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Summary
Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more effective influencers who can contribute to corporate success on a higher level.
This highly personalized program features two on-campus and two virtual, self-paced modules that focus on accelerating your business and your career. You will return to your organization more confident, more capable, and better equipped to take on new challenges.
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Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more effective influencers who can contribute to corporate success on a higher level.
This highly personalized program features two on-campus and two virtual, self-paced modules that focus on accelerating your business and your career. You will return to your organization more confident, more capable, and better equipped to take on new challenges.
Key Benefits
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Master the cross-functional challenges of corporate leadership -
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Formulate a detailed action plan to address your strategic and leadership challenges -
Build enduring bonds with accomplished peers who span functions, industries, and countries -
Take the first step toward becoming a member of the global HBS alumni community
Who Should Attend
PLD is designed for executives preparing for career growth who want to expand their hard and soft skills and refine their personal leadership style to deliver results for their organization. Ideal candidates include:
- Specialists and star contributors who have been identified as outstanding prospects for increased leadership responsibilities
- High potential talent in roles that cover the scope of senior manager, manager, senior director, or director
Dive Deeper into the Experience
Discover more about business. And yourself.Discover more about business. And yourself.
Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
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Seven Key Lessons from Seven Months of PLD
Stretching the skills and expanding the mindset of a leader.
Read Her Story
How to achieve your potential as an executive?
Coaching—designed to define and pursue your leadership goals—is a key step on your path to success.
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Who Should Attend
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PLD is designed for executives preparing for career growth who want to expand their hard and soft skills and refine their personal leadership style to deliver results for their organization. Ideal candidates include:
- Specialists and star contributors who have been identified as outstanding prospects for increased leadership responsibilities
- High potential talent in roles that cover the scope of senior manager, manager, senior director, or director
Dive Deeper into the Experience
Play videoPlay videoDiscover more about business. And yourself.Discover more about business. And yourself.
Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
Watch the VideoWatch the Video
Seven Key Lessons from Seven Months of PLD
Stretching the skills and expanding the mindset of a leader.
Read Her Story
How to achieve your potential as an executive?
Coaching—designed to define and pursue your leadership goals—is a key step on your path to success.
Learn More
Leaders in Virtual Learning
This program features sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom.
Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since. In a world that is now centered around virtual connection, our programs reflect the input and experience of tens of thousands of participants.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live synchronous program sessions, you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
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Leaders in Virtual Learning
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This program features sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom.
Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since. In a world that is now centered around virtual connection, our programs reflect the input and experience of tens of thousands of participants.
When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live synchronous program sessions, you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.
Learning and Living at HBS
PLD is a highly structured yet deeply personalized experience. From the careful selection of living group members and new HBS case studies to professional executive coaching for individuals and teams, every aspect is designed to foster collaborative learning and accelerate personal growth.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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PLD is a highly structured yet deeply personalized experience. From the careful selection of living group members and new HBS case studies to professional executive coaching for individuals and teams, every aspect is designed to foster collaborative learning and accelerate personal growth.
Earning Alumni Status
Completing the four core modules of PLD puts you on the path to achieving HBS alumni status. You can become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community by selecting one of three options:
- Complete PLD Module 5 to earn 10 PLDA Points.
- Earn a total of 10 PLDA Points by completing other qualifying HBS Executive Education programs. View all qualifying programs.
- Attend two consecutive Executive Education programs—Launching New Ventures and Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, plus a special PLD only evening—to earn a total of 10 PLDA Points.
As part of the HBS alumni network, you gain exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success.
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Earning Alumni Status
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Completing the four core modules of PLD puts you on the path to achieving HBS alumni status. You can become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community by selecting one of three options:
- Complete PLD Module 5 to earn 10 PLDA Points.
- Earn a total of 10 PLDA Points by completing other qualifying HBS Executive Education programs. View all qualifying programs.
- Attend two consecutive Executive Education programs—Launching New Ventures and Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, plus a special PLD only evening—to earn a total of 10 PLDA Points.
As part of the HBS alumni network, you gain exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success.
Admissions Criteria and Process
The Application Process
- The application, telling us about your experience, your organization, and your current responsibilities, goals, and challenges
- A letter of reference from someone familiar with your work
Applications will be considered on a rolling, space-available basis. Both your application and letter of reference must be submitted before the admissions committee can review.
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The Application Process
- The application, telling us about your experience, your organization, and your current responsibilities, goals, and challenges
- A letter of reference from someone familiar with your work
Applications will be considered on a rolling, space-available basis. Both your application and letter of reference must be submitted before the admissions committee can review.
Answering Your Questions
Letter of Reference
English Proficiency
Application Submission
Application Review
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
A limited amount of partial scholarship funding may be available for qualified applicants from not-for-profit organizations. Please include a request for funding in your application.
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Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.
Recent Participants Watch the VideoWatch the Video Apply Download Brochure Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu Recent Participants Watch the VideoWatch the Video Download Brochure Apply Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu "Once you have gone through a program such as PLD, you just belong to this community."
"Once you have gone through a program such as PLD, you just belong to this community."
Brooke Gocklin Head of Content Marketing, Contently, U.S. Read Her Story Apply Download Brochure Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu Brooke Gocklin Head of Content Marketing, Contently, U.S. Read Her Story Download Brochure Apply Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu "Our diverse backgrounds and global perspectives gave shape to invaluable conversations that you can't replicate anywhere else."
"Our diverse backgrounds and global perspectives gave shape to invaluable conversations that you can't replicate anywhere else."
Joshua D. Margolis Faculty Chair Read More Apply Download Brochure Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu Joshua D. Margolis Faculty Chair Read More Download Brochure Apply Program Finder Need Help? Contact Us: Program Advising team Email: executive_education@hbs.edu "Participants leave PLD equipped with the skills, mindset, and learning capacity to take on their work at ever-higher altitudes."
"Participants leave PLD equipped with the skills, mindset, and learning capacity to take on their work at ever-higher altitudes."
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