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    High-impact results for you and your organization

    High-impact results for you and your organization

    A full leadership development journey for ambitious executives

    The Program for Executive Development prepares your top talent to make a significant impact on your organization.

    Organizational benefits
    Accelerated leadership readiness

    Equips leaders with the capabilities needed to make an immediate impact at the enterprise level.

    Lower risk in leadership transitions

    Develops your internal talent to reduce reliance on external hires, avoiding cultural misalignment, disruption, and onboarding delays.

    Broader enterprise leadership skills

    Expands senior leaders’ abilities beyond functional depth, preparing them to drive cross-functional and organization-wide priorities.

    Stronger internal succession pipelines

    Prepares leaders with the skills and confidence to step into senior roles, ensuring continuity at the top.

    99%
    participants say they gained fresh knowledge and insights
    98%
    participants say they committed to taking new concrete actions.
    99%
    participants say using what they learned will improve their performance.

    Survey of 2024 participants

    Participants review their results
    - IMD Business School
    Didier Chan-Voc-Chun

    Managing Director & Head of Multi-Management, UBP, Switzerland

    Could I have achieved a good career without the Program for Executive Development? Perhaps – but the acceleration this program gives you is extremely helpful. It’s about not wasting your time.

    - IMD Business School
    Chandra Kumar

    Chandra Kumar, President of Bakery Sweets, Nestlé, USA

    The Program for Executive Development is a key building block for your development as a leader. I discovered an excellent, high-quality learning environment, excellent faculty, and content.

    Thomas Flarup

    Head of Center for Cyber Security (CFCS), Denmark

    IMD’s Program for Executive Development has really delivered on my high expectations, transforming me from a functional manager into a true business leader of cross-functional teams.

    Rahul Vashistha

    Executive Officer – Group Head, Procurement Group, Nestlé Japan Ltd, Japan

    Program for Executive Development will help you make a smooth transition from ‘specialist’ to ‘generalist’ by developing innovative and courageous business leadership skills.

    Discover more stories about the positive impact of Program for Executive Development on individuals and teams
    - IMD Business School
    How to lead during a major transformation

    Rogerio Lopes from Nestlé tells how the program got him ready to lead change

    Program for Executive Development prepared Rogerio Lopes to lead change within his organization and shift his business unit’s culture.

    Learn more
    - IMD Business School
    Interview with Paul Bulcke, member of Nestlé Board of Directors, former Nestlé CEO

    Hear about his Program for Executive Development experience

    Watch a video interview excerpt where he talks about his Program for Executive Development experience.

    Trusted by leading global companies for management acceleration

    Each session of IMD’s Program for Executive Development attracts participants from the world’s leading companies.

    Selection of Forbes Global 2000 companies who trust PED

     A.P. MØLLER – MAERSK

    NESTLE

    ABB

    NOVARTIS

    APPLIED MATERIALS

    NOVO NORDISK

    ARM HOLDINGS

    SCHINDLER HOLDING

    AXA GROUP

    SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

    BUNGE

    SHARP

    CARLSBERG

    STORA ENSO

    COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY

    SUNCOR ENERGY

     ROCHE HOLDING

    TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX

    GALENICA

    UBS

    MITSUBISHI CORPORATION

     ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP

    MITSUI & CO