EXECUTIVE

PROGRAM IN
MANAGEMENT
Columbia Business School is
the only Ivy League institution
that delivers a learning
experience where academic
excellence meets real-time
exposure to the pulse of
business in New York City.

Established in 1916, Columbia

Business School is among the
most prestigious business
schools in the world.
CONTENTS

Program Overview 4

Program Benefits 5

Program Calendar 7

Program Curriculum 8

Group Project 11

Career Management 12

New York City as Your Leadership Lab 13

Program Cohort 16

Meet the Faculty 18

Certificate in Business Excellence 21

Select Alumni Benefits 22

Participant Profile 23

Application Process 24

About Columbia University 25

About Columbia Business School 26

Contact Us 27
PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Today’s leaders need to have a comprehensive view of leadership, act strategically,

and understand global linkages like never before.

Columbia Business School Executive Education’s Executive Program in Management is an

intensive nine-month multimodal learning journey aimed at helping leaders scale new heights
in their careers.

Participants benefit from New York City as the hub to study leadership and management,
strategy and innovation, and global business acumen from Ivy League faculty and industry
practitioners.

Along with one in-person module in New York City, participants take part in live interactive
sessions with Columbia faculty, immerse themselves in online modules, and continue to work
on group projects and apply the learnings to their workplace.

Career management sessions are integrated into the program to help participants think about
planning their careers strategically. For some, this could mean a career transition. For others,
it could mean exploring larger roles with their existing employers.

Participants explore a wide variety of cutting-edge management practices and interact with
Ivy League faculty, industry practitioners, and experienced peers in the program. By using the
principle of action learning, participants emerge from the Executive Program in Management
as stronger and more focused leaders, better equipped to take the next step in their
leadership journey.

1 4 15+
In-Person Faculty and
Learning
Immersion Guest
Themes
Speakers

30+ 250+ 1:1

Session Hours of Career
Topics Learning Coaching
Sessions

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PROGRAM BENEFITS

Experience an Expertly Developed Curriculum

Learn and apply an integrated view of leadership, strategy, global business
acumen, and digital business strategies. Learn through immersive lectures,
case studies, and academic and practitioner perspectives.

Learn from Ivy League Faculty

Learn from Columbia Business School's Ivy League faculty who are
world-renowned experts in their fields and have engaged with some of the
largest organizations in the world.

Work on a Capstone Project

Combine theory with practice by working on a group project and apply your
learnings to real-world business challenges guided by a Columbia Business
School faculty coach.

Immersive Learning
The dynamic New York City serves as a laboratory to study innovation and
disruptive business models and learn from leading industry practitioners.

Connect with an Experienced Peer Group

Engage with experienced and accomplished global participants across sectors
who bring diverse experiences, cultures, and perspectives to the classroom.

Select Alumni Benefits

Receive select Columbia Business School alumni benefits upon completion of
the program and become part of a distinguished global community.

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It is more than an Executive Program in Management;
it is a lifelong journey. The program will grow your
proficiency and challenge your limits. This learning
experience will revolutionize your mind and expand
your ability to think differently, innovatively, and
creatively. You will emerge with a better understanding
of your skill sets and learn to transform weaknesses
into strengths and strengths into values.

—Arman Potikyan
Director, Financial Markets Directorate at
Central Bank of Armenia

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 PROGRAM CALENDAR

This nine-month program journey features one in-class

immersion module, three live online modules and two
multi-week online modules.

Pre-Work | January 2022

Program introduction session and pre-readings

Module 1 | February 7–17, 2022 | Live Online

Eight 3-hour live online sessions

Module 2 | March–April 2022 | Online

Leadership—People, Teams, and Organizations
Seven weeks online

Module 3 | April 18–21, 2022 | Live Online

Four consecutive 3-hour live online sessions

Module 4 | May 31–June 3, 2022 | Live Online

Four consecutive 3-hour live online sessions

Module 5 | June–August 2022 | Online

Digital Strategies for Business
Three months online

Module 6 | September 11–16, 2022 | In Person

Six days in New York City

Note: Sessions are subject to change.

