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St.Gallen CEO-School

Become CEO: Qualification for a CEO position

Qualification for a position as CEO, board member or top management level.

    Concept

    Demands on the CEO
    The CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors or President of the Executive Board with overall responsibility is responsible for achieving the company's operational and strategic results. They set goals, provide direction and guidelines, and shape values and culture. They develop skills, motivation and core competencies. They know how to deliver above-average performance with a top-class management team. Leader qualities include professional interaction with owners, fellow board members, employees and the public. Strategic skills are used to build and secure strong and profitable market positions, even in a tough competitive environment. Thanks to entrepreneurial foresight, innovation and new business models are launched and new profit potential is created in the markets of the future. As CEO, you know the importance of structures and processes and know how to optimize productivity. You make use of financial management and controlling. The result of this "winning spirit" is high customer value, increasing profitability, sustainable development of the company's value and high-performing and motivated employees.

    Procedure

    Step 1: Please let us know if you are interested in attending this St. Gallen Management School. studies@sgbs.com or phone +41 71 225 40 80

    Step 2: We will clarify with you in a telephone conversation whether the admission requirements are met.

    Step 3: If so, please register with us and the study program will then begin on the date of your choice, with a 4-day seminar at our Study Center in St. Gallen. Topic: The holistic St. Gallen Management Approach.

    Seminar modules: You then attend the planned seminar modules, see "Topics". Each module is organized 3 - 4 times a year, in CH, D or A.

    Competencies of the CEO
    This top-class program aims to prepare you optimally for the role of CEO.

    Certification module
    The course is completed as part of a 4-day certification module in St. Gallen. No exams, but active contribution of knowledge and your experience.

    Certificate degree

    After successfully completing the SGBS St. Gallen CEO School, you will receive a certificate from St. Gallen Business School. This is proof that you have acquired a top-class qualification for the CEO profession.

    Participants

    Managers who want to prepare for a role as CEO. CEOs who are looking for comprehensive further training with a certificate.

    Admission

    At least 5 years' experience as a manager. Profit responsibility for a division or a significant business unit or central function.

    Topics*

    A total of 30 seminar/presence days, spread over 8 sessions:

    * This selection of seminars can be changed depending on the situation at the launch event.

    General Information

    Registration, administration, admission

    Office

    St. Gallen Business School
    St. Gallen Practical Studies
    Rosenbergstrasse 36
    CH-9000 St. Gallen

    Phone: +41 71 225 40 80
    Internet: www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies
    E-Mail: practicalstudies@sgbs.com

    Study advice, Registration

    Our study directors are available to provide you with detailed information and answer questions about admission to the individual degree programs by phone or in person. Registration takes place online at www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies .

    Approval procedure

    Before you submit your written application, you are welcome to speak to one of our directors of studies by phone to clarify whether the requirements for admission are met. To register, use the registration card in the brochure or register online at www.sgbs.ch. You will then receive an application form, which you must fill out and submit to the director of studies in our office. After you submit your application, you will be informed in writing of the decision on definitive admission and the next steps within a few days.

    Study plan and start of studies

    The start of the course is the day of written confirmation of definitive admission. After that, the individual study plan is drawn up. We will provide you with working documents and electronic tools, which you fill out and return to us. In a subsequent telephone conversation, we will then clarify which special skills and learning in-depths you want to acquire or achieve with the ‘St. Gallen Practical Study for Managers’. From this, we will develop the individual study plan with you, including all the activities, studies and seminar modules, project work, colloquium, as well as the dates and locations. The individual scheduling situation will be taken into account - as far as the study regulations allow.

    Tuition fee

    The tuition fee (plus statutory VAT) includes the costs for the study modules in St. Gallen, seminar attendance, colloquiums, electronic seminar documents, assessment of project work and ongoing support. Not included are all hotel services (accommodation, meals, daily rates for hotels or seminar centers) that are incurred as part of the seminar and colloquium attendance. These are to be paid directly by the participants at the respective event location. The tuition fee can be paid in 2 or 3 installments.
    All tuition fees can be charged and paid in euros at the current daily rate upon request.

    Hotels, Seminar Centers

    Some of the seminars and colloquia take place directly on site at the St. Gallen Business School or in hotels carefully selected by us. Participants benefit from seminar package. Hotel reservations are made by the participants themselves. You will receive detailed hotel information with the registration confirmation. The hotels invoice participants individually. The daily flat rate for the conference centers in St. Gallen, London and Boston is invoiced to participants in advance by the St. Gallen Business School and forwarded to the conference center.

    Rebookings of Seminar-Modules

    Rebookings of individual seminars, colloquia and study modules are possible up to 3 times in total, each up to 4 weeks before the corresponding date, without a rebooking fee. From the 4th rebooking, a rebooking fee of CHF 400.- per rebooking is due. The Certified Experts degree should normally be completed within 9 - 12 months; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 6 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation. At the St. Gallen Management Schools, a study period of 9 - 18 months should normally be aimed for; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 9 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation.

    Withdrawal, cancellation, annulment of the Study Program

    Cancellation of a registration is possible free of charge up to 2 months before the start of the Study Program. If you withdraw between 2 months before the start of the course and 2 months after the start of the course, you must pay the first instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw between 2 months and 5 months after the start of the course, you must also pay the second instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw more than5 months after the start of the course, you must pay the full tuition fee. The start of the program begins either with the development of the individual study plan (in the Certified Expert line) or with the 4-day start seminar in St. Gallen on the topic of the holistic St. Gallen management approach ( St. Gallen Schools, St. Gallen Certificate Programs).

    Awarding of the Certified Expert St. Gallen or final certificate

    The awards ceremony takes place as part of a final module in St. Gallen.

    Cancellation insurance

    We recommend that you take out cancellation insurance with your insurance company to cover cancellation costs due to illness and other events.

    Internet – Download

    You have the option of viewing our entire seminar and study program or downloading it to your computer at www.sgbs.com/downloads .

    Upgrade to academic studies

    At www.sgbs.com/upgrade you will find a description of the upgrade from the St. Gallen practical course to the academic course. As a graduate of the SGBS Certified Executive Management Expert, you can, under certain conditions, apply for an accredited Executive MBA in General Management course, which can be completed in a further 1 to 2 semesters while working. We would be happy to inform you about the separate admission and study requirements for these academic programs EMBA Executive MBA.