Cambridge Advanced Leadership Programme
A leadership programme in the city of ideas
June dates for this programme are now fully booked, and we have started a waiting list in the event of any cancellations. The next session of the programme will take place from 3-22 November, and we are welcoming applications for that session now.
Programme Details
Overview
This three week general management and leadership programme offers the opportunity for seasoned general managers and senior executives to step back from their professional and personal lives and dedicate time for themselves in a learning environment second to none. Aside from refreshing their thinking and fine-tuning their leadership agenda, participants will benefit from discussions and exchange with top Faculty members and outstanding speakers from Cambridge Judge Business School and Cambridge University, as well as from other top business schools.
Watch the video on the School's YouTube channel
Professor Peter Williamson, Academic Programme Director of the ALP
"Successful leaders see beyond operational issues to recognise fundamental forces that are relentlessly transforming our world and to consider how to respond strategically. But the 'tyranny of the in-box' is so often our enemy is separating the important from what seems to be urgent.
We seldom have the chance to step back and recognise the gradual, but relentless trends that are shaping our future until they explode in crisis. Opportunities are missed because they creep up on us unawares.
That's why the Cambridge ALP is specifically designed to look beyond the traditional tools and functional disciplines and equip a select group of senior managers with the ideas and capabilities to look at drivers of global business success in a new light. It's about challenging conventional wisdom and finding innovative ways to turn perceived constraints into opportunities for new sorts of competitive advantage. If it's a standard management programme or an mini-MBA you are after, I'm afraid the Cambridge ALP is not for you."
Innovative and leading-edge
All Cambridge Advanced Leadership Programme delegates receive one of the latest e-reader tablet devices *.
This technology allows our ALP delegates instant and exclusive access to important programme materials. Providing programme materials in this format significantly reduces the amount of paper printing and handouts, and allows delegates to easily and simply view their programme material in the most up-to-date, electronic format.
* included within programme fees
Programme Structure
Three major themes span the programme, helping to weave the discussion and debate into a coherent fabric on which participants can chart their next moves. Please click on the + signs below in order to expand the content around each programme theme:
Would you like to learn more?
For further information and an in-depth discussion about the programme please feel free to contact Allison Wheeler-Héau, Director of the Cambridge ALP. She would be delighted to speak to you, and help you decide whether this programme is the right choice for you and your professional development.
Allison Wheeler-Héau
Director of the Cambridge Advanced Leadership Programme
Tel: +44 (0)1223 765855
Mobile: +44 (0)7879 116776
Email: alpenquiries@jbs.cam.ac.uk
You may also wish to request the Cambridge Advanced Leadership Programme brochure via our online form.
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Benefits
For the individual who participates:
- A refreshed leadership mindset - the red line throughout the three weeks is leadership and the challenges and opportunities which incur for today's senior executives
- 'Time out' - it is not often that busy senior managers have space just for themselves, without the demands from the office and family. They are constantly running, and seldom take the time to take breath and pause. The Cambridge ALP helps people step back and take stock of their professional and personal lives. It enables senior executives the opportunity to refresh their thinking and recharge their batteries in a restful academic environment free from the distractions of a buzzing big city.
- Immersion in the unique academic environment of Cambridge. This is the city of study. The walls around each and every room breathe and permeate learning and knowledge. Inspired academics are at arm's reach, and the ALP will give executives time to meet and enjoy these individuals. How can one not be inspired to learn in this environment?
- Exchange and debate with senior Cambridge Judge Business School and Cambridge University Faculty who are world-renowned. They will bring thought-provoking views to the classroom. Participants will be encouraged to think outside the box and will be confronted with challenging and stimulating perspectives. The programme benefits enormously from a multidisciplinary approach to learning.
- Networking - with other senior executives individually selected for admission. The time spent together is long enough (yet shorter than many other advanced management programmes) to help people make friends and colleagues for life, a group who can call on each other long after the programme. On completing the Advanced Leadership Programme you will be eligible to become an associate member of Cambridge Judge Business School's global network of graduates and business-focused Cambridge University alumni, faculty and staff.
- An international perspective - participants and faculty come from all over the world. In the last session of the ALP 14 nationalities were represented in the class.
