Leadership Rewired
Developing Leaders
for a Changing World
Lausanne
In-Person | Monday 28 – Tuesday 29 April 2026
Lausanne, Switzerland
Monday 14.30 – 18.30 (followed by dinner)
Tuesday 8.00 – 15.30 CEST
Event
This 1.5 day immersive leadership event at IMD Business School offers the opportunity to learn from world-class faculty about the latest thinking and practice in leadership development. In this context, we will explore what effective leadership looks like in a world that’s fast-moving, fractious, non-linear and ambiguous.
Combining cutting-edge theory with application, we will examine how to better prepare leaders, align leadership development efforts with business outcomes and rethink the balance between individual, team and organisation development.
Learning Objectives
- Challenge your thinking about what your organisation will require of its leaders in the future.
- Take time to reflect on how leaders need to adapt in the face of a changing global business context and the development of AI, and what this means for you and your organisation.
- Use these insights to reframe your approach to leadership development.
- Learn from senior peers in global organisations and world-class IMD faculty.
Who is this event for?
HR Directors and Heads of Talent and Leadership who have responsibility for developing leaders in their organisation.
To register interest in attending, please contact events@crforum.co.uk.
Location
IMD Business School
1007 Lausanne
Switzerland
Speakers
Prof. Jennifer Jordan
Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, IMD Business School
Jennifer Jordan is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior. Her teaching, research, and consulting focus on influence, power, family business, women’s leadership, and leadership transitions. In 2019, she was named by Poets&Quants as one of the world’s leading business school professors under 40.
Jordan has received specialized training and certifications in lie and truthfulness detection, as well as in conflict resolution within organizations, and she has delivered custom programs and consultancy services for a wide range of companies, including Barilla, KONE, Shell, DSM, Cisco, Loomis, Pfizer, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Rolls Royce, Zurich Insurance, Honda, Nexthink, UBS, Siemens, Electrolux, and AIA Insurance. She has also worked with families through IMD’s Family Business Center in both custom and open programs.
At IMD, she is Director of Leading Digital Execution, Women on Boards, Advanced Leadership, and Leadership Essentials open programs.
Her work has appeared in numerous scientific journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of Business Ethics, Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. She is also a member of the editorial boards of both Leadership Quarterly and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Gillian Pillans
Research Director, Corporate Research Forum
Gillian has worked as a senior HR practitioner and OD specialist for several organisations including Swiss Re, Vodafone and BAA. Prior to her HR career, she was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and is also a qualified solicitor. Gillian has written various CRF reports on subjects including HR strategy, organisation design and development, leadership development, coaching and diversity.
