An immersive and highly experiential journey which equips you with the confidence, innovation, and strategic vision for effective leadership.
Develop leaders who excel
An immersive and highly experiential journey which equips you with the confidence, innovation, and strategic vision for effective leadership.
High impact for you and your organization
IMD’s Future Leaders program is designed to develop critical business and leadership skills to drive your organization’s long-term impact and sustainability. The combination of live virtual, online, and face-to-face learning helps fast-track acquisition of key skills while providing an avenue to practice and deploy these immediately into the working world to create real-time and sustainable impact.
Future Leaders prepares your top talent to make a significant impact on your organization. Partnering with IMD offers unmatched benefits.
Individuals and teams from all over the world join this program to build their essential business and leadership skills. Hear some of their stories as they share their transformative experiences, the challenges they overcame, and the practical knowledge they acquired.
European Key Account Manager, Mondi Group, Spain
Future Leaders is a life-changing experience, with talented young leaders from around the world ready to shape their industries and make the world a better place.Discover Future Leaders’ impact on individuals and teams
Head of M&A, LEXR, Switzerland
You don’t just gain knowledge from this program but practice it so that you have immediate impact back at work.
Senior Early Stage Development Scientist, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Belgium
Advice from program mentors was key. I never realized before that mentors can really help you in furthering your career.
Head of Professional Services, Basemark Oy, Finland
Deep-diving into leadership, self-reflection and our impact on others transformed me. The power of feedback was one of my key takeaways.
Innovation & IP Strategy Manager, Melexis, Switzerland
The blended format is ideal, as you get the learning while still being able to deliver at work.
What are the key learnings and how participants will use them to improve their performance:
Umgang Maradia, Head of Innovation & Application Technology Development EDM, Georg Fischer, Switzerland
Umang describes Future Leaders as “eye-opening” and explains how the program concretely improved his leadership skills.
Désirée Gilgen, Senior Account Executive FSI, SAP, Switzerland
Désirée describes Future Leaders as an opportunity for growth – both personally and professionally.
Javier Bilbao, Innovation & IP Strategy Manager, Melexis, Switzerland
Javier explains how Future Leaders made him see his company from many different angles, giving him transversal knowledge and experience.
Ellie Bourdilloud, Head of M&A, LEXR, Switzerland
Elie says that “you don’t just gain knowledge from this program” but explains that real-world practice is part of the program, ensuring immediate impact back at work.
Lama AlJohar, IP Acquisition & Leasing Manager, Saudi Entertainment Ventures, Saudi Arabia
Lama describes the benefits of how Future Leaders is structured to ensure greater personal and professional impact.
Liesbeth Haspeslagh, Senior Early Stage Development Scientist, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Belgium
Liesbeth describes her learning journey as “inspiring, fun, and challenging” and explains how the faculty encouraged her to think more broadly for greater impact.