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Discover this place.

About the Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute

Shape your world. ®

Shape your career. Your company. Your future.

The Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute at the Owen Graduate School of Management offers proven and practical programs to help individuals and organizations refresh, engage and strengthen management expertise. Open Enrollment Programs for individuals are short, highly focused programs in areas of Leadership, Management Fundamentals and Business and Society. Programs for organizations are custom built and are uniquely tailored to help each client tackle a specific organizational need or to achieve its developmental goals for established and emerging leaders.

Our Promise To students:

To business:

Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future; discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.

Here is a place where you will find the men and women who have the skills, the drive, and the determination to move your organization forward.

To faculty and staff:

To alumni:

Here is a place where you can engage, think, reach, teach, influence people, and transform the world around you.

Here is a place that you can call home, build business relationships, and inspire those who follow to reach even higher.

For organizations…

Custom Programs Customized management education built for results.

Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute Custom Programs Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Custom Programs 401 21st Avenue South Nashville TN 37203-2422

Telephone: Fax: Email: Hours: URL:

615.322.2513 615.343.2293 ExecEd@owen.vanderbilt.edu 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, US Central Time VanderbiltExecInstitute.com

Discover this place. Shape your world.

®

owen.vanderbilt.edu ©2010 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Rev. 10/10 Printed on recycled paper.

Vanderbilt is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.

Executive Development Institute

Vanderbilt EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

CASE STUDIES

Custom Programs for Organizations

Organizations Served by Vanderbilt Custom Programs

Tailored solutions and targeted results for your business challenges.

Vanderbilt Custom Programs has experience partnering with many wellknown organizations from a variety of industries in need of a spectrum of custom solutions. Below is a partial list of Custom Programs’ clients:

Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute offers Custom Programs that can help your organization achieve its strategic goals and reap immediate results. Leveraging the talents of top faculty from Vanderbilt and leading practitioners, each program is constructed around your culture and strategy and designed for your unique needs. There are no rules regarding how programs are built or how or where they are delivered. Through in-depth discussion and our five-step development process, we’ll help you identify your objectives and needs and construct the program that is right for you.

The result—faster, more efficient implementation of new ideas and changes across an entire organizational enterprise.

Program Design: Five-Step Process

Nissan: Preparing high-potential employees for leadership

1. First, we will listen closely to your objectives to gain a good feel for the individuals or teams that comprise the audience and get a broad appreciation for any overarching issues or circumstances that will help guide us as we build a working relationship between our two organizations.

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Your organization

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4. Vanderbilt is known for expert faculty and extraordinary instruction. You’ll get both as your made-to-order program is delivered and implemented according to plan.

D E LI V

3. Then, it’s to the drawing board. We will devise and customize a blueprint that melds expert and relevant curriculum with innovative learning practices.

In this collaborative and iterative process, we will consult you for feedback, modifying and perfecting the content, design and delivery until they meet your needs and approval.

SS SE

D E SIG N

3

5. We believe in the effectiveness of long-term relationships. As a result, our work for you extends beyond the classroom. We conduct a thorough evaluation process, surveying participants and internal sponsors to understand how well the program served your objectives. At your request, we will schedule periodic refreshers to discuss and reinforce concepts. And our faculty remains available to members of your management team and program participants.

Cisco: Strengthening skills to sell into the health care space

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AS

2. Next, we will establish a Client Team for your firm who will work on the development and delivery of your program. Your Client Team will dig for details to understand all facets of your developmental needs, challenges and desired outcomes.

When Nissan’s North American headquarters relocated from Los Angeles to Franklin, Tennessee, in 2006, Nissan executives immediately began exploring ways in which they could work with Vanderbilt. Nissan invited us to partner with them in developing a world-class leadership development program that would support their strategic plans for staffing and development of high-potential employees in North America and around the globe.

2

With health care revenue growth projected to outpace overall technology sales, Cisco wished to expand its presence and enhance its reputation in this complex vertical market. With the goal of dramatically boosting each salesperson’s understanding of key drivers and influences within the health care industry, our faculty customized a two-day program that tuned each member into the needs of health care technology decision makers. Vanderbilt and Cisco continue to refine and repeat this program, most recently adapting the classroom-based program for e-learning and virtual delivery.

