I by IMD Podcasts
Olympian insights: Leadership meets elite sports
Oliver Zeidler shares his journey from swimmer to World Champion rower, balancing sport, business, and a beginner’s mindset.
November 4, 2025
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Progression and Talent
Building the talent pipeline for future success.
To thrive in a fast-changing world, organizations need a resilient, agile leadership pipeline with the skills and mindset to innovate, execute, and compete. Drawing on IMD experts, industry practitioners, and global thought leaders, we explore how to accelerate learning and development to meet current and emerging needs, attract and retain top talent, and equip leaders with the skills to drive future success.Featured Publication:
Unlock your winning potential
The human potential issue
Potential is realized or wasted. How can we fulfil our own potential? Can organizations create winning environments for all talent? In Issue 15 of I by IMD, our diverse cast of experts offers ways to unlock potential in turbulent times.
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Audio articles
Generation Z: busting the myths surrounding digital nativesÂ
Leaders should challenge their assumptions about digital natives to build more meaningful connections.
October 23, 2025
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Talent
10 ways to support or erode future skills resilience
AI can boost critical thinking or undermine it. Educators and talent leaders must learn to navigate this fine line.
October 22, 2025
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Leadership
What do NBA champions teach us about building winning organizations?
What do NBA champions have in common? Five winning traits – from depth to culture – that offer powerful lessons for building high-performing organizations.
October 1, 2025
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Leadership
How to give feedback: Your six-part checklist
Feedback can feel like an emotional minefield, yet it is a leadership responsibility. This first article explores three essentials: timing, intent, and balance.
September 19, 2025
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Global Peter Drucker Forum
Purposeful Third Acts
We’re living through a longevity revolution where, for some people, the traditional concept of retirement is becoming obsolete, says Zabeen Hirji
September 19, 2025
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Brain Circuits:
Brain Circuits
6Â things your inner child can do for you
Discover how reconnecting with your inner child can boost creativity, resilience, and courage, turning curiosity into professional strengths.
November 11, 2025
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Brain Circuits
How an empty chair can give your ‘secret shadow’ a voice
Do you recognize negative traits in yourself that may be holding you back personally and professionally? Carl Jung called this your ‘shadow’. Ginka Toegel explains how to tap into its latent energy and turn it to your advantage
September 16, 2025
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Brain Circuits
PAR for the course: how to help your employees deal with workplace stress
Learn how the PAR approach empowers employees to co-create solutions, reduce workplace stress, and improve well-being through data-driven action.
September 2, 2025
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Brain Circuits
Above the line: why you need a culture of top teams, not top talentÂ
The pursuit of organizational excellence often focuses on individual talent – but any system is only as strong as its weakest link. Instead, leaders must foster a culture of top teams. Véronique Bogliolo sets out how it’s done.
August 21, 2025
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Brain Circuits
Cracking the culture code: how to ensure maximum team performanceÂ
Culture shapes how people work together, make decisions, handle conflict, and support each other. Ask yourself the following questions to check where your teams might be going wrong, and read on for tips on maximizing their performance.
July 3, 2025
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Brain Circuits
How to prevent employee burnout through a growth mindshiftÂ
When we feel stressed, we’re more likely to operate from a place of fear and fall back on a mindset that is fixed, judgmental, and focused on polarities – behaviour that soon leads to burn out. Here’s how to break the cycle by promoting a growth mindshift.
July 2, 2025
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Coaching Corner:
Executive coaching
Stuck in the safety zone? Here’s how to break free
Hard-working Francine is good at what she does, but risk-averse. By exploring what’s holding her back, she learns to drive herself and her organization to greater heights.
October 31, 2025
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feedback
How to respond positively to painful feedback
Here are four ways to emerge unscathed and even empowered from difficult performance reviews.
July 24, 2025
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Delegate
Letting go to grow: How one entrepreneur reclaimed his life and business
Frank’s transformation from overwhelmed investor to empowered leader demonstrates how coaching and collaboration enabled him to stand back, delegate, and recover his life.
May 9, 2025
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Career path
From uncertain to confident: How executive coaching unlocked career potential Â
Sarah, a senior manager at a global pharmaceutical company, excels in her role but feels overwhelmed by workplace demands. Struggling to assert herself and make aligned personal decisions, she recognizes the need for change. Seeking greater agency, she turns to executive coaching as a pivotal step toward reclaiming confidence, control, and career direction.
May 2, 2025
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CEO
From micromanagement to leadership: How coaching helped a CEO empower her team
Through mentoring, team empowerment, and striking a balance between leadership and personal development, Susan, a female CEO, overcomes micromanagement and burnout.
February 13, 2025
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Bulding trust
Conquering fear in order to rebuild trust at the top
In our Coaching Corner series, we share real-world coaching cases that come from our work with leaders.
January 31, 2025
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Book
Rewriting Your Leadership Code
How your childhood made you the leader you are, and what you can do about it