In case you are unable to travel for the in-person module/s due to prevailing COVID-19
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 PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Strategy and Global Business

Innovation Acumen

Leadership and EXECUTIVE

Management PROGRAM IN Digital Strategies
MANAGEMENT for Business

Leadership and Management Strategy and Innovation

• Leadership Journey • Strategic Intuition
• Leading Change • The Strategic Learning Cycle
• Leadership Values • Discovery-Driven Growth
• Negotiation and Decision Making • Strategic Planning
• Persuasion and Influence • Operations Strategy
• Social Styles • Transient Advantage
• Communication and Conflict • Entrepreneurial Thinking and
• Flexible Thinking Leadership
• Executing Vision • Design Thinking and Innovation
• Cultivating a Growth Mindset: • Artificial Intelligence
Prevention vs. Promotion-Focused
Motivation Systems
• Corporate Governance
• Quantitative Intuition™

Note: Sessions are subject to change. Executive Program in Management | 8

 Global Business Acumen
• Global Economic Environment
• Globalization of Services
• Macroeconomics
• Behavioral Economics
• Leading Across Cultures
• Business Analytics
• Thinking Globally
Note: Sessions are subject to change.
Digital Strategies for Business
• Five Domains of Digital Transformation
• Customer Networks and the New Path
to Purchase Platform Business Models
• Coopetition, Disintermediation, and
Asymmetric Competitors Building Data
as a Strategic Asset for Your Business
• Big Data at Work: New Data,
New Tools, and Templates of Value
• Internet of Things
• Fintech
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The Executive Program in Management was a transformative
learning exercise and a great platform to connect with like-minded
versatile professionals and renowned faculty. With over two
decades in management and leadership roles, I found this program
to be an outstanding refresher, adding to my knowledge base and
aiding me with futuristic business navigation systems to steer
through this new age world. Topics involving strategic intuition,
digital transformation, and value hierarchy provided an
unconventional slant to regular executive learning.

—Namita Phadnis
Founder and Managing Partner
auctusESG

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GROUP PROJECT

A key aspect of the Executive Program in Management’s learning journey is the group project.
Participants will be assigned to small groups to solve a business problem by applying
concepts and tools learned in the online, live online, and on-campus sessions.

The project can be a real-world problem that one person in the group is facing in their
organization, or it can also be a new business idea that a group member is developing.

This project will enable program participants to effectively tackle real-world business
problems by applying the tools, frameworks, and lessons learned in the program.

Project Schedule
Modules 1–3: Group Project Introduction | Group Formations | Problem Submissions
Modules 4, 5: Project Work
Module 6: Final Presentations

Problem Definition

Problem Structuring

Data Gathering and Analysis

Recommendations Development

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CAREER MANAGEMENT

Participants will experience the following career management modules

across the nine-month program journey.

Feedback: What Is Working Well That You Can Build on?

What Is Not Working That You Can Fix?
• One-on-one mock interviews and feedback sessions with a coach
• Résumé review and recommendations

Best Practices: Comprehensive Range of Career Topics

• Five building blocks of career success
• Personal branding and marketing
• Traditional job search: working with recruiters and job postings
• Accessing the hidden job market: advanced networking
• Interviewing for executive roles
• Negotiation for executives

Ongoing Support: One-On-One Coaching and

Group Q&A Sessions
• Three one-on-one coaching sessions
• Four group Q&A sessions

CAROLINE CENIZA-LEVINE
Lead, Career Management Module

Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a career and business expert, writer, speaker,

and co-founder of SixFigureStart®. Prior to launching SixFigureStart®
in 2008, she spent 15 years in strategy consulting, executive search,
and HR. Ceniza-Levine has been a repeat guest on CBS, CNN, CNBC,
and Fox Business, and has been quoted in BusinessWeek,
Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Fortune, Inc., MORE, Newsweek, NPR,
Real Simple, and Success Magazine.

Ceniza-Levine is a career columnist for Forbes.com, Money.com, and Time.com, and formerly
wrote for CNBC and Portfolio. She is the author of three books—Jump Ship: 10 Steps To Starting
A New Career (2015, Forbes); Six Steps To Job Search Success (2011, Flat World Knowledge);
and How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times (2010, Two
Harbors Press).

Ceniza-Levine teaches professional development and negotiation programs at Columbia

University and received a grant from the Jones New York Empowerment Fund for her work with
mid-career professionals. A classically trained pianist at The Juilliard School and Manhattan
School of Music, Ceniza-Levine stays active in the arts, performing stand-up comedy.

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NEW YORK CITY AS
YOUR LEADERSHIP HUB

Leaders need to stay a step ahead of their competitors to succeed. This requires looking for
ideas in unexpected places and analyzing them in novel ways. The Executive Program in
Management has several experiential class sessions to help participants create more
organizational and professional value. Many of these sessions take advantage of our unique
location in New York City to study innovation, improvisation, and the robustness of
organizations. At Columbia Business School, we bring the most relevant cutting-edge research
so participants can channel promising ideas in the right direction.
Here are some examples:

Leadership Jazz
Lessons for leadership can come from a variety of sources, including the creative and performing
arts. In this showcase session, we work with a live jazz ensemble and introduce participants to the
world of jazz musicians. Using the experience as an organizing metaphor, participants consider
the origins of jazz—an art form born out of conflict and crisis—and how lessons for leadership
from a jazz ensemble can help teams and organizations work better together.

