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Online program
Advanced Leadership

A playbook for high-impact leadership

Online program

Advanced Leadership

A playbook for high-impact leadership

Location
Online
Length

5 weeks

Fee
CHF 1,950
Next program starts
15 September 2025

Elevate your leadership impact

As an accomplished leader with significant scope and responsibility, you are navigating a pivotal transition in your leadership. Your impact now depends less on personal expertise and more on your ability to orchestrate excellence across your organization.

In this chapter of your career, you’re leading others who may know more than you do in their domains. You’re no longer executing strategy – you’re shaping it. You’re expected to set the agenda, establish clear priorities, and create an environment where others excel.

Your stakeholder landscape is evolving too. Internally, you’re now engaging directly with the executive team and collaborating across functions in ways you didn’t before. Externally, you may be navigating relationships with government officials, regulators, board members, and the media.  As your influence grows, everything you say or do carries more weight.

At some point, you’ve probably thought: “What got me here won’t get me there.” This program is about getting you there.

IMD’s Advanced Leadership program combines cutting-edge research and the Program Director’s extensive experience with enterprise leadership transitions. You’ll explore how to build your leadership brand, share power, manage a complex stakeholder ecosystem, and maintain a growth mindset. By the end of this program, you’ll be equipped to not just step into enterprise leadership – but to thrive and make a lasting impact.

Build your leadership brand

Develop and embody a distinctive leadership brand that sets you apart, inspires trust, and amplifies your strategic influence.

Share power effectively

Learn how to share power in a way that strengthens your team and organization, while allowing you to focus on more strategic pursuits.

Setting goals and leading in a matrix

Master the art of leading in a matrixed, complex environment where you inspire those who don’t directly report to you and understand how to set effective goals.

Navigate stakeholders and organizational politics

Develop the skills to engage key stakeholders and strategically manage internal politics.

Sustain a growth mindset

Discover how to maintain curiosity, adaptability, and continuous learning at the highest levels of leadership.

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You and your class

Whether you’re a senior leader already navigating enterprise-level responsibilities and looking to deepen your impact, or a mid-level manager preparing to step into such a role – this program is designed for you.

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Online information session
Join us on 24 June 2025

Interested in an IMD online program? Don’t miss this opportunity to get all your questions answered by our Program Advisors at 12:00 (CEST).

Online information session

Join us on 24 June 2025

Interested in an IMD online program? Don’t miss this opportunity to get all your questions answered by our Program Advisors at 12:00 (CEST).

Program content

Your learning journey takes 5 weeks. Each week requires a time commitment of 4–6 hours and includes clear learning objectives and deliverables. You will be accompanied by a dedicated executive coach who provides weekly feedback and support, helping you apply what you learn to your own context.

Unit 1: Building your brand
  • Explore the psychology and importance of personal branding to elevate leadership presence and impact.
  • Reflect on the leadership identity you want – and need – for your enterprise leadership role.
  • Acquire tools and guidance for building and sharing your own personal brand to attract the right attention from other leaders.
Unit 2: The art and science of sharing power
  • Examine when and how to share power with others in a methodical and prudent way to free up your time for more strategic matters.
  • Understand why people might resist power and what to do about it.
Unit 3: Leading across the matrix
  • Learn how to influence across complex systems and align diverse stakeholders around shared goals.
  • Master how to motivate individuals outside your direct reporting lines in a matrix environment.
  • Understand when and how to shift from incremental to stretch goals, and how to gain broad support for your enterprise vision.
Unit 4: Managing stakeholders and organizational politics
  • Discover how to identify, engage, and collaborate with key stakeholders at the enterprise leadership level to manage trade-offs and drive success.
  • Learn foundational stakeholder management techniques, including how to prioritize based on power, influence, and interest.
  • Understand the dynamics of organizational politics and how to navigate them effectively.
  • Develop the leadership skills needed to build alignment, foster relationships, and influence outcomes across the organization.
Unit 5: Sustaining a growth mindset
  • Recognize the value and importance of continuous growth for senior leaders.
  • Identify ways to ensure that you actively seek learning opportunities and maintain your curiosity and faculty to adapt to changing circumstances.

One-on-one coaching

Throughout your online learning, you’ll be accompanied by an experienced IMD executive coach who will challenge you, encourage you, and provide valuable feedback on your weekly assignments. Together, you’ll dive deeper into the program content and make it meaningful to your own professional context. Your interactions will take place via video, in writing, and over the phone.

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Achieve your goals

Your expert coach helps you:

Define

Define your learning objectives and stay on track.

Review

Review your progress on a weekly basis.

Overcome

Overcome your challenges.

Apply

Apply what you learn to your own context.

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Stepping into enterprise leadership is a demanding transition in your career that requires a new set of skills. This program provides you with a toolkit to continue your development and support your success.

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Jennifer Jordan Program Director, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Real learning. Real impact.

When we say “real impact”, we mean it. After attending an IMD online program in 2024, 98% of participants stated:

“I gained fresh knowledge and insights.”

“I gained practical tools and ideas.”

“I could better choose and focus on priorities.”

“I felt more confident about myself.”

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The IMD difference

Designed for impact and delivered for you, IMD’s online programs help you achieve your aspirations wherever you are in your career or the world. Here’s what makes the IMD online program experience exceptional.

Access to thought leadership

Tap into the expertise of IMD’s faculty – globally recognized experts in their fields – wherever you are.

Personalized coaching

Benefit from one-on-one support from an experienced executive coach who helps you apply new insights to your own context.

Global peer interaction

Collaborate with participants from around the world through group and pair work that challenges your thinking and broadens your perspective.

Flexible format

Engage in a structured yet flexible learning experience that enables you to progress at your own pace and complete weekly assignments around your busy schedule.

Applied learning for real impact

Apply what you learn right away through practical assignments designed to make a direct impact on your work.

Next start & fee

Length: 5 weeks (4-6 hours per week)
Application deadline closes 7 days before the session starts.

Dates
15 Sep – 19 Oct 2025
Location
Online
Length
5 weeks
Price
CHF 1,950
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Length
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Price
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Price
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Online
Length
5 weeks
Price
CHF 1,950

Application deadline closes seven days before the session starts.
All fees quoted are exclusive of any value-added or other indirect taxes that may be due in any country.
IMD reserves the right to modify the program dates, location, and fee at any time.

Join as a team

A team from the same company that enrolls for any of our online programs benefits from a special rate (every 10th participant joins the program for free). We can also work with you to customize learning objectives to your team’s goals, enabling you to develop a common approach to your specific organizational challenges. Contact us to explore the best solution for you.

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Advance your career with IMD’s Online Executive Certificates

Ready to elevate your career and personal development? IMD’s Online Executive Certificates deliver immersive, fully online experiences designed to deepen your expertise and sharpen your skills in key business areas.

Choose between three certificate options – Leadership, Strategy, or Digital Acceleration – to take charge of your growth and propel your executive career to new heights. The Online Executive Certificate is an accredited Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) and grants you access to IMD’s dynamic global alumni community.

Start your journey today.

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One step closer to joining IMD alumni network

Successful completion of this program takes you one step closer to joining IMD’s powerful alumni network.

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