Each year, Roséens interested in the IMD Le Rosey Leadership Programme are asked to reflect on why they want to take part, answering questions about what they believe makes a good leader and where they themselves have room to grow.

In discussing projects they have led and decisions they might have made differently, Roséens begin to recognise that bringing people together requires as much reflection on their own behaviour as it does an understanding of others.

Much of that awareness develops through experience. During Entrepreneurship Week, for example, one Roséen realised that the problem they were trying to solve was different from what they had first thought. Rather than presenting an unfinished solution, they shared what had gone wrong and what they had learnt. Through MITdesignX Le Rosey, another Roséen discovered the importance of understanding the people affected by a problem before proposing a solution.

The IMD Le Rosey Leadership Programme builds on this, drawing on IMD’s expertise to strengthen critical thinking, communication, and emotional intelligence, and to help Roséens form their own understanding of leadership.