Grow as a leader, inspire as a woman
Strategies for Leadership
Grow as a leader, inspire as a woman
Navigate the unique challenges women leaders face
Research consistently demonstrates that gender diversity in senior leadership teams brings tangible value and financial returns for organizations. Yet women continue to face a unique set of challenges and limiting biases as they progress in their careers and assume roles of greater influence.
During this highly immersive leadership journey, you will have the opportunity to connect with senior women leaders from around the world. Together, you will explore your own leadership context and gain invaluable insights on how to navigate it effectively.
Since 2004, IMD’s constantly evolving Strategies for Leadership program has provided women from more than 80 countries with the tools necessary for addressing those challenges and strengthening their impact as leaders. You will learn how to build the leadership finesse, visibility, and influence to fuel your advancement and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Through a combination of extensive professional coaching and powerful experiential activities, you will develop a deep understanding of yourself as a leader, enhance your executive presence, and reflect on your personal leadership challenges.
By discovering and unlocking your most authentic leadership style, you will be able to move onwards and upwards in your career.
Finance and Admin Manager, NextWorld, Luxembourg
The program was a transformative experience in self-awareness and personal growth. One of the most unique and memorable components was working with horses – a profound reminder of the subtleties of leadership and the importance of alignment between mind, body, and message.
Senior Manager, Executive Assessment & Development, Cisco Systems, United States
Amazing things can happen when you get a group of highly intelligent, capable and inspiring women leaders together for an intensive few days. You build deep relationships with complete strangers, you gain deeper insights about yourself as a leader, and you gain a global network of like-minded women leaders you admire and want to work with again. All this within an environment that is safe and full of compassion and support. What more can you ask for?
International HR Director, Workplace and Social Responsibility, Cartier, Switzerland
The highlight of this program is really the connections that you make because you establish very authentic relationships. They really impact you as an individual, as a person.
Director Legal, Specialty Chemicals, AkzoNobel Legal Group, The Netherlands
I gained quick and easy tips which I use on an ongoing basis and shared with more junior women in my group. I also took a lot from the coaching sessions that I am applying in my daily life.
President, Strategies for Leadership alumnae community
The Strategies for Leadership annual alumnae event deepens the connections made during the program. You meet a wider network. It’s a moment in time to re-energize, connect, learn, and continue inspiring positive impact in the world. And it’s so much fun.
Head Of Department, European Research Executive Agency, Belgium
The major impact of this program for me in one word is empowerment. It has given me the power to be a better leader in my current position, or to move on to the next stage.
Length: 4 days on campus, plus self-paced preparation & coaching.
Looking to explore more?
This program is part of our broader Leadership portfolio for executives, designed to strengthen how you lead people, teams, and yourself, and build the kind of leadership that makes organizations perform.
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