Why are big companies failing? What specific factors put them at risk? And, most importantly, how can you affect the forces at play to prevent failure and achieve success? Leading Change and Organizational Renewal shows you how. It's a unique collaboration between Stanford and Harvard, a one-week intensive program that provides a proven methodology for diagnosing strategic challenges and design thinking techniques to help you implement innovative solutions.
HBS Program Dates:
March 28 - April 2, 2016
Harvard Business School
The Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a world-renowned expert in human resource management and in the areas of managing culture, innovation, and change. He is the coauthor of Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal (Harvard Business School Press, 2002) and Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People (Harvard Business School Press, 2000).
Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management; Executive Director of the Stanford Executive Program; Director of The Indispensable CTO: Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation Executive Program
Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior; Codirector of the Executive Leadership Development: Analysis to Action Program
Moghadam Family Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior; Codirector of the Executive Program for Women Leaders
Consulting Associate Professor and Director of Executive Education, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences; Academic Director, Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate; Director of the Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage Executive Program; Codirector of the Customer-Focused Innovation Executive Program
Lecturer and Director, Executive Education, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal will help you:
USING CULTURE FOR COMPETITIVE (DIS)ADVANTAGE
Why do industry leaders often lose their innovative edge, and how can they retain it? The purpose of this session is to explore how managers can balance the tension between the short and long term, with particular attention to the use of culture in their organizations as a potential for enhancing innovation.
SCALING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IN A SUCCESSFUL FIRM
A problem for every manager is to scale change in attitudes—to make "good behaviors" or practices grow big fast and, by contrast, to shrink "bad behaviors" or practices down quickly. Managers accomplish this by scaling a) the top management team—bringing new people to the team, b) idea generation so that every employee contributes, c) behavioral change, and d) talent—buying and building talent. These sessions will provide you with the skills to scale behavioral change.
BUSINESS CHALLENGE WORK GROUPS
Prior to the program, you will be asked to provide the program faculty director with a brief description of a specific innovation or change challenge your organization is facing. Work groups will be organized around similarity of challenges. During the program, you, your work group, and a facilitator will meet daily to address actual challenges and craft solutions.
Other Selected Sessions
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal is ideal for executives responsible for strategic change initiatives within their own organizations. It's specifically designed for:
