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MBA Leadership Development Programs

MBA Leadership Development Programs

What are MBA Leadership Development Programs (or Rotational Programs)?

MBA Leadership Development Programs are sometimes called Rotational Programs. MBA Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) target graduates with Master of Business Administration degrees or equivalent business-related masters degrees. For example, certain Human-Resource focused LDP programs (sometimes called HRLDP), such as the AT&T Human Resource Leadership Development Program, accept a Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM) in addition to an MBA degree.

These MBA Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) contain similar components, which often includes executive-level exposure; ongoing specialized mentoring and training; diverse functional and/or geographical rotations; special projects, etc. What differs is usually the time element (some programs are as short as one year, while other programs are four years) and the focus. Certain programs are general in nature, whereas others emphasize a particular function, industry or region.

From the company perspective, participants in their MBA Leadership Development Program(s) represent the pipeline of future leaders. From the participant perspective, MBA Leadership Development Programs are a perfect opportunity to learn about different parts of a company or business unit while having time to determine which opportunity to pursue upon completion of the program.

How should applicants with goals to join MBA Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) target business schools?

As you can see from the extensive list of companies, industries and functions there are many different MBA Leadership Development Programs. If you are a generalist, then factor geographical location into your selection criteria for choosing an MBA school. If, however, you are functionally- or industry-focused, choose a business school whose strengths align with your area of emphasis.

Unlike with Investment Management, Investment Banking, Management Consulting and Sales and Trading positions, school focus and regional location are weighed more heavily when corporate recruiters determine a list of core schools from which to recruit for MBA Leadership Development Programs. One reason is that corporate recruiters for MBA Leadership Development Programs routinely lose attractive candidates to these other more lucrative positions when recruiting at the more selective business schools. Companies will often choose target business schools with specializations and/or strengths in their industry like PG&E MBA Leadership Program does with core schools, Haas School of Business and Ross School of Business. Both Haas (Energy Institute at Haas) and Ross (Erb Institute at Michigan) are strong in Energy. Corporate recruiters will also choose schools located near corporate headquarters (or in the same country because of working visas). So, Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) recruits heavily at the Toronto-located Schulich School of Business and Rotman School of Management for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Graduate Leadership Program (GLP).

MBA Leadership Development Programs (LDPs)

  • Industry
  • Function

Aerospace

  • Pratt & Whitney Leadership Development Program
  • Sikorsky MBA Leadership Development Program
  • United Airlines Emerging Leaders Program

Agribusiness

  • Barry Callebaut Graduate Trainee Program
  • Cargill Corporate Strategy Development Program
  • Louis Dreyfus Company Global Graduate Program

Apparel

  • Adidas Business Management Program - Germany (BMP)

Automotive

  • Bosch Junior Managers Program
  • Nissan Rotational Development Program (NRDP)
  • Toyota Graduate Management Associate Program

Biotechnology

  • Genentech MBA Rotation Program

Business Information

  • D&B (Dun & Bradstreet) Graduate Leadership Program
  • Thomson Reuters Management Associates Program (MAP)

Chemicals

  • Air Products MBA Career Development Program
  • BASF MBA Leadership Development Program (LDP)
  • Dow MBA General Management Program
  • W.R. Grace Leadership Program

Consumer Goods

  • Johnson & Johnson International Recruitment Development Program (IRDP)
  • Unilever Future Leaders Program

Defense

  • Raytheon Business Development Leadership Program (BDLDP)

Education

  • The Broad Residency
  • World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellows

Electronics

  • Seimens CEO* Program

Energy

  • BP Future Leaders Programme
  • Chevron Global Gas Commercial Skills Development Program
  • Chevron Global Lubricants Graduate Development Program
  • DTE Advanced Degree Development Program (ADDP)
  • GE Power & Water Renewable Energy Leadership Program (RELP)
  • PG&E MBA Leadership Program

