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    Meet your Program Directors

    Meet your Program Directors

    Program Directors

    Our Faculty members are recognized world authorities in their fields. Dividing their time between teaching, research, and working with international companies, they remain on top of the latest management trends. You can expect timely, innovative learning activities, materials, and content in all IMD programs.

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    Albrecht Enders

    Professor of Strategy and Innovation

    His major research, teaching and consulting interests are in the areas of managing discontinuous change and top team strategy development processes.

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    Michael D. Watkins

    Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change

    He has spent the last two decades working with leaders as they transition to new roles, build their teams, and transform their organizations. In 2023, Watkins was inducted into the Thinkers50 Management Hall of Fame, which recognizes remarkable contributions to the realm of management concepts and ideas spanning many years.

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    Contributing Faculty
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    Jennifer Jordan

    Social psychologist and Professor of Leadership & Organizational Behavior

    Her teaching, research, and consulting focus on the areas of digital leadership, ethics, influence, and power. Professor Jordan has received specialized training and certifications in lie-and truthfulness-detection and conflict resolution within organizations.

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    Latest publications
    Article
    Use AI To Become A Better Thinker – AI Usage

    Professionals who use AI in a disciplined way to compound their cognitive thinking over time will be the long-term winners. Michael Watkins explains how to make AI a cognitive superpower rather than a crutch

    By Michael D. Watkins
    09 July 2025
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    Article
    Work-Life Balance – Lessons From Family Enterprises

    Leaders face burnout as work and life blur. Learn how enterprising families set smart boundaries to maintain work-life balance and thrive.

    By Jennifer Jordan and Peter Vogel
    04 July 2025
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    Article
    Who’s sorry now? The value and risk of making an apology 

    We’re brought up to believe we should apologize if we’re in the wrong. But should leaders apologize in a work setting, or might it damage perceptions of their power and status? Jennifer Jordan sets out the dos and don’ts of making an apology when …

    By Jennifer Jordan
    20 May 2025
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    Video
    Can 12 minutes of breathing a day change how you lead? – IbyIMD

    Mindfulness expert Christoph Glaser shares insights from Breathe, his best-selling book on how simple, breath-based techniques can reduce stress, sharpen focus, and help leaders stay centred under pressure.

    By Albrecht Enders and Christoph Glaser
    01 May 2025
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