Are you being groomed to step into a leadership role in your organization? Have you recently been promoted to an executive-level position and feel your skills need a boost? The Ascension program is here to guide you as you climb to the top!
Combining the academic excellence of HEC Montréal faculty members with the on-the-ground experience of eight respected business executives, this program will give you the tools you need to adjust to your new role and the responsibilities that come with it. Learn what it takes to confront the strategic challenges facing your organization, lead with more confidence and foster a culture of innovation so essential to your company’s and your own success.
Ascension is ideal for leaders looking to forge a bold, strategic vision and develop sharper decision-making reflexes. It is a one-of-a-kind program that lets you share what you are going through with your fellow participants and instructors, adding a rich, interactive layer to the overall learning experience.
BEING A LEADER MEANS THINKING STRATEGICALLY
The successful completion of this program entitles you to a digital certificate. These credentials are trusted, secure, verifiable, and sustainable.
GOALS
This program will help you:
- Broaden your management skill set
- Develop a coherent, executive-level approach to strategic issues
- Sharpen and embolden your decision-making
- Revitalize your analytical mindset
- Leverage state-of-the-art tools to set yourself apart
- Build up your network to support your initiatives.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This program is designed specifically for current and aspiring leaders, senior managers and executive committee members with formal managerial training or 10+ years of experience.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Select modules taught in residence
- Dynamic, interactive and intensive curriculum
- More than 16 experts, including 8 senior executives, sharing their experience with you
- Meaningful interactions with instructors and fellow participants
- Psychometric testing to assess transformational leadership skills and an online one-on-one conversation with a certified coach to go over the results
- A singular opportunity to grow your network
- Time to ponder your managerial profile and aspirations
Module 1 takes place in residence at the Alt Hotel, Quartier DIX-30. Your registration includes three nights’ accommodation, breaks and meals.
Module 2 takes place at HEC Montreal (Hélène-Desmarais Building, downtown). Your registration includes both coffee breaks and lunches.
MODULE 1
OPENING RECEPTION
Réal Jacob and Robert Dutton
- Program overview
- Conversation with an experienced CEO – The executive as leader, manager and individual: Facts and perspectives
DAY 1 - SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE
Nicolas Vincent
The business environment: Understanding it today, anticipating it tomorrow
- Broadening your analytical horizons
- Identifying trends and understanding what they mean from a strategic perspective
- Handling complexity with more assurance
Dominique Anglade
Understanding the strategic elements involved in the transition to sustainability
- CSR, ESG, sustainability, transition: What do they mean?
- Impact of geopolitics on sustainability-related decisions
- Strategic management of risks and opportunities: Tools for turning commitment into action
Guest executive: Magali Depras, MBA, President and Founder, Magali Depras Services Conseils inc.
DAY 2 - STRATEGIC THINKING FOR THE WIN!
Louis Hébert
- Analyzing internal and external strategic context: Tools to improve your analytical insight and executive decision-making
- Transforming strategy into tangible action plans: Resources and the role of the CEO
- Striking a balance between rational decisions, risk management and decision-makers’ instincts
Guest executive: Marie Pier Germain, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Germain Hotels
DAY 3 - SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Laurent Simon
- Re-examining your company’s business model and identifying new ways to add value using the Business Model Canvas (BMC)
- Placing creative thinking and new approaches to innovation (co-creation, collaboration, open innovation) at the heart of strategic thinking
- Creativity workshop: Experimenting with an analytic framework to develop an organizational culture of innovation
Guest executive: Daniel Lamarre, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group
MODULE 2
DAY 4 - LEADING MANAGEMENT TEAM AND DRIVING ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Me Jacques Neatby
How to fit into a management team
- The rules of the game: Succeeding and working effectively as part of a management team
- Power: Growing your power to have a greater impact on the team
- Influence: Tactics for earning your fellow executives’ support
Réal Jacob
What Managers Can and Must Do When Leading Organizational Transformation
Interactive panel discussion with three senior executives who have extensive experience in the public and parapublic sectors and who serve on multiple boards
- Yves Devin, President, Groupe GCD; former head of the STCUM/STM and Casino de Montréal; member of the Cercle des présidents
- Sophie Fortin, MBA, FCHRP; former executive with Standard Life, MAAX, Bristol Myers Squibb, Agropur and Weston Foods
- Josée Ouellet, MBA, strategic consultant and executive coach; former head of Collège d’Alma, former executive with Camso, Desjardins
Closing remarks: Réal Jacob, MPs, CEA, Professor Emeritus, HEC Montréal and Roman Oryschuk, Adjunct Professor; President and CEO, Global Change Leaders; former CEO, GE Capital Europe/Canada
DAY 5 - SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING TO AN EXECUTIVE ROLE
Alain Gosselin
- Reflecting on five essential questions
- Making your new role and responsibilities your own
- Determining what to keep and what to leave behind
- Pinpointing where things might go wrong
Guest executive: Marie-Sophie Tremblay, EMBA, Vice-President Strategy and Transformation, Micro Bird inc.
