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Are you a newly minted executive or about to be promoted to a management-level position? If so, now is the perfect time to invest in yourself to fast-track your success, build your confidence and strengthen your skill sets.

Part of your quest to become a better manager should include acquainting yourself with the other functions in your organization (human resources, finance, marketing and so forth), learning about best practices and honing your leadership style.

With the MBA Essentials program, you will learn the same basic concepts taught in the MBA program, only condensed into an eight-day format. By the end of the program, you will have acquired the hard and soft skills you need to excel in your role and leverage your full potential.

SIX HOURS OF PERSONALIZED COACHING
INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.

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GOALS

This program will let you:

Broaden your horizons and become more confident.
Expand the array of solutions at your disposal by exposing you to new concepts, practical analysis frameworks and best management practices.
Understand the strategic issues at play in your organization.
Turn your focus inward to evaluate your own management style and use it to your advantage.
Get ideas and inspiration through interactions with your fellow participants.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Professionals with at least nine years of experience
Aspiring managers
Newly promoted managers

SPECIAL FEATURES

Learn core MBA concepts in a matter of days.
Embrace new perspectives through a deeper understanding of your role and the various functions within your organization.
Take advantage of six hours of personalized coaching.
Benefit from the expertise of leading MBA-level instructors.
Enjoy the flexibility of a schedule built around the needs of busy professionals.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you would like to offer this course to a group of professionals and you are based outside of Canada, check our international programs.

Program

Day 1 - Mastering your management skills (+ previous evening)

Kevin J. Johnson and Viana Poulin

A new and improved vision of the management profession
Assessing your managerial style and practices

Day 2 - Driving customer satisfaction through listening-based marketing

Johanne Brunet

Needs analysis and customer retention
Cultivating a successful marketing strategy

Day 3 - Empowering your human resources: A winning strategy

Alain Gosselin

Envisioning human resources as an investment
Lessons learned from industry-leading employers

Day 4 - Getting a handle on your financials

Hugo Lesley

Reading and interpreting financial reports
Top financial analysis ratios

Day 5 - Operational excellence: The key to creating value

Olivier Lourdel

Managing operations: concepts, challenges and compromises
Operational excellence: management approaches and models

Day 6 - Strategy as a source of organizational agility

Brian King

Clearly articulating your strategic intent
The foundations of a winning strategy

Day 7 - The organization as a springboard for action

Kevin J. Johnson

Developing a realistic view of your operational leeway
Understanding the interdependent relationship between various action-oriented solutions

Day 8 - Spotting and seizing opportunities for action within your organization

Kevin J. Johnson and Viana Poulin

Identifying incentives and obstacles for translating knowledge into action

TRAINING APPROACH

A variety of dynamic and interactive teaching methods are used, including real business case scenarios, discussions, role-playing activities and team presentations.

In addition to training sessions on the various functions within an organization, we are proud to deliver an innovative and integrated approach rooted in four types of tools:

Introductory seminar to help you contextualize your understanding of the managerial role

Using a self-assessment questionnaire, which has proven to be a useful tool for thousands of managers to date, and a series of in-class exercises, you will take stock of your career, examine your management-related values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours, and explore your approach to employee motivation and engagement.
Two three-hour personalized coaching sessions with an expert in working with business professionals

This will help you draw relevant lessons from past experiences, improve your introspective ability, experiment with new practices and strengthen methods that will help you move forward.
A learning log that will be used throughout the program

After each of the sessions, you are encouraged to note what you have learned and add your personal thoughts about how they apply to your organization and your own development journey.
A strategy sharing and implementation day at the end of the program

Engage in a discussion with your peers about the conditions that help or hinder the process of translating knowledge into action.

Instructors

FACULTY ADMINISTRATOR AND INSTRUCTOR:

Viana Poulin

MBA, GDip

Visiting Professor, HEC Montréal

Kevin J. Johnson

MSc (Psychology), PhD (Management), HEC Montréal

Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

INSTRUCTORS:

Brian King

MBA, PhD (Management)

Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

Johanne Brunet

CPA-CGA, MBA, PhD (Industrial and Business Studies)

Professor, HEC Montréal

Alain Gosselin

FCHRP, MSc (Management), PhD (Human Resources Management)

Professor emeritus, HEC Montréal

Olivier Lourdel

Full-Time Lecturer, HEC Montréal

Hugo Lesley

MBA, CPA Auditor

Full-Time Lecturer, HEC Montréal

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MBA Essentials