Grenoble Ecole de Management: 12 Champions in the Race for Degrees

Grenoble, France, October 08, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Convinced that high-level athletes can no longer afford to wait until the end of their sports career to think about the future, Grenoble Ecole de Management has decided to help them prepare their ‘after-sports life’ by offering them new tailor-made degree programs.

This week, twelve athletes have started the training delivered by the Sports and Management Institute based at Grenoble Ecole de Management.

“Sportsmen and women no longer need to choose between passion and reason. If they have chosen to follow these programs it is because they know that their sports career will not suffer from the hours spent in class. Indeed, Grenoble Ecole de Management has pledge to 100% respect the champions’ constraints by delivering tailor-made programs to suit their busy schedules,” explains François Leccia, head of the Sports and Management Institute at Grenoble Ecole de Management.

The tailor-made programs include: the Bachelor in International Business, the Grande Ecole program, and other executive education programs delivered via distance-learning, intensive seminars, and tutoring.

Students will be also assisted by experts in personal development and business coaches attached to the Sports and Management institute when entering the job market.

The sportsmen and women are professionals in the following fields: Rugby; Climbing; Rowing; Horse Riding; Hockey Playing; Skiing; Cycling; and Fencing.

About the Sports and Management Institute
The Sports and Management institute aims to be a think tank around the advantages the sports world can bring to the business one. Its core ambition is for management to serve the sports world and for the sports world to serve the management world.

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