Louisiana Pacific: Building a brand in the Latin American market With strong success in the Chilean market, Louisiana Pacific began considering further ways to expand its presence in South America. With sights set on Brazil, LP was aware that growth in the region depended upon a deeper understanding of the country’s cultural nuances to successfully navigate the commercial markets. Vanderbilt Custom Programs worked with their executive team in Brazil to develop a new strategic model best suited for entry into the Brazilian building materials market.

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AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. Allstate Insurance Company AutoZone BMI Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Celanese Corporation Cisco Systems, Inc. Comdata Community Health Systems, Inc. Corrections Corporation of America digiChart, Inc. Eli Lilly FedEx Ground Fogelman Management Group Genesco HealthSouth Corporation Hewlett-Packard Company Louisiana Pacific Corporation Mars Petcare NASA Nissan Oak Ridge National Laboratory PureSafety Inc. Ring Container Technologies Rogers Group Inc. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital TAP Pharmaceuticals Tennessee Valley Authority US Army—Redstone Arsenal Vanderbilt University VU Medical Center Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Weizmann Foundation

Learn More David Owens

owen.vanderbilt.edu

Faculty Director, Executive Development Institute; Clinical Professor of Business Strategy and Innovation David Owens’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the London Guardian and NPR’s Marketplace. His work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development has included engagements with NASA, LEGO and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer and Coleman Camping. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.

Our distinguished faculty provides expert insight and instruction.

The finest scholars, researchers, teachers and practitioners make up Vanderbilt’s accomplished business faculty. Meet the faculty who skillfully create the dynamic, experimental learning experiences offered by Vanderbilt Custom Programs.

Meet EDI Faculty owen.vanderbilt.edu

Read More Case Studies owen.vanderbilt.edu

Mark A. Emkes Chairman and CEO Bridgestone Americas Holdings

Delivering for Bridgestone Firestone Bridgestone Firestone participants have emerged with enhanced confidence, which has helped “eliminate confusion”—a rallying cry CEO Mark A. Emkes says helps guide the company’s success. The custom education also has improved morale among executives who appreciate Bridgestone Firestone’s investment in its leaders’ long-term potential within the company.

“Custom education allows us to attack a specific learning need with minimal time away from the job. It gives our executives knowledge they can apply in the real world.”

Vanderbilt EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

CASE STUDIES

Custom Programs for Organizations

Organizations Served by Vanderbilt Custom Programs

Tailored solutions and targeted results for your business challenges.

Vanderbilt Custom Programs has experience partnering with many wellknown organizations from a variety of industries in need of a spectrum of custom solutions. Below is a partial list of Custom Programs’ clients:

Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute offers Custom Programs that can help your organization achieve its strategic goals and reap immediate results. Leveraging the talents of top faculty from Vanderbilt and leading practitioners, each program is constructed around your culture and strategy and designed for your unique needs. There are no rules regarding how programs are built or how or where they are delivered. Through in-depth discussion and our five-step development process, we’ll help you identify your objectives and needs and construct the program that is right for you.

The result—faster, more efficient implementation of new ideas and changes across an entire organizational enterprise.

Program Design: Five-Step Process

Nissan: Preparing high-potential employees for leadership

1. First, we will listen closely to your objectives to gain a good feel for the individuals or teams that comprise the audience and get a broad appreciation for any overarching issues or circumstances that will help guide us as we build a working relationship between our two organizations.

5

DISC OV

1 EXPLOR E

Your organization

ER

4

4. Vanderbilt is known for expert faculty and extraordinary instruction. You’ll get both as your made-to-order program is delivered and implemented according to plan.

D E LI V

3. Then, it’s to the drawing board. We will devise and customize a blueprint that melds expert and relevant curriculum with innovative learning practices.

In this collaborative and iterative process, we will consult you for feedback, modifying and perfecting the content, design and delivery until they meet your needs and approval.

SS SE

D E SIG N

3

5. We believe in the effectiveness of long-term relationships. As a result, our work for you extends beyond the classroom. We conduct a thorough evaluation process, surveying participants and internal sponsors to understand how well the program served your objectives. At your request, we will schedule periodic refreshers to discuss and reinforce concepts. And our faculty remains available to members of your management team and program participants.

Cisco: Strengthening skills to sell into the health care space

ER

AS

2. Next, we will establish a Client Team for your firm who will work on the development and delivery of your program. Your Client Team will dig for details to understand all facets of your developmental needs, challenges and desired outcomes.

