Stay ahead of the competition with an agile leadership action plan for responding to change and developing a high-performance culture.
5 weeks,
excluding orientation
6–8 hours per week,
self-paced learning online
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
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An agile, yet evergreen, approach to leadership that allows you to adapt as your organizational context changes.
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An understanding of where your leadership input provides maximum impact and the ability to drive culture and performance by improving the environment in which your employees work.
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A Leadership Operating System (OS) and action plan that is specific to your organization and is ready for immediate implementation.
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Industry insights drawn from experts with years of experience, as well as global case studies.
IMD is a triple-accredited academic institution, with the Financial Times ranking it first for its open programs, nine years in a row. IMD attributes its success to its unique “Real Learning. Real Impact” approach. Based in Switzerland and Singapore, IMD is led by expert and diverse faculty who use their insights, tools, and perspectives to prepare participants for the future of business. As an independent academic institution with a global reach, IMD strives to educate ambitious individuals and organizations worldwide.
Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work through the following modules:
Module 1
The Leadership Operating System
Discover why traditional leadership models fail and explore a radically new way of understanding what leadership is, how it works, and what it involves.
Module 2
Building trust
Understand the criticality of cultivating trust as a leader, and how trust serves as the heart of the Leadership OS and the essential foundation for performance.
Module 3
Creating clarity
Assess the power that clarity has on your Leadership OS and how it drives accountability and purpose.
Module 4
Generating momentum
Discover how momentum serves as the engine that enables your Leadership OS to work.
Module 5
Making it happen: Leaving your leadership imprint
Reflect on your learnings to create an action plan for installing your Leadership OS, and consider how you will go about leaving a leadership legacy.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during program development.
Shlomo Ben-Hur
Professor of Leadership, Organization, and Corporate Learning, IMD
As an educator, consultant, and coach, Professor Ben-Hur combines a doctorate, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees with 20 years of experience in senior executive positions at several multinational organizations. His research, experience, and ideas have been published in journals, including the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Forbes, Financial Times, and MIT Sloan Management Review. He is currently director of IMD’s programs Organizational Learning in Action, for senior learning leaders and teams, and Changing Employee Behavior.
Nik Kinley
Director, YSC Consulting
Nik Kinley’s diverse experience over the past 30 years encompasses work with CEOs, factory floor workers, life-sentence prisoners, government officials, and children. He has held global leadership roles in talent management and leadership development for BP Group and Barclays RBB. In addition to having his work published in numerous leading journals, Kinley is a regular lecturer at leading global business schools and a frequent speaker at conferences. He currently works in advising firms across the globe on their leadership and people strategies, and as a coach for boards, CEOs, and senior execs with some of the world’s largest firms.
This IMD online program is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:
Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from an international selection of universities, entirely online and in your own time
Enjoy a personalized, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step
Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones