MEDITERRANEAN LEADERSHIPJOURNEYApril – June 2017

THE 2017 LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMEThe program is an open enrollment course designed for managers with proven leadership potential.

The course is organized around the three pillars of business education: corporate strategy, leadership, and economics. The purpose is to analyse the challenges that managers face at different levels: the company (module 1), the individual (module 2), and the macroeconomy (module 3).

Each module will consist of a 9 hour, two day course to be held over a weekend. The format will be lectures, case study discussions and simulations.Each module will benefit from external speakers including CEOs of global companies, entrepreneurs and global thinkers.

Why the OBS Leadership Program is different?The content specifically targeted to offer a rapid immersion in the most challenging managerial issues of the day, and current thinking about these issues from leading experts.The quality of our guest lecturers and external speakers, including representatives from the most prestigious international business schools, the corporate world and public policy intellectuals.The network of participants, carefully selected to represent a wide range of background and experiences, to build precious business connections and opportunities in a community of future leaders.The format of 3 weekends in 3 months, giving busy attendees the opportunity of full participation in an inspiring and diverse atmosphere, to develop new ideas and frontier thinking.In addition, we offer the opportunity to exploit the beauty of Sicily’s sea landscapeand history.

Understand frontier thinking on best practices at the individual and corporate level;

Analyse challenges and constraints in their macroeconomic context;

Understand opportunities and threats in new markets;

Harness the practical experience of the managers enrolled in the class with the

knowledge and best practices from the instructors;

Develop analytical tools;

Develop presentation skills by interacting in the class with talented co-students, guest

speakers and top academics.

The objectives

The price for the course is €10.000 (+VAT). This includes course material, accommodation and lodging for the entire course duration.

Fees

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Elias Papaioannou

Professor of Economics at London Business School

Nicola Persico

Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision

Sciences at Kellogg School of Management

Northwestern University

Raffaella Sadun

Associate Professor of Business Administration at

Harvard Business School

Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics at

London Business School is the faculty

coordinator of the course.

Guest lecturers from Harvard Business School,

Kellogg School of Management and London

Business School will run and coordinate the

classes in each weekend.

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SHigh level guest speakers from the business world will take an active role in the

discussion and networking events.

Andrew Scott9 June 2017 Dinner Speech.

Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics at LondonBusiness School and a Fellow of All Souls, OxfordUniversity and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.He has previously held posts at Harvard University,London School of Economics and Oxford University. He iscoauthor of The 100-Year Life - Living and working in anage of longevity, shortlisted for the FT/McKinseyBusiness Book of the Year Award.

Alessandro Profumo7 April 2017 Dinner Speech

Alessandro Profumo is an Italian manager who hadsignificant influence in the consolidation of the Italianbanking sector. As a representative of the share holdervalue based management approach he is considered to beambitious. He worked as a consultant at McKinsey and,when CEO of Unicredit, he was involved in the mergerwith HypoVereinsbank, Bank Austria Creditanstaltand Capitalia with the UniCredit Group. He resigned asCEO of the Unicredit Group on 21 September 2010. Hewas recently appointed CEO of Leonardo.

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Claudio Costamagna12 May 2017 Dinner Speech

Chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Chairman of CC &Soci Srl and Advanced Accelerator Applications. He iscurrently also a member of the Board and Chairman ofthe Compensation Committee of FTI Consulting Inc, andmember of the International Advisory Council of BocconiUniversity.Since April 2016, he has been Chairman of FSISGR Spa, the company formed by the reorganization ofFondo Strategico Italiano Spa – FSI (CDP Group), of whichhe was Chairman from July 2015 to April 2016.

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Raffaella Sadun, Harvard Business School

This module covers the basic elements of business unit and corporate level strategy,

including industry analysis, positioning, and competitive interaction. Central strategic

challenges facing senior managers and CEOs will be addressed by introducing a framework

for making decisions in a multi-business context in various arenas - from corporate change

to business diversification. The framework of this module is built around the idea that

strategy is about integrated choices within a firm (internal consistency), choices for

positioning the firm in its industry (external consistency), and choices for managing

strategic interactions with other industry players over time (dynamic consistency).

Students will explore these topics through a mix of case study discussions and lectures.

Leadership and Crisis Management (MODULE 2)12-13 May, 2017

Nicola Persico, Kellogg School of Management

This module focuses on crisis management emerging from aggressive legal action, media

coverage, and social pressure on issues such as environmental protection, global labour

standards, animal rights, privacy and security in e-commerce, corporate scandals, and

executive pay. These threats are particularly important because they do not arise from the

usual, contract-based interactions that characterize “normal” business interactions.

Through a rich set of case studies and crisis simulation exercises, the students will learn

how to respond to such threats and turn them into opportunities for their companies. The

students will improve their strategic thinking as well as team management and

communication skills in high-stress situations and will learn how to integrate crisis

management into their overall business strategy.

Economic Growth, Business, and Institutions (MODULE 3)9-10 June, 2017

Elias Papaioannou, Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School

This module offers a comprehensive macro perspective on economic growth across the

world with a special focus on the Mediterranean region. It explores the relevance of

institutions (corruption, legal enforcement, property rights) and cultural traits (family ties,

trust, and religion) for economic growth and business opportunities. The module will also

address current changes in the world economy.

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Class Profile

Class Size 14

Average Work Experience 15 years

Range of work experience 7 -21 years

Women 21%

Business Division

Industry Sector

Position

Information System, IT & ICT Function, 21%

Admin., Finance and Control, 14%

Legal, Compliance & Taxation, 14%

General management, 14%

Marketing, Sales & Communic., 14%

Business Development, 7%

R&D, Planning, 7%

HR, 7%

Function Manager, 50%

Division/Business Unit Manager, 17%

Vice President, 17%

General Manager, 8%

Managing Director, 8%

Operations Manager, 8%

Financial Services, 64%

Energy and Utilities, 14%

Computer and Electronics, 14%

Business Services, 7%

Companies: Accenture; Alexbank; Be Consulting SpA; Enel Green Power; Eni; Poste Italiane; SACE Fct SpA ; SACE S.p.A.; ST Microelectronics; Unicredit.5

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Thursday Friday Saturday

9:00 – 13:00 Session 1

9:00 – 13:00 Session 3

13:00 Lunch

14:00 – 17:30 Session 2

14.30 – 16.30 Guided Tour

19:00 Talk followed by Networking

Dinner

20:00 - 21:30Welcome Briefing

13:00 Lunch

Each weekend module begins on Thursday evening with a short briefing.

Each module is organized into three sessions: the first on Friday morning from 9amto 1pm, the second on Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5.30pm and the third onSaturday morning from 9am to 1pm.

Classes will take place at Ortygia Business School, via Roma 124, 96100 Syracuse.

On Friday evening, participants will attend a talk followed by a networking dinnerwith the lecturer and the invited speakers.

The programme ends with a networking lunch on Saturday.

For those who choose to stay, the School will offer a two-hour tour of Syracuse onSaturday afternoon from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

MODULE 1 6 - 8 April, 2017

MODULE 2 11 - 13 May, 2017

MODULE 3 8 - 10 June, 2017

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