A New Approach to Strategy Execution
Corporations can spend months developing novel strategies yet fail to translate them into value-added actions. In the face of continuous digitalization and sustainability challenges, successful corporate strategists must ensure flawless execution, which starts with aligning the people, processes, resources and stakeholder interests involved in the change process.
Getting Things Done: Strategic Leadership will help you better understand and orchestrate change processes and develop the core competencies – governance, strategy formulation and organization – needed to make things happen.
Aimed at top-tier executives, this 2.5-day program may be taken as a stand-alone or in combination with Getting Things Done: Power, Influence and Networks, imparted the same week on IESE’s Barcelona campus.
Benefits

- Acquire an integrated view of the strategic process to frame your decisions from strategic, operational and political perspectives.
- Map the organizational structures, people and processes necessary to execute your strategic vision.
- Explore how to effectively address two key drivers of change common to most industries: digitalization and sustainability.
- Gain insights to better communicate your strategy and promote a shared understanding of current challenges and desired outcomes.
This program will give you the leadership vision and the practical tools you need by exploring these crucial areas:
- A 360-Degree View of Strategic Leadership
- Setting Direction: Leading the Strategic Planning Process
- Keys to Communicating Your Strategy
- How Mid-Level Managers Drive the Change Agenda
- Strategic Change and the Digital Transformation
- Leading the Sustainability Transition
- The Dynamics of Change Management
- Integrating M&A
- The Personal Journey of the CEO
This program forms part of the Getting Things Done suite, one of the IESE’s most popular executive education offerings. Participants who also enroll in Getting Things Done: Power, Influence and Networks will emerge with an even broader view of the core dynamics and processes essential for positive corporate change.

Head of the Strategic Management Department
Professor of Strategic Management
PhD in Management, Stanford University
Master’s in Sociology, Stanford University

Professor of Managing People in Organizations
PhD and Master’s in Organizational Behavior, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Professor of Strategic Management and Managing People in Organizations
Chair of Family-Owned Business
PhD in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations, University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business
MSc in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations, University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business
To ensure participants get the most out of the program, they will be asked to prepare the academic materials provided about 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.
FEES
Getting Things Done: Strategic Leadership (2.5 days)*
- General fee: € 3,600
- Alumni fee: € 3,240
- IESE Alumni Assn. members: € 3,060
- Executive education Certificate fee: An additional 5% discount on the general or IESE Alumni Association member fee.
Getting Things Done: Strategic Leadership & Power, Influence and Networks (5 days)*
- General fee: € 6,000
- Alumni fee: € 5,400
- IESE Alumni Assn. members: € 5,100
- Executive education Certificate fee: An additional 5% discount on the general or IESE Alumni Association member fee.
*Participants can opt for the 2.5 days “Getting Things Done: Strategic Leadership” program experience as a stand-alone, or in combination with “Getting Things Done: Power Influence and Networks“, which also lasts 2.5 days. The combination of both programs results in the full edition of “Getting Things Done” (5 days), accessible here.
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 or wire transfer.
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.
UPCOMING EDITION
Barcelona
June 12, 13 & 14, 2023
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