Senior Executive

Leadership
Program—China

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Change Your
Leadership Game
Leverage China’s unique advantages. Lead with greater
impact. Deliver more value. Boost your competitive edge.
Fine-tune your organization. Compete and succeed in a
changing global landscape.

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OVERVIEW

Senior Executive Leadership The Senior Executive Leadership

Program—China
Program—China (SELPCH) focuses
on the challenges of greatest
concern to corporate leaders
today—across China and the globe.

KEY BENEFITS WHO SHOULD ATTEND Taught in a series of modules offered

in Boston and China, this business
Taught in both Chinese and English with • Senior executives, senior functional management program helps you
simultaneous translation, this program is designed leaders, or general managers leading become a stronger leader who can
to strengthen the leadership capacity of participants. successful, established companies in deliver value in a global context; drive
You will expand your ability to assess your business China who want to sharpen their new levels of innovation; and build
as a whole—to look outward and craft local, regional, management and leadership skills and are accountable, high-performance
and global strategies and to look inward and lead preparing to assume new responsibilities organizations.
organizational changes that create value and drive or drive growth initiatives
performance. Developing these skills on the job can
take years—but this program speeds the process by • Entrepreneurs with established startups
preparing you to contribute to corporate success on and executives planning to establish or
a more strategic and senior level. expand their presence in China
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“The curriculum
Global Executive Education compels independent
thinking, questioning,
At Its Best and engagement.
It strengthens your
Throughout its modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program—China can help you take your leadership skills and your leadership beyond
career to the next level. your limitations.”
Multiple intensive learning modules—in Boston and in China—include faculty presentations, case discussions, and skill-building
Shujun Huang
exercises. You will examine the practices of successful business leaders around the world and assess your own leadership
Chairman and Founder,
approach. As you try out new approaches in your workplace, you will reflect on your experience, receive feedback from your
Shanghai Gaudi Culture
boss and colleagues, and bring new insights back to the classroom.
Media Partnership, China

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Participating Companies

Executives from organizations across the region have benefited from

Harvard Business School’s Senior Executive Leadership Program—China.
These organizations have included:

Bangkai Holding Group Morgan Stanley

Beijing CHJ Automotive Technology Shanghai Cango Investment and Management

and Consulting Services
Beijing Jingdong Century Trading
Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technology
GF Fund Management
Shenzhen Xunce Technology
The Hershey Company

Google Tencent

Ginkgo Global Unilever China

Jet Global Logistics Vanguard Investment Management (Shanghai)

Luhai Group Wanghai Group

Midea Zhong Lun Law Firm

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An Innovative
Modular Format

SELPCH’s unique format maximizes learning and the

development of a global perspective while minimizing
consecutive days away from the office.

• Module 1
(HBS Campus, Boston, USA, 1 week)

• Module 2
(Beijing, China, 1 week)

• Module 3
(Chengdu, China, 1 week)

• Module 4
(Shenzhen, China, 1 week)

• Module 5
(Shanghai, China, 1 week)

• Module 6
(HBS Campus, Boston, USA, 2 weeks)

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An Exceptional Global
Learning Experience

The highly integrated and innovative curriculum blends case studies, faculty lectures, and
industry guest speakers to illustrate the challenges and opportunities facing your company.
While the program includes concepts, issues, and solutions drawn from businesses around the
world, the curriculum is specifically designed to address the needs of firms in China.

Key Topics

1 Position Your Company 3 Create Customer Value

for Success and Strategic Advantage

2 Create a High-Performance 4 Become a Transformational

Culture in Your Organization Leader

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TOPIC 1:

Position Your
Company
For Success

Expand your ability to consider your

company as a whole in the context of
the local, regional, and global business
environments. Diving quickly into the
case method of learning, you will gain new
insights into leading organizational change.
• Assess the competition and boost your firm’s
competitive edge.

• Create differentiation through innovative

products and brands.

• Transition from labor-cost advantage to

premium products.

• Succeed in a slower-growth environment by

streamlining your organization and optimizing
your supply chain.

• Recognize and select the best opportunities

in both developed and emerging markets.

• Evaluate your leadership style with guidance

from faculty, peers, and your professional coach.

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TOPIC 2:

Create a High-
Performance
Culture in Your
Organization
Explore proven ways to create an innovation-
driven, high-performance culture. This
experience will help you lead and manage
your teams effectively to ensure alignment
between business goals and company direction.
• Master the essentials of finance for senior executives,
including global investing, capital markets, and
risk management.

• Create corporate value by strengthening financial

management.

