Leading Through Complexity and Transformation
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Leading Through Complexity and Transformation

A dynamic and practical module to strengthen emotional intelligence, decision-making, and leadership under pressure.

Structure

  • Part 1: Leadership Edge (Days 1 & 2): Focuses on developing emotional intelligence, decision-making, and interpersonal effectiveness in high-stakes, fast-changing environments to build personal and team resilience.
  • Part 2: Orchestrating Transformation (Days 3 & 4): Shifts to enterprise-level change leadership, equipping participants with frameworks to design, mobilize, and sustain strategic change while managing resistance and aligning stakeholders.
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Why This Program?

The program aims to create a structured progression from individual effectiveness to organizational impact. The core learning objectives include:

  • Adapting leadership styles to different contexts, teams, and challenges.
  • Communicating with influence, clarity, empathy, and credibility in high-stakes situations.
  • Leading teams effectively through uncertainty, crisis, pressure, and conflict.
  • Designing and leading complex transformation initiatives in evolving organizational environments.
  • Diagnosing organizational readiness for change, identifying obstacles, and addressing resistance strategically.
  • Building coalitions, mapping change levers, and mobilizing stakeholders across functions and boundaries.
  • Sustaining transformation through clear communication, cultural alignment, and embedding changes into ways of working.

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Who Should Attend?

While a specific "Target Audience" bulleted list is not explicitly broken out under a single heading, the document notes that the program is designed for:

  • Leaders looking to strengthen their ability to lead effectively under pressure and orchestrate complex transformation initiatives.
  • Managers and leadership teams navigating uncertainty, crisis, ambiguity, and rapid change.
  • Strategic change leaders tasked with building and empowering cross-functional transformation teams and aligning diverse stakeholders.

 

Meet Your Instructors

  • Prof. Emmanuel Coblence

    Associate Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Specializes in leadership, organizational theories, change management, and political skills in organizations.

    Associate Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Specializes in leadership, organizational theories, change management, and political skills in organizations.

  • Dr. Ilona Boniwell, PhD

    Associate Professor (Management and HR, HEC Paris). A leading figure in positive organizational psychology, resilience, engagement, and executive coaching.

    Associate Professor (Management and HR, HEC Paris). A leading figure in positive organizational psychology, resilience, engagement, and executive coaching.

  • Prof. Dr. Mathis Schulte

    Associate Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Specializes in organizational behavior, social networks within organizations, negotiations, and conflict resolution.

    Associate Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Specializes in organizational behavior, social networks within organizations, negotiations, and conflict resolution.

  • Dr. Tomas Farchi

    Professor of Organizational Behavior (HEC Paris). Expert in organizational sociology, innovation, and mobilizing/translating knowledge to address complex business and societal challenges.

    Professor of Organizational Behavior (HEC Paris). Expert in organizational sociology, innovation, and mobilizing/translating knowledge to address complex business and societal challenges.

  • Dr. Wolfgang Amann

    Associate Professor (Strategy, Governance and Leadership, HEC Paris). Extensive experience directing executive education in the Middle East; certified in various psychometric tests and strategic leadership coaching models.

    Associate Professor (Strategy, Governance and Leadership, HEC Paris). Extensive experience directing executive education in the Middle East; certified in various psychometric tests and strategic leadership coaching models.

  • Prof. Anne-Valérie Corboz

    Professor (Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris). Best-selling business author specializing in strategy execution, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, and women in leadership.

    Professor (Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris). Best-selling business author specializing in strategy execution, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, and women in leadership.

  • Prof. Brad Harris, Ph.D

    Associate Dean of MBAs, Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Primary expertise covers leadership, team dynamics, and HR systems in rapidly growing organizations.

    Associate Dean of MBAs, Professor (Management & Human Resources, HEC Paris). Primary expertise covers leadership, team dynamics, and HR systems in rapidly growing organizations.

  • Dr. Gonçalo Pacheco de Almeida

    Professor of Strategy and Business Policy & Academic Director of the MBA Strategy Specialization (HEC Paris). Focuses on strategy dynamics, competition, innovation, negotiation, and sustainability.

    Professor of Strategy and Business Policy & Academic Director of the MBA Strategy Specialization (HEC Paris). Focuses on strategy dynamics, competition, innovation, negotiation, and sustainability.

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