Financial Services

  • Barclays Future Leaders Development Programme (FLDP) – Global Retail Banking
  • BB&T Leadership Development Program (LDP)
  • BNP Paribas VIE International Corporate Volunteer Programme
  • Chase Leadership Development Program Associate
  • Citadel Global Equities Associate Program
  • Citi Consumer Banking Leadership Program
  • Citi Global Management Associate Program (GMA)
  • Citi Global Engagement Management Associate Program (GEMA)
  • Credit Suisse Associate Program
  • D.E. Shaw Rotational Associates Program
  • Discover Strategic Leadership Program (SLP)
  • Fidelity Investments General Management Apprenticeship Program (GMA)
  • ING International Talent Programme
  • J.P. Morgan Management Associate Program
  • Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Graduate Leadership Program (GLP)
  • Standard Chartered International Graduate Programme
  • Vanguard MBA Development Program
  • Western & Southern Financial Group Leadership Development Program
  • Wells Fargo Commercial Banking MBA Program

Government

  • U.S. Office of Personnel Management Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program

Healthcare

  • Cigna Healthcare Leadership Program (HLP)
  • Humana Infusion Program

Insurance

  • Liberty Mutual Corporate Development Program
  • New York Life Management Associate Program for MBAs
  • Prudential Financial Accelerated Development Programs

Life Sciences

  • Thermo Fisher Graduate Leadership Development Program (GLDP)

Manufacturing

  • 3M Strategic Business Development Program
  • Eaton Global Leadership Development Program for MBAs
  • Emerson Corporate Sponsorship Program for MBAs
  • PACCAR Leadership Development Program

Marketing

  • Omnicrom Group MBA Residency Program

Media & Entertainment

  • NBC Universal Pictures Leadership Program
  • Sony Management Development Program

Medical Devices

  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program (LDRP)

Pharmaceuticals

  • Abbott Management Development Program (MDP)
  • GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) Espirit Global MBA Development Programme
  • Lilly Leadership Development Program (LLDP)
  • Novartis Leadership Development Program
  • Novo Nordisk European Business Management Program
  • Syngenta MBA Graduate Program

Publishing

  • McGraw-Hill Management Development Program (MDP)

Real Estate

  • CBRE The Wheel Program
  • Tishman Speyer MBA Leadership Development Program

Retail

  • Amazon Retail Leadership Development Program (RLD)
  • The Home Depot Assurance & Advisory Management Program

Sustainability

  • Dow Sustainability Leadership MBA Program
  • GE Power & Water Renewable Energy Leadership Program (RELP)

Technology

  • EMC Global Services Leadership Development Program (GSLDP)
  • IBM General Management Leadership Development Program (GM LDP)
  • Intel Accelerated Leadership Program (ALP)

Telecommunications

  • AT&T Leadership Development Program (LDP)
  • BT MBA Leadership Programme
  • Cisco MBA Leadership Development Rotational Program (LDRP)

Finance

  • Discover Finance Leadership Program (FLP)
  • Dow Finance Leadership Development Program
  • Dow Treasury Leadership Development Program
  • DTE Energy Associate Program
  • Ecolab Finance MBA Leadership Program
  • Ford Career Foundation Program
  • Genentech Finance Rotational Development Program (FRDP)
  • Goldman Sachs Finance Associate
  • Intel Finance Rotation Program
  • Johnson & Johnson MBA Finance Leadership Development Program (MBA LDP)
  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program - Finance (LDRP)
  • Novo Nordisk European Finance Graduate Programme
  • Novo Nordisk Global Finance Graduate Programme
  • Roche Compass Program
  • Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Finance Management Development Program
  • Standard Chartered Bank Finance Programme
  • Target Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP)
  • Toyota Graduate Management Associate (GMA) Program – Corporate Finance Track
  • Toyota Graduate Management Associate (GMA) Program – Financial Services Track