• Manage the tensions among profit, growth, and control.

• Translate mission and strategy into a comprehensive

set of performance targets and measures.

• Choose organizational structures and management

systems that promote high-performance cultures.

• Understand the roles of the board of directors, capital

market institutions, investors, and independent
auditors.

• Create and lead an innovative organization, and take

advantage of disruptive technologies and open
innovation.

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TOPIC 3:

Create Customer
Value and Strategic
Advantage
Dive into the nature of market strategy and
examine how companies build competitive
advantage by focusing on specific markets
and delivering what customers truly value.
• Rethink brand strategy in light of changing markets and
consumer behavior.

• Recognize the new opportunities and challenges created

by digital technology.

• Determine whether to operate locally, regionally,

or globally—and how large your organization must
be to thrive.

• Execute successful mergers and acquisitions, and build

effective partnerships.

• Formulate strategic objectives and implement strategies

to create competitive advantage and stakeholder value.

• Foster a culture of customer centricity to optimize the

customer experience.

• Identify actionable market segments, implement

segment-specific strategies, and assess customer
lifetime value.

• Develop and leverage advantage through service

excellence and operational capabilities.

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TOPIC 4:

Become a
Transformational
Leader
Examine how to improve your personal performance as a
leader and how to manage yourself, your team, and your
larger organization. Focusing on a key executive skill—
negotiation—you will engage in hands-on exercises that
improve your ability to drive optimal outcomes. As you pull
program themes together, you will emerge better prepared
to build an agile company that can sustain success.
• Launch and manage products, product portfolios, and brands.

• Invest in talent and lead and manage teams.

• Examine how digital technologies and big data affect business

models in all industries, enabling new value creation and value
capture approaches.

• Close deals and resolve disputes in a manner that creates value

for all parties.

• Manage situations in which much of the real action takes place

away from the negotiating table.

• Understand and drive the changes that align your organization

in order to achieve its strategic goals.

• Shape innovation, learning, and change by cultivating your

leadership style and behavior.

• Build ambidextrous organizations that can both innovate and

execute strategy.
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CALENDAR

A Typical Week This consolidated week-at-a-glance is representative of several past

SELPCH sessions. Topics, times, and events are subject to change.
CLASS GUIDE To learn more about the full range of topics covered in this program,
please visit www.exed.hbs.edu/SELPCH.
Classroom Sessions Discussion Groups Break/Meal

DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR DAY FIVE DAY SIX

6:30 – 7:45 AM 6:30 – 7:45 AM 6:30 – 7:45 AM 6:30 – 7:45 AM 6:30 – 7:45 AM
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

7:45 – 8:45 AM 7:45 – 8:45 AM 7:45 – 8:45 AM 7:45 – 8:45 AM 7:45 – 8:45 AM
Discussion Groups Discussion Groups Discussion Groups Discussion Groups Discussion Groups

9:00 – 10:30 AM 9:00 – 10:30 AM 9:00 – 10:30 AM 9:00 – 10:30 AM 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Scale Advantages Supply Chain Finance Sources of Growth Valuing Firms Managing Investments

10:30 – 11:00 AM 10:30 – 11:00 AM 10:30 – 11:00 AM 10:30 – 11:00 AM 10:30 – 11:00 AM
Break Break Break Break Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Value-Based Strategy Time Value of Money Social Media Unit Economics and Corporate Strategy
Subscriber Models

12:30 – 2:00 PM 12:30 – 2:00 PM 12:30 – 2:00 PM 12:30 – 2:00 PM 12:30 – 1:15 PM
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Program Wrap-up
1:15 – 2:00 PM
2:00 – 3:30 PM 2:00 – 3:30 PM 2:00 – 3:30 PM 2:00 – 3:30 PM Lunch (Optional)
Working Capital Management Strategic Tradeoffs Calculating Free Cash Flow Strategy Implementation
Hotel Checkout
3:00 PM
Arrival and Check-In 3:30 – 4:00 PM 3:30 – 4:00 PM 3:30 – 4:00 PM 3:30 – 4:00 PM
Break Break Break Break

4:00 – 4:45 PM 4:00 – 5:30 PM 4:00 – 5:30 PM 4:00 – 5:30 PM 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Program Overview Assessing Cash Flow Needs Value Map Exercise Valuation with Multiples Turnaround

4:45 – 6:15 PM
Competing on Excellence 5:30 – 6:30 PM 5:30 – 6:30 PM 5:30 – 6:30 PM 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time
6:15 – 7:15 PM
Opening Reception 6:30 – 8:00 PM 6:30 – 8:00 PM 6:30 – 8:00 PM 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Dinner Dinner Dinner Closing Dinner
7:15 – 8:15 PM
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SPECIFIC PROGRAM FEATURES

