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Real impact on careers and organizations

Discover how Transition to Business Leadership helps you take on greater leadership responsibilities, advance your career and increase your impact within your organization.

Real impact on careers and organizations

Discover how Transition to Business Leadership helps you take on greater leadership responsibilities, advance your career and increase your impact within your organization.

The impact, in participants’ own words

When we say “real impact”, we mean it. After attending IMD’s Transition to Business Leadership, participants stated:

100%
“I gained practical tools and skills I could immediately apply in my work.”
100%
“I have become a more effective executive.”
100%
“I feel more self-confident after attending the program.”

*Survey of 2026 program participants.

“This program brings insight into our inner being and harmony to the team and organization.”

Gabriel Tham, Head Air Engineering and Logistics at the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

Alessandro Elli, IMD student, wearing a black jacket and a white shirt - IMD Business School
“My education and professional experience had brought me this far, but I needed a new set of skills to take the next step.”

Discover how Transition to Business Leadership helped Alessandro Elli, now Head of Project Development – Major Projects at Office Santé by Crédit Agricole, rethink his leadership approach and advance his career.

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Ayse Prager

Senior Legal Counsel, Nestlé, Switzerland

Developing your own leadership style

Saying “I strongly recommend it” would be an understatement.

What makes Transition to Business Leadership so effective is its focus on your individual strengths.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, the program helps you develop your own leadership style instead of simply delivering information for you to absorb passively.

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Anton Abraham

Head Client Advisory, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions, Hong Kong

An excellent program

Transition to Business Leadership is an excellent program with fantastic content, real-world examples, and the opportunity to build lifelong relationships.

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Mpume Myeza

Principal Senior FX Sales, Absa Group, South Africa

This program has changed my life

The most profound learning for me was about my inner leader and the importance of balancing being with doing, so I can show up more effectively for my team and organization.

Working on my Individual Development Project was life-changing. I am now more aware of the motivations behind certain behaviours and how they influence my actions.

This awareness will help me change behaviours that no longer serve me and develop my own winning formula.

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Severin Gygax

Head of Client Journeys, PostFinance, Switzerland

I gained clarity on leading through transitions

What makes TBL stand out is its integrated focus on leadership at four levels: leading yourself, your team, your organization, and contributing at a societal level.

The program brought together an inspiring global cohort of executives and created a space to reflect, challenge assumptions, and grow – personally and professionally.

It helped me rediscover my purpose, sharpen my leadership presence, and gain new clarity on how to lead through transitions with intention and impact.

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Monica Mier

CEO, GrandVision Perú, Peru

Learning from different leadership perspectives

It’s an excellent program for professionals stepping into a new role.

As a woman, I found it particularly enlightening to exchange experiences with other female executives facing both similar and different challenges.

The program gave me a valuable opportunity for self-reflection and exposed me to executives with diverse leadership styles. Great learning!

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Annalisa Guidi

Managing Director
GPV Switzerland

Leading with purpose

Although four-weeks seemed a lot initially, I was looking to boost problem-framing skills and to improve work-life balance.

Key takeaways include the importance of taking the proper time to understand and frame problems before seeking solutions, and having a set of tools to experiment with, rather than a rigid recipe.

The importance of being present, leading with purpose, and creating a high performing “psychologically safe” team.

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Sofie Irgens

Senior Vice President, Head of Climate Solutions Accelerator division
Danfoss, Denmark

Learning to be a human and an executive leader at the same time

What I took away from Transition to Business Leadership is that I can be a human and an executive leader at the same time. And I’m using this very deliberately in my communication.

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Allen Coltman

Principal: Head-TxB Business Development & TWC BB Pan-Africa, Absa Group, South Africa

Great, easy-to-use frameworks

The various frameworks are great, easy to use and help with the thinking process towards better solutions.

Great conversations with peers and coaches. All these diverse views helped me gain a broader perspective of leadership.

Chosen by leading organizations

Organizations across industries and geographies invest in Transition to Business Leadership to develop their talent and prepare them for greater leadership responsibilities. Here are some of them.

Explore leadership development for your organization.

Nestlé

Food & Beverage

Switzerland

 

LEGO Group

Consumer Goods

Denmark

Mitsubishi Corporation

Diversified Trading & Investment

Japan

Saudi Aramco

Energy

Saudi Arabia

Saab

Aerospace & Defence

Sweden

Absa Group

Banking & Financial Services

South Africa

Swiss Post

Postal & Logistics Services

Switzerland

Commercial International Bank

Banking & Financial Services

Egypt