Thought Leadership
Empowering leadership in times of transformation
Effective leadership today means navigating complexity with clarity—managing hybrid teams, engaging across generations, and creating environments where people can grow and perform.
This program will enable you to:
- Use practical tools and frameworks to align your team around a shared vision
- Foster a feedback-driven culture
- Turn everyday challenges into opportunities for progress
- Develop your leadership through interactive sessions, role-playing, real-world insights and coaching tools
Is this program right for you?
This program is for managers, project leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals from any function or industry who lead people or organizational units and want to build or strengthen their leadership skills, whether to accelerate their personal growth or to guide and support the development of their team. It is designed for those who are committed to turning change into opportunity and believe in creating value by integrating diverse perspectives across generations, cultures and roles. This experience will help them develop the skills of the leaders of the future.
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 Olesea Ciumas
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 3 days totaling 24 equivalent hours and is built on 1 pillars:
How you will learn
Lectures
A key learning method that encourages continuous interaction with Faculty and peers.
Simulations
Real-life business scenarios recreated in a safe learning environment with the support of technology.
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.
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.
Executive Coaching
An individual activity designed to strengthen your leadership skills and enhance self-awareness.
Self-assessment
An activity that enables participants to evaluate their performance across selected dimensions, increasing awareness of their strengths and areas for improvement.
Feedback360
A questionnaire to identify strengths and areas for improvement, analyzed in a one-on-one meeting with a faculty member.
Program direction & faculty
- Massimo MagniDirectorArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
- Ferdinando PennarolaArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Leadership
- Leonardo CaporarelloArea: 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
€ 4.500 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT.
Early Bird
A 10% reduction on the program fees is offered to applications sent in by 10 September 2027.
Contacts
Program Advisor
Olesea Ciumas
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
olesea.ciumas@sdabocconi.itProgram Manager
Sofia Basile
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
sofia.basile@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.
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
