Executive Academy
Leading with impact: oneself, others and successful programmes


EXECUTIVE ACADEMY
The Executive Academy is an empowering development programme for senior teaching & learning professionals,
enabling you to further develop your leadership competencies and effectiveness.
PROGRAMME GOALS
- Personal development
- Capstone project development and its practical implementation
- Effectivity and performance enhancement of particular executive roles
TARGET GROUP
- Associate/Assistant deans of teaching & learning
- Department chairs
- Programme directors
- Senior programme managers
- Corporate talent managers (upon previous agreement)
ADMISSION PROCESS
- Completion and submission of the application form
- Assessment of the application by the EA Director
- 30-minute virtual interview with the EA Director
- Approval for enrollment from the EA Steering Committee
Three GEOGRAPHICAL STREAMS
Europe Stream
22-26 May 2023
Prague, Czech Republic

Americas Stream
4-8 March 2024
Miami, USA

Asia Stream
TBA
Shanghai, China


BENEFITS
LEARN
Meet your own specific learning objectives
develop
Build capacity for sustained professional and personal improvement
influence
Assume more strategic responsibility
connect
Keep in touch and strengthen your connections with like-minded peers through alumni network
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PROGRAMME FORMAT
The Executive Academy combines techniques of observer calibration, conceptual analysis, facilitation and one-on-one coaching with feedback.
The learning and development journey consists of three main modules:
- Individual preparation, including project work, and mandatory & recommended readings combined with self-evaluation tests (20 hours est.)
- A full week of face-to-face training
- Capstone activity & feed-forward session with hands-on project supervision and coaching (20 hours est.)
programme pillars
Leading oneself
You will go through a self-discovery process to better understand your strengths and limitations, benchmarking your self-knowledge against self-leadership. Supported by 360° assessment.
Leading others
You will discover different ways of motivating and influencing staff, superiors and colleagues. You will learn how to maintain motivation in the people around you and how you can transform reservation into a source of creativity as well as convert demanding stakeholders into committed ones.
Leading successful programmes
You will explore how to advance a strategy-driven programme design and review process and how to manage different performance layers. You will learn how to interlink stakeholder expectations and satisfaction with impact and relevance agendas as well as how to capture opportunities related to disruptive innovation.
GRADUATION
Professional Certificate
Upon successful completion of Modules 1-3, you will receive the Executive Academy Certificate issued by EFMD Global Network, which is a leading qualification for Teaching & Learning professionals globally.
Alumni Networking
As an alumnus of the Executive Academy, you are cordially invited to join the EA Alumni Association to take advantage of networking activities helping you to stay connected and informed about new developments relevant for your professional role. You will also get an opportunity to contribute to future editions of the Executive Academy and other activities within the EFMD Global Network.
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