Discovery expedition locations are subject to change. Modules run in a different order whether you attend the June or November session of the mastery stage. You also get to choose from multiple locations so this graph illustrates one possible choice.
Company assignments: create new value for your company and your career
Based in your office, you work at a distance with IMD, completing assignments that use your company as the "laboratory". You focus on marketing, finance, strategy, digital transformation, and cultural transformation.
You try out new ideas, gather input and feedback, and go back to refine and develop a full-fledged business proposal, strategy or execution plan. The assignments are introduced in a cumulative way through a cycle of execution and reflection, integrating step by step what you learn on the leadership stream and in the discovery expeditions.
Leadership stream: develop high-impact leadership skills
It's about you, as an effective individual, getting things done with others. Many find this the most enlightening and valuable element of the program. You reflect and experiment with your leadership style through team simulations, individual assignments, and personal one-on-one coaching.
Leadership is at the heart of your ability to effect change in your organization. This is critical as you move into senior management roles where you are increasingly responsible and accountable for delivering results, especially through others.
Discovery expeditions: experience globalization first-hand
You join three discovery expeditions throughout the year where you explore the global and regional forces that impact the way business is done in different parts of the world. Current destinations include China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Kenya and the Silicon Valley in the United States.
Guided by passionate faculty and local experts, you see life as it is, in companies, as well as in the cultural, economic and political context in which they operate. But these are not exercises in industrial tourism - the objective of each discovery expedition is to help you rapidly absorb a large amount about the world and the global business environment and to translate those learnings to your own company and work context.
Crisis management simulation: cope with uncertainty, manage risks
IMD is the only school partnered with the Swiss Armed Forces to provide EMBA participants with an opportunity to take part in a realistic crisis simulation. Over the course of two days in the final module, you take part in practical exercises that escalate in intensity. You learn when and how to switch from day-to-day business to managing a crisis situation.
Executive Career Management: the master of your destiny
Receive career management tools and personalized guidance to help clarify your professional career strategy and how you can best fulfill your aspirations – whether this means pursuing a career within your current organization or elsewhere.
