At the most senior levels, leadership is defined by the ability to make sense of complexity and set direction. In an environment shaped by uncertainty and pressure, leaders must frame reality, identify emerging opportunities and mobilize others – even when the stakes are high and the path forward is unclear.
The Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives offers a leadership and strategic reset for senior executives and top teams navigating change, stakeholder complexity, geopolitical uncertainty, and the organizational implications of AI.
Unique to IMD, the program is anchored in reframing: a powerful capability that enables you and your teams to challenge assumptions, surface blind spots, and shift how you interpret situations, make strategic choices, and lead change.This immersive ten-day experience combines thought-leading faculty, executive coaching, and peer exchange to strengthen self-awareness, leadership identity, strategic clarity, and your sense of purpose and direction. The result is sharper judgment, renewed focus, and amplified leadership impact that lasts, both for you and the organization you lead.. Discover more about the content.
What recent participants stated after attending an IMD program.
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Group Chief Human Resources Officer, STC, Saudi Arabia
The most valuable insight I gained is the importance of clarity – who I am as a leader, the purpose I serve, and the legacy I want to leave. I realized that breakthroughs come not from constant execution but from creating space to reflect, reframe and act with intention. True, sustainable leadership impact comes from balancing professional ambition with personal presence and growth.
Chief Sustainable Hospitality Services Officer, Switzerland
The sessions on geopolitics, industrial policy, and choosing the right question mix were very new to me and fascinating. I learned that possibilities are limitless and multiply by looking at problems through different frames. Listening to other points of views and experiences helps you reframe. Eye-opening.
VP of Sales, Trivium Packaging, The Netherlands
The program is overdelivered my expectations. I wish I would have done this 10 years ago. It has helped me to reframe my thinking about reframing. It is about myself as a person and a leader and has given me the ability to make more informed decisions about my own future and the business and teams I will lead. It was truly a remarkable experience that I will cherish and leverage for the rest of my life.
Head NBS Accra, Nestlé, Ghana
This is a great program. Reframing has many techniques and dimensions, at work and in private life, in small and big decisions. It includes reflecting and leads to better decisions and responses. Thank you to IMD faculty, my engaging coach and fun participants.
Chief Executive – General Insurance, SanlamAllianz, Ivory Coast
I joined IMD’s Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives at a crossroads in my career. From the cutting-edge content that shapes your decision-making to the executive and peer coaching, combined with powerful networking, I came out re-energized and ready to take on the next challenge.
Executive Officer, Vice President, Sustainability Innovation Group Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
Thank you for this program. Through coaching, I was able to clarify what I wanted to do and where I want to focus. The course gave me insights into both my professional career and personal development. I am leaving without a single cloud in my mind!
General Manager Europe, Victorinox, Switzerland
So many takeaways. I learned how to be future ready, for my organization and my own career. I have great frameworks to develop my team and for digital transformation. I can see challenges in my organization from a different perspective. I learned a lot from all the cases and other participants. I had wonderful breakthroughs in the coaching session. I also learn from the ESG session and how I might be pushing weak performance without realizing it. Fabulous and insightful 10 days – I love this program.
CMO Nestlé Iberia, Spain
The group work and coach managed to get us deeply into our human stories, giving inspiration on how to look beyond “the next assignment”. It was like a collective therapy with friends, with implications professionally and across all life’s spectrum. It got me thinking further on how to live this decade (the Fabulous Forty). The case studies exceeded my expectations.
Length: 10 days on campus. Throughout the program, you engage with a Professional Learning Coach who helps you frame your learning experiences and apply them to your challenges.