Guest speaker: Lyne Beausoleil, lecturer
Results of the EQ-i 2.0 test, the world’s leading measure of emotional intelligence.
TRAINING APPROACH
This is a dynamic, interactive and intensive program, using a wide variety of learning methods, including case studies, concrete examples of best practices in action, analytical frameworks, group discussions and conversations with high-level business leaders.
Part of the program will be held in residence so that participants can devote their undivided attention and energy to their training and take full advantage of the corresponding synergies.
Participants will also receive a compendium of resources to take with them to support what they have learned during the course.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Participants will complete a psychometric test to assess their emotional competencies. The results of the test will be used during the Day 5 lineup of activities aimed at facilitating the transition to an executive role. Your individual assessment will show you how measure up against top leaders.
Participants will receive a copy of the following books:
- Mise à niveau (Robert Dutton)
- L'équilibriste (Daniel Lamarre)
- Les communautés d'innovation (Benoit Sarazin, Patrick Cohendet, Laurent Simon)
- Leadership Team Alignment (Frederic Godart, Jacques Neatby)
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:
INSTRUCTORS:
Eng., MBA
Adjunct Professor and Co-Leader, Sustainable Transition Office, HEC Montréal
Adjunct Professor, HEC Montréal
Adjunct Professor, HEC Montréal
FCHRP, MSc (Management), PhD (Human Resources Management)
Professor emeritus, HEC Montréal
Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group
DESC (Management), MSc (Management), PhD (Administration), HEC Montréal
Professor, HEC Montréal
McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA
Vice President Strategy and Transformation - Micro Bird inc
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GOALS
This program will help you:
- Broaden your management skill set
- Develop a coherent, executive-level approach to strategic issues
- Sharpen and embolden your decision-making
- Revitalize your analytical mindset
- Leverage state-of-the-art tools to set yourself apart
- Build up your network to support your initiatives.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This program is designed specifically for current and aspiring leaders, senior managers and executive committee members with formal managerial training or 10+ years of experience.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Select modules taught in residence
- Dynamic, interactive and intensive curriculum
- More than 16 experts, including 8 senior executives, sharing their experience with you
- Meaningful interactions with instructors and fellow participants
- Psychometric testing to assess transformational leadership skills and an online one-on-one conversation with a certified coach to go over the results
- A singular opportunity to grow your network
- Time to ponder your managerial profile and aspirations
Module 1 takes place in residence at the Alt Hotel, Quartier DIX-30. Your registration includes three nights’ accommodation, breaks and meals.
Module 2 takes place at HEC Montreal (Hélène-Desmarais Building, downtown). Your registration includes both coffee breaks and lunches.
MODULE 1
OPENING RECEPTION
Réal Jacob and Robert Dutton
- Program overview
- Conversation with an experienced CEO – The executive as leader, manager and individual: Facts and perspectives
DAY 1 - SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE
Nicolas Vincent
The business environment: Understanding it today, anticipating it tomorrow
- Broadening your analytical horizons
- Identifying trends and understanding what they mean from a strategic perspective
- Handling complexity with more assurance
Dominique Anglade
Understanding the strategic elements involved in the transition to sustainability
- CSR, ESG, sustainability, transition: What do they mean?
