SDA Bocconi School of Management
Developed for CSA members, this intensive residential programme at SDA Bocconi School of Management is coming soon. Join the waitlist to be first to receive details on dates, fees, and how to apply.
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Programme Overview
This programme - coming soon - will be the first of its kind designed specifically to prepare chiefs of staff for the geopolitical dimensions of their role. It will bring together SDA Bocconi's European institutional expertise and the Chief of Staff Association's global methodology and professional certification.Our University of Oxford programme focuses on the organisational impact a chief of staff drives – including alignment and transformation – and our Harvard Business School programme builds the interpersonal skills needed to lead effectively, including negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management.This new programme with SDA Bocconi will address the external environment: the geopolitical and institutional forces that shape every strategic decision a chief of staff supports.Learning Objectives
Geopolitical Context and Global Risk
Understand the forces reshaping global business and translate geopolitical complexity into clear strategic options for your principal and leadership team.
Regulatory and Institutional Complexity
Navigate divergent regulatory environments, institutional change, and the European frameworks that set the rules of global commerce.
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Build the judgement and frameworks to lead with clarity when conditions are volatile and organisational resilience when the world is fragmented.
The Chief of Staff as Strategic Interpreter
Position yourself as the connective tissue between external disruption and internal decision-making, translating global risk into organisational action.
The Experience
Delivered as a four-day residential programme in Rome, including a spectacular gala dinner. Participants join a global cohort of senior chiefs of staff and, on completion, enter the CSA's certified member community alongside Oxford and Harvard Business School alumni.
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