Career path
What does it take for a CHRO to become CEO?
Explore what it takes for a CHRO to become CEO, from rare transitions to building P&L credibility and external stakeholder experience.
November 6, 2026
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Progression and Talent
Talent
What does it take for a CHRO to become CEO?
Explore what it takes for a CHRO to become CEO, from rare transitions to building P&L credibility and external stakeholder experience....
Continue readingBuilding 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.
Learn moreLatest insights:
Industry
How Novo Nordisk rebuilt its leadership model
When a company’s commercial success races ahead of its organizational model, the leaders who built that success canfind themselves the biggest obstacle to what comes next.
October 29, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Are you creating career opportunities or waiting for them?
Are you creating career opportunities or waiting for them? Learn how visibility, sponsorship, and deliberate action drive advancement beyond merit alone.
October 27, 2026
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CFO Horizons
Why CFOs need to become “keepers of culture”
CFOs must become keepers of culture: learn how finance leaders align change with engagement to accelerate talent transformation.
October 14, 2026
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CHRO Circle
CHRO to CEO: The pipeline problem
Why boards overlook CHRO to CEO candidates and how flexible career paths, 2-2-2 moves, and P&L exposure can reshape leadership pipelines.
October 12, 2026
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CHRO Circle
HR needs to start owning how work gets done. Here’s why
From CHRO to CWO: explore how HR can lead the hybrid human–machine workforce and pilot AI with caution and clarity.
October 9, 2026
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Brain Circuits:
Brain Circuits
Are you tapping into the talent of older workers?
Question your talent practices: a guide to evaluating resource allocation for age diversity and enhancing problem solving.
August 6, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Cull or cultivate? Protecting your entry-level leadership pipeline
Protect your pipeline: actionable steps to develop leaders from entry-level roles as AI transforms junior work tasks.
June 11, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Five leadership challenges faced by techies and how to meet them
Learn effective strategies for techies transitioning into leadership roles, including embracing human nature and fostering team cohesion.
June 4, 2026
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Brain Circuits
How to be a good mentor
Learn how great mentors listen, ask better questions, and guide growth—helping mentees gain clarity, confidence, and take meaningful next steps
April 28, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Is your workforce strategy skills-powered?
A skills-first approach is emerging as the future of workforce strategy. Jeff Schwartz and Mike Worthington identify the key questions to consider and explain how it’s done.
April 2, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Competitive identity: Your hidden lever in a transition
Considering a career transition? Begin by identifying your unique values and strengths. Sophi Hazi and Arturo Pasquel guide you through the process.
March 26, 2026
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Coaching Corner:
Executive coaching
How high performers can make the leap to leadership
Discover how top performers transition to leadership through executive coaching, moving from doer to conductor and boosting team performance.
October 2, 2026
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Building trust
Learn to trust the team – as well as the process
Learn why a CEO-to-be must trust their team and the process. A coach helps Ian shift from micromanagement to collaborative leadership that unlocks performance
July 31, 2026
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Artificial intelligence
Human accountability in the age of AI everything
When AI coaching hits a wall, human coaching unlocks real change. Learn Mohinder’s path to accountable leadership and faster decisions.
July 10, 2026
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Artificial intelligence
Hit the pause button so you and your team can fast forward
Explore Jan’s journey of leadership self-discovery to enhance team trust and foster a collaborative workplace.
June 5, 2026
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Coaching
Balancing empathy with authority: Setting boundaries doesn’t make you an unethical leader
Joanna’s fear that setting boundaries would make her unkind cast her team adrift. Chloé Christopoulos says clarity and accountability are not departures from care, but expressions of it
April 2, 2026
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Career path
Why you need to agree to disagree
Elizabeth faces a career crossroads and works with a coach to clarify her ambitions, negotiate her future, and harness the power of constructive disagreement
February 20, 2026
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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