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canonicalName: "IMD"
aliases: ["International Institute for Management Development", "IMD Business School"]
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articleStem: "hbr-nm-100-3-forces-manager-to-leader"
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sourceTitle: "3 Forces Are Redefining the Transition from Manager to Leader"
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# IMD

**IMD (International Institute for Management Development)** is a global business school based in Lausanne, Switzerland, focused on executive education, MBA/EMBA programs, and applied research in leadership and organizational transformation. Canonical URL: imd.org.

[[entity-michael-d-watkins|Michael D. Watkins]] serves as a professor of leadership and organizational change on the IMD faculty; his institutional affiliation is cited in the article byline/bio.