Building Game-Changing Organizations: Aligning Purpose, Performance, and People
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Participants
in this organizational strategy program will learn what it takes to build
game-changing companies that make their teams and areas of responsibility
world-class talent factories. They will also discuss the importance of building
an innovative company culture and learn from the successes and challenges of
various companies that have been on similar journeys of transformation.
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Building Game-Changing Organizations: Aligning Purpose, Performance, and People Certificate Track: Strategy and Innovation Location:
Cambridge, Massachusetts Tuition:
$3,900 (excluding accommodations) Program Days (for ACE Credit) 2
Game-changing organizations rewrite traditional playbooks. They stand out. They often create disproportionate value relative to their size and resources. They have big dreams but know how to get things done. These organizations have a palpable "buzz" to them. They have a breakaway business model, but they also have a breakaway spirit and organizational culture.
Leaders of these game-changing organizations understand the power and importance of telling their companies' compelling stories. They are hard-edged business leaders but they also embrace what others might consider to be the "soft side" of leading: purpose, vision, and climate. They know how to integrate the hard and soft sides of leadership into a powerful formula that makes them game-changers. These leaders and their organizations are purpose-driven, performance-oriented, and principles-led. The weaving together of these three capabilities simultaneously is what helps them get and stay out in front.
“The course is a well-balanced combination of theory and
practice, with topics that are very relevant to the challenges that
organizations face in terms of the disruptive march of technology and the
massive generational and geographic switches currently emerging in both the
customer and workforce.”
—Biju
K., Past Participant
Participants in this program will:
Understand what it takes to build game-changing organizations
Be provided with the resources and tools to articulate their company's powerful story—what we call their "collective ambition"
Examine how to integrate the "soft" side of leading (purpose, vision, culture) with the hard side (strategy, operational priorities, brand) into a powerful formula
Understand the importance of building an authentic and energizing culture
Understand what it takes to make their companies world-class talent factories
This program is geared to upper to senior level managers who are responsible for or make strong contributions to their companies' strategy, vision, and operational priorities. In larger companies that would usually mean being among the top 500 enterprise leaders: division, business unit, functional or geographic leadership team members. In smaller firms, it might mean the team that is propelling the company forward. The program will also be extremely valuable for HR professionals who are in senior roles and responsible for contributing to enterprise-wide change or capability building efforts.
Please note that faculty are subject to change and not all faculty teach in each session of the program.
Douglas A. Ready is a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and is the Founder and CEO of the International Consortium for Executive Development Research (ICEDR), a premier global HR talent academy for nearly forty world-class companies and more than twenty-five top-tier business schools. For more than two decades, Doug has been bringing together many of the world’s best companies and business schools to share innovations and excellent practice in talent, leadership and strategic change.
Doug is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on strategic talent management and executive development. He is the author of many highly popular Harvard Business Review articles including “The Power of Collective Ambition,” “The Hallmarks of a Game-Changing Talent Strategy”, “Are You a High Potential?” “Make Your Company a Talent Factory,” “Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets,” and “How to Grow Great Leaders.” He is also the author of several acclaimed MIT Sloan Management Review articles including: “Developing the Next Generation of Enterprise Leaders”, “Enabling Bold Visions,” “Leading at the Enterprise Level,” “How Storytelling Builds Next Generation Leaders,” and “Why Leadership Development Efforts Fail.” His writings have also appeared in the Financial Times, Business Strategy Review, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. In 2008 he received the highly coveted Marion F. Gislason Award for excellence in the field of leadership and executive development. In addition, Business Horizons recognized Doug as one of the world’s Leadership Gurus. Doug has been named multiple times to Thinkers50, the premier ranking of the world’s top thought leaders.
Doug is an active advisor to CEOs and top executive teams around the world on developing companies’ enterprise leadership teams and implementing strategic and cultural change. He has worked with senior leaders at Hess Oil, RBC Financial Group, HSBC, Four Seasons, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LG Group, Ford Motor Company, Continental AG, Samsung Group, United Technologies and the United States Federal Reserve, among others.
Prior to serving as Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, Doug taught at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and London Business School. He earned his Masters in Management from Harvard University and the PhD from Cranfield University in the UK.
Guest speakers for upcoming sessions of this program:
Rod Bolger Chief Financial Officer, RBC
As Chief Financial Officer, Rod is responsible for Finance, Taxation and Performance Management and Investor Relations, Corporate Treasury, Enterprise Services and The Law Group. As a member of RBC's Group Executive, he is one of nine executives responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC. In addition, Rod chairs Group Operating Committee, responsible for enabling the integration of governance and overseeing the day to day functional, operating and technology activities across RBC. He also chairs RBC’s Asset-Liability Committee.
