Executive education at Henley Business School
Henley Business School is a global leader in executive development. We provide
impactful and innovative learning to individuals and organisations. Our services
cover the full cycle of executive talent assessment, strategy development and
implementation. As Europe’s oldest business school, we have over 60 years
experience and expertise in developing managers and leaders of, and for, the future.
Developing the leadership
still. Under pressure, we tend to resort to One thing that has not changed is the
capability to grow
our default style of working or to what Henley Experience. This Experience means
brought success in the past. Working we create a special environment – made
sustainable businesses
smarter often means breaking these unique by the river which flows, ever
A year ago, the global economy was
established patterns. It requires different constant, through Greenlands – in which
thrown into turmoil by the collapse of the
ways of thinking, being and doing. As you can shut out the noise of working
financial markets. Uncertainty prevailed –
one respondent to our recent survey of life. It means making valuable time-out
how far will economies shrink? One year
corporate learning priorities* said, the profoundly productive, whilst ensuring
on, equity and commodity markets have
priority for 2010, ‘For all levels, including students stay connected through the way
bounced back and there is a sense that we
senior management, is adjusting and they share and discuss their experiences.
are either bumping along the bottom or
revising many very fundamental values It means a space for deeper reflection
starting to see recovery – this is certainly
and ways of working.’ and insight that can create genuine
the case in emerging markets. However,
Driven by the context of uncertainty and
behavioural change and an opportunity
the question of a ‘double dip’ still remains
the feedback from our corporate clients
to view the consequences of economic
and the expected squeeze on public
we have reviewed the multiplicity of
uncertainty with equanimity.
spending to help manage the crippling
practices taught in our open programmes. We look forward to welcoming you
national debt is causing those businesses
Informed by our research we have and your colleagues to Henley –
reliant on the public sector to downgrade
retained those we believe will continue whether to attend a programme, discuss
expectations for the next two, or even
to work and developed new practices to your organisation’s learning needs for
three, years.
assist you in your quest to improve your 2010 and beyond or simply to sample
So a different kind of uncertainty prevails,
leadership capabilities. This realignment the atmosphere.
presenting considerable challenges to
of priorities is also reflected in the
Hugh Evans
leaders and managers in all organisations.
research undertaken by our Centres of
Vice Dean, Head of Corporate Learning
In the eye of this storm, we may all have
Excellence and the content of bespoke
to work harder and longer just to stand
development programmes.
*For a copy of this research please contact Linda Irwin, Executive Director
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Corporate Development at linda.irwin@henley.com or call + 44 (0)1491 418 874
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