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Program for Management Development (PMD) Barcelona

The Program for Management Development (PMD) Barcelona is your fast track to senior leadership. Innovative in design, the program will take you on a learning journey that will positively impact your career and your organization.

The program is a 6 month continuous learning journey that combines 3 residential modules held on IESE’s Barcelona campus that gives you face-to-face experiences with faculty and peers, and 3 online modules to embed learning and implement new approaches in your work.

KEY DETAILS

starting date

MARCH 6, 2023
(SPRING EDITION)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
(FALL EDITION)

length

6 Months

format

3 residential
modules and 3
online modules

Fee

€30,790

5 REASONS TO TAKE THE PROGRAM FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (PMD)

1

Develop a decision–making framework

Make better, more confident decisions based on a broader perspective with deeper understanding of cross-functional dynamics.

2

Build leadership competencies

Develop the tools to manage your team more effectively, empowering and aligning others to drive execution and performance.

3

Be at the center of your learning

The Program for Management Development (PMD) exposes you to cutting-edge thinking in global business management and gives you one-to-one access to our world-class faculty.

4

Blended format

Invest in your leadership at your own pace without compromising your professional or personal responsibilities.

5

Build an international network

Interchange ideas and perspectives openly with trusted peers. Build a network of upcoming business leaders.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

The Program for Management Development (PMD) is designed for accomplished functional directors who have demonstrated strong leadership potential.

Candidates are strategically selected from a broad spectrum of functions, industries, cultures and professional backgrounds to contribute to a diverse, shared learning experience. Typically, program participants will have an average of 10 years’ functional managerial experience.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The Program for Management Development (PMD) is not just another course on management techniques. You will emerge with senior leadership capabilities fully developed. Ready to lead. Ready to make immediate impact.

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STRUCTURE AND CALENDAR

The Program for Management Development (PMD) is a 6 month continuous learning journey that gives you face-to-face experiences with faculty and peers and online modules to embed learning and implement new approaches in your work. The program is offered in two editions that start in the spring and fall.

  • MODULE 0: ONLINE

    Preparing for the journey ahead

    ONLINE

    Spring Edition: March 6, 2023

    ONLINE

    Fall Edition: September 26, 2023

    PRE-PROGRAM MODULE: ONLINE

    Before the program begins you will connect with peers to lay the foundations for executive group work, and you will use self-evaluation techniques to prepare for the journey ahead.

  • MODULE 1: RESIDENTIAL

    Building foundations

    BARCELONA

    Spring Edition: March 20-24, 2023

    BARCELONA

    Fall Edition: October 16-20, 2023

    MODULE 1: RESIDENTIAL

    Explore leadership – of yourself and others – as you broaden your understanding of key business functions in the context of general management and the global economy.

  • MODULE 2: ONLINE

    Setting your sights

    ONLINE

    8 weeks

    MODULE 2: ONLINE

    Bring new insight and knowledge to bear on your personal and professional challenges and goals, and start preparing for a strategy simulation that will put new skills to work.

  • MODULE 3: RESIDENTIAL

    Moving into rapid waters

    BARCELONA

    Spring Edition: May 22-26, 2023

    BARCELONA

    Fall Edition: December 11-15, 2023

    MODULE 3: RESIDENTIAL

    Formulate your 100-day plan – a roadmap for the future built on deeper understanding of global leadership and a broadened, more integrative mindset.

  • MODULE 4: ONLINE

    Fortifying skills and understanding

    ONLINE

    8 weeks

    MODULE 4: ONLINE

    Put theory into practice. Deploy new skills, enhanced critical thinking and a general management approach to business challenges in an exciting strategy simulation with your team.

  • MODULE 5: RESIDENTIAL

    Steering into full flow

    BARCELONA

    Spring Edition: July 24-28, 2023

    BARCELONA

    Fall Edition: February 12-16, 2024

    MODULE 5: RESIDENTIAL

    Bring it all together, cementing your 100-day plan, delivering your team executive project and participating in a 360-degree debrief. Empowered to step up to the challenges of organizational leadership.

  • POST-PROGRAM

    Journey Personalization

    Up to 1 year after Graduation

    POST-PROGRAM

    Choose an IESE Short Focused Program of the selected short list. Short Focused Programs cover a wide range of relevant business topics and are held in Europe and the United States.

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  • Testimonial

    “The PMD has a strong focus on functional and leadership skills. It provides you with tools not only for how you can proactively steer the business but also how you can proactively respond to the challenges that are out there.”

    Jeroen van Vliet

    Jeroen van Vliet , PMD 2021
    Field Sales Director, Coca-Cola European Partners, The Netherlands
  • Testimonial

    "Thanks to its blended format, the new Program for Management Development (PMD) enables participants to learn at their own pace and from any place. Executives will come to the classroom equipped with the essentials and tools they need to make the most of their face-to-face interactions on campus. We believe this flexibility is key for executives and also cultivates a lifelong learning habit."

    PROFESSOR SEBASTIAN REICHE

    Prof. Sebastian Reiche
    Academic Director, Program for Management Development (PMD) Barcelona

LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Broaden your perspective and share insight with world-class peers from diverse industries and organizations.

The new Program for Management Development (PMD) enables participants to learn at their own pace and from any place. Executives will come to the classroom equipped with the essentials and tools they need to make the most of their face-to-face interactions on campus.

Experience one-to-one learning with some of the finest minds at the forefront of business innovation.

THREE SHORT STEPS TO YOUR FUTURE

To ensure the the program you select fully meets your needs and objectives, we take you through three simple steps:

At IESE, we want you to be at the center of the right program for you.

RANKINGS

#1 in Executive Education 2015-2020 by Financial Times | IESE Business School
#2 in Executive Education 2022 by Financial Times | IESE Business School
#3 in Open Programs 2022 by Financial Times | IESE Business School

For more information

Get in touch with us today and share your questions.

Program for Management Development (PMD) Barcelona

Leila Vila
Business Development
+34 93 253 42 00 / 689850036 (Whatsapp)
infopld@iese.edu

IESE Barcelona
Executive Education
Av. Pearson, 21
08034 Barcelona, Spain