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
Leading your transition into general management
The Executive Transition Program (ETP) at ESMT Berlin supports senior leaders stepping into general management, where broader responsibility demands not just new skills, but a shift in perspective.
Leadership today is shaped by geopolitical shifts, technological acceleration, and rising societal expectations. Operational excellence remains essential, but it is no longer enough. Success depends on sound judgment, the ability to make decisions under uncertainty, and balancing short-term demands with long-term impact.
ETP prepares you to lead in this environment with clarity, strengthening your decision-making, expanding your cross-functional understanding, and increasing your impact in complex, evolving organizations.
The Executive Transition Program (ETP) at ESMT Berlin supports senior leaders stepping into general management, where broader responsibility demands not just new skills, but a shift in perspective.
Leadership today is shaped by geopolitical shifts, technological acceleration, and rising societal expectations. Operational excellence remains essential, but it is no longer enough. Success depends on sound judgment, the ability to make decisions under uncertainty, and balancing short-term demands with long-term impact.
ETP prepares you to lead in this environment with clarity, strengthening your decision-making, expanding your cross-functional understanding, and increasing your impact in complex, evolving organizations.
Program Emphasis
- Advanced general management competencies
- Business functions and their interdependence in the larger ecosystem
- Individual transformation and transition management
- Leadership presence and self-leadership mastery
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
- Lead a business unit, regional subsidiary, or a major product, market, or strategic initiative
- Work in global or large regional organizations
- Have substantial leadership experience, often as “leaders of leaders”
- Hold cross-functional responsibility with P&L or budget accountability
- Are transitioning into broader strategic roles or have recently taken on such responsibilities
