IMD Executive Coaching Certificate
Earn your IMD Executive Coaching Certificate and prepare for ICF credentials
In an increasingly anxious and complex world, leaders – and their teams – need coaches who can both reassure and stretch them while challenging the status quo and igniting new possibilities. Whether you’re an aspiring executive coach or leading a team that you want to coach more effectively, holding the right credentials is essential validation of your skills, knowledge, and ability to deliver high-impact results.
IMD’s Executive Coaching Certificate program prepares you for ICF credentials through a rigorous journey that takes you from coaching essentials to advanced practice and IMD certification.
The program is built on the distinctive Secure Base Coach philosophy, which emphasizes creating a safe and supportive environment where individuals feel empowered to take risks, explore their potential, and grow without fear of judgement or failure. You will be guided through a learning journey that strengthens three pivotal dimensions of professional coaching:
- Transformational capacity: Cultivate the inner presence, emotional intelligence, and mindset required to guide others toward meaningful, sustainable change.
- Technological capability: Harness emerging digital tools and platforms to extend your reach, personalize interventions, and boost coaching impact.
- Technical competence: Master the proven frameworks, skills, and ethical standards that underpin effective coaching practice.
Your IMD Executive Coaching Certificate journey will enable you to secure the credentials, community, and capabilities you need to become a high-impact executive coach.
Who is the program for?
“We welcome a diverse mix of participants, from C-suite executives to executives from consultancies, corporates, NGOs, the academic sector, and those who run or are keen to run their own businesses. The greater the variety, the richer the learning experience for all the participants.”
You are a senior executive who wants to lead yourself, your teams, and your organizations more effectively. You will also gain from the program if you have experience in leading projects and initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, even if you do not formally lead a team.
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You are an experienced manager leading in increasingly complex contexts. You are looking for opportunities for personal growth to unlock your full leadership potential and successfully lead change.
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You are an experienced leader, wanting to achieve the next level of effectiveness in leading individuals, teams, and large groups to their highest level of sustained performance. Your class members have a minimum of 10 years of management experience and come from a wide range of industries, functional backgrounds, and geographic regions.
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You are an executive who formally or informally leads teams, where strong and cohesive teamwork is an essential part of execution and innovation efforts in your organization.
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You are an experienced executive woman and want to move upwards and onwards in your career.
Connect with an inspirational group of senior women leaders, across industries, countries and cultures, who are all facing similar challenges to you.
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You are an experienced executive or seasoned leader with at least five years of experience. Whether you’re already a coach, transitioning into a coaching role, or looking to enhance your leadership with coaching skills, you aim to solidify your expertise by earning professional certification and ICF credentials.
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You are an experienced organizational or team leader, senior executive, or seasoned professional in a highly reactive industry, seeking to enhance your own and your team’s ability to respond effectively in critical, high-stake situations, and navigate disruption and uncertainty.
Connect with a global network of leaders who value inclusion and want to nurture it within their teams.
You are a leader seeking to improve the way you manage a diverse team. An executive eager to develop a more inclusive mindset to navigate today’s complex business environment. Or you are in a role directly related to creating a more inclusive organizational culture.
You are moving into a leadership role at a new organization or being promoted to a more senior role. You are taking over a new team. Or you have recently transitioned to a new position.
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Now you are looking to refocus, reflect and renew in order to supercharge your performance at an individual, team and company-wide level.
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You are a new manager or emerging leader with some team management experience, looking to elevate your performance and shape a unique leadership approach. You are eager to enhance your communication skills, build on your emotional intelligence, and inspire others to achieve organizational objectives.
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You are an executive with team management experience looking to advance your leadership skills or a mid-level manager about to take on greater leadership responsibilities. You are eager to enhance your leadership performance and increase your impact on your team and organization.
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You are a leader of change initiatives, a manager involved in a change initiative, or you are supporting your team in executing the strategy and spearheading a transformation.
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You are a team leader, a talent manager, or a learning and development manger eager to foster a sustained behavioral and organizational change and expand your impact on business performance. Or you are a team looking to create a shared vision by developing a healthy, stimulating, and productive work environment.
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You are a business executive, manager or team leader, facing disruption and uncertainty, operating in a high-risk environment, or in a highly reactive industry, and need to navigate online and offline crisis management.
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This program is designed for:
- Current, or aspiring, mid- to senior-level leaders who are looking to develop a new approach to improve or maximize their leadership impact
- Managers who want to foster a better working environment and guide employees to achieve their goals and drive business performance
- HR specialists, consultants, or strategists who would like to prepare for the challenges of a more globalized and complex business landscape
This program is designed for:
- Current, or aspiring, mid- to senior-level leaders who are looking to develop a new approach to improve or maximize their leadership impact
- Managers who want to foster a better working environment and guide employees to achieve their goals and drive business performance
- HR specialists, consultants, or strategists who would like to prepare for the challenges of a more globalized and complex business landscape
Join us on 28 August 2025
Executive Coach and NED, Luxembourg
The four-module IMD Executive Coaching Certificate journey on the tech-advanced Lausanne campus fortified my coaching craft through cutting-edge thought leadership, scientific rigor, and an expert, caring community. It was 10 months of deep learning, extensive practice, and inner transformation, guided by the program directors. By gaining science-based tools, deep self-insight, and ICF-credential readiness, I left empowered to thrive and empower others, trust the process, own my value, and keep learning.
Global Executive & Leadership Coach, Switzerland
Under the extraordinary leadership of the program directors, and with the unwavering support of my designated coach and mentor, I was guided with insight, care, and a deep belief in my potential. This journey was far more than the acquisition of tools or techniques – it was a profound transformation. I now offer this power of transformation to others: not just guidance, but partnership. Not just goals, but meaningful growth.
Executive Coach, Switzerland
Organizational Learning & Coaching Manager, Luxury industry, Switzerland
For me, the program was life-changing. Previously, my focus centered solely on coaching techniques and frameworks. I discovered that to unleash the extraordinary in others, I first had to unlock my own potential. It’s the only coaching program I’ve attended that provides 360-degree personal support, with coaching, mentoring and supervision. By evolving into a better version of myself, I forged a distinct coaching philosophy that deepened the relationship with my coachees and accelerated their success.
Length: 10-month journey in 4 modules.