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Extraordinary Week for the Continuous Education Program
| February is an important month for Alumni as IESE welcomes Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, as a speaker and pays tribute to Rafael Pich-Aguilera, the influential Catalan family businessman, as part of the Association's Continuous Education Program. On 16th February, the Global CEO of Vodafone, Vittorio Colao, will speak about the telecom industry and predictions for future trends in the sector. He will also share with alumni his own professional experiences, how he got to where he is today and what he has learned twenty years after completing his own MBA. On February 18th, Professors Josep Tàpies and Carles Cavallé will hold a session in memory of the family businessman Rafael Pich-Aguilera and the contribution he has made to IESE since first participating as a member of the faculty in 1958. | | Vittorio Colao: see session
Rafael Pich-Aguilera: see session |
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| Client Management: Commercial and Financial Aspects to Keep in Mind
Professor Jorge Soley analyzes how to improve client account management and decrease dependency on backing from financial institutions. Prof. Soley explains that companies often seek financial support from banking institutions when in many cases liquidity and cash flow problems can be solved internally. | | See e-conference |
| Assuring the future of a company: changes in ownership and power
What are the main reasons for which some companies always strive for improvement and progression while others fall behind in regression and profit loss? Why do some companies succeed and others not? In this session, IESE professors analyze a range of companies, both those who capitalize on their strengths and those who fail to, as well as a key checklist for decision-making at an executive level. | | See e-conference |
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The Alumni Association supports the career development of its Members. 
| The Alumni Association has launched a virtual toolkit to help Members identify their strengths and areas for improvement. Tools in the "Professional Development" platform include online programs such as START, a kind of SWOT analysis of alumni's leadership skills, and SUCCEED, a seven-step career development plan, created with the support of MBA Career Services in the initial conceptualization process. If you haven't taken a bird's eye view of your career recently, visit our Professional Development platform now! | | START |
| Professional and Personal Development Series:
E-Coaching: The advantages of a virtual coach
In this session, Prof. Pablo Cardona will explain how e-coaching has created a new field of personalized talent development. New technologies facilitate innovative online tools that go beyond e-learning, from e-coaching to new forms of online development: e-development. In the second session of the series "New trends in talent development" we will see the advantges of virtual coaching. | | Register |
 Remember that you benefit from interesting discounts as a Member of the Alumni Association.
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How to Better my Management Skills, 2/15-16 & 3/15, Barcelona How to Develop a Variable Salary Scheme in the Sales Team, 2/17-18, Madrid The Keys to Strategic Marketing in Times of Uncertainty, 2/23-25, Barcelona Discover and Develop your Creative Skills, 2/23-25, Madrid Achieving Operational Excellence,3/2-5, Barcelona
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Managing Cultural Institutions,3/8-11, Madrid Global CEO Program for Latin America, 4/11-16, Madrid (module 1) Branding in Media and Entertainment, 4/20-22, New York PADE, PDG, PDD: Open Day, 2/22 (Barcelona); AMP Munich: Module 1, 4/12-16 (Barcelona);PMD 2010: Module 1, 2/1-6, (Madrid) Agendas: MBA, Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA
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 | 2010: Resolutions for getting back on track
The start of a new year is an opportune time to take stock of where we want to go in the year ahead – and to try to put the last year marked by the global financial crisis behind us. What are the main challenges facing managers in 2010? What should they resolve to do in order to tackle those challenges? We put these questions to various IESE professors representing vital areas of general management. They give their take on what managers ought to be considering now, to help get the business world back in shape. | | Read more
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 | Use of Social Media Needs Better Governance
Despite increased adoption and awareness of social networking tools, a new global study funded by Cisco and conducted jointly by IESE, Rochester Institute of Technology and Henley Business School reveals a lack of governance and IT involvement in integrating social networking initiatives within an enterprise, which may be putting organizations at risk. | | Read more
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 | IESE 2009 Research Excellence Awards
With the objective of supporting IESE research, the Association created the Research Excellence Awards, which are awarded every year to recognize the research careers of three IESE faculty members. The awards will be presented at the coming Governing Board Meeting on February 9th. Find out who the 2009 winners were here! | | Read more |
 | Keeping clients in times of crisis
IESE Prof. Lluís Renart and guest speakers Ricardo Mollet, Managing Director of PSM/Carlson Marketing Group, and Javier Fernández, Director General de CINESA, shed light on techniques for retaining clients in times of crisis. Ricardo Mollet presented alumni with 2009 results according to the marketing-oriented survey Loyalty Monitor. Mollet cited Client-Get-Client marketing strategies as the most effective saying "the best way to get a greater client base is by using your most satisfied and loyal clients to promote your brand, product or service for you." | | Read more |
 | Daniel Franklin of The Economist Speaks at IESE
"The good news about 2010 is that the world will emerge from recession and the post-crisis economic landscape will become clearer," writes Daniel Franklin, editor of the The Economist's "The World in 2010" on the publication's website. "Less cheerful is what that landscape will look like," he says. Franklin made a special presentation at IESE's Madrid campus on Monday, Feb. 1, moderated by Prof. Juan José Toribio, as part of the Continuous Education Program. Now in its 24th edition, "The World in 2010" features predictions about the coming year from the perspectives of journalists, politicians and business people. Among the highlights are: India's transition from farming to manufacturing and China's overtaking of Japan as the world's second-largest economy. | | Read more |
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 | Alumni meeting in Mongolia
As unlikely as it might seem, Mongolia was the site of a recent IESE Alumni meeting, which included various IESE graduates who are involved with the country. Networking is no easy task in Mongolia, which has a population of 2.7 million in a country the size of Spain, Germany and France combined, average annual temperatures of 2ºC and little infrastructure. | | Read more
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 | Bulgarian beginnings
On 21st January 2010, Prof. Antonio Argandoña, Professor of Economics at IESE Business School, held a lecture in Sofia, thus marking the beginning of the continous education program of IESE in Bulgaria. Around twenty alumni and friends of the association attended the event, held at the Grand Hotel Sofia. Prof. Argandoña discussed the global economic situation, focusing on the psychological impact on consumer behaviour. | | Read more
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Class Reunions: Barcelona, 2/4: PADE-1-09, Prof. Pedro Videla Madrid, 2/10: PDD-D-02, Prof. Álvarez de Món Madrid, 2/18: Reunion classes of '07 (PDD-A,B,C,D,E-07 & PDG-A,B,C-07) Prof. José Ramon Pin Barcelona, 2/25: PDD-2-05 & PDD-5-07, Prof. Alberto Fernández Barcelona, 2/25: PDG-1-05, External speaker (TBC) Barcelona, 3/4: PDD-4-09, Prof. Jaume Llopis International Sessions: Paris, 2/1: Ms. Ira Reynolds Soto Maior, European MBA Sales Manager Frankfurt, 2/4: Mike Rosenberg Miami, 2/4: Prof. Luis Cabral Barcelona, 2/9: Governing Board of IESE Annual Meeting San Francisco, 2/17: Prof. Sandra Sieber See all activities
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