Geneva Meetup #6: Leadership Programmes for Managers: Comparing Notes

Join us for an interactive session with Maria Lorenza Barone, who has designed and led leadership programmes in both academia and fast-growing scale-ups. Together, we'll compare notes, challenge assumptions, and honestly explore what works, what doesn't, and why. 🤩 What to Expect Peer discussions Real examples of leadership programmes that succeeded... and that didn't Honest conversations about design choices, trade-offs, and impact Practical ideas you can test in your own organisation Networking with fellow L&D practitioners from across the Geneva area 😎 Our Facilitator Maria Lorenza Barone is a Learning & Development leader with more than a decade of experience designing programmes that help people grow and organisations scale. She built the L&D function at Distalmotion, creating onboarding, leadership development, and digital learning experiences during a period of rapid growth. Prior to that, she spent six years at EPFL, managing over 50 training programmes annually for thousands of employees. Known for combining strategic thinking with hands-on expertise, Maria brings a rare perspective shaped by academia, scale-ups, instructional design, learning technology, and multilingual leadership development across Europe and the US. 🤩 Expect practical insights, peer learning, and plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow L&D professionals in a relaxed community of practice. Maria, Gosia and Juliette