What is The Advanced Leadership Program?

This executive program builds top leadership competencies and a senior cross-industry network for women with C-suite potential. Professors from some of the best universities in the world expand strategic thinking and develop transformational executive skills to lead business, self and others.

Length

4 modules over 6 months

Location

Copenhagen, London, Madrid

Start

18th of March 2024

Why is this program impactful?

  • The cross-industry experience means participants learn together with the rising stars of other leading companies
  • The program is tailor-made and led by world-class business school faculty including, London Business School, Harvard Business School, IE Business School and Cambridge University, as well as internationally renowned thought-leaders and journalists from the Financial Times
  • The program includes access to the Womenomics Global DE&I Summit, participants can choose to join remotely or in person in Copenhagen
  • Participants benefit from a network including alumni from the previous years since 2017
  • Each participant will also be allocated a personal mentor from one of the other participating companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program overview

Module 1

18th, 19th, 20th MARCH 2024
Face-to-face, Copenhagen

Global Corperate Strategy

Innovation and Digital Transformation in the age of AI

Centered Leadership

Module 2

13th May 2024
Face-to-face, Copenhagen

Womenomics Global DE&I Summit

Module 2

18th, 19th, 20th JUNE 2024
Face-to-face, London

Communicating with Influence

Ethical Dilemmas

Transitioning to C-Suite

Accountability and Ownership to Drive Performance

Module 3

17th, 18th, 19th SEPTEMBER 2023
Face-to-face, Madrid

Authentic& Sustainable Leadership

Resilience and Well-being

Personal Branding and Networking

Behavioural Decision Making

 

Our academic team represents Harvard University, Cambridge University Spark Change for Growth, McKinsey & Company, IE Business School, London Business School, CNN International, and Tesla

 

 

 

Program Faculty

Anders Hvid

Co-Founder of Dare Disrupt and Founders of Tomorrow

Myrna Nakas

Partner at Spark for Growth and Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company

Dr. Mark Esposito

Professor of Strategy and Foresights
Hult International Business School & Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education

Jane Rodríguez del Tronco

Speaker and Talent Development Consultant

Cora Lynn Heimer Rathbone

Executive & Team Coach, Partner, Rathbone Results

Rebecca Monk

Chief People Officer at Softcat

Simon Lancaster

Top speech writer, Executive Fellow of Henley Business School, and visiting lecturer at Cambridge University

Eva Katharina Herber

Former Marketing and International Business Executive, now Psychologist, Trainer and Coach

Michael Skapinker

Financial Times Contributor

Ana Larriu

After working for many years in large multinationals, Ana is drawn into the personal development sector

Prof. Roger Steare

Visiting Professor at Cass Business School and Corporate Philosopher

Lee Newman

Dean of Business School and professor of Behavior & Leadership at IE University and IE Business School in Madrid

Anders Hvid

Anders has 25+ years’ experience in business development and strategy consulting in IT. Anders Hvid co-founded DareDisrupt with a mission to empower the minds of a million people. Together with his partner Jannick B. Pedersen he published the book Face the Future, and he has given +300 keynotes across the globe. He has also been appointed member of Research, Innovation and Science High Level Expert Group for the European Commission.

Myrna Nakas

Myrna teaches on programs with the Global Professional Women’s Network, the Dutch Business University Nyenrode’s Course of “Excelling in Female Leadership” and, during her seven years at McKinsey, has worked as Senior Advisor in programs devoted to making women successful through Centered Leadership.

Dr. Mark Esposito

Professor of Strategy and Foresights
Hult International Business School & Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education.
Mark Esposito is a global thought leader related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and focuses on the changes and opportunities that technology will bring to a variety of industries. He is Professor of Business and Economics at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education, and is recognized as one of the 30 most prominent rising business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50.

He is a global expert of the World Economic Forum and advisor to national governments.

Jane Rodríguez del Tronco

Jane has more than 12 years of multinational experience in marketing and sales management and in the field of talent development, she has more than 15 years of experience, working for companies such as Telefónica, ING, Accenture, Santander and Roche. She is now a speaker, talent development consultant and skills trainer, and an expert in leadership, communication and personal branding.

Cora Lynn Heimer Rathbone

Cora Lynn has spent 40 years unlocking potential within leading global organisations (i.e. L’Oréal, Oracle, Lloyds Banking Group, LVMH), and of coaching leaders and leadership teams to deliver exceptional performance. Cora Lynn has written three books and her career started as a Financial Analyst then Group Planning Officer (junior member of the Board at 25) in a subsidiary of a FTSE 100 company acquired by BP, became an Executive Development Director at Cranfield School of Management, and later Partner in Oliver Wyman /Mercer’s Global Leadership practice. Cora Lynn was born in Cuba, grew up in the US Virgin Islands, has lived in Brazil, the USA, France and the UK, speaks four languages and works in three.

Rebecca Monk

Rebecca is currently the Chief People Officer of the UK’s largest IT Reseller, Softcat plc, a FTSE-250 listed business. In 2022, Rebecca was Runner-Up in the Woman of the Year award at CRN’s Women in Channel awards, and in 2023, she won the HR Team of the Year award in the prestigious CIPD People Management Awards.

Simon Lancaster

Simon is one of the world’s top speechwriters. He is an Executive Fellow of Henley Business School, a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University and appears regularly on BBC News. His ’Speak like a Leader’ TEDx talk gets a hundred thousand views a month.

Eva Katharina Herber

Former Marketing and International Business Executive, now Psychologist, Trainer and Coach. Eva started her career at consumer goods companies like Procter & Gamble in International Marketing but then decided to follow her calling into the world of Psychology. Eva delivers Positive Psychology interventions and training for individuals and companies to boost well-being and performance through the identification and development of personal and professional strengths.

Michael Skapinker

Born in South Africa, he began his journalistic career in Greece. He joined the FT in London in 1986 and held many positions, including FT Weekend editor, FT Special Reports editor and management editor. Currently he is a contributor to the Financial Times.

Ana Larriu

Born in Spain, American by education, French by culture, Lebanese by marriage. After working for many years in large multinationals, Ana is drawn into the personal development sector after a burnout and health problems. There she discovers her passion for wellness, stress management and resilience development and makes a radical career change to focus on management training in these fields.

Prof. Roger Steare

Roger Steare is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts on building high performing, high integrity organisations. He is a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School. He also teaches at Duke Corporate Education and London Business School. His work has also been profiled in The Times, The Wall Street Journal and Les Echos.

Lee Newman

Lee Newman is Dean of Business School and professor of Behavior & Leadership at IE University and IE Business School in Madrid. He earned a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and Computer Science from the University of Michigan. He also holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Technology Policy from M.I.T. and a Bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in Engineering from Brown University.

Our Global Academic Partner

 

Our programs are tailor-made and delivered by our executive education partner Headspring – a joint venture between Financial Times and IE Business School. Alongside its world-class professors and experienced journalists, our programs can also include faculty from London Business School, Henley Business School, Cambridge University, NYU Stern, McKinsey & Co., Dare Disrupt and CNN.


A triple accredited institution, IE Business School is the 3rd ranked non-US MBA in the world (Forbes, 2017). Through technological immersion and a culture of innovation, IE brings an entrepreneurial mindset that gives our programs a sharper edge and greater impact.


Financial Times has been a trusted guide to business for more than 130 years, recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Employing 600 journalists from over 40 international bureaux, FT provides essential news, informed analysis, valuable data and insights for the global business community.