
Key information
Leadership in a Technology Driven World course overview
Imperial Leadership in a Technology Driven World Programme is a five-day immersive course that equips participants with the skills to lead their teams through the digital age. The programme offers a practical and personalised learning approach, backed by theory and delivered through interactive coaching elements.
Leadership and Management
This digital leadership & management programme will help aspiring leaders to understand their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, understand the rapidly changing technological context of modern business, and emerge with the tools & management training to lead in this challenging context.
Coaching is a key element of this personalised programme, encouraging participants to leave their comfort zone and view their leadership style from new perspectives. Participants will work closely with their international peers to navigate the digital landscape and become adaptive leaders.
Who should attend?
This programme is designed for executives with team management responsibilities who need guidance on how to lead effectively in the digital age. Your class peers will come from a range of diverse, international industries and organisations.
Learning outcomes
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Receive insights through case studies, coaching and self-reflection into your personal leadership style
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Understand effective leadership skills and techniques needed to lead teams through the digital age
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Have a clear learning and development journey flowing from before the programme starts through to after its conclusion
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Network with international peers from diverse industries and backgrounds
Become an Associate Alumni
Take your partnership with Imperial College Business School to the next level by becoming an Associate Alumni. Complete more than eight days (or 56 hours) of our programmes to claim 'Associate Alumni' status and join our active alumni community.
This on-campus programme accounts for 5 days worth of training time.
This virtual programme accounts for 40 hours worth of training time.
Programme content
At Imperial College Business School we believe that pre-program course work influences participant motivation and increases the activation of prior knowledge. Before you join the Leadership in a technology driven world you will be asked to complete:
- Coaching Session with programme director:
- Selective pre-reading
- Structure reflective work
- Diagnosing Profiling: Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) 360º survey.
Welcome to the programme and your learning journey
Frans Campher, Executive coach & trainer and Programme Director
Who are you as a leader? Why are you the way you are? Where do you want to go and what are your leadership goals?
Expansive & Agile Leadership
Frans Campher
Industry View: Leading High-Performance Teams
Cath Bishop
Leading in the Digital Enterprise
Chris Tucci
Digital transformation is happening whether we like it or not. How does it affect you as a leader? What tools and approaches can make you more effective as a leader in a digital enterprise?
Reflections with Frans Campher
Network Drinks
Join your colleagues at the end of day 1 for a chat over drinks and canápes
Emotional Intelligence
Celia Moore
Emotional Quotient (EQ) is a powerful tool for leadership development. In this session, we will discuss EQ and provide participants with their ESCI reports
Authentic Leadership
Celia Moore
To be an Authentic Leader you have to know who you are at your core. You also have to manage potential pressure points between your own values and those expected of you by your organisation.
Managing Your Personal Brand
Omar Merlo
Defining your Leadership Purpose
Frans Campher
Reflections with Frans Campher
Coaching as a Leadership Style: WHY?
Andre Coetzee
Coaching as a Leadership Style: WHAT
Andre Coetzee
Coaching as a Leadership style: HOW
Andre Coetzee
Reflections with Frans Campher
Evening Event
Coaching as a Leadership Style – PRACTICE
Andre Coetzee
Answer Intelligence
Brian Gibkowski
Innovation culture is the work environment that leaders cultivate in order to nurture unorthodox thinking and its application. Workplaces that foster a culture of innovation generally subscribe to the belief that innovation is not the province of top leadership but can come from anyone in the organization.
Digitally Human
Rory Simpson
Leading in Change – Leadership Agility
Frans Campher
Guest Speaker
Reflections with Frans Campher
Crucial Conversations
Celia Moore
Some conversations are important yet have the potential to result in conflict and negative emotions. At the same time, not all potentially conflictual conversations need to be had. How do you decide which difficult conversations you need to have and how can you best approach these conversations?
Cognitive Diversity and High Performing Teams
Frans Campher
In this session, we will talk about the diversity challenge facing managers in modern organizations. But while effectively managing diversity is challenging, it also creates important opportunities for building teams highly effective, cognitively diverse teams.
Leadership Signature
Frans Campher
Programme Wrap-Up
Frans Campher
Programme faculty

Frans Campher
Frans Campher is a seasoned executive coach, trainer and facilitator and is Programme Director of Imperial Leadership in a Technology Driven World Programme. He has extensive knowledge of global markets, business practices and protocols. He has worked with CEOs, managing directors, senior executives, leaders and partners in national, international and global organisations, in both the public and private sector. Frans’ client list includes major corporate organisations such as Anglo American, Atkins, Billiton, BP, Citibank, Cabinet Office, Deloitte, Dell, Del Monte, DFID, Ford Europe, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, GlaxoSmithKline, Greene King, ICON, Johnson & Johnson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sasol, Sappi, Shire Pharmaceuticals, SwissRe, and Wates.

Omar Merlo
Omar Merlo is an Assistant Professor at Imperial College Business School. As a consultant and executive educator, Omar has worked with many organisations around the world, such as McKinsey & Co., Samsung, Airbus, ARM, ING Bank, The Gap, among others. His main teaching, research and consulting interests are in the areas of strategic marketing, services and relationship management, customer engagement and customer management.

Mark Kennedy
Mark Kennedy is an Associate Professor at Imperial College Business School. Mark has substantial experience in consulting and high technology. Before becoming an academic, he was the Principal Management Consultant of a computer sciences corporation and, before that, a software engineer and product manager for a Santa Clara, CA-based startup. As a consultant, Mark has served clients in technology, healthcare and entertainment on difficult issues at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and organisational change. Mark’s research includes the emergence of new markets and industries and the more basic building blocks of organising —categories, identities, forms, strategies, practices and reputation criteria.
Guest Speakers
- Cath Bishop, World Champion Rower and Olympic Medallist
- Rory Simpson, Chief Learning Officer at Telefonica
- Ron Kalifa, Deputy Chairman at Worldpay
Participant testimonials
"It was a fantastic combination of lectures, real life experiences from CEO's who have faced the challenges of strategy transformation in a technology driven world as well as hearing from those that are real game changers, leading the way in what successful digital transformation looks like and the tools and mindset that make it successful. As a leader it’s easy to neglect the regular health check on how I am doing in the eyes of the people I lead but also ensuring I have the right toolset to adapt to the constant fast-paced changes driven by technology developments. The leadership course gave me the space and structure to do that which is invaluable. It resets the mind, the motivation and is a chance to keep developing. The six days were stimulating, motivating and really highlighted what an incredibly exciting time of change we are working in. The leadership course gave me the tools to draw on to help manage transformation in a refreshed and relevant way that can move with the pace of our digital transformation."
"The programme was excellent and following a few epiphanic moments throughout the course, I now understand what is required to move from Director to Leader. Creating department strategy and recognising the value of reaching coach status. I would recommend the course for anyone who would like a high level understanding of leadership and access to the tools required to achieve this."