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The High Potential Executive Program is conducted in two one-week sessions, with a five week intersession, when you are expected to implement the tools and ideas you have learned. Prior to the first session, you are expected to meet with your manager to consider your organization's strategy and identify the areas where strategy needs to be more effectively executed.

Session 1: The Basics

During the first session, you will learn the basics of:

• Being a strategy translator
• The finance-value chain
• Operations
• Marketing
• Managerial effectiveness

Intersession

During the five week intersession, you will work one-on-one with an executive coach to identify the challenges you need to overcome to be a more effective manager. Program faculty will also engage each participant's manager to discuss desired outcomes and consider opportunities for individual improvement.

Session 2: Management Trends & Skills

The second session focuses on critical management issues facing business leaders in the 21st century. This session exposes leaders to trends shaping business and helps participants develop a mindset to be successful now and in the future. This session is designed to provide a deep understanding of the various functional levers managers use to translate strategy into action, providing hands-on experience through interactive exercises and activities. Topic areas include:

• Globalization
• Technology dynamics and practical innovation
• HR value chain
• Effective decision making

The main goal of the High Potential Executive Program is to develop mid-level managers to effectively translate corporate strategy into action.

Objectives:

• Develop the ability to effectively translate strategy into action by increasing self awareness to effectively influence, collaborate and create change
• Prepare for the diverse and complex responsibilities of general management
• Lead change from within an organization while fostering a culture of innovation
• Learn to act as an entrepreneur within an organization
• Run an effective and efficient business unit
• Understand the major trends that are driving business today and shaping the future
• Gain a deep understanding of the globalization issues of culture, civilization, economics, law and society

The High Potential Executive Program is designed for mid-level managers and executives with at least 10 years of relevant work experience, including two to 10 years of management experience.

Participants come from a wide variety of industries and international organizations, functional areas, and locations.

Courses will take place at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, located in the heartland of North Carolina, on the campus of Duke University and adjacent to The Fuqua School of Business. The inn is an AAA Four Diamond Award-winning luxury hotel and is nestled in a 300-acre site, which includes the Duke University Golf Course and acres of tall pines and hardwood. Built in the style of an old English country inn, the hotel features 271 elegantly-appointed guest rooms and suites, and the award-winning Fairview Restaurant. Meeting and conference rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art technology, while maintaining comfort and sophistication.

Since the late 1800s, the Duke family name has been associated with both excellence and achievement. That prestigious tradition continues at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club.