Achieving Managerial Excellence Program

Leadership skills business

Soft skills for business to create the right context for change, drive team performance and collaborate effectively across functions, cultures and beyond

The CEDEP AME is a fully immersive 9-day program that helps managers and functional leaders develop a wide range of soft skills crucial for success in our interconnected and competitive world – where functional expertise alone is no longer enough.

Instead, today’s leaders must develop an enterprise perspective and collaborate across functions, business units and regions to have real organisational impact.

Connecting with stakeholders beyond their functional specialty is vital to gain support for new ideas and execute them successfully. This is where soft skills for business become essential.

The real-life business challenge project within the AME program reinforces participants’ ability to lead and follow in today’s constantly changing, high-pressure and volatile business world.

Objectives

With the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, soft skills are the only competitive advantage we as humans will have in the future. Anything that cannot be digitised or automated will become extremely valuable including truly human traits like creativity, empathy, intuition and the ability to connect the dots.

Although these soft skills set us apart, they are less tangible and therefore not usually taught on the job. However, these skills are crucial for managers in broader strategic and transversal roles. Managers need to be able to network effectively, inspire and get the buy in from diverse stakeholders beyond their domain to rally support for and implement their ideas.

The main objective of the AME program is to teach participants essential soft skills and new behaviours to remove the limitations of old patterns and guide them towards new mindsets. They are given the time and space to practice what they have learned and break out of their old patterns.

Incorporating real-life business challenges with in-depth learning, networking and sharing with peers from a wide range of cultures and industries makes this program a unique and powerful experience. The resulting growth – both personal and professional – is invaluable for creating high-impact, effective managers and leaders of the future.

Learning journey

AME takes participants on a personal and professional journey that is structured to enable them to network, share and learn from the experiences of others. Participants integrate their learnings and receive feedback to better understand their behaviours and leadership style. The program equips them with the soft skills necessary to make the shift from doing things themselves, to getting things done with and through others.

During this program, participants will:
• Acquire in-depth understanding of themselves, their decisions and other perspectives to better analyse situations and solve problems pragmatically.
• Learn to break free from personal restraints and gain more clarity on how to solve problems and conflict in various real-life leadership situations.
• Learn to collaborate effectively across functions, cultures and geographies and drive efficiency by transforming cultural and generational differences into assets.
• Return to work re-energised with new ideas and have the skills and confidence to give their teams the support they need to drive performance and have a meaningful impact within their organisation.
• Apply learnings from the program to their individual business challenges and create
a comprehensive and actionable strategy for implementation within their organisation.

Program Director

Upcoming sessions

13 - 22 May 2025

28 October 2025 -> 6 November 2025

Tuition fees (excl. taxes)
€13,200

Board & Accommodation (excl. taxes) € 2,700

Testimonials

The AME program has been an incredible deep dive experience in technical and emotional management issues. It was a real parenthesis allowing me to open new perspectives in my management skills directly linked to challenges facing our companies and societies. These nine days allowed me to broaden my knowledge, explore another dimension of my management vision and instil real self-confidence. I really appreciated the professionalism of the faculty, the kindness of the entire training team and the incredible dynamism of the program director. AME has allowed me to mature alongside people from various countries and fields. Such a great adventure in the management world!

Embarking on the AME program at CEDEP was a transformative journey that exceeded my expectations. I was deeply impressed by the program's unique ability to inspire limitless boundaries and greatness in its participants. Through its amazing facilitators, it fostered a strong bond amongst a set of diverse professionals evolving us from strangers to an empowered tribe. AME was truly a paradigm shift for me, and I would highly recommend the program to other professionals seeking to be better leaders and catalysts for change.

AME is simply fantastic! It made me think differently and think better to truly act at best in my daily job life. I came with huge expectations and no clear idea about what was going to happen to me in the program and I came out with an incredible network of professionals and friends, with ideas I could put into practice immediately in my job, with tools I use now to improve my leadership skills and, finally, a renewed hope for a greater future. An intense and truly game changing experience, that gives you the courage to move on the right managing way, a must do for all leaders in every company to step up in their career and give back to others!

Participant profile

AME is designed for managers and functional leaders whose success depends on connecting and engaging people and teams, and working effectively across different functions, cultures and regions. They may also be in charge of implementing important initiatives within their organisation.

Ideal for high potential leaders who have gained managerial experience on-the-job and are ready to expand their horizons, breakdown silos, have more responsibility, and lead larger transversal teams.