Finding your own leadership voice, identifying how you as an individual can work better with and through others to build personal and team success is a key component of the program. We help you become a better business partner for your organization and find your own unique path to do so.

You combine work and study on this first step of your learning journey, working remotely 4 to 6 hours per week through IMD's state-of-the-art online learning platform. Your learning is highly interactive as you engage with your personal leadership coach, guided by Professor Jennifer Jordan, and interact with your peers at regular intervals.

At this step, you also begin to prepare your personal development and business plans which will guide your learning for the program and typically cover a key, current business challenge that you face, a direction you’d like to take, a business trend that inspires you, or in the case that you are aspiring to lead an entrepreneurial venture, an entirely new business you wish to launch.

Your final learning step in this career acceleration program is to create a lasting impact for you and your company. At this stage you finalize and implement your personal development and business plans for the long-term, the main emphasis is your personal leadership development. 

Throughout your return-to-work module, you will be guided by a professional learning coach who will help you refine your plans. You will have regular scheduled calls with your coach who will guide you and ensure that you keep on track with your plans. This step ensures that you:

• Enhance your business leadership skills and/or work on a new developmental area
• Integrate your learning on business fundamentals and leadership
• Address key issues for you and your organization
• Strengthen your professional presence in your organization and make an impact