Elevate Your Management Expertise

High-Impact Leadership Training 

Are you looking to enhance your self-awareness as a leader and improve your people management skills? Do you need support in navigating organizational growth or change management? AI, digitalization, and data-driven practices are reshaping how work is done and how decisions are made. At the same time, leaders are expected to provide clear, value-driven direction, act responsibly, and think in new and broad ways.
Leadership today means actively driving renewal, shaping the future, and creating lasting impact in a rapidly changing world.

Beyond technical and operational expertise, effective managers require a strategic vision and forward-thinking perspective. Our leadership and general management training challenges your current leadership paradigms, encouraging innovative approaches and developing new skillsets for advanced leadership roles. 

We offer high-level leadership and strategic management programs that prepare you to tackle complex challenges and seize new opportunities. Enhance your ability to lead, innovate, and drive strategic change through our comprehensive leadership development program.

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As part of Aalto University, Aalto EE helps organizations cope with climate change mitigation, the geo-economy, and technological change. Our systematic approach helps to understand each phenomenon, acquire the tools to analyse them, and exploit the opportunities offered by these changes. This downloadable PDF gives you an overview of our systematic approach.

Overview of Leading in Triple Transition Concept

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You will find an overview of our systematic approach in this downloadable PDF file.

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Leadership in the Age of Transitions

Aalto EE offers a unique understanding of the great change drivers of our age. Our solutions cater to all organizational levels, emphasizing actionable learning and swift implementation of living strategies. We blend global insights with local expertise, infused with Nordic values of humanity and leadership.

The Need for Innovative Leadership Development Solutions

 

Organizations face unprecedented challenges due to significant transitions, and the urgency for effective leadership development is greater than ever. New leadership skills and organizational capabilities are essential, as old approaches are no longer sufficient.

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Sito­wise Lead­er­ship Acad­emy Pro­motes Strat­egy Im­ple­men­ta­tion and a Co­her­ent Ap­proach to Train­ing Lead­er­ship

“Sitowise's management team has a very clear vision of what we want the company to look like in five years' time – and a clear strategy for how to get there. With the Leadership Academy, we wanted to spread these ideas throughout our organization, especially to the business management,” says Kirsikka Sarkeala, Human Resources Development Manager.

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Advanced Leadership Skills: Essential for Navigating Change

In today's rapidly evolving landscape, organizational agility and adaptability are paramount. Exceptional leadership is key to thriving in competitive markets. Organizational success hinges on effective leadership, leveraging individual talent to drive value. Executives must possess a strategic perspective and global vision to navigate complex challenges and opportunities.

Strong leadership requires deep self-awareness and a willingness to grow:

  • Effective leadership begins with self-reflection and a deep understanding of one's leadership style.
  • Leaders must embrace change as an opportunity for personal and professional growth.
  • Leaders must effectively manage both the structural and human aspects of change, let go of outdated habits, and adopt forward-thinking approaches.

High-impact leaders understand the difference between change management and transition management. Effective leaders:

  • Recognize their leadership styles.
  • Adapt to change effectively.
  • Utilize practical tools to guide themselves and others through organizational change.

Aalto EE empowers executives to:

  • Define and communicate strategic direction.
  • Lead global and high-level strategy implementation.
  • Foster new mindsets and skills for senior leadership roles.

Meet Our Faculty

Risto Sarvas

Risto Sarvas is a Professor of Practice and Head of the Information Networks program at Aalto University.

He has a colorful history overlapping design, business, technology, and society. The common denominator between these three roles is his endless enthusiasm to figure out how technology and society are intertwined: as a culture, in politics, in business, as well as in everyday life.

His research, teaching, and service design work have received several awards and much popularity.

Risto Sarvas holds a doctorate in Media Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University).

Teemu Malmi

Teemu Malmi is a Professor of Accounting and Head of the Department of Accounting at Aalto University School of Business. Also, he has previously been the Chairman of the Board at Aalto University Executive Education Ltd. and Sannäs Manor Ltd.

Professor Malmi specializes in management systems, strategy implementation, and cost and profitability accounting. He teaches frequently in a variety of Executive Programs and has served as an advisor to a large number of companies from various different industries: IT, electronics, energy, finance, food, health care, media, metal and engineering, paper and pulp, pharmaceuticals, rental services, retail, telecom and transportation/logistics and the public sector.

Teemu Malmi holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from The Helsinki School of Economics, which was merged into Aalto University in 2010.

Contact Us

Maria Karsten

Business Unit Director +358 10 837 3730 maria.karsten@aaltoee.fi

Elina Vasarinen

Relationship Manager +358 10 837 3856 elina.vasarinen@aaltoee.fi

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