Geneva Meetup #6: Leadership Programmes for Managers: Comparing Notes
Leadership Programmes for Managers: Comparing Notes
After the success of our last meetup on learning impact, we're back to explore another question that keeps many L&D professionals busy: what actually makes a leadership programme valuable for managers?
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