Make Your Strategy Happen
When a business strategy fails, shortcomings are often exposed, not necessarily in the strategy itself but in its execution. The ability to make your strategy work is critical for business leaders and it is the overriding factor in determining a company’s long-term success.
Unlock the mysteries behind strategy implementation and discover the factors that are crucial to bringing about the successful execution of business objectives.
Benefits

- Lead successfully through strategy execution.
- Prepare your “taking-charge strategy” for your next assignment.
- Identify sources of power within your organization and use them to build influence.
- Map an organization’s political terrain to identify individuals critical for diffusing a strategy supportive culture.
- Enhance your performance by leveraging social networks.
- Taking Charge and Leading Strategy Execution
- Personal Characteristics That Build Influence
- Power: Why Some People Have It While Others Don’t
- Acting and Speaking With Power
- Making It Work: Change Pro-Simulation
- Visualizing Your Social Network
- Executing Strategy in a Global Environment
- Mastering Organizational Dynamics
- Strategy Execution Tools
- The Informal Organization
- Overcoming Resistance and Obstacles
- Wrap-Up and Conclusions
Using a highly practical approach, the program will empower participants to achieve corporate objectives by framing their decisions from strategic, operational and political perspectives.

Academic Director
Professor and Head of Strategic Management Department
PhD in Management, Stanford University
MSc in Sociology, Stanford University

Professor of Managing People in Organizations
PhD and MS in Organizational Behavior, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
BS in Psychology, Tufts University

Associate Professor of Strategic Management
PhD in Management, Boston College
MS in Organization Studies, Boston College
The on-site edition takes place on the school’s Barcelona campus.
To ensure participants get the most out of the program, they will be asked to prepare the academic materials provided two weeks before the program’s start date.
- Participants complete and submit the online application.
- The Executive Education Department emails the participant to acknowledge receipt and provide further details on program dates, pre-program academic materials and bank details to submit payment.
- The participant pays the program fee. This is an essential requisite to access the pre-readings and participate in the program.
- Two weeks before the start date, participants receive an email with a user name to access the IESE Virtual Campus and pre-readings.
- General fee: € 5,250
- Alumni fee: € 4,725
- IESE Alumni Assn. members: € 4,463
- Executive education Certificate fee: An additional 5% discount on the general or IESE Alumni Association member fee.
The program fee is tax-exempt. Payment is required before the program begins and includes all academic materials and most meals. Please note that travel and accommodation expenses are not included.
Discounts are available for corporate agreements and multiple registrations from the same company. Space is limited and filled in strict order of reception so early registration is encouraged.
Participants in the on-campus Barcelona edition can benefit from special rates at the following hotels: AC Victoria Suites (Marriot) 4*, Sansi Pedralbes 4*, Abba Garden 4*, Meliá Sarriá Barcelona 5*, Upper Diagonal 4*.
Payment Details
We accept payments by credit card, check or wire.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received within 20 days before the program launch are subject to a fee equivalent to 25% of tuition. IESE reserves the right to cancel this edition or modify dates up to 20 days prior to its start. IESE is under no circumstances responsible for travel expenses incurred. Participants should consider travel cancellation coverage in the exceptional event that the program is cancelled or if they are unable to attend for personal or professional reasons.
These teaching methods have been strategically combined to foster an optimal learning environment.
The live online edition is 5 weeks in duration:
- Kick-off session:
- February 2022 (dates TBC)
- Participants complete and submit the online application.
- The Executive Education Department emails the participant to acknowledge receipt and provides further details on the program dates, schedule and bank details to submit payment.
- The participant pays the program fee. This is an essential requisite to access the pre-readings and participate in the program.
- General fee: € 2,500 (*)
- Alumni fee: € 2,250
- IESE Alumni Assn. members: € 2,125
- Executive education Certificate fee: An additional 5% discount on the general or IESE Alumni Association member fee.
(* Fees pending update for AY 21-22)
The program fee is tax-exempt and includes academic materials. Payment is required before the program begins.
Discounts are available for corporate agreements and multiple registrations from the same company. Space is limited and filled in strict order of receipt so early registration is encouraged.
Payment Details
We accept payments by credit card or wire.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received within 7 days before the program launch are subject to a fee equivalent to 25% of tuition. IESE reserves the right to cancel this program edition or modify dates up to 7 days prior to its start.
UPCOMING EDITIONS
On Campus: Barcelona
June 1-4, 2021
Live Online
Start date: February 2022 (dates TBC)
CONTACT US
Barcelona Focused Programs
Anna Vera
(+34) 93 253 4395
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