Elements of the ALP

You can’t create a leader in a classroom.  Management is not a science, nor a profession.  It is a practice – it has to be appreciated through experience, in context.

The ALP is an executive program where company leaders are challenged personally and organizationally as they reflect on and develop their leadership capabilities while working on a major company initiative.

  • The ALP takes place in Canada, India and England and as such provides a global forum for executives to learn from other international participants and faculty.
  • The ALP supports pre program preparation to ensure greatest impact on learning and change within the organization. Participants meet with their team and immediate supervisor to outline expectations and set objectives for the program.
  • The ALP draws on the expertise of participants in the classroom as they become “friendly consultants” to each other bringing their knowledge and experience to bear on each other’s initiatives.
  • The ALP ensures that the impact and value for the organization can be realized after the first module – designing for change or implementing new innovative solutions begins when participants return to their jobs.
  • The ALP helps the participants transmit the learning back into the organization – through coaching and consulting.

The ALP is grounded in the work and research undertaken by world-renowned management thinker Henry Mintzberg, professor at McGill University (Canada.). Eighteen years ago Mintzberg, the author of Managers not MBAs, set out to change management education through a masters program called the International Masters Program in Practising Management (IMPM). Details of this program can be found at www.impm.org.