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Recent Awards
Highly Commended for the 2011 EFMD Excellence in Practice Award for Executive Development.
Winner of the 2010 EFMD Best Practice Award for Organisation Development.
Finalist for the 2009 EFMD Best Practice Award for Management Development.
How Ashridge really makes a difference to organisations
Not all executive education focuses on the needs of the organisation as well as the individual participants.
Ashridge believes that the true value of executive education is the impact it has within organisations and on the lives of practising managers and leaders. It is about enabling people to achieve great things and for organisations to fulfil their ambitions.
Because we focus on results and impact, on designing processes and content which immediately link learning to action, our work with clients is rooted in adding value to both the organisation and the participant.
How would your organisation benefit from this type of executive education approach?
What would executive development interventions be able to achieve for your organisation?
Making a difference - 2 examples of programme impact "at a glance"
Towergate
The Towergate Executive Leadership programme is a 10 day modular programme (split into four modules over nine months) for Senior Managers (2007 ongoing).
Sector: Insurance.
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Electrolux
Global leadership and strategy execution programme for 500 senior middle managers
“No strategy will ever work if an organisation’s people do not understand or value it. The Next Level Leader programme with Ashridge has played a vital part in supporting and developing managers to successfully execute the strategy.”
Hans Stråberg, CEO, Electrolux.
Bayer CropScience
Strategic marketing programme for 500 global marketing managers
“The impact is far reaching – changing internal perceptions of marketing, increasing our commercial effectiveness and skills in capturing value, and supporting the evolution of a common marketing culture. Without the Global Marketing Academy, some of the outcomes (which include initiatives on segmentation, stronger customer loyalty platforms, and our downstream foodchains focus) would not be where they are today.”
Friedrich Gruber, Global Head of Marketing and Business Excellence, Bayer CropScience
Daimler
The Daimler Director’s Potential programme is a five day residential leadership development for high potential directors.
Sector: Automobile.
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Fuller, Smith & Turner
Leadership programme for 100 middle managers
"A good example of applying learning to a real world commercial situation. We worked in cross-functional teams and projects, learning about ourselves, our new colleagues and the business. It made the integration much smoother. One of Ashridge’s main strengths is the depth and quality of their people with a true business background."
Val Doyle, Group Development Manager, Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC
Alfa Laval
Virtual strategy development process for 30 senior executives
“The programme has enabled strategy development and delivered tangible outcomes for Alfa Laval. After just four months of focused work, five business-critical strategic implementation plans were created by participants and agreed by senior leaders”
Peter Balliere, Vice President Human Resources, Alfa Laval
International rankings and awards
The Financial Times custom executive education rankings 2013 positions Ashridge:
- 11th best Business School in the world and No 6 in Europe
- No 1 in the Europe and 2nd in the world for international participants, and 4th in the world for international programme delivery, reflecting the global nature of our work
Ashridge is ranked in the top 20 Business Schools in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek 2011-2012
Ashridge won the EFMD 2010 award for organisational development and was highly commended for executive development in 2011
