GDI

IMPACT LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
FOR DEPARTMENT STORES

Developing the Next C-Suite Leaders

In partnership with Intercontinental Group of Department Stores

WHAT IS YOUR ESSENTIAL IMPACT AS A FUTURE C-SUITE LEADER?

How can your department store business survive and thrive in the future?


We are at a critical juncture for the department store industry worldwide, and only the strongest and most innovative will survive. This is a deep concern for me and I worry that there are not enough forward thinking, innovative leaders in our industry who will be willing to risk changing the status quo and will work to create a new model to attract consumers away from the alternative options that are performing well today at the expense of department stores.

Terry J. Lundgren - former CEO & Chairman of Macy's, Inc.

The GDI Impact Leadership Programme for Department Stores is a leadership development programme bringing you together with department store leaders from around the world, with the potential to take on greater leadership responsibility at the C-suite level in the near future.

Within this programme, open to leaders of all department store companies worldwide, you will define your impact leadership profile as an executive leader, integrate effective forward-thinking tools and develop your full leadership potential as a future shaper by having foresight and insight, reflecting and consciouscly making a transformational impact.

Is the Impact Leadership Programme for Department Stores the right programme for you?

START YOUR IMPACT JOURNEY

​ 5 days onsite within an impact journey of 4 months (in total), including:

3.5 days on site on GDI Camp: Mon. 5 May to Thu. 8 May 2025, Zurich, Switzerland

1.5 days on site at the IGDS World Department Store Summit: Wed. 11 to Thu. 12 June 2025, Asia

+ Facilitated online process with 4 online group meetings

+ 2 one-to-one coaching sessions and 1 transfer coaching session (in a small peer-group setting)

+ Personality assessment analysis

+ Access to a platform for worldwide trends and innovations

Programme language: English


FEE

CHF 7670

(price includes all course materials, dinners, lunches, coffee breaks and free admission to the IGDS World Department Store Summit 2025; price excludes accommodation and travel expenses)

General Terms and Conditions

APPLY NOW

Nomination

Until Fri. 28 February 2025

Start of programme

March 2025

Execution

Once a year to 12–24 talents nominated by department stores (max. 3 participants per department store company)

End of programme

July 2025


CONTACT US

Tanja Ineichen

Programme Director

Head of Leadership & Transformation

  tanja.ineichen@gdi.ch

 +41 44 724 62 09

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