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      Realize your leadership potential as a woman in business
      Strategies for Leadership
      Empowering women executives

      Increase your leadership impact with our women leadership program

      Are you looking for new ways to become a more visible and assertive leader within your organization? 

      As a woman, finding role models becomes increasingly hard as you rise in your company.

      Strategies for Leadership (SL) is your chance to experiment with different leadership styles without being concerned about how you may be perceived.

      You will leave the program inspired, and ready to take your next career step.

      See how this program could impact your future
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      Improve performance and lead more effectively

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      Prepare to take on top-level management roles and board positions

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      Build a network of women in business to serve as mentors and role models

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      Be a competitive advantage for your company. Contribute to leadership diversity

      See how this program could impact your future
      You and your class

      You are an experienced executive woman, in business, government or the not-for-profit sector. You want to get ahead with your career and are looking for the right leadership program to do so. 

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      The class you join is individually put together through a selection process to ensure that you experience the most impactful learning with a truly diverse group of global peers. Your class will become a trusted resource, encourage your learning journey and surprise you in many unanticipated beneficial ways both during and beyond your classroom experience.

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      women executives
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      87%
      functional / divisional / regional role
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      +15
      nationalities and industries
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      16
      avg. years of experience

      You become part of an incredibly active and close-knit alumni group. We meet annually and I go whenever I can to draw insights from members I know and to meet new ones. This is an extraordinary plus for me.

      Taina Mäkijärvi

      First Vice President, Nordea
      Finland

      Program experience highlights

      Is it your turn?

      Companies with more than three women in managerial roles tend to have better returns on equity and assets than competitors with a less receptive approach to women...There is a clear business case for hiring and promoting women for more senior roles.

      Ginka Toegel

      Program Director

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      Next start & fee
      Program length: 4 days + 1 post-program coaching session
      2017
      from
      19
      Sept.
      to
      22
      Sept.

      Lausanne

      CHF 9,900

      Apply
      2018
      from
      22
      May
      to
      25
      May

      Lausanne

      CHF 9,900

      Apply
      2018
      from
      25
      Sept.
      to
      28
      Sept.

      Lausanne

      CHF 9,900

      Apply
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      Listen, influence, impact

      Challenges experienced executives to improve their effectiveness in leading individuals and teams for superior sustained performance

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      Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP)
      Create your own learning journey

      Provides individuals and teams with the latest management thinking in a customized program schedule, as well as networking with a large pool of international executives

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      IMD business school rankings

      At the top of the charts

      Our executive education programs are ranked highly by the world's most influential business publications.

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