All Second Semester Seminars Madrid

The European Union is the most complex political and economic engineering project of our times. Nonetheless, the process has been uneven and subject to turbulence. It peaked with the successful launching of the euro, but the financial crisis revealed substantial shortcomings in its institutional framework. The euro was on the verge of disappearing. The reforms subsequently implemented managed to save the project, but it remains incomplete and fragile. On top of that, Brexit added fresh disruption. European governments and EU institutions are struggling to find a way towards a more resilient architecture amid discrepancies over different views and interests.

Do you know what the best employer do to attract the very best talent?
What do they offer?
How do they communicate their Employee Value Proposition and engaged their employees as fans?
What talent do they look for?
In this seminar you will learn what makes a company a great employer and to understand what talent they look for.

With a very dynamic methodology (videos, role playing, best practices.)
You will learnt about the Employer Branding and how to develop your personal branding to fit with the best employer expectations.

You will work with the ART model, 5 steps to attract and engaged candidates and employees developed by Almudena Rodriguez Tarodo.

We all negotiate all the time: for goods, for money, about ideas or boundaries, with your boss, your friends, your partner or family. If you understand the logical and emotional elements involved in the negotiations, you will be a better negotiator and achieve better personal and professional outcomes. In this seminar students will expand upon the three strategic fundamentals of the negotiation process, learn about the meaning and implications of negotiating, and engage in practical exercises that acquaint them with the language, thought, and praxis of being a good negotiator.

Global warming and energy transition are two of the most important challenges humanity will ever meet. These are complex issues by themselves and by the interconnection they have with each other. The purpose of this seminar is to present an integrated picture of these problems, of their connections, and of several scientific and historical facts that should be acknowledged before elaborating scenarios for the future

“Quo Vadis?” (Where are you going?) was the question tweeted by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, regarding the position of Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Brexit some days before the deadline of October 31 2019 for the UK’s official withdrawal of the EU. Since June 2016, when a majority of British voters decided to leave the EU, the UK and the EU are immersed in a tortuous process defined by incertitude. For the first time in the history of the EU, a Member State renounces to its participation in the European project. Although both parties agreed on the objective of an orderly withdrawal that could mitigate the impact of this new and unexpected situation, after a long and intense negotiation process the final conditions of this withdrawal are not agreed. This process has revealed the contradictions and the complexity of the legal and socio-economic constrains of the political procedures. The final design of the future relations between the EU and the UK will undoubtedly have a great impact in both parties, as the recent institutional crises in the UK has already shown. This is the fourth seminar of a series that started in 2017 with the experimental intention of developing a seminar simultaneously to a historical event, which is the object of study. Thus, this seminar offers a picture of a living process that will provide an initial and direct analysis of this living situation, where the main tools are the information from the media and the official documents of the negotiating parties. The seminar will be organized in three modules. A first factual module (sessions 1 and 2), in which we will explain the determining factors that lead to the present situation. A second analytic module (sessions 3 and 4 and 5) in which we will examine with a practical approach the organization of the new framework of relations between the UK and the EU in the short and medium terms. On these previous basis, the third module (sessions 5 and 6) will try to evaluate the separate evolution of the UK and the EU after the reformulation of their respective status. The methodology of the course will concentrate in the analysis and the discussion of the EU and the UK positions on the conditions of the UK’s exit. This way, each student will hand two text commentaries of at least two pages about the main documents of the EU and the UK positions before they are discussed in class. Finally, there will be a group work on the predictions about the single situation of the UK and the EU once the withdrawal has been completed.

Wars in Syria and Yemen, the Rohingya crisis and climate-fueled crises in Africa have sent the number of displaced people to a record high of 68.5 million in 2018. Humanitarian organizations strive to preserve the life and dignity of the millions of people who suffer the consequences of war, displacement, famine and natural disasters.
In this seminar, we will study how to handle the response to a humanitarian crisis. We will study the principles and laws that try to protect humanitarian action from political interference, the actors that conform the humanitarian system and the practicalities of how to assess the needs of the population, negotiate with armed actors and implement an intervention. We will do it through simulations and case studies based on real humanitarian crises.

In the last 20 years, the field of nutrition has evolved dramatically. Nowadays, the main focus of attention is on key processes inside our bodies that drive health performance.

In this course we will:
? Go beyond the energy balance provided by food, and look into the relationship between food and inflammation (and its impact),
? Understand the impact of nutrition on the microbiota or its importance for the protection against brain damage,
? Study nutrition with a predominantly practical orientation, focusing on acquisition of knowledge that facilitates the decision-making process when choosing what to eat and generally managing your health.
? Teach you scientifically validated knowledge that will enable you to acquire rigorous information that facilitates the decision-making process in the self-management of their own health.
? Learn how to buy healthy food and read the labels!
? Be in direct contact with food and cooking!

The course will be structured around the provision of some basic theoretic knowledge, coupled with a highly participative environment where students will be able to actively participate, research and discuss various relevant topics in small groups.

The seminar will not only deal in detail with how to get a job or start building a professional career, in a big or small company, working for others or starting your own business, waiting to have the management skills and the money vs. betting it all on your own idea, with lots of energy and hard work. Through discussion, students will have to define their ultimate goal: create value or make money.

It will also focus on making business in Latin America; or in much more dynamic markets, where long term planning often fights with new opportunities, and committees or task groups, process and procedures, with rapid decision systems.
In the seminar, students will gain a deeper understanding of the huge economic and social differences among the numerous countries of the region.

Do you want to work better in your team projects, deliver better team results, or learn to work better with people who are different than you? The answer is build strong Relationships! If you want to thrive looking after your own well-being but also to be able to connect and work skilfully with your colleagues and friends, this course is for you! Fightingg away individuality & isolation relies on our ability to demonstrate Kindness, Empathy and Compassion to ourselves and others. Developing an awareness of the factors that influence our intimate relationship with ourselves and indeed the impact we have on the context of others, empowers us to self-care first and then open up to care for others. Challenging the mental filters, biases and assumptions we make on a daily basis enables each individual to step beyond themselves, see the humanity in others, build a shared identity and ultimately build solid, respectful relationships. This course is an invitation to go on a personal journey to actively engage and participate in a guided path towards a greater level of emotional and social intelligence to skilfully and honestly build the relationships needed to be successful.

The seminar is about company management. Which means the combination of initiatives that whoever has got the responsibility of leading an organization, needs to implement to ensure that targets are met.

Company management is often thought to be as important as strategy. Up to the point where average ideas with good implementation create more value than excellent ideas with bad implementation.

Company management is three things:
1. It is a set of techniques and methodologies that make things work well.
2. It is rigor. Rigor being the ongoing display of seriousness and determination by the members of the management team.
3. It is good exercise of company leadership. Whereby, whoever is in charge is capable of inspiring colleagues and convincing them to follow him / her.

The seminar is about managing a business. Which means the combination of business principles that whoever has got the responsibility of leading an organization, needs to know, to take and review company decisions.

Business management is often thought to be as important as strategy. Up to the point where normal business practices, with good implementation, create more value than excellent ideas with bad implementation.

Business management is mainly related to the four following aspects:
1. Sales effectiveness.
2. Operational efficiency.
3. Good risk management.
4. Clarity on the appropriate amount of financial leverage.

Do you want to launch a sustainable drink business? Are you thinking of a new concept of co?ee shops? Maybe you want to launch digital cooking courses or print the next 3d burger? In this seminar you'll learn the basics to begin a food business model. From how to ?nd the right market to how to deal with your social media pla]orms, the seminar's objec;ve is to give you a full understanding of how to take advantadge of this special sector and how do you have to communicate on the food business to achieve success.

This seminar will deal with the fundamental aspects of Hotel Management and its current trends. We will make an emphasis on Sales, Marketing, Social media, E-commerce and Revenue management. We will analyze international hotel chains and students will learn basic skills of how to conduct Sales with practical cases. Students will also learn about hotel asset management, as we will detail how to carry negotiations with both property owners and operators.

How can we discover our career/life path? How can we exercise leadership and make a difference, even when we do not have enough authority? How can we build trust and reach positions of responsibility? How top authorities make big decisions in leading market companies, governments and international organizations? How can we handle personal and professional conflicts, frustrations and opportunities in our personal journey? In this seminar we will walk through these questions, building our knowledge through the discussion of real situations and experiences, and also using practical frameworks that will help students extract their own lessons to analyze their present and build their future. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the importance of listening their internal voice, develop empathy, evaluate situations, understand organizational cultures, reinvent themselves, set clear goals and drive success in a very complex and interconnected world.

The role of finance in our world is absolutely critical. Money is to our economic system what blood is to our biological life. We need healthy finances if we are going to keep our system healthy. If we want the right things to happen, we need the right kind of funding. Awareness about the impact of economic choices has increased among consumers and investors, who now factor social and environmental considerations into their daily decision-making. Consequently, a whole sector has developed within the financial industry that cares for social and environmental impact and seeks returns beyond financial.In this course, participants will: Become familiar with the concept of Venture philanthropy, Impact Investment, Sustainable finance and ESG (Environment, Society and Governance). Learn how to assess investment opportunities in social ventures from an impact perspective. Analyse the potential tradeoff between impact and financial returns. The current market trends and key players of the impact investing ecosystem. Identify the different components of impact measurement. Learn how ESG considerations affect corporations. ability to attract capital in the market.

Private equity and venture capital funds attract hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, deploying them as capital in companies, developing ambitious business plans, and applying complex financial structures to their advantage, consistently generating superior returns than other asset classes. But, what is behind all this success? In this course students will gain a good understanding on how private equity investment works in a very practical and interactive way. After an introduction to the industry, the course will focus on understanding the process of value creation that private equity investors follow:
- Uncovering the attributes of a good investment - Which companies constitute a good investment?
- Determining company's valuation - What is the right price?
- Magnifying returns through financial leverage - How do we financially structure a private equity deal?
- Understanding company's growth - How does a feasible business plan look like?

This seminar will help students take a challenge in the world they have passion for solving and frame it as an actionable opportunity. By using the fundamentals of the entrepreneurial process, students will learn how to use their imagination and creativity to identify, validate, and prepare for the implementation of a solution that can have a lasting impact on society.

