The EMBA Elective-flex
Build the leadership edge to grow what’s next
The EMBA Elective-flex is built for entrepreneurial leaders ready to scale their impact, sharpen their thinking, and explore what’s next.
You’ll strengthen your leadership and build a solid foundation in general management through the core curriculum and tailor your path with up to five electives that align with your goals and growth stage:
- The topic: Strategy, innovation, sustainability, finance, crisis leadership, and more
- The format: Online, in-person, or hybrid
- The location: Lausanne, Singapore, and other global hubs
A fast track to future-focused leadership
Entrepreneurs join IMD to refine their business skills, expand their global network, and open new doors, whether in their current venture or the one that comes next. Here’s what you can expect:
What makes the EMBA Elective-flex stand out is how it combines practical leadership development with real-world application, global exposure, and a format that adapts to your business and your life.
“The strategic modules and their intellectual grounding at IMD was outstanding and I could apply the IMD strategic framework in multiple companies with success.”
Andreas Wallnoefer, Board member, investor and entrepreneur, Switzerland.
Your three-part learning journey, designed to grow with your business
When you’re leading a business or building something new, your time and headspace are stretched. The EMBA Elective-flex gives you a clear, structured path to strengthen your leadership, sharpen your strategy, and expand your perspective without stepping out of your world to do it.
You’ll gain practical tools, global exposure, and deep personal growth while shaping part of the journey around your own goals, timing, and learning needs. Your learning stays relevant, applied, and completely yours.
Build core strategy, leadership, and finance skills alongside your cohort.
Format: 3 x four-week online modules + 2 x one-week on-campus modules in Lausanne
Locations: Online and Lausanne, Switzerland
Tackle high-stakes business problems, apply theory in real-world settings.
Format: 2 x five-week online modules + 2 x one-week face-to-face modules
Locations: Online, Singapore and a destination of your choice via the Global Network of Advanced Management (GNAM), a collaboration of top business schools that offers exposure to new markets, faculty, and peer groups.
Tailor your path with up to 5 electives in the format, focus, and timing that suits you.
Where can EMBA Elective-flex take you?
“When we challenge ourselves, that’s when we grow. And it’s this growth that I want to take back and apply in my organization.”
IMD: Where your EMBA connects you to real-world opportunity.
At IMD you join a global ecosystem built to actively move careers forward.
From day one, you’ll be learning with and from ambitious, experienced peers across industries and continents. You’ll tap into faculty who advise organizations each day. And you’ll walk away with the tools, clarity and connections to take your next big step with confidence.
In 2024, Swiss startups saw considerable growth, with a record CHF 2.37bn invested across 357 financing rounds. A total of CHF 350m was raised by 36 IMD-affiliated startups, showcasing the lasting impact of IMD’s MBAs, Executive MBAs, LeadiNNg to Scale-Up program, and Venture Capital Asset Management (VCAM) program.
Built for entrepreneurs growing what’s next.
Strengthen your leadership, sharpen your strategy, and open doors to new opportunities without stepping away from what you’ve built.