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Getting Everyone to Pull Together
Even the best strategy will fail if an organization isn’t capable of executing it. We bring the
latest ideas on building effective organizations from both expected and unexpected sources.
For example, we bring research evidence from Columbia’s Global Leadership Matrix project
(www.gleam.org) on how networks can be used to create flexible and responsive organizations.
Participants then use that information to analyze their own relational capabilities and those of
their organizations.

Organizing to Innovate
While it’s important for an organization to execute a strategy, there also must be space to
invent. In the Executive Program in Management classroom, we meet with thought leaders
such as Rita McGrath and Bill Duggan to discuss strategic innovation. We also examine
innovation up close, allowing participants to practice leadership and interaction patterns that
encourage new ideas.

Leadership from One to Many

At Columbia Business School, we see leadership as helping others to do better. To do that, one
also has to lead oneself. So, to help participants impact their organizations, we help them
impact themselves. We discuss social styles and the lifeline journey, which helps participants
reflect on what they’ve learned and allows them to better manage their time and priorities at
work.

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The cohort’s diversity and depth of experience is one of the best
parts of the program. We don't just learn from the faculty; we
learn probably even more from each other. Different industries,
positions, regions, and countries, but the discussions are never
dull. The online program is quite demanding but totally worth it.
It's good to be able to immediately apply some of the learnings
at work.

—Jerry Huang
VP and GM, Asia Pacific
Parallels Software

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 PROGRAM COHORT

FUNCTIONS

General Management 29.85%

Marketing and Sales 13.43%

Finance 11.44%

Consulting 6.97%

Technology Management 6.47%

Operations 6.47%

Administration and HR 3.48%

Sales 3.48%

Government Affairs 2.99%

Information Systems and 1.99%

Technology

Others 13.45%

Others include: engineering, human resources, finance and accounting, manufacturing and production, purchasing, research and development

17 188
years of companies
work experience represented
on average in total

Note: Data from across previous cohorts. Executive Program in Management | 16

 INDUSTRIES

Education Banking and

Financial Services
Industrial Goods 2%
3% 20.4%
Real Estate
Fast Moving 3%
Consumer Goods
3%

Retail 3.5%

Advertising and 23.2% Others

9%
Media

5.5%
Consulting
5.5%

6.5% 15.4%
Energy
IT Services and
Healthcare Products

Others include: agriculture, civil construction, e-commerce, education, electronics and hardware, human resources, industrial goods, telecommunications, tourism and
hotels/restaurants, transportation and logistics

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS

Note: Data from across previous cohorts. Executive Program in Management | 17

MEET THE FACULTY

Murray B. Low
Faculty Director, Executive Program in Management

Murray Low is an experienced entrepreneur and a leading authority on entrepreneurship

in independent, corporate, and not-for-profit settings. As the founder of the Columbia
Entrepreneurship Program, he has worked to make entrepreneurship a viable career
option for Master's in Business Administration (MBA) graduates. As the co-director of
IE@Columbia, he has worked with faculty, students, and staff across the University to
spread innovation and entrepreneurship. He has also led initiatives to improve business
education in developing countries, particularly in Africa. Low provides consultations to
small and large companies, family businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. He
teaches executive seminars in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation and makes
frequent presentations to academic and industry groups. He has been published widely
in academic and practitioner journals and is a regular commentator in the media. Low is
an active advisor, board member, and angel investor.

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 Contributing Faculty

Brad Aspel Joann Baney Robert Bontempo

Adjunct Assistant Adjunct Associate Adjunct Professor
Professor of Business Professor of International of Business
Management and Public Affairs Management

Bruce Craven William Duggan Paul Ingram

Adjunct Associate Senior Lecturer in Kravis Professor of
Professor of Business Business Business
Management Management Management

Stephan Meier
Todd Jick Rita McGrath
James P. Gorman
Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Columbia
Professor of Business
Discipline Business School
and Chair of
in Business Executive Education
Management Division

*Faculty are subject to change. Executive Program in Management | 19

 Contributing Faculty

Ciamac Moallemi
Oded Netzer Willie Pietersen
William Von Mueffling
Arthur J. Samberg Professor of the
Professor of Business in
Professor of Business Practice of Management
Decision, Risk, and
Marketing
Operations