Change the Way You See the World,

The Opportunities Awaiting You, and Yourself

LIVING/LEARNING GROUP WORK

A multi-module program creates the opportunity to build close, trusting
relationships with a small, diverse group of peer executives who can
understand your challenges—but are not part of your organization.
Throughout the program, you will work with a small group of peers
who will stimulate your learning as you:
• Absorb global insights by working with executives from different
countries, cultures, and professional backgrounds
• Share diverse perspectives as you discuss cases and assignments
• Complete small group exercises and projects as a team
• Give and receive feedback and advice—both personal and
professional—in a safe environment
While on the HBS campus in Boston, you will share accommodations with
your living group, forging relationships that serve as a valuable source of peer
feedback, support, and advice.

PROFESSIONAL COACHING
“This type of bonding with
Each living group works with a professional coach to optimize group
fellow classmates is rare dynamics and maximize the value of the group learning experience.
to see from an executive
education program.”
Jing Qian
Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley Securities (China)

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ALUMNI STATUS AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Welcome to One of When you complete SELPCH, you will become a member of the HBS
The World’s Most Powerful alumni network and gain exclusive access to an array of resources
and tools that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success.
Business Networks
THE HBS ALUMNI NETWORK HBS PUBLISHING ALUMNI PLUS PROGRAM
Tap into a vast global community of more than 90,000 MBA and Executive Receive a 20 percent discount on regularly priced items, including HBS Press books,
Education alumni in 160 countries. Harvard Business Review article reprints, and cases (subscriptions not included).

HBS EMAIL ADDRESS BAKER LIBRARY/BLOOMBERG CENTER SERVICES

Your lifelong HBS email address helps you stay connected to HBS and Access a comprehensive online collection of curated business research resources,
fellow alumni. available to you from anywhere in the world. The resources have been chosen
specifically for HBS alumni to support your professional development, business
HBS ALUMNI CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS development, career planning, and business research.
Connect with members of more than 100 alumni clubs, shared interest
PROGRAMS DISCOUNT
groups, and affiliates worldwide at business, learning, social, and community
service events. As an alumnus, you will be eligible for a 30 percent discount on future HBS
Executive Education programs that you attend.

“I was so touched because the people in the program

are all very successful leaders, but they are also good
people. If you want to be successful in your leadership,
in your career, you have to be a human being first.”
Lucy Song
Director, Global Procurement—Asia,
The Hershey Company, China

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 HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

A Learning Experience
Unlike Any Other

Every year, executives from around the world turn to HBS Executive Education to
propel their careers, ignite their passions, and reach their most ambitious goals.

You will be fully immersed in a unique living- In the evening, you’ll continue the conversation
and-learning experience with other top with your fellow participants in unique living
executives from leading companies around groups, over meals, and in other social
the world while you are on the HBS campus. settings.
Led by our world-renowned faculty, our Beyond the daily interactions with professors
global curriculum is designed to give you the and peers, another critical part of the HBS
“The diversity of participants is knowledge and skills you need to overcome experience is the ability to step back from your
real-world business challenges and lead with day-to-day routine and reflect on where you’ve
invaluable. Listening to people greater purpose by questioning assumptions, been and where you want to take your career.
who work in different industries disrupting usual ways of doing business, and It’s a unique and holistic approach to
introducing unexpected ways of thinking. professional and personal development that
and regions is eye-opening.”
During the day, you’ll take part in dynamic many of our alumni and participants have
David Yu lectures, case discussions, and exercises. called a life-changing experience.
Managing Partner,
Llinks Law Offices, China

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“To drive profitable growth, you need a deep understanding of your current competitive
standing, the strategic dynamics in your industry, and the latest management tools and
tactics. This program delivers all that and more.”
SELPCH Faculty Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration
Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

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HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

SELPCH Faculty
Eva Ascarza Das Narayandas
Jakurski Family Associate Professor Edsel Bryant Ford Professor
of Business Administration of Business Administration

Ryan W. Buell Krishna Palepu

C. D. Spangler Professor of Ross Graham Walker Professor
Business Administration of Business Administration

Robert Simons
Katherine B. Coffman
Baker Foundation Professor,
Piramal Associate Professor
Charles M. Williams Professor of
of Business Administration
Business Administration, Emeritus

Mihir A. Desai Christina M. Wallace

Mizuho Financial Group Professor Senior Lecturer of Business
of Finance Administration

Alan D. MacCormack Feng Zhu

MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor MBA Class Of 1958 Professor
of Business Administration of Business Administration

Joshua D. Margolis
James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller
Professor of Business Administration

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THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

From case study discussions and small-group projects to

simulations and dynamic lectures, at HBS, you’ll have ample

In a Class of Its Own

opportunities to deepen your knowledge, broaden your skill set,
and collaborate with your peers. The program is taught in both
Chinese and English with simultaneous translation, including all
conversations within the classroom.

EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF GLOBAL PEERS COLLABORATIVE LIVING GROUPS

At HBS, your fellow participants are as important to your learning experience While on campus at HBS, you will be placed with a carefully selected living
as the faculty. Nowhere else can you collaborate with such a diverse and group of peers whose members span industries, countries, and functions.
accomplished group of global executives. Over the course of each program, You will continue to work with this group in China. This diversity of perspectives
you will develop personal and professional bonds that often last a lifetime. enriches your learning experience and expands your global network.

RENOWNED FACULTY ACTIONABLE LEARNING

Every program is led by full-time HBS faculty who are engaged with companies Our global curriculum is designed to address real-world challenges. Participants
across the globe and draw on real-world experience, extensive research, and return to their companies with the skills, mindset, and confidence they need to
proven frameworks to disrupt your way of thinking. immediately apply what they’ve learned and deliver impact to the business.

DISTINCTIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES GLOBAL APPROACH TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Our programs ensure that you’re a leader—not an observer. Through case studies, Our programs provide insights into global business practices gained from our 14
lectures, business simulations, and small-group discussions, you’ll gain strategies, research centers and offices around the world, where the top minds in business,
tools, and insights to solve your most challenging problems. government, and higher education collaborate on groundbreaking research.

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THE LIVING EXPERIENCE

Inspired Living for

Inspired Learning

The importance of the HBS community can’t be overstated. Every aspect of

your stay—the living arrangements, recreational facilities, and community
activities—encourages peer-to-peer interactions that are the heart of every
great HBS Executive Education experience.

PREMIUM ACCOMMODATIONS AND AMENITIES ON THE HBS CAMPUS

At HBS in Boston, all participants stay on campus in modern, well-appointed living arrangements
that feature private bedrooms and bathrooms, spacious common areas, access to a personal
computer and state-of-the-art technology, dining facilities, and a range of hotel-style amenities,
including housekeeping and dry cleaning.
On the HBS campus, you’ll have complete access to a state-of-the-art fitness center that features
extensive fitness equipment; a walking/jogging track; basketball/racquetball/squash/tennis
courts; a swimming pool; locker rooms with whirlpool/steam/sauna; fitness classes; personal
trainers; nutritionists; and more.
The HBS campus is located in the heart of historic Cambridge and is adjacent to downtown
Boston—one of the world’s most historically and culturally rich cities. You’ll find a vast array
of arts, music, sports, dining, shopping, and other activities, all quickly and easily accessible
from campus.

LIVING AND LEARNING IN CHINA

During the China-based modules, participants will stay in a series of hotels of international
standing as they explore various locales around the country. These hotels are carefully
selected to provide participants with a premium experience while they immerse themselves
in the program.

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 DATES AND PROGRAM FEES
Sep 7, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026 Program Fee: RMB 630,000

Sep 7 – 12, 2025 Module 1: HBS Campus, Boston, USA

Oct 19 – 24, 2025 Module 2: Beijing, China
Dec 7 – 12, 2025 Module 3: Chengdu, China
Jan 11 – 16, 2026 Module 4: Shenzhen, China
Mar 1 – 6, 2026 Module 5: Shanghai, China
Apr 12 – 24, 2026 Module 6: HBS Campus, Boston, USA

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

Programs that deliver a global curriculum presented through a regional lens.
Participants split time between the HBS campus in Boston and a location in the region.

Africa | China | India | Middle East

EXPLORE OUR TOPIC-FOCUSED PROGRAMS

Offering 50+ intensive programs that explore specific topics in depth.
• Board Governance • Finance • Innovation • Negotiation & Decision-Making
• Digital Transformation • General Management • Leadership • Social Enterprise & Nonprofits
• Family Enterprise • Health Care • Marketing & Sales • Strategy

PROGRAM CONTACTS
Tracy Pang Veronica Ji
Director, Client Development, Senior Manager,
www.exed.hbs.edu/selpch Greater China Market, Program Advisory and Delivery,
Harvard Center Shanghai Harvard Center Shanghai
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