Mastering Executive Education:How to combine content with context and emotion - The IMD Guide

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Publisher's acknowledgements
Editors' acknowledgements
Why should you want to master executive education?

Chapter 1: High-impact learning
Paul Strebel and Tracey Keys

Part I: Drivers of great learning sessions

Chapter 2:      Emotional highs
Contributions from: Jean L. Kahwajy, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Paul Strebel

Chapter 3:      Energizing roles
Contributions from: Andrew Boynton, Carlos Cordón, Elizabeth O’Halloran, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Paul Strebel, Ellie Weldon

Chapter 4:      Session scripting
Contributions from: Joe DiStefano, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Paul Strebel

Part II: Drivers of great learning programs

Chapter 5:      Real-world context
Contributions from: Gavin Brown, Kazuo Ichijo, Petri Lehtivaara, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Martha Maznevski, Paul Strebel, Annie Tobias, John Walsh

Chapter 6:      3-dimensional learning
Contributions from: Gordon Adler, Robert Hooijberg, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Nancy Lane, Paul Strebel

Chapter 7:      Program scripting
Contributions from: Carlos Cordero, Georges Haour, Jean L. Kahwajy, Victoria Kemanian, Tracey Keys, Seán Meehan, David Robertson, Leif Sjöblom,  Paul Strebel, Thomas Vollman

Part III: Developing learning materials and methodologies

Chapter 8       Writing an effective case for executive programs
J. B. Kassarjian and Kamran Kashani

Chapter 9       Real world. Real learning. Real video!
J. Peter Killing             

Chapter 10     Developing a suite of cases for nurturing corporate entrepreneurship
Bala Chakravarthy and Peter Lorange

Chapter 11     Learning for leadership: The ‘engineering’ and ‘clinical’ approaches
Gianpiero Petriglieri and Jack Denfield Wood

Chapter 12     On coaches, counselors, facilitators and behavioral consultants
Jack Denfield Wood and Gianpiero Petriglieri

Chapter 13          The hidden agenda of management development: Coaching managers on project teams
Xavier Gilbert

Part IV: Learning scripts for sessions
Building intellectual awareness

Chapter 14          Scripting approaches for cross-cultural effectiveness
Martha Maznevski and Karsten Jonsen

Chapter 15     Teaching general managers about the business value of IT: Making the invisible visible!
Don Marchand

Chapter 16     Adapting a case learning script to different purposes: The example of a fierce ‘product battle’
Jean-Philippe Deschamps

Chapter 17     Running effective study groups
Ralf W. Seifert and Dominique Turpin

Chapter 18          Beyond fun and games: Outdoor activities for meaningful leadership development
Gianpiero Petriglieri and Jack Denfield Wood

Driving into action-based applications

Chapter 19     Negotiation simulations: A dynamic learning tool
Bettina Büchel

Chapter 20          Client initiated projects in partnership programs
Robert S. Collins

Chapter 21          Entrepreneurship at the core: The MBA and EMBA startup projects experiences
Benoît Leleux and Jim Pulcrano

Chapter 22          Learning by doing through international consulting projects
Z. Jan Kubes and Mopesola Ogunsulire

Chapter 23          Applying theory to new worlds: Executive MBA discovery expeditions
John Walsh

Part V: Learning scripts for programs
Open programs

Chapter 24          Scripting a CEO roundtable
Peter Lorange

Chapter 25          Engaging families in business for insight and action
John Ward

Chapter 26          Fundamentals for a world-class leadership program
Jack Denfeld Wood and Gianpiero Petriglieri

Chapter 27          How to build and run long executive education programs
Robert Hooijberg

Chapter 28          Scripting a top MBA program: Focus on leadership development
Seán Meehan and Janet Shaner

In-company programs

Chapter 29          A proposal to Firm X: IT business consultancy partnership and appreciation
Andrew Boynton and William Fischer

Chapter 30          Company-specific program design: Supporting the roll out of a new corporate strategy
Seán Meehan

Chapter 31          Multi-module program scripting: Canon
Vlado Pucik

Chapter 32          Developing winning marketing strategies in real time
Adrian Ryans

Chapter 33          Robust learning from project-based programs
Xavier Gilbert and Rhoda Davidson

Chapter 34          From emotions to solutions: Generational transition in family business
Joachim Schwass

Appendix: IMD’s executive education portfolio

Index

Part V: Learning Scripts for Programs

      Appendices

Notes

 Bibliography

  Index

Back Cover

“How refreshing – IMD makes the case for change. The focus? Executive learning, not academic theory.  This book:

• Challenges the historic approach to executive education
• Accepts the significance of emotion
• Redefines our idea of a ‘good educator’

"Executive education has a role in building good leaders; educators need to embrace their own leadership responsibility. If you’re an educator, take up the challenge – use this book!” 

Gary Steel, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd

"A great contribution. Illustrates how to deliver executive education that creates value. Pragmatic, with interesting new insights from all of the relevant dimensions. If you’re in executive and leadership development, this book is required reading.”

Matti Alahuhta, President, KONE Corporation and Chairman, IMD

A. Daniel Meiland, Executive Chairman, Egon Zehnder International

"Integrating intellectual and emotional awareness with action-based application is state-of-the-art in executive education – convincingly presented by this IMD Guide."

Peter F. Weibel, Member of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group

You pay for executive education.  But does it produce results? Does it stick? How do you identify executive education that really can deliver high impact?

In executive education it is time for a change.  Mastering Executive Education shows you how to take action to deliver it.  

Reader Review(s)

'Not only do we find the concept a very powerful commmunication tool for the school, we also consider it the best book on the subject of executive education ever published.'

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