Ivy League Cornell University top management program in Colombo

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Following are excerpts of an interview with Devin Bigoness, Director, Executive Education, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, New Yor. Q: Why must senior managers, directors, group and functional heads with substantial P and L responsibility attend the three day Cornell Johnson School of Management Advanced Management CERTIFICATE Program on 17/18/19 September in Colombo? A: I understand that this is the first time that a leading IVY league university and business school is conducting a public enrolment Advanced Management Certificate Program in Sri Lanka. Senior leaders and managers in business and government organisations should take advantage of

this unique opportunity to experience three days with one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious business schools. The cost savings are substantial when compared to registering and attending a similar program in New York or overseas. Leaders in organisations in Sri Lanka must also consider the value of a Certificate of Participation from an Ivy League business school. The world of business is moving faster than ever before. Leaders of today need to possess a broader and more versatile set of skills and tools in order to be successful. This program will help these senior leaders lead more innovative and profitable businesses, help them think more strategically about their objectives, execute strategy, develop business and financial acumen, improve understanding and communication between all the critical functions in an organisation, and enable them to be more successful in increasing market and shareholder value. Advanced Management and Executive Education Programs like this one for practicing senior managers, directors and group and functional heads, focus on developing a leader’s abilities in the critical capabilities of modern business and these are essential skills in today’s rapid business world. Q: Why Cornell and the Johnson School? A: As a leader in innovative business education for the connected world, Cornell Executive Business Education combines more than 60 years of customised executive education experience with innovative solutions. We leverage industry leadership from the largest Ivy League institution in the areas of innovation, business acumen and strategic leadership. By offering an agile approach to client project design we elevate your experience. The Cornell connections offer a multi-disciplinary approach and our global educator network provides extra value for optimal return on investment. At Cornell Executive Business Education our experience and networks will transform your business and organisation. Q: What will Dr. Phil Young’s (the Cornell Professor) business simulation and global corporate education and consulting experience teach them in the three days? A: Phil Young PhD (New York University – NYU)) is an expert in business, Finance and strategy acumen and a member of the Cornell Executive Educator network. Phil combines more than 30 years of working with senior leaders around the world in helping them to understand their businesses and drive strategic growth through enhanced capabilities. He leverages experiential learning including an interactive business simulation with his history of rich experiences in global business. Phil understands how senior leaders and managers learn best and brings this experience to client engagements. In this program Phil will deploy his expertise in consultative education for these senior leaders to help develop their capabilities in business agility, versatility and acumen. Dr. Young has taught in MBA and executive education programs of the world’s top business schools in the USA, Europe and Asia. His business simulation is used by Booz Allen Hamilton, now part of Price Waterhouse) and Fortune 100 companies such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, Ingersoll Rand, Dow Chemical and leading business schools. His clients include Fortune 100 companies in banking, Financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods, telecommunications, aviation, engineering and technology and the governments of the UAE and Qatar. His book ‘Managerial Economics – Economic Tools for today’s decision makers’ is a leading text in MBA and senior management education programs in the world’s leading business schools. He has been called upon by the CEOs of major global companies to lead discussions on the organisation’s financials and teach the leaders what they must do to increase profitability, performance, market and shareholder value. In the early 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Young worked with the CEOs of leading telecoms in the USA to develop and coordinate advanced management programs to help integrate the senior management of two merging companies and to develop the business acumen of the senior management and technologists. Last year, he helped develop materials for the CEO of AT&T for their annual senior leadership conference. In the early 1980s, he developed and implemented a program designed to increase the mass utilisation of ATMs for Citibank USA. Till 2002, he taught in the leadership development program at American Express. At Mastercard, he developed and taught a course on the business of bank cards and global payments systems. Dr. Young is currently developing a program for the CFO and senior leaders of a global information and data analytics company. Q: Any global executive education experiences can you share? A: Executive Education at this level in order to be effective needs to focus on what are the critical capabilities needed to be successful. In today’s fast paced world, education needs to be an enabler of a leader’s ability to grow businesses, develop their teams and be successful. Cornell Executive Business Education understands the strong connection organisational strategy, individual capabilities and education’s role in furthering those efforts. For information, email [email protected] or call 0773720320.