IMD Annual Report 2021

107 Regional spotlight

Middle East and Africa

IMD continued to build its client base and program offerings to meet the needs of diverse leaders, partners, and private and public sector organizations across the Middle East and Africa. The integration of technology-mediated learning in many existing programs enabled a larger number of participants from the region to access and benefit from IMD learning journeys.

Tailored learning These learning journeys consisted of various programs and experiences from IMD’s full ecosystem, built around integrating custom solutions and open enrollment programs. This diverse learning experience allows participants to learn together to create internal alignment, and to be exposed to international experiences and different perspectives through their participation in open programs. Throughout each journey, participants also undertake an “enterprise project” to develop new ideas and solutions to address their organizations’ specific challenges. Developing leaders in Africa Since 2019, IMD and South Africa-based banking group Absa have worked together on an accelerated development program for several levels of management, from high potential talent to middle management and senior executives. Remote learning journeys were designed and tailored specifically for each managerial level, blending together customized modules, open programs, and enterprise projects.

“I would like to thank the IMD team for the enjoyable and beneficial learning experience. It has been a successful and beneficial learning journey especially because of the different learningmethods and application of knowledge. This has allowedme to reflect on my practices as a leader and set an action plan for myself to enhance my leadership practices.” MARIAM AL HAMMADI HEAD OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ABU DHABI SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT