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High-impact results for your career

Accelerate your leadership impact.

High-impact results for your career

Accelerate your leadership impact.

Celebrating 25 years of High Performance Leadership

Unlike the traditional case-study-driven approach of most business school programs, IMD’s High Performance Leadership program – which celebrated its 25th anniversary in November 2024 – centers on a single, profound case: the participants themselves.

“It starts with a very powerful question: What has happened to you to become the leader you are?” explains George Kohlrieser, Program Director and Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, in a conversation with Associate Director Professor John Weeks.

Since the launch of High Performance Leadership, Kohlrieser has taught more than 10,000 executives during 152 editions of the program.

“Leadership is who you are as a person. That bridge between your personal and professional life is connected, and who you are as a person will affect how you are influencing others.” – George Kohlrieser

High impact for you and your organization

IMD’s High Performance Leadership program enables you to become a more skillful, inspirational, and resilient leader by exploring your leadership roots, harnessing secure-base leadership, and charting a clear path towards transformative outcomes.

When we say “real impact”, we mean it. After attending IMD’s Leading High-Performance Teams program, participants stated:

100%

“I could apply what I learned during the program.”

100%

“I could better choose and focus on priorities.”

100%

“I took practical steps that enhance the performance of my team/organization.”

100%

“I have become a more effective executive.”

*Survey of 2024 program participants.

I see the impact in the way I interact with my team since the program. I am better at delegation and dialogue. More confident in my leadership capacities.

Six months after, my leadership keeps on developing – which means better conflict solving, delegation, and leadership through others.

After the course, I discovered much more potential in team members and better approaches to them. I’m able to motivate my team more easily.

It has transformed my approach to leadership. The quality of participants, speakers, and coaches is extremely high. It has given me all the tools I need to become a better leader.

It challenges your belief systems, your previous success, and your vision of life. I recommend it to any leader who dares to take risks.

Beyond work, the program has made me a better and happier person which has, in turn, enabled me to be more effective at work.

High Performance Leadership participant Iñigo Narváez Vega de Seoane

“I found exactly what I was looking for.”

Iñigo Narváez Vega de Seoane, New Installations Director at TK Elevator in Spain

Iñigo was seeking to be a better person, to lead himself in order to lead others. He says High Performance Leadership was the program he needed.

High Performance Leadership participant Liet van Beuningen

“It’s been so impactful already.”

Liet van Beuningen, Founder of The Mothership Investments in the Netherlands

Liet van Beuningen shares her experience of IMD’s High Performance Leadership program, which she believes will benefit her for the rest of her life.

High Performance Leadership participant Stefan Ramponi

“Bonding is the start of every dialogue.”

Stefan Ramponi, VP Sales Lighting at Sonepar, Switzerland

Stefan Ramponi talks about his key takeaway from IMD’s High Performance Leadership program and how he will start applying straight away.

High Performance Leadership participant Lindsay Mac Donald

“A once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Lindsay Mac Donald, Manager Platinum Banking at Finabank N.V., Suriname

Lindsay Mac Donald talks about her positive experience of IMD’s High Performance Leadership program, which she describes as “transformative, but also very confronting”.

“I was struggling to adapt to new leadership challenges.”

Rafael Altavini, Executive Coach, Egon Zehnder, Switzerland

High Performance Leadership came at exactly the right time for Rafael, when he was put in charge of manufacturing at Schindler Brazil and managing more than 400 people.

“I was looking to become a better manager, and learned how to become a better man.”

Fred Sanders, Senior Research Fellow, SOS Climate Waterfront, Netherlands

Fred Sanders explains how IMD’s High Performance Leadership program gave him the courage to transform his life in a new direction.

“High Performance Leadership helped me recommit to my work and life.”

Renee Dineen, President, RMD Coaching & Consulting, USA

Renee felt like a heavy weight was lifted after the program. Read her leadership journey when she was a senior global organizational development consultant at Genentech US.

“I came to IMD to improve more deeply the knowledge I have of myself.”

Jean-François Vryens, Managing Partner, Indufin Fund Manager NV/SA, Belgium

“High Performance Leadership is the best of best. I’ve never learned so much since I was three years old,” says board director Jean-François. Read his full IMD journey.

“I learnt to liberate myself and my team from hostage situations.”

Adekunle Adebiyi, Chief Commercial Officer, Itex Integrated Services Ltd, Nigeria

Read how High Performance Leadership changed Adekunle’s way of thinking when he was general manager of regional operations for the Nigerian branch of MTN, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company.

“I used to hesitate in public speaking.”

Mandeep J Sachdeva, Advisor, Exponere Tecnic, India

“The one-to-one sessions with my coach were amazing, they opened the doors.” says Mandeep as he reflects on his IMD learning journey.

“Impact starts with looking at what you can do in any given situation.”

Adrian Zwingli, Chairman, SwissQ Consulting, Switzerland

Read how an enthusiastic High Performance Leadership alumnus, Adrian, has formed a peer-to-peer coaching group to keep the impact going.

“After doing the program I dared more!”

Sabine Fercher, Founder, Fercher Compliance, Switzerland

High Performance Leadership was the opportunity for Sabine to take a closer look at herself. It turned out to be a confidence boost.

“A once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Lindsay Mac Donald, Manager Platinum Banking at Finabank N.V., Suriname

Lindsay Mac Donald talks about her positive experience of IMD’s High Performance Leadership program, which she describes as “transformative, but also very confronting”.

Changing lives – 60 executives at a time

High Performance Leadership has celebrated its 100th program in 2019 with an international alumni event, gathering 175 of its past participants. All alumni have the same message: HPL transformed my life!