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Success depends on effective leadership and builds on individual talent wired to improve, enhance, and add value to the company’s activities. Executives face challenges and opportunities that extend beyond their organization, across industries, and around the world. They need a strategic perspective and holistic business understanding.
Check the ProgramsStrategic Leadership Programs
February 15 – December 19, 2021
Schedule February 15 – December 19, 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland
Frequency Twice a year (February and September)
This program is meant for experienced leaders and experts, who need new tools for strategic development of the organization and management reshaping. During the program you will expand the overall outlook needed for successful management, from the point of view of both change and strategic leadership. You will also develop self-knowledge and your own style of impacting others. This program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 20,800 (+ VAT)
April 14 – October 7, 2021
The program focuses on the outlook for change in the energy sector’s operating environment, both internationally and in Finland. Together with the experts, you will reflect on the meaning of sustainable development in the energy sector, the impact of digitalization, and how new innovations can be applied in the sector. The program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 8,700 (+ VAT)
May 5 – June 2021
Schedule May 5 – June 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland. Remote participation possibility.
The Strategic Sustainability for Business program focuses on strengthening the link between sustainability and business strategy within the business environment. Leaders need to take action and manage the value chain of their business.
Fee: € 9,850 (+ VAT)
May 17–19, 2021
This is a three-day core module of the Global Leader program which can also be taken as a stand-alone program. It focuses on the fundamental issues in strategy planning and will give you the skills needed to develop the long-term viability of your organization.
Fee: € 4,150 (+ VAT)
May 25–28, 2021
This is a high-level director and executive program with a truly global and strategic perspective. The program develops board members’ competence to evaluate a company’s strategy in the constantly changing business environment.
Fee: € 6,200 (+VAT)
June 9–11, 2021
Schedule June 9–11, 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland, Partial on-site participation possibility
Frequency Once a year
The program is a comprehensive introduction to the approaches and tools of industry foresight, and how these link to the management decision-making process to create strategic advantage.
Fee: € 3,950 (+ VAT)
September 1, 2021 – February 2022
Schedule September 1, 2021 – February 2022
Location Helsinki, Finland, Remote participation possibility
This is a Finnish program made for automobile industry, that increases management's ability to make decisions and lead. The program offers different point of views for strategy and change in the participants' organizations. The usage of learned methods is supported in different ways, e.g. personal mentoring and diverse set of exercises.
Fee: € 9,450 (+ VAT)
September 13, 2021 – February 8, 2022
The focus of the training program is to develop business-oriented data management work and the use of digitalization to develop a company's business activities. You will explore business and IT strategy coordination, ICT management, portfolio management, and customer-oriented service production. This program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 8,800 (+VAT)
September 13, 2021 – May 18, 2022
Schedule September 13, 2021 – May 18, 2022
Location Helsinki, Finland
Frequency Twice a year (February and September)
This program is meant for experienced leaders and experts, who need new tools for strategic development of the organization and management reshaping. During the program you will expand the overall outlook needed for successful management, from the point of view of both change and strategic leadership. You will also develop self-knowledge and your own style of impacting others. This program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 20,800 (+ VAT)
September 22, 2021 – May 2022
Schedule September 22, 2021 – May 2022
Location Helsinki, Finland, Remote participation possibility
Frequency Once a year (starting in Fall)
This program is a management and financial training program for social and health care industry leaders, managers, experts and decision-makers. The program provides tools for addressing current healthcare challenges and engages in the thoroughgoing development of a range of management skills. The program is held in Finnish.
Fee: € 10,850 (+ VAT)
October 1 – November 17, 2021
Schedule October 1 – November 17, 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland
Frequency Once a year
The program gives you a structured understanding of the M&A process and equips you with the tools and skills you need for succeeding in each phase of the process.
Fee: € 8,500 (+ VAT)
The program can be completed in 12 months.
An international program that strengthens the strategic skills of leaders who manage across functions in a multinational environment. The program broadens understanding of key management issues, especially in a global business environment.
Fee: € 14,400 (+ VAT)
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Location Helsinki, Finland
Aalto EE and the Finnish Textile & Fashion have jointly designed a training program that enables fashion and textile firms to develop their leadership skills in strategy, business innovation and management.
Recommended schedule: 2–3 hours per week, for 3–4 weeks
Schedule Recommended schedule: 2–3 hours per week, for 3–4 weeks
Location Online learning environment. License for three (3) months starting from the order date
A cost-effective and flexible online course on basic elements of strategic management. Course Language: English
Fee: € 200 (+ VAT)
Leadership Programs
November 2–4, 2020
This is a three-day core module of the Global Leader program which can also be taken as a stand-alone program. The module focuses on developing awareness and skills in how to lead and coach yourself, your team, and your organization through change. You will learn about the difference between change and transition and what it takes to maintain a balance between these from a leadership perspective.
