Upskill with mastery of the latest general management foundations

Global Management Foundations (GMF) is a powerful, new virtual learning experience, which rapidly prepares you to step up to general management, without the need to travel for study. 

This 17-week journey is specifically designed to build your business leadership skills for a rapidly changing world with full capability-building and integration of the latest general management topics. 

  • Navigate digital disruption
  • Drive innovation
  • Grow as a critical decision maker and strategist
  • Build cross-functional capabilities & complete knowledge gaps
  • Integrate and apply these to your business for superior performance
Build your skills

Upskill for a rapidly changing world with full capability-building and integration of general management topics

learning journey

Take GMF as a stand-alone program or as credit towards your IMD EMBA degree or Program for Executive Development diploma

State of the art

Enjoy synchronous and asynchronous learning with state-of-the-art virtual classroom technology 

coaching

Enhance your performance with business and leadership coaching. Reflect, develop and continuously learn as you progress 

Experience the program
New virtual Foundation Stage

Our program director takes you through the program journey
Discover GMF live consulting projects
As part of the Live Consulting Project, GMF participants have nine days to create business case studies to solve problems that are happening in the real world. IMD has partnered with the following companies for consulting projects: Agathon, Gavi, Medair, ICRC and iamtheCODE.
High-impact learning

Your journey provides you with a rich variety of learning experiences designed to deliver powerful results

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80+h
liVe virtual classes with IMD faculty
cases
20+
collaborative group assignments
coach
12
Business & executive leadership coaches dedicated to you
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1
liVe case external consulting project

GMF is innovative, effective and flexible. The content is well delivered so we can enjoy high quality interaction with class peers and faculty. We break out into smaller groups, then come back to the main classroom and discuss with everyone. It’s a great way to learn

Dominik Stock

Senior Manager, Application Marketing & Business Development Automotive AMS, Germany

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Program structure

You will follow four learning modules over 17 weeks (which includes a three-week break). You can take GMF as a stand-alone program or as credit toward your IMD Executive MBA degree or Program for Executive Development (PED) diploma, if you are considering a longer learning journey. See below how the three modules are structured.

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You and your class

 You are a manager with 10+ years of experience, looking to boost your cross-functional business skills to become an effective general manager and agile business leader.

Small study groups, buddies, virtual social activities and much more, will ensure you build close bonds with your class members. They will encourage your learning journey, becoming a source of trust, inspiration and motivation both during and beyond the program.

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22
Nationalities
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13
Industries
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15+
Avg. years of experience
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38%
Women participants

The quality of the learning is exceptional. From the lecturers, the material, the quality of the videos and I really love the case studies. Super interesting. One advantage of this virtual learning is that we can get input from people who were directly involved in the cases.

Laure Frank

Digital, Omnichannel & Marketplace Strategy Expert, Gerson Lehrman Group, Switzerland

Program reviews

GMF is firstly a human experience. IMD gives you access to a whole community of high-caliber individuals who you quickly build connections with. You don’t have to miss out on the relationship-building part.

Rosario Osobase

Senior Manager Nigeria – Commercial | Institutional Relations
Tenaris, Nigeria


You quickly forget you are in a virtual setting. The full immersion is a deep dive which quickly focuses you on the interaction, the content and the learning.

Stéphanie Schenk

Head of Business Development & Sustainability
digitalswitzerland


The biggest highlight of GMF is the human touch. The professors are so empathetic and enthusiastic. You feel valued and get personal attention throughout.

Rashod Nasirov

Product Group Manager, Bakery Category, KSA & Gulf Countries
Almarai, Saudi Arabia


GMF is high-touch, high-impact learning, delivered to you virtually. You will interact with faculty, coaches and peers, enabled by the latest technology to guarantee deep learning and elevated results.

Arnaud Chevallier

Program Director, Professor of Strategy

The time you spend with your coach will be hugely insightful to your personal and business leadership development. You can spar and deeply engage as you are helped to move forward through your challenges.

Ina Toegel

Professor of Leadership & Organizational Change

Next start & fee
Program length: 17 weeks
2023
from
21
Aug.
to
12
Dec.

liVe virtual

CHF 25,000

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