Invest in the talent driving your organization forward. At ESSEC Business School, we co-design custom executive programs aligned with your strategic priorities to deliver measurable, long-term impact.
Result: faster decisions, aligned teams, and concrete action.
Our bespoke programs enable you to:
Develop leadership skills to navigate complexity
Accelerate strategic and cultural transformations
Strengthen team cohesion and collective performance
Turn ideas into actionable and measurable results
Each program is designed for sustainable impact far beyond the classroom.
Our programs combine:
High-level academic insights
Real-world case studies
Strategic projects tailored to your organization
Individual and group coaching
Learning expeditions and practical simulations
Participants learn by doing, with an immediate impact on their professional environment.
The program helped embed new practices and accelerate the company’s transformation.
Orano
Participants develop strategic capabilities, build confidence, and accelerate their impact.
Head of Training - VINCI Construction
We immerse ourselves in your environment to analyze your context and strategic priorities.
We mobilize faculty and experts to build a rigorous curriculum perfectly aligned with your field goals.
We create engaging formats designed for action: simulations, real-world projects, and continuous interaction.
We track results, assess skill development, and provide follow-up support to anchor changes.
ESSEC established the Leadership Center, which bridges academic research with high-level executive coaching. The school is renowned for its "learning by doing" pedagogy, notably through leadership seminars in extreme or real-world conditions (such as crisis management simulations) that train leaders to decide effectively under pressure.
Through chairs like the Strategy and Governance Chair, ESSEC supports major corporations in their structural reorganizations. This expertise is fueled by cutting-edge research on hybrid business models and organizational resilience in the face of global market shifts.
Powered by the ESSEC Metalab, the school integrates AI and data analysis across all its programs. Our ambition: to master technological power while ensuring a human, ethical, and high-performing approach to data governance in business.
Through its Metalab, ESSEC explores the impact of emerging technologies (Blockchain, Metaverse) on society and business. The school has implemented executive education programs that have helped thousands of leaders pivot toward 100% digital business models.
ESSEC launched Together, a holistic strategy for social and environmental transformation. It was among the first institutions to integrate ESG criteria into its entire core curriculum and created the "Impact & Sustainability Center of Excellence."
Via ESSEC Ventures, the school has supported more than 600 startups since its inception, boasting an exceptional 5-year survival rate. It also operates its own seed fund to finance innovative projects from their earliest stages.
ESSEC is historically recognized for its financial expertise, consistently ranked in the World Top 5 by the Financial Times for its Master in Finance. Its researchers focus on sustainable finance and market regulation to align economic performance with the common good.
The school was a pioneer with the "Une grande école, pourquoi pas moi ?" (PQPM) program, launched in 2002. This equal opportunity initiative has mentored thousands of students from modest backgrounds, demonstrating a concrete commitment to social diversity in leadership roles.
We support organizations across every sector to drive strategic growth:
Finance & Banking | Energy & Utilities | Industrial Manufacturing |
Healthcare & Life Sciences | Technology & Digital | Luxury & Retail |
Professional Services | Infrastructure & Construction
Executive Education delivered across our three campuses
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ESSEC Executive Education APAC
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ESSEC Executive Education Africa
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On our campuses or at your location
Fully digital learning
A blend of both for maximum flexibility
Each program can incorporate:
We leverage our international campuses (France, Morocco, Singapore) to deliver a truly multicultural and global learning experience.
The CIME program is a high-impact leadership journey, recognized for its dynamic pedagogy and the quality of its faculty. It enables participants to grow both professionally and personally, while developing new capabilities to move their projects forward. It also offers a unique opportunity to join a strong community of committed leaders.
HR Director – Talent Acquisition & Development - Carrefour
The ESSEC program has significantly strengthened our strategic approach to key topics such as Cyber, AI and Cloud, while enhancing collaboration with our consultants. This partnership has created tangible value, improved the Group’s financial performance, and accelerated our overall transformation through the adoption of new practices.
CEO - INTM
IHCL expresses its sincere appreciation to ESSEC APAC for the General Managers Studio. The program encouraged our leaders to move beyond traditional management approaches through case studies, expert insights, and peer learning. These meaningful interactions and reflective exercises have helped transform their strategic vision and leadership approach in a lasting way.
General Manager – The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL)
Since 2010, the Adisseo Advanced Management Program, co-designed with ESSEC, has strengthened our future leaders. By combining academic excellence, real-world cases and international immersion, it develops both strategic vision and team cohesion. This program has become a powerful driver of transformation, fostering a strong sense of belonging within our leadership community.
Group Talent Management & Cultural Transformation Director - Adisseo
A custom training program is specifically designed to address the unique business challenges, key job functions, and strategic goals of an organization. The content and delivery format are tailored to the company's operational context and target skill requirements.
An off-the-shelf catalog course relies on a pre-defined syllabus. A custom program starts with the organization's strategic objectives, aligning content, learning modalities, facilitators, and pedagogical approaches to the project goals.
Custom solutions are particularly effective when supporting organizational transformation, job role evolution, leadership development, or addressing specific critical skill gaps.
Programs can cover areas such as leadership, management, change management, strategy, business transformation, AI and data, finance, marketing, sustainability and ESG, innovation, negotiation, or talent development.
Programs can be tailored for board members, C-suite executives, managers, senior staff, subject matter experts, high-potentials, or international teams. The depth and objectives are customized to the target audience.
Yes. Learning pathways can be adapted across seniority levels, functional areas, or job families, including global initiatives.
Custom training can be delivered in-person, online, or via a blended learning approach. It can incorporate practical workshops, action learning projects, executive coaching, simulations, or immersive experiences.
Delivery can take place on an ESSEC campus, on-site at company facilities, remotely, or at an off-site venue, based on project requirements and logistics.
Program length varies by requirement—ranging from a short targeted intervention or multi-day workshop to a multi-month learning journey designed to support sustainable organizational change.
Programs are co-designed in close collaboration with the client organization. The instructional design process starts with a thorough needs analysis to define learning objectives, followed by content curation, expert selection, and instructional delivery design.
Yes. Programs frequently feature real company case studies, business simulations, and capstone action learning projects to maximize knowledge transfer and practical application.
Success is measured across key metrics: skill acquisition, workplace application, project deliverables, leadership behavioral shifts, and overall alignment with strategic business goals established with the organization.
Pricing is customized per solution. Pricing drivers include cohort size, duration, degree of customization, session frequency, location, faculty expertise, and learning technology integration.
Yes. Programs can be scaled for international delivery across diverse regions, cultures, and distributed employee populations.
The process begins with a consultation to assess your business strategy, target skill outcomes, and cohort profiles. The ESSEC Executive Education team then partners with you to design a tailored learning solution.