For their organisation:
- Changed executives who come back after the three weeks ready to make a difference; agents of change within the organisation who can cascade their learning to their team and colleagues
- Refreshed executives with newly-charged batteries and new aspirations
- Executives with increased self-confidence, better fit to assume leadership responsibilities
- Well-networked executives for enhanced business opportunities internationally
Who Should Attend
An ALP is only as good as the quality of its own participants. Selection for the Cambridge ALP is therefore taken very seriously, and a stringent process ensures the group of people selected is homogeneous in objectives and experience. Each prospective candidate should complete an application form available on these webpages. A phone meeting will be set up between the Director of the ALP and each applicant. A decision on each application will be made within one week. Typical participants will be:
- Managing directors and heads of business units. With at least two years' experience in this position and P&L responsibility, they will make up the majority of the group. They can be working within small, medium and large organisations in the public or private sector. We welcome executives from the non-profit sector.
- Heads of corporate functions - contributors to the strategy of the organisation.
- Individuals who have made a difference - they may be entrepreneurs, academics or individual contributors. They should be outstanding in their area and bring a different viewpoint to the group.
Faculty & Speakers
This list represents some key contributors to the ALP; however, it is not exhaustive. Senior practitioners from business are also invited as guest speakers.
Peter Williamson
Honorary Professor of International Management
Fellow Commoner of Jesus College
BA (Macquarie Univ.), PhD (Harvard Univ.)
Professor Peter Williamson is the academic Programme Director of the Cambridge ALP. Peter brings together his team of faculty and contributors to the ALP. This team knows each other and what each other are teaching very well.
José Luis Álvarez
Professor of the Department of Business Policy, ESADE
BA, BLaw (Central Univ. of Barcelona), MBA (IESE), MA, PhD (Harvard Univ.)
Dame Sandra Dawson
KPMG Professor of Management
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
BA (Keele Univ.), MA (Univ. of Cambridge), FIPH, FCGI, Hon DSc (Keele Univ.), CIM, DBE
Allègre Hadida
University Lecturer in Strategy
European Masters in Management (EAP Oxford-Madrid-Paris), DEA (Univ. Paris X Nanterre), MA (Univ. of Cambridge), PhD (Doctorat HEC, France)
Hermann Hauser
Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners
PhD, CBE
Peter Hiscocks
Senior Teaching Faculty in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
MBA, DIC
Dame Patricia Hodgson
Principal of Newnham College, University of Cambridge
DBE
Matthias Holweg
Director of Research
Reader in Operations Management
Director of Studies in Management at Gonville and Caius College
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (Univ. of Applied Sciences Wedel), MSc (Univ. of Buckingham), PhD (Cardiff Univ.)
Jens Meyer
Adjunct Professor, INSEAD
MBA (Theseus International Management Institute, Sophia Antipolis)
Jaideep Prabhu
Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, Director of the Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB)
BTech (IIT Delhi), PhD (Univ. of Southern California)
José Santos
Professor of Practice in Global Management (Affiliated), INSEAD
Senior Lecturer in Global Economics & Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Philip Stiles
University Senior Lecturer in Corporate Governance
BA (Univ. of Kent), MPhil, PhD (Univ. of London)
Simon Taylor
University Lecturer in Finance
Director of the Master of Finance Programme
MA (Univ. of Cambridge), MPhil (Univ. of Oxford), PhD (Univ. of London)
Chander Velu
University Lecturer in Marketing
BSc (Univ. of Southampton), MPhil, PhD (Univ. of Cambridge), ACA
Lord Wilson of Dinton
Master of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
GCB, MA, LLM
David Yates
Professor and Warden of Robinson College, University of Cambridge
Coaching Faculty
A team of highly experienced executive coaches will work with participants individually and in a group context.
Dates & Fees
| Dates | Duration | Fees * |
|---|---|---|
| 2-21 June 2013 (these dates now fully booked, though feel free to join our waiting list in the event of any cancellations) (Opening session on Sun eve) |
3 weeks | £16,000 |
| 3-22 November 2013 (Opening session on Sun eve) |
3 weeks | £16,000 |
| 8-27 June 2014 (Opening session on Sun eve) |
3 weeks | £16,000 |
| 9-28 November 2014 (Opening session on Sun eve) |
3 weeks | £16,000 |
* Fee (which is exclusive of VAT) includes all programme materials, daytime refreshments and some evening meals, accommodation in the centre of Cambridge, some Cambridge-based activities and a gala dinner in a historic Cambridge College. Please note prices pre-registration are subject to change.
Preferential rates are offered for Cambridge University alumni and members of the School's Alumni Association.
For information regarding our payment terms, cancellation, transfer and substitution policies and fees, please see our Terms & Conditions (pdf, 59KB) (updated 14 March 2013).
Participants are expected to attend the full programme.
Apply
Since the programme is highly subscribed, we would encourage you to reserve a place. This means that we will hold your place until you have had the time to complete the application form.
Selection for the Cambridge ALP is taken very seriously, and we ask prospective participants to complete the application form. A decision on each application will be made within one week.
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