Shivaram Rajgopal David Rogers Cliff Schorer

Roy Bernard Kester and Faculty of Columbia Director of Entrepreneur
T.W. Byrnes Professor of Business School in Residence Program
Accounting and Auditing Executive Education

Pierre Yared
Medini Singh MUTB Professor of
Senior Lecturer in
International Business
Discipline
and Vice Dean for
in Business
Executive Education

*Faculty are subject to change. Executive Program in Management | 20

CERTIFICATE IN
BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

Your Name
is awarded the Columbia Business School Executive Education

Certificate in Business Excellence

in recognition of attending and completing the
EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT
Date

The bearer of this certificate has completed

a prescribed series of learning, dedicated to
the pursuit of business excellence .

Costis Maglaras
Dean; David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business

Upon completion of the Executive Program in Management, participants are

awarded the Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia Business
School Executive Education. The certificate is a recognition of their
achievement and the investment they and their organization have made in
their education and development.

Please note that participants must complete all modules of the program (live online, online, in person
and inter-module) to receive the Certificate in Business Excellence.

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SELECT ALUMNI BENEFITS

Access to Columbia Business School

Alumni Career Services resources,
including unique career content,
a job board, an online networking
platform, the alumni directory, and more

Invitations to alumni events and

programs around the world

Eligibility to join Columbia Business

School alumni clubs

A 25 percent tuition benefit for you and

up to four colleagues each year for
full-price Executive Education in-person
programs lasting up to seven days and
all full-price online programs

Global networking opportunities

Lifetime Columbia Business School

forwarding email address

Subscription to our alumni publication

Columbia Business

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PARTICIPANT PROFILE

The Executive Program in Management will

help talented leaders prepare to take on larger
more critical roles. Participants might come
from large or medium-sized organizations. All
the key elements of the Executive Program in
Management—the professors, content, peer
interactions, application exercises, etc.—are
designed specifically for executives with:

A minimum of ten years of work experience

International exposure (preferred)
An urgent agenda for change
Fluency in written and spoken English

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APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply to the program, please complete the online application form.

APPLY NOW

APPLICATION DEADLINES AND FEES

Round 1 Round 2
Date: October 7, 2021 Date: November 22, 2021
Fee: US$300 Fee: US$400

Round 3
Date: January 10, 2022
Fee: US$500

Program Fee: US$28,000

Inclusions: program materials, coffee breaks, and lunches.
Exclusions: travel costs and accommodation.

Admitted participants will have to pay 20 percent of the program fee within 10 days
of their admission to confirm their seat. Please note that if a candidate is admitted
and accepts the admission, the application fee will be credited towards the
program fee.

Please note that admissions to the program are evaluated on a rolling basis. We
strongly recommend that interested participants apply early. The last module takes
place in the United States. For those applicants who need a visa to travel to the
United States, it is recommended that you apply early to allow sufficient time for
your visa processing formalities.

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ABOUT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY

Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King’s College by

royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest
institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the
fifth oldest in the United States. After the American Revolution,
King’s College briefly became a state entity and was renamed
Columbia College in 1784.

Columbia administers the Pulitzer Prizes annually. 84 Nobel

laureates have been affiliated with the University as students,
faculty, or staff—the second most of any institution in the
world. Columbia is one of the 14 founding members of the
Association of American Universities and was the first school in
the United States to grant the MD degree. Today, the University
operates Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman,
Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Rio de Janeiro,
Santiago, and Tunis.

Notable alumni and former students of the University and its

predecessor, King’s College, include:

5 Founding Fathers of the United States

9 Justices of the United States Supreme Court
20 current billionaires
28 Academy Award winners
29 Heads of State, including 3 United States Presidents

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ABOUT COLUMBIA
BUSINESS SCHOOL

Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University. It was

established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for
undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students. It is one of
six Ivy League business schools, and its admission process is among the most
selective of top business schools.

Columbia Business School is one of the world’s leading business schools and prides
itself on its excellent faculty who provide students with superior knowledge and
thought leadership across divisions and disciplines. Its location in New York City
and strong ties to industry offer students access to top business minds, and the
diverse community spans sectors and nations, making an impact in small startups
as well as established industries.

Columbia Business School is perhaps best known for value investing and the
seminal work completed in that area by professors Benjamin Graham and David
Dodd. It is affiliated with 13 winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, including
current professors Robert Mundell, Joseph Stiglitz, and Edmund Phelps—more
than any other business school in the United States. The school has an
international emphasis, and many alumni have achieved distinction in the public as
well as the private sector.

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