Advanced Management Programme 2025

The Advanced Management Programme is a comprehensive general management programme designed to assist C-suite leaders in developing exceptional levels of strategic, high-performance, and self-aware leadership skills. It also empowers participants to tackle emerging challenges with confidence by fostering creative thinking, strategic foresight, and adaptability.

This programme emphasizes the importance of unleashing imagination and collective creativity to drive innovation, alongside exploring sustainability as a competitive advantage in today’s evolving business landscape. Participants will engage with cutting-edge content inspired by leading global business schools, tailored to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing senior leaders in the Baltic region.

Additionally, the programme offers valuable insights into the latest trends in digital transformation, workforce dynamics, and leadership strategies, ensuring participants are equipped to navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing world.

Our Advanced Management Programme is designed to equip senior leaders with the knowledge, skills, and connections needed to navigate complex challenges and drive sustainable growth in a rapidly changing business environment.

Participants will benefit from:

• Engaging, world-class modules that explore critical topics like creative thinking, strategic foresight, and sustainability as a competitive advantage.
• Practical insights into emerging trends in technology, leadership, and workforce dynamics, ensuring relevance in today’s fast-paced business landscape.
• A unique opportunity to attend a module in Barcelona, fostering a global perspective and enhancing the learning experience in an international setting.
• Access to a network of accomplished peers, providing an invaluable forum for exchanging ideas, building relationships, and collaborating on shared challenges.

This programme not only strengthens your leadership capabilities but also creates lasting connections that extend far beyond the classroom.

The programme consists of combination of classroom sessions, case studies, group discussions, and team projects, all of which are designed to help participants deeper understanding of key business concepts and challenges. The programme also offers participants the opportunity to challenge themselves outside of their comfort zone.

The programme is delivered in a modular format, with participants attending several days of classes over the course of several months.

Maximum value in this programme is taken from these professional levels: 

• CEO, C-suite level
• Company owners
• Senior Executives who have a minimum of 5 years’ senior executive general management experience
• At least 12 years’ management experience

All of our faculty members have international experience, with many being international professors who possess extensive executive training experience.

Rebecca Homkes, who will lead the Survive, Reset, Thrive: Strategy and Execution through Uncertainty module is a high-growth strategy specialist, working with CEOs and executive teams focused on growth and success through uncertainty. She is a Lecturer at the London Business School (LBS)’s Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education.

Homkes founded a boutique consultancy firm, and her playbook for breakthrough growth through uncertainty is the go-to resource for high-growth companies across the globe. A partner at GrowthX Corporate and Board Member for the Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate (SVGS), Silicon Valley investment firms, she advises several technology companies and groups.

Karen Wilson is a Visiting Lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics Riga. She bridges the private, public and academic sectors working on sustainable finance, ESG, impact investment and impact measurement. In addition to leading work in these areas at the OECD over the past 12 years, she co-led the launch of the Impact Management Platform, which aims to provide coherence on sustainability standards for companies and investors. She serves on the Pictet Group Impact and Sustainability Advisory Board and serves on a number of other boards in addition to working directly with companies and investors. In 2022, she was selected by the Sorenson Impact Center as a Global Impact Leader. She was an Associate Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University for over a decade and teaches at other leading universities in Europe. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors in applied mathematics and business from Carnegie-Mellon University. 

Javier Marcos who will lead the Negotiations module is a Professor at Cranfield School of Management (UK). He is the Director of Learning for Performance Ltd., a boutique sales and negotiation training practice. He is regarded as an inspiring management educator, researcher and consultant and has 25 years of experience working in academia, consultancy and in multinational corporations.

He has delivered programmes for Bosch-Siemens, Khuene and Nagel, Unilever, the Cabinet Office, and the Treasury in the UK and for business schools in Europe and the US. He was the Director of Custom Programmes, Executive Education, and Senior Faculty at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School.

