A LETTER FROM DR. JEFFREY A. SONNENFELD

Dear Executives and Administrators:

Whether you are responsible for developing senior managers for executive committee positions, or whether you yourself are an executive on the fast track, you both share a common goal - to have the most prepared, experienced and knowledgeable senior management team for your organization.

There are many management training courses out there, but what I discovered in more than 20 years as a management professor at Harvard, Emory, and Yale Universities is that there was no short, intensive, hands-on, field-based program offering intimate seminars with knowledge leaders from top universities around the world specifically designed for top executives.

The Leadership Exchange & Analysis Program (LEAP) is an intensive seminar requiring only 10 days in total over six to eight months. Class size is small (no more than 20 participants) to maximize group networking and interaction with faculty. There are three parts to the program: a leadership forum with many of the nation's top business scholars; a Leadership Exchange where the participant visits the senior management team of another organization; and a field exchange project which summarizes what's been learned and is then presented to the executive's own company.

LEAP is unlike any other program. It provides external perspectives and contextual learning that complement the traditional classroom and corporate training experiences. The program is smaller, more selective, shorter, and more customized to individual executive needs than other university-based programs. It also avoids the inherent conflict of interest that often plagues programs sponsored by consulting firms.

LEAP was designed for sustained partnership. We provide a platform that allows executives and academic participants to communicate during and after the program. I hope you will consider taking the LEAP.

Sincerely,

Dr. Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
President & CEO, The Chief Executive Leadership Institute
Associate Dean, Executive Programs, Yale School of Management