“The impossible job.”
This is how The Economist describes the challenge of leading a company today: daunting, demanding — and more important than ever.
AESE Campus
November 3, 2026, to April 27, 2027.
Tuesday, 1:00 PM » 7:30 PM (lunch included).
Wednesday, 9:00 AM » 1:15 PM.
AESE Campus
November 5, 2026, to April 21, 2027.
Wednesday, 1:00 PM » 7:30 PM (lunch included).
Thursday, 9:00 AM » 1:15 PM.
230h of In-person training
184h of Preparation work
Entrepreneurs, Top Managment and C-Suite
Portuguese, English, and Spanish
Leading with vision in a transforming world
Top management is one of today’s greatest organizational challenges — and its impact is more decisive than ever.
In a landscape of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, energy transition, and constantly reinvented business models, leaders face growing demands. The pressure to attract talent, ensure sustainability, and manage fragile global chains requires not only competence but strategic vision and courage.
PADE | Advanced Management Program is a transformative educational experience designed for those in top positions. It provides a rigorous, multifunctional, and integrated approach to organizational governance — combining knowledge, reflection, and real impact.
The program helps redesign companies’ systems of opportunities, capabilities, and values, and places personal development — self-governance — at the heart of sustainable leadership.
PADE Objectives
Update management skills
Explore advanced methods, tools, and models from a Senior Management perspective.
Reflect deeply
Debate ideas, values, and experiences in an environment of AESE/IESE academic excellence.
Develop initiative and strategic vision
Empower to lead relevant changes — in the organization and in the career.
Strengthen personal capabilities
Enhance leadership, decision-making, teamwork, and self-awareness.
Understand global trends
Analyze megatrends, new technologies, emerging markets, and a changing society.
Think Portugal in the world
Perspective strategic opportunities for the Portuguese economy in the global scenario.
Create lasting relationships
Join a network of leaders who share ambition, trust, and values — and leave a lasting impression.
Class Profile
The Advanced Management Program PADE is designed for leaders who already make decisions at the highest level.
Entrepreneurs, board members, presidents, and general managers with over 10 years of experience in top positions.
Professionals with a strategic focus, openness to transformation, and a desire to rethink the future of their organizations.
An experienced group that shares challenges, learns together, and builds lasting professional and personal relationships.
Programme
In the Advanced Management Program PADE, learning goes beyond theory: participants challenge models, explore new approaches, and develop a broader, more strategic vision of leadership.
Understand business logic and define sustainable paths for growth.
Balance the short term with far-reaching strategic decisions.
Analyze organizational models, decision processes, and corporate culture.
Integrate social responsibility, governance, and long-term vision.
Study control mechanisms, business ethics, and alignment of interests.
Work on self-awareness, purpose, and personal impact on leadership.
Anticipate the major movements shaping the economy, society, and business.
Teaching Method
At PADE, learning doesn’t start from scratch — it starts from the participants’ own experience. The challenge is to think better, decide better, and lead with more impact.
Case Method
Inspired by the Harvard Business School model and developed in partnership with IESE, it places participants before real management challenges, requiring decisions based on ambiguous or incomplete information — just like in real life.
- Decisions in real scenarios
Cases reflect authentic senior management situations. - Exchange of strategic perspectives
Discussions among peers with diverse experiences generate deep insights. - Collaborative and structured learning
Individual study → group work → general session with faculty guidance. - Professors as facilitators
More than teaching, they challenge, provoke, and guide.
Active Learning
- Online simulations
Interactive cases from Harvard Business School that link decision to impact. - Serious Games
Role play and strategic games to test reasoning, negotiation, and decision-making. - Business Challenge
Each participant presents their company and debates a central theme with colleagues and faculty.
Teachers
International Dimension
The Advanced Management Program PADE includes an immersive international week, with academic sessions and company visits at a leading partner business school.
In recent years, destinations have included Shanghai (CEIBS), New York, and Munich (IESE Business School) — experiences that broaden the global vision of leadership and management in multicultural contexts.
Accreditations and Partnerships
Fees and Admissions
€19,800
+ VATThe price includes:
- documentation
- support material
- catering
- parking
- accommodation and academic program during the international week, lasting three to four business days.
The price does not include travel.