- Impact of geopolitics on sustainability-related decisions
- Strategic management of risks and opportunities: Tools for turning commitment into action
Guest executive: Magali Depras, MBA, President and Founder, Magali Depras Services Conseils inc.
DAY 2 - STRATEGIC THINKING FOR THE WIN!
Louis Hébert
- Analyzing internal and external strategic context: Tools to improve your analytical insight and executive decision-making
- Transforming strategy into tangible action plans: Resources and the role of the CEO
- Striking a balance between rational decisions, risk management and decision-makers’ instincts
Guest executive: Marie Pier Germain, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Germain Hotels
DAY 3 - SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Laurent Simon
- Re-examining your company’s business model and identifying new ways to add value using the Business Model Canvas (BMC)
- Placing creative thinking and new approaches to innovation (co-creation, collaboration, open innovation) at the heart of strategic thinking
- Creativity workshop: Experimenting with an analytic framework to develop an organizational culture of innovation
Guest executive: Daniel Lamarre, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group
MODULE 2
DAY 4 - LEADING MANAGEMENT TEAM AND DRIVING ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Me Jacques Neatby
How to fit into a management team
- The rules of the game: Succeeding and working effectively as part of a management team
- Power: Growing your power to have a greater impact on the team
- Influence: Tactics for earning your fellow executives’ support
Réal Jacob
What Managers Can and Must Do When Leading Organizational Transformation
Interactive panel discussion with three senior executives who have extensive experience in the public and parapublic sectors and who serve on multiple boards
- Yves Devin, President, Groupe GCD; former head of the STCUM/STM and Casino de Montréal; member of the Cercle des présidents
- Sophie Fortin, MBA, FCHRP; former executive with Standard Life, MAAX, Bristol Myers Squibb, Agropur and Weston Foods
- Josée Ouellet, MBA, strategic consultant and executive coach; former head of Collège d’Alma, former executive with Camso, Desjardins
Closing remarks: Réal Jacob, MPs, CEA, Professor Emeritus, HEC Montréal and Roman Oryschuk, Adjunct Professor; President and CEO, Global Change Leaders; former CEO, GE Capital Europe/Canada
DAY 5 - SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING TO AN EXECUTIVE ROLE
Alain Gosselin
- Reflecting on five essential questions
- Making your new role and responsibilities your own
- Determining what to keep and what to leave behind
- Pinpointing where things might go wrong
Guest executive: Marie-Sophie Tremblay, EMBA, Vice-President Strategy and Transformation, Micro Bird inc.
Guest speaker: Lyne Beausoleil, lecturer
Results of the EQ-i 2.0 test, the world’s leading measure of emotional intelligence.
TRAINING APPROACH
This is a dynamic, interactive and intensive program, using a wide variety of learning methods, including case studies, concrete examples of best practices in action, analytical frameworks, group discussions and conversations with high-level business leaders.
Part of the program will be held in residence so that participants can devote their undivided attention and energy to their training and take full advantage of the corresponding synergies.
Participants will also receive a compendium of resources to take with them to support what they have learned during the course.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Participants will complete a psychometric test to assess their emotional competencies. The results of the test will be used during the Day 5 lineup of activities aimed at facilitating the transition to an executive role. Your individual assessment will show you how measure up against top leaders.
Participants will receive a copy of the following books:
- Mise à niveau (Robert Dutton)
- L'équilibriste (Daniel Lamarre)
- Les communautés d'innovation (Benoit Sarazin, Patrick Cohendet, Laurent Simon)
- Leadership Team Alignment (Frederic Godart, Jacques Neatby)
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:
INSTRUCTORS:
Eng., MBA
Adjunct Professor and Co-Leader, Sustainable Transition Office, HEC Montréal
Adjunct Professor, HEC Montréal
Adjunct Professor, HEC Montréal
FCHRP, MSc (Management), PhD (Human Resources Management)
Professor emeritus, HEC Montréal
Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group
DESC (Management), MSc (Management), PhD (Administration), HEC Montréal
Professor, HEC Montréal
McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA
Vice President Strategy and Transformation - Micro Bird inc