Prior to his current role, Rod was Executive Vice-President Finance & Controller for RBC and was responsible for all external, board and management reporting, accounting policy, performance management, financial management systems and finance operational risk. In addition, Rod had finance responsibility for Wealth Management, Insurance and Investor & Treasury Services.
In 2011, Rod joined RBC bringing with him significant financial services experience from Bank of America and Citigroup. At Bank of America, he served as the CFO for Global Technology & Operations, Global Corporate Bank, Global Product Solutions and Premier Banking and Investments. At Citigroup, he was responsible for CFO and controllership functions for the domestic retail bank, and corporate accounting policy for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, globally. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the U.S. and the U.K.
Rod serves as Vice Chair of Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services, a multi-service notfor-profit agency that offers a wide range of supportive programs and services to several Toronto communities. He was a member of the Enhanced Disclosure Task Force established by the Financial Stability Board in Basel. He is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in Accounting.
He also earned a M.B.A. from Columbia University in New York City. He is married with three children and lives in Toronto, Canada.
Matt Breitfelder Managing Director, BlackRock's Chief Talent Officer Matt is a member of the BlackRock's Global Operating Committee. In this capacity, he leads the Global Talent team, with responsibilities for talent acquisition, talent management, learning & development, inclusion & diversity and executive succession planning and development. Previously, Matt served as the Global Head of the HR Business Partner team, which is responsible for providing HR consulting and service delivery in each business group across the firm. He also led the Investments (Alpha, Beta, Multi-Asset, Trading & Liquidity and Alternatives) and Client Businesses (Institutional, Retail, iShares and BlackRock Solutions) HR teams.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Matt was Global Head of Talent Management and Organizational Development at MasterCard Worldwide. He has also held talent and strategy roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Corporate Executive Board. He began his career as an international economist with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Matt currently serves on advisory boards at the Presidio Institute and the Aspen Institute.
Matt earned a BA in economics from the University of Southern California, an MS from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Anne Donovan U.S. People Innovation Leader, PwC
As the U.S. People Innovation Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Anne Donovan is responsible for strategy and innovation around culture change. She has a strong background in operational effectiveness and in engaging and supporting the firm and its people in leading positive change, including a variety of initiatives related to the work environment, workforce demographics and business model change.
Anne builds and drives innovative solutions to complex issues affecting leader, team and organizational effectiveness. She anticipates market trends and prepares for people-related implications. Anne helps the firm navigate change from start to completion—identifying key issues, designing solutions, executing on plans and assessing their outcomes.
Anne leads the firm’s Flexibility2TM initiative—changing the firm’s business model by injecting flexibility into the culture, while meeting changing business needs. She is a recognized expert in understanding the next generation of workers, speaking on the topic at numerous events, including the Great Place to Work Institute’s annual conference. Partnering with the University of Southern California and the London Business School, Anne co-authored PwC’s NextGen global study—a look into how Millennials view and impact the workplace. Anne also works closely with PwC's global network of firms to share best practices and drive greater consistency and efficiency to support PwC's global human capital strategy.
Anne resides in Los Angeles with her twin girls, Grace and Kathryn.
Zabeen Hirji Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC
Zabeen is RBC's Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) with global responsibility for Human Resources as well as Brand, Communications and Corporate Citizenship. She is part of RBC's nine member Group Executive which is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC - extending to over 80,000 employees in 38 countries.
Zabeen joined RBC in 1977, holding progressively senior roles in British Columbia and Toronto spanning Retail Banking, Operations and Credit Cards. She moved into Human Resources in 1997 and held a number of executive roles prior to being appointed CHRO in 2007.
She is an active leader in the community, serving as a member of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Chair of Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, and director of Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance where she chairs Escalator: Jobs for Youth Facing Barriers.
Zabeen’s recent external recognition includes: Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal for advancing diversity and inclusion; Outstanding Alumni Award from Simon Fraser University for professional achievement; Catalyst Canada Honours Champion for leadership in the advancement of women and minorities; inducted into Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame by the Women’s Executive Network; and twice named a Top 25 Woman of Influence.
She holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University.