The objectives of this seminar focus on developing a broader understanding of what Conscious Leadership is, and why it matters for both individuals and organizations in the current global context. We will also explore what disciples, fields, and practices contribute to Conscious Leadership and how they help leaders and organizations develop not only a greater well-being, but also a higher level of awareness and effectiveness.
We will look at the conditioning of our minds, and learn a few key neuroscience and psychology fundamentals that will allow us to better understand how some of our brain functions work in relation to our mind and how this relates to leadership. We will furthermore introduce Integral Theory and how it may help us better understand our leadership developmental stages, as well as organizational paradigms.

Do you often feel that you should be spending your time better? This workshop provides students with knowledge and skills to boost their attention in an age of digital distraction, for better performance during and after their time at IE. We all love digital technology. At university, laptops, tablets and smartphones have become an integral part of our daily work, and our private lives. Despite the huge advantages of these tools, there may be a darker side to them. As more and more apps and tech-based tools try to grab our limited attention, many of us are struggling to focus on what is really important. Our human attention is a limited resource and we have to decide wisely which aspects of our environment to focus on – and what to ignore – in order to be productive. This workshop will introduce findings from decades of research on attention to help students boost their attentional resources, inside and outside the lecture room. Students will learn how attention works, how it can be trained to perform better professionally, and how to deal effectively with digital (and non-digital) distractions. We will begin the journey with 2 sessions of self-development and self-awareness to embark on the Mind Pillar offered by the Centre for Health, Wellbeing and Happiness. We are living in a world with multiple distractions, each competing for our attention and each in their own unique way drawing on our mental energy. Focusing your attention and reflective capacities on understanding the impact of emotions on your behaviors and mindscapes, as well as, enhancing your awareness of how your mind works and processes information will enable you to build a solid foundation on which you can further explore the role of technology as a strong attention deviator.

The art of persuasion, and its effects in the relationship between humans, has been studied for more than two millennials. We can date its indubitable origin with Aristotle in the fourth century B.C. and its impact in society only gets bigger and bigger.
In the 21st century, where information is so easily accessed and society expects results immediately, persuasion has become a very important managerial tool.
By learning the art of persuasion, you will be able to influence a person's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations or behaviors. Persuasion is about presenting evidence in the most appealing and likable way and having the ability to connect with the audience?s emotional state.
Mastering the art of persuasion is essential in a Courtroom where a lawyer has limited time to convince the Judge that your description of the facts and your application of the law are the one that should prevail. In doing so you will need to adapt to the opposing counsel arguments because ?no battle plan ever survived first contact with the enemy?. Persuasion is also applicable to a negotiation, in the office with your boss or at home with your friends.

Leadership is based on attributes. The Seminar identifies these attributes through different personalities of management and politics, whose footprint in History and international Business is indelible. To better understand his achievements the seminar offers a broad review about the political or economic environment in which they have to develop their activities and the consequences of their decisions as well, but moreover how his/her personal attributes were key for their success.
To lead is to transform. To have power is needed to lead, but a leading character goes well beyond to be in command. If you want to become a real leader, change the reality surrounding you is always a must.

A top priority for 21st Century companies is to innovate at the speed of business. However, research shows that the lifespan of organizations continues to decline because most companies are not successful in innovating and adjusting to an increasing faster changing environment.
Therefore companies need employees who have a good grip on external trends that have an impact on their future. According to the World Economic Forum, one of the most important (and fastest growing) competence for employees is ?ideation/creativity.? People who how have strong ideation skills can help organizations innovate e.g. by (re-)designing new: products, services, business models, ways of working, talent management, business strategies etc.

In this advanced seminar we are going to take you on a journey! You will learn how to identify major trends, you will develop a mindset of a trendwatcher and strengthen your understanding of the changing nature of organizations, work and the workplace.
Additionally ? you will get immersed into a number of practices that you can use in any future role like: visual thinking, design thinking and trendwatching. This is a multi-disciplinary course which will leverage insights from the following sciences: the arts, design, technology, sociology, psychology and business administration. The course is highly interactive and inspirational.

The seminar will not only deal with the main aspects of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing through the study of international standards and traditional methods and trends used, but will also focus on the most important economic crimes related to them, such as tax evasion, corruption and bribery, and the emerging risks that international community is facing in these issues, especially in terrorist financing.

Balance, and Strength are the foundation of any physical activity and the base for powering your vitality and energy.

The seminar is open to students with all levels of physical fitness, and will focus on a functional training method that, after using corrective exercise strategies to help improve muscle imbalances and movement efficiency, will focus on improving all functional abilities, including flexibility, core stabilization, strength, power and cardiovascular endurance.

The seminar will follow the guidelines of the Optimal Performance Training model developed by NASM (US National Academy of Sports Medicine) and will explain the benefits of following this scientific based model to achieve any level of fitness.

The seminar will focus on establishing proper movement patterns and exercise techniques in order to prevent tissue overload and increase muscular endurance. The seminar will address the importance of recovering during and after every phase of the model in order to maximize benefits.