Overview
Redefine the leader you are
AI, geopolitical shifts, and continuous disruption have fundamentally reshaped what leadership demands. Authority is no longer secured by position alone – it is earned through judgment, clarity, and the ability to act decisively when the path forward is unclear.
Leading for High Impact is an immersive 4.5-day program for senior leaders operating under greater scrutiny, broader mandates, and rising expectations. You’ll strengthen how you lead when situations are complex, stakes are significant, and clear answers are rarely available.
The program addresses what keeps leaders up at night: leading through constant disruption, building alignment in fragmented systems, and sustaining authenticity under pressure. You’ll confront what you tend to avoid, close the gap between who you are and who you can become, and fundamentally transform how you show up, relate, and lead.
Most programs create insight; few create sustained change. Through psychometric assessment, expert one-on-one and small group coaching, powerful practices like role biography, and peer support, Leading for High Impact turns insight into shifts that stick.
At the core of the program is the Five Leadership Muscles framework – a practical architecture for expanding your leadership capacity as complexity rises. You will strengthen five critical capabilities: awareness to read situations with greater accuracy, sensemaking to create clarity amid ambiguity, role agility to adapt as contexts demand, mindful agency to replace reactivity with intentional action, and integration to balance competing tensions without losing focus.
You’ll leave with stronger executive presence, sharper judgment under pressure, and practical frameworks to energize yourself and mobilize others, drive momentum, and lead with confidence in uncertain environments.
Course Description & Learning Outcomes
Deepen self-awareness
Discover what drives you, what holds you back, and how your patterns shape the way you show up as a leader. Through self-exploration activities and expert coaching, build the foundation to lead with intention and authenticity.
Lead with conviction
Earn authority through clarity, timely decisions, and steadfastness. Build the presence to make decisive calls when answers aren’t obvious – creating leadership that is respected, not just wished for.
Navigate difficult relationships
Master the interpersonal dynamics that make or break execution. Read the unspoken signals others miss, turn what you tend to avoid into productive dialogue, and manage up and down effectively.
Lead across the organization
Elevate from leading your function to leading at the enterprise level. Make conscious choices about how you lead across the organization, manage trade-offs, and use your presence to create momentum in complex stakeholder systems.
Build five leadership muscles
Develop five core capabilities that will sustain and empower your leadership throughout your career – muscles that, with continued practice, will strengthen your impact with every challenge you encounter.
You and your class
You are a senior executive leading across functions or geographies, operating in high-stakes environments, or transitioning from functional to enterprise-level leadership. Through expert coaching and powerful experiential practices, you’ll build the capabilities to navigate ambiguity, earn authority, and transform how you lead.
Schedule
End Date: 06 Nov 2026, Friday
Location: Rochester Commons, 1 Rochester Park, #02-01, , 139212
Agenda
| Day/Time | Agenda Activity/Description |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 - 6 Nov 2026 |
Pricing
Course fees: SG$ 16,100
Skills Covered
PROFICIENCY LEVEL GUIDE
Beginner: Introduce the subject matter without the need to have any prerequisites.
Proficient: Requires learners to have prior knowledge of the subject.
Expert: Involves advanced and more complex understanding of the subject.
- Leadership (Proficiency level: Proficient)
Speakers
Instructor's Profile:
Ben Bryant, Professor of Leadership and Organization, IMD
Ben Bryant is Professor of Leadership and Organization at IMD and Program Director of Transformational Leader and Leading for High Impact. He previously held the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair for Responsible Leadership. A highly regarded educator, executive team coach, and speaker, Professor Bryant works closely with CEOs and senior leadership teams across industries and regions. With more than 20 years of experience developing senior leaders globally, his work focuses on leadership presence, sensemaking under uncertainty, and building cultures of trust and innovation.