Sample Schedule—Subject to Change
DAY 1 SAMPLE
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:00AM - 12:30PM
Building Game-Changing Organizations―Aligning Purpose, Performance and Principles
Practitioners’ Corner: Aligning Purpose, Performance and Principles
Rod Bolger, CFO, RBC
Zabeen Hirji, CHRO, RBC
12:30PM - 01:30PM
Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Building Game-Changing Organizations―Aligning Purpose, Performance and Principles (cont.)
Zabeen Hirji, CHRO, RBC
3:15PM - 3:35PM
Break
3:35PM - 5:00PM
Building Game-Changing Organizations―The Power of Organizational Culture
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Networking Reception
DAY 2 SAMPLE
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Continental Breakfast
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy
9:30AM - 10:30AM
Millennial Voices and What It Takes to Lead in Today's World
Anne Donovan, US HC Transformation Leader, PwC
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Break
10:45AM - 12:45PM
Practitioners’ Corner: Game-Changing Talent
Matt Breitfelder, Chief Talent Officer, BackRock
12:45PM - 1:45PM
Networking Lunch
1:45PM - 3:15PM
Developing a Game-Changing Leader’s Mindset
3:15PM - 3:30PM
Break
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Reflection and Action Planning: Leadership Challenges for Game-Changing Organizations
4:30PM - 4:35PM
Adjourn
[Webinar] Game-Changing Talent Strategy: From Inspiration to Implementation
Effective organizational leadership means connecting the dots between vision and strategy. MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Douglas Ready provides a leadership formula with game-changing results. Watch now.
A Conversation with Doug Ready About the Longing for Purpose
In theory as well as organizational practice, the discussion on organizational purpose currently seems to be en vogue. For many years, Doug Ready has been at the forefront of research in this field.
Hal Gregersen, executive director of the MIT Leadership Center, sits down with Doug Ready, Sloan School of Management professor, to talk about “game-changing organizations” that aim to put trust back into business.
Leading Enterprise Wide Transformation and the Change Leader’s Job
In this article, Doug Ready discusses the five embedded tensions that cause transformation difficulties and what can great change leaders do to improve these odds.
Developing the Next Generation of Enterprise Leaders
Aspiring corporate leaders first learn to build and implement visions for their individual business units. But as they advance in their careers, executives also must learn how to lead with an enterprise perspective.
Leadership thinking can be learned but is difficult to teach. It is a matter of asking questions and presenting challenges that help someone discover the mental model that enables their “best leader” to emerge.
As Douglas Ready wrote in the MIT Sloan Management Review, research on storytelling in executive development found storytelling outperformed many other development initiatives in creating leadership skills.
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Great class and experience. The external presenters were excellent and added to the experience.
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Great program that delivered beyond promisses and expectations. The lectures are immersive and the guest speakers are among the best in their field which makes it a highly valuable and unique learning experience.
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Jennifer E:
Simply Excellent! The combination of "Theory", recent research, practical examples, and peer coaching made this course superb.
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Daniel P:
Very down to earth, practical and yet challenging! Well presented and game-changing. Key to help for better aligning organizations.
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Amit S:
Absolutely wonderful and very inspiring..
The best return on any two day investment that I have ever made
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Nick R:
Inspirational! I left with a ton of ideas and new tools to apply to work immediately. It was wonderful to meet and share ideas with so many incredible people!
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Chris P:
The professor, material and guest speakers were aligned well, giving an experienced point of few from business strategy to talent needed in order to drive future growth. The class size was large however, the setting allowed smaller teams to have deeper conversations on the topics. This was my first program and it definitely set the bar high.
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Rakesh R:
Enriching experience over the last 2 days on structured concepts and methods to shape a game changing organization.
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Francis J:
This course brings out the leadership elements that helped me begin to develop and articulate a more rationale sense of direction in my career. It is a springboard of ideas coming from many real time experiences that helps to shape the growth of prospective leaders.
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Guest Speakers
Guest speakers for the upcoming sessions of this program include:
Rod Bolger, CFO of RBC (pictured above)
Matt Breitfelder, CTO of BlackRock
Anne Donovan, U.S. People Innovation Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Zabeen Hirji, CHRO of RBC
Learn more about them on the Guest Speakers tab of this page.
Participant Testimonial
"As a leader, being one person, in the middle of a huge company, thinking about changing the whole game sounds impossible. When you realize that other people in other companies have the same challenge, it becomes clear that it is, in fact, an opportunity. In this program, I've learned a lot about how to seize the opportunity, with good examples, techniques and interactions with other peers." ~ Fausto Neri V.
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