The Management Development Program

This program introduces functional or people managers to a broad spectrum of management knowledge, providing them with practical support and helping them accelerate their growth in their organization.

Overview

The program’s key topics include leadership, strategy, finance and innovation & disruption. Participants will be provided with a range of opportunities to apply learnings, including working with actors as well as a unique computer-based simulation.

The simulation is designed to test how managers would cope if they inherited a struggling business in desperate need of leadership. Competing in teams, participants will have to make difficult business decisions to try to positively impact their stock price.

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Who is this for?

Participants will either be moving into a general management position, or may have recently done so, or they come from a functional or technical role and are looking for management experience.

Program Impact

Learning Outcomes for Participants:

At the end of this program participants will be able to:

Recognize their preferred working and management style, and learn how to combine it with that of others
Improve their appreciation of how to build effective teams that deliver results
Have difficult conversations and make their first strategic organizational decision.
Develop their awareness and understanding of different elements that make a business, and how they interact.

Learning Outcomes for Organizations:

Organizations can expect participants to actively demonstrate new levels of awareness, skills and acumen upon returning to their roles.
Participants will have a greater positive impact on their teams and their organization’s performance.
This program is proven to accelerate managers into leadership roles with confidence.

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Format & Dates

Program format

Online or blended

Dates

**Online: **

Next start dates: to be confirmed

**Blended: **

20-24 September 2021

Fees

Online: £4,250 + VAT

Blended: £7,000 + VAT

Onsite accommodation is charged separately to your program fee, to find out what's included please read our fee information here

Reviews

“I was more than impressed by the quality of learning, getting insights and inspiration through this MDP program. Especially the professionalism and the know-how of the Ashridge teachers made my learning profound and sustainable.”

Caroline Drischel, Head of Brand and Communication Strategy, Lufthansa Group

“We were paired with a faculty member at the start, and you could meet for lunch or drop them an email. The faculty would go out of their way to find me the relevant information to answer my questions.”

Diane French, Director of Operations and Business Development, Fitzroy

“The MDP is a really valuable leadership & management course. In a short space of time it touches upon many important topics of relevance that leaders and managers need to deal with in their everyday working lives. I was particularly impressed with the content related to managing change, the real-plays practice in having difficult conversations at the workplace and the simulation exercises which allowed us to quickly grasp some of the technical aspects of finance. Despite the whole course taking place virtually, the set-up allowed us to share our experiences and learnings, while having many rich and fruitful exchanges.”

Mohini Ghai Kramer, Global Head of Learning & Development, International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC

Faculty

Steve Seymour

BA, MBA, PhD, ACMA, CGMA

Ilze Lansdell-Zandvoort

MBA, DC, MSc

Stephan Schubert

BA, MA, PhD

Paul Griffith

MEng, MBA, ACGI, MCIM

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