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Blended program
Transformational Leader

Unlock your full leadership potential

Blended program

Transformational Leader

Unlock your full leadership potential

Location
Lausanne
Length
4 days on campus + 3 months of virtual sessions + 3 months of post-program coaching
Fee
CHF 15,900
Next program starts
24 April 2025

Who are you capable of being?

You want to forge ahead and make things happen, but transformational leaders know that pausingreflecting, and sense-making are just as important as acting.

IMD’s Transformational Leader is a personalized transformation journey that teaches you how to unlock the full potential of your leadership in four stages: mindful, resilient, adaptive, and evolving. The program takes place over three months, which allows you to process, reflect on, and integrate your learning between sessions. Your coach accompanies you every step of the way.

The program takes a three-dimensional approach to transformation. You explore your personal and professional identities to understand your behaviors and reshape your future. You look at how you show up as a leader in different contexts, and discover levers and tools for self-transformation. You also understand the impact of your leadership context, and how you can exercise your agency and choices with confidence.

Over the three months that follow the program, one-on-one calls with your coach and Program Director, and a coaching call with a small group of peers will continue to support your transformation journey and keep you focused on achieving your goals.

Mindful – Lead in the moment

Free your leadership from limitations created by behavioral patterns, scripts, and routines, and become deeply self-aware of how you show up in each moment.

Resilient – Lead in complex contexts

Exercise your leadership in the complex contexts shaped by your teams and your organization.

Adaptive – Transform your future

Build your adaptability and flexibility to successfully drive organizational change.

Evolving – Practice continuous self-transformation

Discover and apply five essential practices that will enable you to continuously evolve over time.

Challenge yourself in new ways

Tackle your biggest challenges through experiential and reflective exercises during the program’s face-to-face stage.

You and your class

Are you an experienced manager leading in increasingly complex contexts? Are you looking for opportunities for personal growth to unlock your full leadership potential and successfully lead change?

Then join other executives from different industries, cultures, and nationalities for an enriching learning experience that will help you transform yourself and your future. This diverse group of global peers will become a trusted resource and network as you go through your leadership journey and advance your career. Read more about the admission criteria.

2023 class profile (average data)

20

years of experience

88%

senior & C-level

45

average age

10

nationalities

Information Session
Join us on 4 February 2025

Interested in an IMD leadership program? Don’t miss this opportunity to get all your questions answered by our Program Advisors at 12:00 (CET).

Information Session

Join us on 4 February 2025

Interested in an IMD leadership program? Don’t miss this opportunity to get all your questions answered by our Program Advisors at 12:00 (CET).

What participants say about this program
Transformational Leader participant Ozan Çiçek
Ozan Çiçek

Managing Director, Knorr-Bremse CVS Türkiye and MENA, Turkey

It was a game-changer for me

Transformational Leader was a game-changer for me as both a human and a leader. The program fostered an atmosphere of trust and learning, allowing me to further hone my skills in what I would call the ‘human’ side of leadership. I’m thrilled with the experience and grateful for the chance to grow personally and professionally.

Transformational Leader participant Giulia Van Waeyenberge
Giulia Van Waeyenberge

Executive Committee Member, Sofina, Belgium

It helped me explore and unlock

In Transformational Leader, I found an executive leadership program that helped me explore and unlock the different dimensions of my leadership potential. It really allows you to better understand your impact and to be in the moment. It was an extremely enriching experience.

Transformational Leader participant Boris Jacklowsky
Boris Jacklowsky

Executive Board Member, Sympany Insurance, Switzerland

It opened up unexpected perspectives
Transformational Leader made me aware of certain character traits I have, gave me a lot of opportunities to reflect, and opened up unexpected perspectives on how I can make a difference as a leader and as a person. A brilliant professor and his outstanding team made this the best leadership development program I have ever attended.
Transformational Leader participant Eric Benoist
Eric Benoist

Global Marketing and Commercial Director, Pernod Ricard, France

I could imagine the way forward

Looking back and assessing the past to better understand where I am in my career today enabled me to imagine the way forward. The program transformed my apprehension into genuine curiosity and open-mindedness. I’m now in a position where I look at life with eyes wide open and a positive spirit.

The majority of participants who attend Transformational Leader discover a kind of transformation they were not expecting. They explore things they have never considered, and then find ways to release their potential.

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Ben Bryant Program Director
Next start & fee

Length: 3 months plus continued coaching over 3 months post-program.

Dates
24 Apr – 11 Jul 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
4 days on campus + 3 months of virtual sessions + 3 months of post-program coaching
Price
CHF 15,900
Dates
13 Sep – 12 Dec 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
4 days on campus + 3 months of virtual sessions + 3 months of post-program coaching
Price
CHF 15,900