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Blended program
Advanced Management Program

Set the strategy. Mobilize the organization.

Blended program

Advanced Management Program

Set the strategy. Mobilize the organization.

Location
Blended
Length
4 half-days virtual over 1 week + 15 days on campus
Fee
CHF 32,500
Next program starts
05 October 2026
Advanced management for today’s business challenges

AI, shifting geopolitics and new market forces are rewriting the rules of competition. The strategies, business models and assumptions that have driven your success can no longer be taken for granted. Senior leaders need to know what still holds, what needs to change, and where the next opportunities for growth lie.

The Advanced Management Program (AMP) gives you space to step outside your organization, challenge your thinking and bring fresh perspective back to your business. It sharpens your ability to turn strategy into action and builds the ambidextrous leadership required to strengthen your core business while driving transformation at the same time.

Through exchange with faculty and peers, you will see how other leaders are tackling similar challenges, pressure-test your own assumptions, and sharpen your ability to bring your organization with you. You will leave with greater clarity on where to compete and how to win.

As you gain new insight into your own real business challenge, you will sharpen your strategic choices and build them into a concrete action plan for tangible business value. You will leave AMP ready to set the strategy and mobilize your organization.

Reframe your thinking

Challenge the assumptions behind your past success and think critically about AI, geopolitics and market disruption.

Work on your own business challenge

Anchor your learning in a real challenge from your business, sharpening your strategic choices into a concrete, actionable plan for tangible value.

Get support from peers and faculty

Exchange with experienced leaders and world-class faculty to pressure-test your thinking, gain outside perspective, and turn insight into action.

Lead and inspire your organization

Align stakeholders and build the trust needed to make your strategy happen.

Answer a few quick questions to discover if this program aligns with your goals and experience.

Talk with a Program Advisor to get personalized guidance and answers to your questions.

Want to know what’s unique about the Advanced Management Program from IMD?

Program director, Prof. Goutam Challagalla explains in three short videos.

Three reasons to join — and why it matters for senior leaders
The importance of mindset for long-term success in disruptive enviornments
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You and your class

You are an experienced senior manager, C-level executive, or business owner with solid general management experience, and are likely to have responsibility for multiple geographical areas.

Profile of recent cohorts (average data)

22

years of experience

19

industries

19

nationalities

The Advanced Management Program in participants’ words
“It’s just so impactful.”
“The returns far exceed the investment.”
What participants gained from the program

Learn more about impact here.

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Anne-Laure Hussenot-Bouvet

Head of Global Quality Management System and Digital Transformation, Sanofi, Germany

See through the lens of transformation and AI

You deep dive into foundational topics such as strategy, innovation, marketing, and finance through the lens of transformation and agility, digital disruption, AI, sustainability, and data-driven decision making. It’s a fantastic networking opportunity with senior executives from diverse backgrounds. After more than 20 years’ experience, it’s a real refresher.

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James Jackson

Co-Head Markets Product Control, Corporate and Investment Banking, Absa, South Africa

Relevant, up-to-date examples

Fully relatable and relevant with up-to-date examples, constantly thinking about how business is changing and what’s working vs not working. I really enjoyed this program.

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Jeroen Thijs Meijers

Director, NN GROUP, The Netherlands

I’ve become a better person

I was genuinely inspired; not only by the content, also the way the Advanced Management Program was structured. The time working together with other participants, listening, reflecting, opened up my thinking, and I’ve become a better person because of it.

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Michael Kessler

Head Asset Management Nuclear, Axpo Group, Switzerland

Impressive intercultural mix

Very high-level, professional program. Intensive 15 days with an impressive intercultural mixture of participants! Thank you.

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Jun Maria Tan Abdullah

Senior Director, Group CEO Office, PayNet, Malaysia

Phenomenal, inspiring

So many aha moments. Clarity, precision, depth and putting all the pieces together, inspiring us to see things through a different lens. A phenomenal and inspiring program!

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A visionary and agile approach, rooted in a solid understanding of disruptive market forces, is vital for any general manager seeking to secure the success of a business.

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Goutam Challagalla Program Director, Professor of Strategy and Marketing
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Length: 4 half-days of live virtual sessions over 1 week + 15 days on campus.

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Program details
Location
Blended
Length
4 half-days virtual over 1 week + 15 days on campus
Price
CHF 32,500

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This program is part of our broader General Management portfolio for ambitious executives, designed to strengthen strategic leadership, drive organizational performance, and prepare leaders to navigate complex business challenges.

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