Executive Transition Program - Executive Education
Fact sheet
Graduation
Executive Education
Taught language
Englisch
Specialization
Management
Program Emphasis
General Management, Management
Course options
Certificate program
Locations
Berlin
Lead with confidence and impact in complex environments
The Executive Transition Program (ETP) from ESMT Berlin supports your transition into general management, equipping you with the capabilities required to succeed in senior leadership roles. It recognizes that leadership itself is evolving, and that navigating this transition requires reflection, clarity, and perspective.
Traditional challenges – production innovation, traditional workforce management, operational hurdles – are becoming secondary to bigger, systemic forces. Geopolitical pressures, artificial intelligence, social polarization, and climate risks define the leadership agenda.
Success no longer hinges on quality and efficiency alone. It asks for sound judgement, bold decisions, and long-term vision in increasingly complex environments. The ETP focuses on how to lead with impact and clarity during periods of sustained change.
The Executive Transition Program (ETP) from ESMT Berlin supports your transition into general management, equipping you with the capabilities required to succeed in senior leadership roles. It recognizes that leadership itself is evolving, and that navigating this transition requires reflection, clarity, and perspective.
Traditional challenges – production innovation, traditional workforce management, operational hurdles – are becoming secondary to bigger, systemic forces. Geopolitical pressures, artificial intelligence, social polarization, and climate risks define the leadership agenda.
Success no longer hinges on quality and efficiency alone. It asks for sound judgement, bold decisions, and long-term vision in increasingly complex environments. The ETP focuses on how to lead with impact and clarity during periods of sustained change.
Program Emphasis
- Core business functions and strategy: Strategy Definition and Change Implementation, Financial Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Marketing & Commercialization, Innovation and AI, Sustainability, Business Ethics & Responsibility
- Leadership skills: Team Leadership and Decision-Making, Authorizing Your Leadership, Influencing and Stakeholder Engagement, Self-Mastery, Your Presence, Vision and Story, Mindful and Inclusive Leadership, Crucibles of Leadership.
Important Dates
Duration: 8 Days
area Stockholm (Sweden)
Dates: Nov 20-27, 2026
Module 2
Duration: 5 Days
Berlin
Dates: Feb 15-19, 2027
Module 3
Duration: 5 Days
Berlin
Dates: May 10-14, 2027
Tuition / Fees
Career Perspective
- Strengthened business knowledge
- Enhanced confidence to tackle complex challenges
- Broadened perspective with leadership insights from other disciplines like humanities and geopolitics
- Expanded comfort zone established with peer coaching and immersive experiences
- More connections through the exclusive ETP Salon, a network of top-level leaders and change-makers
Participants
- You are about to or recently have moved into a general management role.
- You are leading a business unit, department or regional entity, or overseeing a new product, market, or major project initiative.
- You are a leader of people leaders with at least 10 years of business experience and 7 years of leadership experience.
- You have a confident command of written and spoken professional English.
