IESE Business School

New York City
September 15-18, 2009

Barcelona
May 18-21, 2010

All too often, when a business strategy fails, shortcomings are exposed not in the strategy itself but in its execution.  Clearly, the ability to “get things done” is critical for business leaders today.  It is the overriding factor in determining their company’s long-term success, according to a recent survey by Strategy + Business.

To get things done, and in particular drive strategic change, leaders must first identify their sources of power and use this information to effectively influence others. Given that strategies involve coordinating a wide range of practices, a manager must also be able to map an organization’s political terrain in order to identify the individuals responsible for the diffusion of a strategy-supportive culture.  Since conditions change rapidly over time, managers must ultimately possess the tools that allow them to monitor the evolution of the change process.

Led by Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer, world-renowned expert on management, leadership and human resources, the Getting Things Done program will unlock the mysteries behind strategy implementation by revealing the most essential factors in bringing about successful execution of leadership objectives.