The AESE Executive MBA organises international weeks in Lisbon, New York and Tokyo that deliver frontline insights into global business ecosystems and fresh perspectives on global and transcultural management.
The AESE Business School Campus is located in the heart of the business district in Lisbon, a mere 20 minutes from Aeroporto Internacional Humberto Delgado.
Lisbon is Europe’s most westerly capital. With its world-class restaurants, excelling in fish and seafood it has a reputation for style and a long pedigree in art and culture, Portugal’s first city remains high on every discerning weekend-breaker’s hit-list. Explore Lisbon’s best museums and attractions, restaurants and cafés, and clubs, bars and live music along with the best shopping and immerse yourself in the city.
AESE Campus Lisbon
Calçada Palma de Baixo 12, 1700-166 Lisboa
From the 9th till the 12th of September 2026
English
- Included in the AESE Executive MBA tuition
- Executive MBA Alumni and Associated Business School Executive MBA participants: 1.900€ (+ 23% VAT)
Academic Week Topics
Excelling in Leadership
In a global world with rapid changes, the AESE Executive MBA intensive week contributes to the development of the participants. The experiences, knowledge and skills acquired and developed lead to better management and greater enterprising capacity, which is reflected in concrete progress. On top of opening new horizons and enabling international networking, the conferences given will provide the participants with a global and in-depth context of the trends and focus of today’s executives.
Global Leadership
The internationalization of the firm poses singular challenges associated to the management of people in organizations. Among these we can include the ability to manage effectively international assignments; to transfer knowledge across locations; to find, develop and retain talent in a across different locations and to deal with the singular management challenges posed by multicultural environments.
Design Thinking
In today’s business environment, creativity is not optional — it’s essential. As competition shifts from efficiency to innovation, organisations rely on managers who can turn ideas into value. These sessions will introduce Design Thinking as a structured approach to creativity, combining analysis and intuition. Through practical exercises and reflection, participants will learn to empathise with users, redefine problems, and design solutions that drive innovation and purposeful leadership.
World Economic Outlook – Global Trends
The lingering effects of the war in Ukraine, renewed geopolitical tensions, and the reorganisation of supply chains continue to weigh on growth and sustain inflationary pressures. With limited fiscal capacity and elevated interest rates, policymakers face difficult trade-offs between stability and expansion. Meanwhile, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, the green transition, and demographic shifts are reshaping competitiveness, governance, and the demands placed on leaders. This session examines these global dynamics and their implications for business strategy and responsible leadership.
Objectives
Development of International Leadership Competencies
Deepening the skills required to lead effectively in global and multicultural contexts
International Networking
An opportunity to build connections with professionals and experts from diverse regions of the world
Update on Global Trends
An in-depth understanding of the economic and social dynamics shaping the global business environment
Speakers
About AESE Business School
The first School of Business and Management in Portugal, since 1980 AESE Business School has been dedicated to the training and improvement of busi- ness leaders, with a christian perspective of Mankind and Society.
The transformative impact on its Alumni spread across 5 continents makes AESE a unique business school: a school for Leaders who want to learn, leave their mark and transform the world.
The recognition of the school in the business world is the result of the four essential principles that guide AESE’s activities:
- A culture of Learning, involving the Alumni community, participants, teachers, employees, companies, schools and institutions the School comes in contact with;
- Knowledge rooted in business reality and with a Management and Leadership perspective combined with a critical, rigorous and holistic approach to the current issues and challenges in the business world and society;
- A far-reaching presence in the world enhanced by the diversity of the School’s community, the rich content of its activities and a close proximity to international schools such as the IESE Business School in particular; and
- Strong, ethical and humanistic values, coupled with a persistent effort to practice and share them.
Tuition
Price: 1900€ (+ 23% VAT) for Executive MBA Alumni and Associated Business School Executive MBA participants.
- The tuition for the Executive MBA intensive week includes documentation, meals and coffee-breaks.
- Both hotel and travel booking expenses are the participants’ responsibility.
- The Executive MBA intensive week awards the “Excelling in Leadership” diploma by AESE Business School.
- Schedule and faculty my change due to unforeseen events. Limited number of participants.
Enrollment subject to payment of registration fee
