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Family business programs

Your trusted partner in driving family and enterprise success across generations. 

Family business programs

Your trusted partner in driving family and enterprise success across generations. 

Leading a family business means balancing tradition and innovation, managing family dynamics, and taking decisions that will shape the future. From succession and governance to sustaining growth and managing family wealth, the challenges are complex – but so are the opportunities. 

For generations, IMD has been guiding family enterprises to success, equipping leaders with the skills and strategies to navigate these complexities with confidence. Developed by the IMD Global Family Business Center, our specialized portfolio of programs is designed to help your family enterprise navigate unique challenges and opportunities – whether you’re driving the business forward, managing a family office, or preparing the next generation.  

A legacy of leadership

Home to the world’s longest-running family business program, IMD has been shaping the success of enterprising families for over three decades. 

Expertise that runs deep

Our Family Business Center is a global hub for research, thought leadership, and practical solutions tailored to the unique challenges of family enterprises. 

A powerful community

Join a network of trusted family business leadersa global community of peers who share your challenges, ambitions, and commitment to long-term success. 

Immediate impact

Our programs deliver real-world strategies you can put into action right away, ensuring impact from day one. 

The impact of IMD’s family business programs
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Francisca Nacht

Mills, 3rd Generation, Brazil

Intensely professional, incredibly personal

I would call the experience intensely professional but also incredibly personal. There’s a lot of learning coming from the speakers, but an equally huge amount of learning coming from the interaction with the other families

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Henrik Topsoe

CEO, Haldor Topsoe Holding A/S, Denmark

Truly fantastic and highly relevant

Truly fantastic and highly relevant. Finally, an organized and well-structured approach dealing with all the challenges facing us as a family and business entity.

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Adesuwa Edokpolor

Seolahm Consulting Ltd, 1st Generation, Nigeria

Insightful, mind blowing

The program was insightfulmind-blowing. It has a lot to give, in terms of interactive sessions and diversity. It was amazing to see a diverse culture of peers being able to interact, network – and that the problems faced within one country are similar to those faced in another.

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Thomas Schmuckli

Chairman and Family Member of 7th Generation, Bossard Group, Switzerland

Superbly balanced

The learning is superbly balanced with theory and practical cases, always highlighting the main message and staying on track.

Looking for a custom solution for your family business?

Sometimes, a fully customized program is what is needed. Perhaps your needs are changing or unclear? You are unable to travel to IMD? Or you wish to remain private?

These are just some of the reasons to talk to us about developing a fully customized program for your family; a program that reflects your family’s unique opportunities and challenges, your ownership group, or your business, based on participants’ goals and level of experience.

Our approach focuses on the family business ecosystem as a whole and often includes diagnostic assessments, designing structures, developing strategies, processes or plans, facilitating courageous conversations, educating, and benchmarking.

Step 1 – Context development

You gain a clear understanding of the objectives you want to achieve as a family or organization.

Step 2 – Transformation plan

You build the case for change and a detailed action plan associated with your key areas of choice.

Step 3 – Capability building

You develop the capabilities of your people in areas critical to your future success.

Step 4 – Lasting impact

You create lasting impact as you lead and drive change. What you create and learn at IMD will become ingrained within your business.

“We want to build a community of leaders for the future.”

Discover a unique, multi-year customized journey touching all parts of the family business ecosystem.

IMD’s Family Business programs are developed in conjunction with the IMD Global Family Business Center. With over 30 years’ expertise, this center of excellence leads family business research and education. Ensuring the sustainable success of your business and family, whether large or small.