current gaps within your “span of control”

2023 Program Dates

  • Oct 21 – Nov 10
  • Feb 17 – Mar 9
  • Apr 21 – May 11
  • Jul 7 – Jul 27
  • Sep 1 – Sep 21
  • Oct 20 – Nov 9

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Experienced Faculty

  • William Pietersen

    Professor of the Practice of Management and Faculty Member of Executive Education at Columbia Business School

    For more than 20 years, William Pietersen served as the CEO of multibillion-dollar businesses such as Lever Foods, Seagram USA, Tropicana, and Sterling Winthrop’s Consumer Health Group. His top-selling book, “Strategic Learning,” is widely applied within his programs taught at Columbia Business Sc…

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Additional Information

  • How many hours per week am I expected to devote to the program?

    Our programs are designed for busy professionals. Participants are expected to spend 4-5 hours each week watching video lectures and completing assignments. There are also live online sessions most weeks, which last 1-1.5 hours each.

  • How long does the program last?

    Our leadership development programs last 3 weeks. Additionally, you will complete a short orientation prior to the official start of the program.

  • Will I receive a grade or university credit?

    Upon successfully completing the program, you will receive a certificate of completion from the sponsoring business school. ExecOnline provides non-degree programs for which no grades or university credits are provided.

  • Who takes ExecOnline programs?

    Our programs are designed for busy leaders—managers, directors, VPs, and C-suite—with the drive and desire to solve their organization’s critical business challenges. Our short, focused programs allow you to develop solutions for both near- and long-term challenges—without disrupting your day-to-day responsibilities.

  • Will I apply my learnings to real-world work objectives?

    Yes. You will develop a project of your choosing that addresses your organization’s critical business challenges. At the completion of the program, you will have produced an implementation-ready project, designed to make a fiscal and business impact.

  • Do you have an alumni program?

    Yes. You can stay connected to ExecOnline through our alumni group, which allows you to interact with peers to generate support and networking opportunities.

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