The Program for Management Development (PMD) Munich-Barcelona is your fast track to senior leadership.

Designed for maximum impact with minimal work disruption, the PMD will take you on a learning journey that will positively impact your career and your organization. The PMD is a 7 months continuous learning journey that combines 4 residential modules in Barcelona and Munich with the goal of implementing new approaches in your work immediately.

Unlock your fullest potential

Transform the way you do business

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“At IESE you really see the big picture – not only in terms of business functions and areas and how to drive competitive advantage, but also in the way that we are all accountable in terms of positive impact on others and on society.”

JACOB JOHANSEN. IESE Alumni 2016
Head of Engineering & Projects, Maersk Drilling

Know yourself better - your strengths and your areas for improvement.

Begin to practice a new way of leading 

Leave a positive and lasting impact on people.

Leadership competencies

Know yourself better - your strengths and your areas for improvement. 

Learn to empower, inspire and align teams around strategic goals.

Understand how business functions work together and move into a general manager mindset

Understand how business functions work together and move into a general manager mindset

Make decisions based on a solid understanding of strategy and your competitive context.

Class profile

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PMD participants are high-potential managers from a very broad spectrum of sectors and backgrounds who are ready to step up and deliver greater impact to their organizations. Profiles include:

Successful functional managers

Newly appointed general managers

Professional specialists

Years average management experience

Nationalities

Sectors

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Two journeys, one destination

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General 
Management Journey

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Leadership 
Journey

With our focus on the general management perspective, you will develop a holistic understanding of organizations and learn to lead across different business functions. You will explore what it means to lead and to become a force for positive impact in your company and society.

Our Barcelona campus will be your window onto the world, giving you first-hand experience in global business and daily interaction with international faculty and peers. You will develop the creativity and longer-term thinking to be an entrepreneur, receiving the academic and practical support you need.

Global & entrepreneurial viewpoint

While our language of instruction is English, you will have the opportunity to master business Spanish or take the bilingual MBA, empowering you to work in two of the world’s most spoken languages.

Empower you to build a robust decision-making framework.

Enable you to understand all the functional areas of your business and how they work together.

Give you the role of strategy in driving success.

Help you explore what it means to be a leader, of yourself, of your team and of your organization.

Give you the tools to lead diversity.

Teach you to use your own competencies and your network to implement strategic decisions. 

Encourage you to take decisions using innovation, creativity and influence

People-centered approach

Business knowledge

Contact us for further information about the PMD Program

Barbara Breiter
IESE Munich
bbreiter@iese.edu 
+49 89 24 20 9790

Learning Experience

A Way to Learn. A Mark to Make. A World to Change

Barcelona - Madrid - New York - Munich - São Paulo

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