Do the CEO and the Board of Directors solicit your ideas – with the same vigor they pursue the CFO, CMO, and COO for their input on growth, innovation and business advantage?
As a CIO, do you want your business contributions to be appreciated by your CEO and your executive peers?
Then this opportunity is for you.
Today, technology is every executive’s business. But it’s the CIO who is accountable for delivering the technology that improves business performance. And the most successful CIOs don’t go it alone. That’s why The Wharton School and Gartner Executive Programs are delivering a unique executive program, to equip CIOs to collaborate as a full business partner with their C-level peers.
A Multidiscipline Approach
To become an equal business partner, today’s CIO needs deep understanding on what other C-level peers do. What they contribute. How they succeed. CIOs should understand how their talents can extend the CEO’s vision, and strategies for market differentiation and competitive strength.
Interactive sessions draw on multiple teaching techniques to help you understand how:
- The CEO works with the board of directors to form business strategy and manage the intricacies of creating and sustaining shareholder value.
- CFOs contribute to long-term value, growth and profitability while applying practical applications of ROIC
- Marketing and Sales executives use customer-focused strategies to create value propositions that rise above the market noise.
What Can You Expect?
Your ability to lead technology is a given. But taking a seat at the strategy table demands unquestionable business skills. You’ll leave the week with renewed skills and new techniques for moving your career to a new level of business partnership.
- Make a Difference in Your Organization – and Yourself: CIOs say their primary goals include "making a difference" in the ways their organizations use technology to drive growth and compete. Learn how to draw upon C-level peer talent to increase the value of your business contribution.
- Take the Learning Back: With our l00-day action plan, you put your new knowledge to work immediately after the event.
- Focused Time with Your Peers and Wharton and Gartner Faculty: Interact with the best of the Wharton faculty and top Gartner Executive Programs Researchers to gain objective perspectives on your unique issues.
Located between New York and Washington, Wharton's Philadelphia campus is accessible to most major cities around the world. The birthplace of American democracy, Philadelphia is the fifth largest city in the nation, with 1.5 million residents. Philadelphia also boasts some of the best-and most culturally and ethnically diverse-restaurants in the U.S. In fact, National Geographic Traveler magazine recently named Philadelphia its "next great city".
Wharton's Steinberg Conference Center is located on the dynamic campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Programs are delivered in state-of-the-art amphitheaters, tiered classrooms, and conference rooms equipped with the latest in presentation technologies. Our concierge staff is available to answer questions and fulfill the most challenging tasks
First-class lodging, with private baths and in-room PCs, and expertly prepared meals are included in the tuition fee. Access to the evening lounge and onsite gym, along with admittance to any open University athletic facility, ensure that your stay will be enjoyable.
It's a stimulating environment in which executives can concentrate and interact with peers and learn. Furthermore, the University of Pennsylvania's campus is the focal point in University City, a vibrant and eclectic neighborhood of international culture, dining, film, and shopping. You will find no shortage of inspiration for success.
- CIO Academy Tuition Fees:
- $12,500
- Includes:
- Classroom sessions
- Program documentation
- Accommodations at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia, PA for the 5 nights of the program
- Meals (starting with the arrival dinner on Sunday evening and concluding with lunch on Friday)
- Note: CIO Academy is not
- included with EXP Membership
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