Experiential leadership workshops for MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programmes
For over 20 years, we’ve partnered with leading Business Schools around the world to bring practical, experiential learning into MBA, EMBA, Masters and Executive Education programmes.
Choose from more than 40 ready-to-deliver leadership workshops, led by our global network of expert facilitators. Or work with us to create something entirely bespoke.
From intimate workshops to masterclasses and large-scale experiences, we adapt to your programme, participants and learning objectives. Whatever the format, our aim is the same: to complement academic rigour with opportunities to practise, experiment and apply - helping participants turn knowing into doing.
We've worked with:
Jeeva Bostic-Bradley
Head of Executive MBA Programmes, Cambridge Judge Business School
Our facilitators don't just know the theory. They bring first-hand industry experience into the room, combining subject expertise with an understanding of the real challenges leaders face.
And when learning needs to get real, we bring in our professionally trained actors. Through forum theatre, simulations and role-play, they turn conversations and leadership challenges into something participants can see, practise and experience.
Our expert-led workshops develop the skills leaders need to make an impact, in the classroom and beyond.
More than leadership skills. A chance to step back and think about the leader you want to become.
Reaching Your Potential (RYP) is a highly engaging, reflective two-day programme designed specifically for Business School students. It creates the space to explore who they are, what matters to them and how they can align their purpose, career and life goals.
Through deep reflection and practical application, participants build the self-awareness to make more intentional choices and navigate the complex leadership challenges ahead.
Because Business Schools don't just teach business: they help shape the leaders of tomorrow.
Alexander Cross
Head of Leadership Career Development, Bayes Business School, City St. George's, University of London
Whether you’re looking for a specific workshop, exploring a new learning experience or simply have a challenge you’d like to think through, let’s talk.
Our partnership with iOpener is all about long-term trust. We trust them to evolve our highly successful Accelerator Leadership Development Programme to suit our changing needs, tailoring it over five years to keep it fresh and relevant. Our programme continues to develop our senior leaders, and equips them to step up to even more senior roles - which 35% of them have done since completing the program."
Senior Leader
HanoverI loved, loved, loved, loved and hated it in equal measure the acting sessions: loved how interactive they were. And I loved how it pushed us out of our comfort zone a fair bit. And I think there's nothing wrong with that feeling even though at the time it's awful. And I loved that the working session led us to develop our own workshop, and to partner with someone to deliver that. I thought that was brilliant.”
Participant
Pharmaceutical companyI am delighted to share my heartfelt appreciation for the LEAD Compass Program in the Asia Pacific region, delivered by iOpener. For over ten years the program has been a major success, thanks to the outstanding facilitators from iOpener, who worked in parallel to deliver to the same standards in both APAC and Europe."
Priscilla Guan, Vice President of Human Resources, Asia Pacific
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