When Nissan’s North American headquarters relocated from Los Angeles to Franklin, Tennessee, in 2006, Nissan executives immediately began exploring ways in which they could work with Vanderbilt. Nissan invited us to partner with them in developing a world-class leadership development program that would support their strategic plans for staffing and development of high-potential employees in North America and around the globe.

2

With health care revenue growth projected to outpace overall technology sales, Cisco wished to expand its presence and enhance its reputation in this complex vertical market. With the goal of dramatically boosting each salesperson’s understanding of key drivers and influences within the health care industry, our faculty customized a two-day program that tuned each member into the needs of health care technology decision makers. Vanderbilt and Cisco continue to refine and repeat this program, most recently adapting the classroom-based program for e-learning and virtual delivery.

Louisiana Pacific: Building a brand in the Latin American market With strong success in the Chilean market, Louisiana Pacific began considering further ways to expand its presence in South America. With sights set on Brazil, LP was aware that growth in the region depended upon a deeper understanding of the country’s cultural nuances to successfully navigate the commercial markets. Vanderbilt Custom Programs worked with their executive team in Brazil to develop a new strategic model best suited for entry into the Brazilian building materials market.

• • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • •

AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. Allstate Insurance Company AutoZone BMI Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Celanese Corporation Cisco Systems, Inc. Comdata Community Health Systems, Inc. Corrections Corporation of America digiChart, Inc. Eli Lilly FedEx Ground Fogelman Management Group Genesco HealthSouth Corporation Hewlett-Packard Company Louisiana Pacific Corporation Mars Petcare NASA Nissan Oak Ridge National Laboratory PureSafety Inc. Ring Container Technologies Rogers Group Inc. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital TAP Pharmaceuticals Tennessee Valley Authority US Army—Redstone Arsenal Vanderbilt University VU Medical Center Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Weizmann Foundation

Learn More David Owens

owen.vanderbilt.edu

Faculty Director, Executive Development Institute; Clinical Professor of Business Strategy and Innovation David Owens’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the London Guardian and NPR’s Marketplace. His work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development has included engagements with NASA, LEGO and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer and Coleman Camping. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.

Our distinguished faculty provides expert insight and instruction.

The finest scholars, researchers, teachers and practitioners make up Vanderbilt’s accomplished business faculty. Meet the faculty who skillfully create the dynamic, experimental learning experiences offered by Vanderbilt Custom Programs.

Meet EDI Faculty owen.vanderbilt.edu

Read More Case Studies owen.vanderbilt.edu

Mark A. Emkes Chairman and CEO Bridgestone Americas Holdings

Delivering for Bridgestone Firestone Bridgestone Firestone participants have emerged with enhanced confidence, which has helped “eliminate confusion”—a rallying cry CEO Mark A. Emkes says helps guide the company’s success. The custom education also has improved morale among executives who appreciate Bridgestone Firestone’s investment in its leaders’ long-term potential within the company.

“Custom education allows us to attack a specific learning need with minimal time away from the job. It gives our executives knowledge they can apply in the real world.”

Discover this place.

About the Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute

Shape your world. ®

Shape your career. Your company. Your future.

The Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute at the Owen Graduate School of Management offers proven and practical programs to help individuals and organizations refresh, engage and strengthen management expertise. Open Enrollment Programs for individuals are short, highly focused programs in areas of Leadership, Management Fundamentals and Business and Society. Programs for organizations are custom built and are uniquely tailored to help each client tackle a specific organizational need or to achieve its developmental goals for established and emerging leaders.

Our Promise To students:

To business:

Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future; discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.

Here is a place where you will find the men and women who have the skills, the drive, and the determination to move your organization forward.

To faculty and staff:

To alumni:

Here is a place where you can engage, think, reach, teach, influence people, and transform the world around you.

Here is a place that you can call home, build business relationships, and inspire those who follow to reach even higher.

For organizations…

Custom Programs Customized management education built for results.

Vanderbilt Executive Development Institute Custom Programs Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Custom Programs 401 21st Avenue South Nashville TN 37203-2422

Telephone: Fax: Email: Hours: URL:

615.322.2513 615.343.2293 ExecEd@owen.vanderbilt.edu 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, US Central Time VanderbiltExecInstitute.com

Discover this place. Shape your world.

®

owen.vanderbilt.edu ©2010 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Rev. 10/10 Printed on recycled paper.

Vanderbilt is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.

Executive Development Institute