Fee: € 4,150 (+ VAT)
February 8–10, 2021
Schedule February 8–10, 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland, Remote participation possibility
Frequency Twice a year (in English and in Finnish)
Fee: € 4,800 (+ VAT)
March 23 – March 30, 2021
The Virtual Leadership program approaches the topical theme of leadership with a practical touch based on academic research. It is designed for leaders who are leading their teams from a distance, now and in the future.
Fee: € 1,590 (+VAT)
May 24–26, 2021
Schedule May 24–26, 2021
Location Helsinki, Finland, Remote participation possibility
Frequency Twice a year (in English and in Finnish)
Our new leadership program provides the skills and frameworks needed for effective and influential leadership in a compact package.
Fee: € 4,800 (+ VAT)
October 27, 2021 – May 13, 2022
Schedule October 27, 2021 – May 13, 2022
Location Copenhagen, Helsinki, and Oslo
This is an executive program for leaders from the art and culture sector in the Nordic and Baltic region. The program is tailored to enrich and develop their understanding of how effective leadership, management, and networking can transform their business and organizations.
Fee: € 15,700 (+VAT)
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The program will be your journey in learning to inspire people with purpose and understanding what makes you tick. Based on self-awareness, you will evolve your leadership; you will be challenged for a superior capability to analyze the various contexts and tailor your leadership to handle all situations with self-confidence.
Fee: € 9,400 (+ VAT)
Recommended schedule: 2–3 hours per week for 4–5 weeks
Schedule Recommended schedule: 2–3 hours per week for 4–5 weeks
Location Online learning environment. License for three (3) months starting from the order date.
A cost-effective and flexible online course aimed at developing skills for leading and implementing strategic change in projects in a global context. Course Language: English
Fee: € 350 (+ VAT)
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Success depends on effective leadership and builds on individual talent wired to improve, enhance and add value to a company’s activities. Executives face challenges and opportunities that extend beyond their own organization, across industries and around the world. They require a strategic perspective and global vision of what is possible.
Aalto EE helps executives to set a strategic direction for the future and strengthen their ability to lead and implement strategy in a global context. Our leadership, strategy and advanced management programs are built to challenge your current perceptions and values relating to leadership, while encouraging you to think and lead differently. We develop new mindsets and skills and prepare leaders for more senior positions and broader leadership roles.
Our world is changing at a faster pace than ever. Companies that can transform and adapt to our rapidly-changing world will not only survive, but also thrive in the competitive market. This calls for exceptional leadership.
The path to great leadership starts from within."
The path to great leadership starts from within. To succeed, leaders must gain a better understanding of their own approach to leadership and acquire new ideas in order to optimize and sustain their potential. The most effective leaders treat change as an opportunity to learn and grow as individuals, teams and organizations. They handle both the structural side of change and the human side of leading transition effectively. They realize that new mindsets and skills may be required to create a successful future, and that they may need to let go of practices that no longer serve their purpose.
Exceptional leadership requires an understanding of the difference between change and transition, and what it takes to maintain a balance between these from a leadership perspective. Successful leaders must recognize their individual and behavioral leadership styles and preferences regarding change, and how these preferences influence their response to change. They must know how to lead more effectively and coach both themselves and others through the change process. They also need concrete tools for leading organizational change in the workplace.
Strategy is not only about setting goals. It is about solving problems, choosing and building your own competitive space, and developing skills and competencies that are hard to copy. It is about identifying a path towards success in an ever-changing environment of global competition, and successfully pursuing that path. Strategy is about building the future of your company.
Strategy is a unique topic in management, as it cuts across all specializations from finance and marketing to leadership and innovation. Strategic management deals with three interrelated elements: leadership and people, competition and the business environment, and organization and capabilities. Strategic management requires the analysis of each of these domain areas, the formulation of a strategy applicable to the situation in all three domains, and coherent implementation efforts that connect to and shape all three areas.
Digitalization continues to be an overarching megatrend driving strategic change in several industries. It is shaping competition and setting new skill requirements for individuals, leadership and management practice. It also has an impact on the design of organizations.
Another factor driving strategic change is the on-going globalization of business. Organizational decision-makers need an international mindset to negotiate in the turbulent global environments they face. Internationalization is creating a need for agile responses to technological developments and new business models, the striking of a balance between local adaptation and global standardization, and the grasping of the new opportunities brought by a broader range of customers and innovative new ideas in the global marketplace.
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