Human Resources

  • ADM Human Resources Management Development Program (HRMDP)
  • Amazon Human Resources Leadership Development Training (HRLDP)
  • AT&T HR Leadership Development Program
  • Barclays Future Leaders Development Programme (FLDP) – Human Resources Leadership
  • Bank of America Global Human Resources Development Program - Consultant (GHR)
  • Bristol-Myers Human Resources Development Program
  • Chevron Human Resources Development Program (HRDP)
  • Citi Human Resources Associates Program
  • Cisco Human Resources Leadership Program (HRLP)
  • Eaton Leadership Development Program – Human Resources
  • EMC Human Resources Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
  • Ford Human Resources Leadership Program
  • GE Human Resources Leadership Program (HRLP)
  • IBM HR Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
  • Ingersoll Rand Human Resources Accelerated Development Program (HRADP)
  • Intel HR Pathway Rotation Program
  • Johnson & Johnson Human Resources Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program - Human Resources (LDRP)
  • Microsoft HR Trax Program
  • NBC Universal Human Resources Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
  • Raytheon Human Resources Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
  • United Technology Corporation (UTC) Human Resources Rotational Program

Information Technology

  • Bank of America Technology MBA – Rotational Leadership Development Program
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Information Management Development Program
  • Cigna IT Emerging Leadership Development Program (ELDP)
  • Ford Information Technology Leadership Program
  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program - Information Technology (LDRP)
  • Novo Nordisk Corporate Business IT and Europe Business IT Programmes
  • PNC Bank Management Associate Program
  • Raytheon Information Technology Leadership Development Program (ITLDP)
  • Toyota Graduate Management Associate (GMA) Program – Information Systems Track
  • Textron Leadership Development Program: Information Technology (LDP)

Manufacturing

  • Abbott Manufacturing Professional Development Program (MPDP)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Global Manufacturing and Supply Development Program
  • Ford Manufacturing Leadership Program

Marketing

  • 3M Integrated Marketing Development Program
  • Barclays Future Leaders Development Programme (FLDP) – Marketing & Products Leadership
  • Bristol-Myers Marketing Development Program
  • Colgate Global Marketing Development Program
  • DuPont Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP)
  • Ecolab Marketing MBA Leadership Program
  • EMC Marketing Development Program (MDP)
  • Ford Marketing Leadership Program
  • GE Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP)
  • Genentech Commercial Rotation Development Program
  • Intel Sales and Marketing Rotation Program
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ethicon Endo-Surgery (CLDPEES)
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (CLDPOCD)
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ethicon Endo-Surgery (CLDPEES)
  • Johnson & Johnson Experienced Commercial Leadership Development Program (ECLDP)
  • Johnson & Johnson Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP)
  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program - Marketing/Business Development (LDRP)
  • Novo Nordisk Global Marketing Programme
  • Omnicom MBA Residency Program
  • Philips Commercial Leadership Gateway Program (CLG)
  • Toyota Graduate Management Associate (GMA) Program – Marketing Track
  • WPP Marketing Fellowship Program

Operations

  • Amazon Pathways/Operations Rotational Program (Ops)
  • Barclays Future Leaders Development Programme (FLDP) – Operations Leadership
  • Bank of America Operations MBA Program (OMBA)
  • Cisco Supply Chain Operations University Select Program
  • Discover Operations Leadership Program (OLP)
  • Genentech Operations Rotation Program (ORDP)
  • Medtronic Leadership Development Rotation Program - Operations (LDRP)
  • Nokia International Graduate Trainee Program in Global Operations
  • Novo Nordisk International Operations Business Graduate Programme
  • Standard Chartered Bank Operations Programme
  • United Technology Corporation (UTC) Operations Leadership Program
  • Wells Fargo Securities Operations Associate Program

Sales

  • Bank of America 2015 MBA Program – Sales Management Track
  • GE Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP)
  • Genentech Commercial Rotation Development Program
  • Intel Sales and Marketing Rotation Program
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ethicon Endo-Surgery (CLDPEES)
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (CLDPOCD)
  • Johnson & Johnson Commercial Leadership Development Program – Ethicon Endo-Surgery (CLDPEES)
  • Johnson & Johnson Experienced Commercial Leadership Development Program (ECLDP)
  • Philips Commercial Leadership Gateway Program (CLG)

Supply Chain Management

  • Chevron Procurement/Supply Chain M.B.A Development Program
  • Dow Supply Chain Rotational Program
  • Goodyear Global Procurement Development Program
  • Johnson & Johnson Procurement Leadership Development Program (PLDP)
  • Novo Nordisk Global Procurement Graduate Programme
  • Raytheon Supply Chain Leadership Development Program

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