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Increase your leadership impact with our women in leadership course
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.
Improve performance and lead more effectively
Prepare to take on top-level management roles and board positions
Build a network of women in business to serve as mentors and role models
Be a competitive advantage for your company. Contribute to leadership diversity
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 training course to do so.
Read more about admission criteria
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.
Embrace your future with confidence
Joining an IMD management training course can make a big impact on you and your team, and greatly improve your career success. Find out how this leadership course is changing lives for the better.
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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