Global Management Foundations
Global Management Foundations offers you a powerful strategic and leadership journey to build general management skills for a rapidly changing world.
Deep dive into topics like strategic thinking, structured problem solving, entrepreneurship, future-ready strategy, finance, marketing, macro economics, negotiation, and much more. Supercharge your leadership developing your personal leadership skills and building high-performing teams. Work on an integrative consulting project with an external organization that exposes you to different real-world contexts and perspectives. Benefit from the latest cases, frameworks, tools, research and insights from IMD faculty experts.
The program is designed for optimal learning, with a blended schedule adapted for the convenience of busy executives. You will build community working in teams and gain rich, diverse perspectives with your peer classmates. You will test and adapt learnings to your context in between modules to ensure you leave the program confident in your ability to deliver superior personal performance and lasting value for your organization.
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“It’s an opportunity to hugely grow as a leader”
Participants and faculty describe the learning journey and its potential to create real impact.
29 April 2025
Head of Direct Sales and Marketing, ITM Isotope Technologies, Germany
This journey is an incredible opportunity to engage in deep, reflective learning, pushing me to challenge assumptions, broaden perspectives, and strengthen my leadership skills. The truly special collaboration with incredible and inspiring peers from diverse industries has made the exchange of ideas, combined with guidance of world-class faculty, a learning environment that fosters growth and encourages critical thinking.
Enterprise Architect, Brunei LNG Sendirian Berhad, Brunei
You get the importance of analysing complex problems to test assumptions and look for opposing evidence. The importance of being effective over being right. The framework we got for building effective teams was very helpful as was the three-horizon model in ESG, showing how sustainability is an opportunity to innovate.
Attending Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
I gained valuable insights into enhancing negotiation skills, a topic I had never explored in depth before. I’m applying these techniques in real-life situations. It deepened my understanding of leadership and gave meaningful insights about myself and colleagues. I learned what true leadership is and how to strengthen teams through effective team building and feedback processes.
Director Digital Business, Raiffeisen, Switzerland
The quality of the learning is exceptional. From the lecturers, the material, and I really love the case studies. Super interesting. We get input from people directly involved in the cases.
Senior Director Sales & Marketing EMEA, ams Osram, Germany
Global Management Foundations is innovative, effective, and flexible. The content is well-delivered so we can enjoy high quality interaction with class peers and faculty. We break out into smaller groups, then come back to the main classroom and discuss with everyone. It’s a great way to learn.
Managing Director, Tenaris, Nigeria
Global Management Foundations is firstly a human experience. IMD gives you access to a whole community of high-caliber individuals who you quickly build connections with.
Head of Business Development & Sustainability, digitalswitzerland, Switzerland
You quickly forget you are at a distance for the virtual modules. The full immersion is a deep dive which quickly focuses you on the interaction, the content, and the learning.
Product Group Manager, Bakery Category, KSA & Gulf Countries, Almarai, Saudi Arabia
The biggest highlight of this program is the human touch. The professors are so empathetic and enthusiastic. You feel valued and get personal attention throughout.
Length: 5 weeks online (module 1) + 5 weeks online (module 2) + 8.5 days at Lausanne campus (module 3)
