Executive program per manager nelle imprese familiari
Leading Successfully in Family Businesses
Managing within a family business requires capabilities that go beyond traditional management tools. It means understanding a context where business, ownership and family intersect, interpreting its values and dynamics, and building the legitimacy needed to contribute to the organization's growth. The program provides frameworks and tools to navigate the distinctive complexities of family businesses and strengthen your effectiveness as a manager.
This program will enable you to:
- Understand the distinctive values, culture and dynamics of family businesses
- Lead people and organizations by building effective relationships with the business family and governance bodies
- Manage change and innovation while respecting the company's identity and family legacy
- Strengthen your leadership capabilities to operate successfully in family business environments
Is this program right for you?
The program is primarily designed for senior managers and aspiring executives who work, or intend to work, in family-owned businesses and want to develop specialized capabilities to lead, integrate and grow complex family organizations.
It is particularly suited to:
- managers who want to consciously transition into a family business environment
- executives seeking to strengthen their legitimacy and professional positioning within family-owned businesses
Connect with our advisors
Learning is never linear. It takes shape over time, combining specific learning needs with practical tools matched to your own challenges.
Talk to our team of Program Advisors to identify the path that best fits your goals and find out how to build a broader development plan through the SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate.
Get in touch with Erica Pizzelli
SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate
Your initial conversation with our Program Advisors helps shape your path, clarifying your goals and participation options. It is also the required first step toward earning the Executive Education Certificate.
The SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate is the formal recognition awarded upon completion of a learning plan designed around your managerial needs. With the Certificate, every program you attend becomes part of a broader design, built on your growth objectives.
What you will learn
The program consists of 4,5 days totaling 36 equivalent hours and is built on 5 pillars:
How you will learn
Business Cases
Real business situations that enable participants to explore specific managerial challenges by analyzing strategic decisions and the growth path of an organization.
Role playing
The simulation of real business situations in a safe learning environment, helping participants gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered during the program.
Guest Speakers
Opportunities to exchange ideas and perspectives with managers and entrepreneurs, gaining first-hand insights into business challenges and leadership experiences. Sessions may take place either in the classroom or at the guest company's premises.
Action plan
An individual development plan that builds on the knowledge acquired during the program to define a roadmap detailing actions, required resources and timelines.
Self-assessment
An activity that enables participants to evaluate their performance across selected dimensions, increasing awareness of their strengths and areas for improvement.
Hogan Assessment
A personality and leadership potential assessment designed to enhance performance and support professional development.
Program direction & faculty
- Andrea CalabròDirectorArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Entrepreneurship & Family Business
- Alessandro MinichilliDirectorArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Corporate Governance
- Giovanna GregoriArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Corporate Strategy
- Leonardo CaporarelloArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
- Massimo MagniArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
- Beatrice ManzoniArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Human Resource Management
- Ferdinando PennarolaArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
With us, the program becomes reality
The Program Management team supports participants from enrollment through to the end of the program, coordinating and managing every organizational aspect.
SDA Bocconi Campus - Milano
Information
Location
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Via Sarfatti 10, 20136 Milano.By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a Certificate of Participation and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Fees
€ 5.200 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT.
Contacts
Program Advisor
Erica Pizzelli
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
erica.pizzelli@sdabocconi.itProgram Manager
Diana Nasreddin
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
diana.nasreddin@sdabocconi.it
Special payment terms
Bocconi Alumni
Bocconi Alumni are entitled to a 20% reduction on participation fees. To take advantage of the discount, please enter your Alumnus status when registering by indicating “ALUMNI 20” in the notes section. Remember that without this indication, the discount will not be applicable.
Women are good for business
To foster and contribute to women’s professional development, SDA Bocconi School of Management offers them until 8 March 2028 a 20% discount on the participation fee for all Executive Open Programs and Executive Online Programs.
Multiple enrollments
Companies, institutions and public bodies that enroll at least 3 participants in a single program are granted a 20% discount for each registration fee. The concession is not applicable for personal enrollment and must be formalized by the start date of the course.
Corporate education programs
In the case of learning needs involving several resources of the same company enrolled in more than one program, it is possible to define a customized plan from the specific needs of the organization. In this case, our Program Advisors are available to build with the client organizations ad hoc training plans with special pricing.
Partnerships and channel agreements
SDA Bocconi offers the possibility to initiate collaborations that allow them to expand the portfolio of educational trainings to be offered to their members. In this case, the School is available to evaluate partnerships and channel agreements so as to respond in a timely manner to the specific needs of the organization.
By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Additional benefits
Certification of Competencies
This program will enable you to obtain a Certification of competencies: issued upon completion of a voluntary assessment, it is designed to assess your competencies and strengthen your professional profile.
Bocconi Alumni Community
After completing the Executive Education Certificate, you will become part of the Bocconi Alumni Community, a global network of more than 150,000 alumni worldwide connected by the Bocconi experience.
This international community creates opportunities, opens new perspectives and brings together people who share ambition, a sense of belonging and the desire to make a lasting impact.
The brochure walks you through the program and the SDA Bocconi experience. Inside you'll find:
The full calendar
The application process
Participant stories
The campus experience