Scott Gould who will lead the Engaged Organisation module, is an author and consultant on engagement. He examines the concept of engagement at a universal level, exploring how people engage with ideas, things, and each other. Scott is a prominent conference speaker, as well as a lecturer on several postgraduate programmes including the Kaospilots and the United Nations System Staff College.

Scott is the founder of Ampersand, an engagement consultancy that works with a diverse range of organisations on how they engage their employees, customers, and communities. As an advisor to various United Nations departments and agencies, he helped develop their team engagement initiative, based upon his theory of practical engagement.

Yoad Mick is the CEO of IMAgym and an imagination coach. Having reimagined himself throughout his career, Yoad’s journey has taken him from advertising, working on global brands at renowned agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, and Ogilvy, to becoming a creative director and then a marketing executive in the iGaming industry.

In every step, Yoad’s number one KPI to successfully achieving all other KPIs was always: Keep People Imagining, in a fun and safe atmosphere. Yoad’s journey has also taken him from Israel to Finland, to realize his passion for imagination, and to combine all his experience to develop this unique IMAGYM training methodology.

Today, Yoad trains individuals, managers, organizations, and academia to hack into their imagination and use it as a powerful tool for creating meaningful change, development, and empowerment. In addition, Yoad is a self-taught “Imagination Alchemy” artist, aspiring musician, and actor. He holds a major in psychology, is a reserve duty officer, and draws most of his imaginative inspiration from his three super girls.

Rihards Garančs who will lead Decision making module is the Executive Education Managing Director at SSE Riga and lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Hanken Executive Education in Helsinki. He is the Course Director of the Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Business & Leadership Skills courses. He is also the Lead for Digital Transformation at the SSE Riga Institute for Strategy.

Rihards runs a consulting practice that develops Business Intelligence, Data Strategy, Data & Digital capability building.

Rihards holds a double degree MBA in HEC Paris and NUS, a BSc in SSE Riga as well as Data Science certification.

The Advanced Management Programme consists of an online introduction session and six comprehensive modules, each designed to address key areas of leadership and organizational success in today's dynamic business environment. All modules will take place on-site at SSE Riga, except for the Mastering the Art of Negotiation module, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain.

Introduction to the Advanced Management Programme

In this short online session, you will meet the faculty, gain insights into what to expect from the programme, and share your goals and expectations.

Modules:

1. Unleashing Imagination: Breaking Barriers to Ignite Collective Creativity and Innovation – This module empowers participants to break free from traditional thought patterns and unleash their individual and collective imagination. By overcoming creative blocks, leaders can foster collaboration and drive innovative solutions that inspire transformative change.
2. Survive, Reset, Thrive: Strategy and Execution through Uncertainty – In times of uncertainty, it’s crucial to rethink strategy and growth. This module explores how to build adaptable, agile strategies and execute them successfully, enabling your organization to thrive amid challenges.
3. Mastering the Art of Negotiation: Advanced Techniques – Enhance your negotiation skills with advanced techniques and strategies for influencing others. This immersive module focuses on achieving successful outcomes in negotiations while motivating employees and driving organizational change.
4. Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage: Driving Impact and Responsibility – This module explores how sustainability can serve as a catalyst for competitive advantage. Participants will learn to integrate responsible practices into their strategies, driving impactful change in alignment with evolving market expectations.
5. Decision Making: Strategic Thinking in a Complex World – Making effective decisions in complex situations is critical for organizational success. This module provides tools to enhance strategic thinking, empowering participants to act decisively and efficiently while navigating uncertainty.
6. Creating an Engaged Organisation: Teams, Customers, and Communities – This module focuses on fostering engagement within organizations. By understanding the needs of teams, customers, and communities, participants will learn to implement sustainable, long-term strategies for building a highly engaged and productive organization.

Through this carefully curated series of modules, participants will gain practical knowledge, build invaluable skills, and network with fellow senior leaders, preparing them to lead their organizations with confidence and vision.

EUR 4900 + VAT

The price includes access to all training materials, catering, books, cases, tools, and models.

Please note that transportation and hotel expenses for the Barcelona module are separate and will be the responsibility of the participant.